About This Blog

I started this blog because the tabs on the Lucero message board kept getting lost when they switched sites. A blog isn't a perfect forum for guitar tabs and chords, but it now has posts for all but a handful of their songs. And, to the best of my knowledge, this is the only source for Lucero tabs that has been endorsed by an actual Lucero guitarist. Accept no substitutes.

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-Brian Venable

Thank you to the folks who have sent me submissions, suggestions, and corrections. Thanks also to anyone who posted a tab on the luceromusic.com boards. You can find me there posting as Boston Twang. You can also email me at lucerotabs@gmail. Submissions and/or corrections are greatly appreciated.

General Thoughts on Lucero Chords

Ben seems to favor chord variations that fret the B string at the third fret. If a C, Em, G, or A doesn't seem quite right, try:
Cadd9 (x32030), Em7 (022030), G (320033), Asus (x02230)

Also, I think he leaves the E string open on a lot of his D chords (xx0230).

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Sometimes

If you're on this site you probably already know that yesterday the boys released a free download of this song. But just in case you missed it, here's the download link:

http://mp3.rollingstone.com/download/Sometimes.mp3


The riff is nice and easy. Note that the G sting is open on the Cadd9 and G parts. Also, that Bm is probably a B5 power chord when Ben plays it.

D riff
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---|
|-----0h2---2-----0h2---2-|-----0h2---2-----0h2---2-|
|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


Asus riff
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---|
|-----0h2---2-----0h2---2-|-----0h2---2-----0h2---2-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

G riff
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---|
|-----0h2---0-----0h2---0-|-----0h2---0-----0h2---0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|


Cadd9 riff
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-----3---|---3-----3-----3-----3---|
|-----0h2---0-----0h2---0-|-----0h2---0-----0h2---0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


D riff x 2

D riff
Sometimes it's quiet in the middle of the night
D riff
Sometimes it's lonely, sometimes it's alright
Asus Riff
But tonight the silence is louder than a train
G Riff
Sounding like my father's voice calling out my name

D riff x 2

D riff
Boy you just don't realize what you really spend
D riff
Running up and down those tracks to hell and back again
Asus riff
All you got is family, all you got is time
G riff
I hear it in the quiet middle of the night
Cadd9 riff
And the ghosts down those empty roads
G riff
They all know my name

D riff

Em7______________G__________________D______________Asus
The road to Tennessee it shakes and rattles to the bone
____Em7__________G____________________D_________________Asus
The hills of Arkansas are filled with haunted lakes and ghosts
_______G____________D__________________Asus
Oh but sometimes, I hear them on those lonesome nights
____G______________D_______________Asus________________D
And sometimes they come out of the woods and up to the house

D riff x2

D riff
Whispers in the forest carried through the fields
D riff
Buried in the same dirt they worked all those years
Asus riff
All the sons and fathers, all that went before
G riff
I hear it when it's quiet right outside my door
Cadd9 riff
And the ghosts down those empty roads
G riff
They all know my name

D riff

Em7______________G__________________D______________Asus
The road to Tennessee it shakes and rattles to the bone
____Em7__________G____________________D_________________Asus
The hills of Arkansas are filled with haunted lakes and ghosts
_______G____________D__________________Asus
Oh but sometimes, I hear them on those lonesome nights
____G___________D_________________Asus
And sometimes I hear them call to me
Bm___________A_____________G
Boy you must find your own way
Bm__________A__________G
No man goes beyond his day
Bm___________A______________G____________D
You and your brothers watch out for each other
A_______G
Alllllllways

D riff

D riff
Sometimes it's quiet in the middle of the night
D riff
Sometimes it's lonely, sometimes it's alright
Asus riff
But tonight the silence is louder than a train
G riff
Sounding like my father's voice calling out my name
Cadd9 riff
And the ghosts down those empty roads
G riff
Yes they know my name

Em7______________G__________________D______________Asus
The road to Tennessee it shakes and rattles to the bone
____Em7__________G____________________D_________________Asus
The hills of Arkansas are filled with haunted lakes and ghosts
_______G____________D__________________Asus
Oh but sometimes, I hear them on those lonesome nights
____G___________D_________________Asus
And sometimes I hear them call to me
_______G___________D__________________Asus
Oh and sometimes I hear them on those lonesome nights
____G_______________D________________Asus
And sometimes I can hear my father's voice say
Bm___________A______________G____________D
You and your brothers watch out for each other
A________D riff x2
Allllllllways

Brian's chorus lead:
(When he bends the B string on 10, he leaves it bent while he's playing the notes on the high E string, and then he unbends it when he comes back to the B string.)

The road
|-------------10-10-10-|-10-10-10-----------|
|-------8-10^----------|----------10v---8---|
|-7s9------------------|------------------9-|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|


The hills
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-----7-7~-------7-9~-|-9s11-11-11-11-11-11s9-9~-|
|-7s9--------7s9------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|

Oh but
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-11~----9~----|
|-7-9~------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|


And sometimes
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-11~---9~---7-|
|-9~--------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|

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