Gone Fishing

 

I obviously haven't had time to update or improve this site in quite a while.  I keep telling myself that'll change, but it probably never will.  So thanks for visiting, but don't count on new posts or responses to comments.  It was a fun hobby while I had the time, and I still feel pretty good about most of the tabs.  But tabbing takes time, and I don't have enough of that.

It'd be cool if someone out there (hopefully someone who's better at this than I am) will pick up where I left off.  So feel free to copy anything you like from this site.  Or, if somebody wants to take this site over, shoot me a message at lucerotabs at gmail.

Texas and Tennessee

I don't really have time for this hobby anymore, but this song was pretty easy to work out and write down, so what the hell.  If you don't know it, there are a handful of versions on YouTube.  I like it.  Luckless love lyrics.  Country chords in G.  Lots of hammers and pulls.  Kinda like 1979.

Verses riff:

G
|-----------3-|
|-3---3-----3-|
|-0h2-2p0---0-|
|-0---0-----0-|
|-----------2-|
|---------3-3-|

Cadd9
|-----------0-|
|-3---3-----3-|
|-0h2-2p0---0-|
|-0---0-----2-|
|---------3-3-|
|-------------|

Em7
|-----------0-|
|-3---3-----3-|
|-0h2-2p0---0-|
|-0---0-----2-|
|-----------2-|
|---------0-0-|
Cadd9
|-----------0-|
|-3---3-----3-|
|-0h2-2p0---0-|
|-0---0-----2-|
|---------3-3-|
|-------------|


G riff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
Cadd9 Riff
It was what I had coming to me
Em7 Riff
You were unlike anything before
Cadd9 Riff
Black magic devil killer, I was yours


G riff
It was the early days of rock and roll
Cadd9 Riff
It was Otis it was Memphis soul
Em7 Riff
It was a plane crash it was overnight
Cadd9 Riff
It was burning fast and burning bright


________________G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
__________________Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
________________Cadd9___________________________D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
______Em7_____________________________D___________________________________Cadd9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
________________________G
Oh, so baby please just stop


G riff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
Cadd9 Riff
It was exes and some wanna-be-s
Em7 Riff
It was reckless it was understood
Cadd9 Riff
It didn't matter 'cause it felt so good


G riff
And I'll still be here if you change your mind
Cadd9 Riff
But I can see the leaving in your eyes
Em7 Riff
Don't want to hear it 'cause I know it well
Cadd9 Riff
I've said it all before to someone else



________________G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
__________________Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
________________Cadd9___________________________D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
______Em7_____________________________D___________________________________Cadd9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
________________________G
Oh, so baby please just stop


G riff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
Cadd9 Riff
A kind of love close akin to grief
Em7 Riff
It was everything that I could want
Cadd9 Riff
California came and took it all



________________G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
__________________Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
________________Cadd9___________________________D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
______Em7_____________________________D___________________________________Cadd9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
________________________G
Oh, so baby please just stop

When I Was Young

The picking pattern for the G parts of the verses go like this:

|---3-------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-----3-|
|---0-------------------|
|---0-------------0h2---|
|---2-------0h2---------|
|-3-3---3---------------|


And the Em7 parts go like this:

|---0-------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-----3-|
|---0-------------------|
|---2-------------0h2---|
|---2-------0h2---------|
|-0-0---0---------------|



G
When I was young at night I'd call your name
G
When I was young I fell in love every other day
Em7
When I was young, lord when I was young

G
All of what I've done and all I've seen
G
Place it brought me to, place I thought I'd be
Em7
When I was young, lord when I was young


C______________________________________________________Em7
Now in the lonesome of the night I wake, no names do I call
C____________________________________________________________Em7__D
And in the lonesome of the night I drink, to all the loves I lost
C_____D_____Em7________C
Oh the days I let slip away
C________________________D_______________G
I was fierce and wild in love when I was young


G
Now working never did agree with me
G
Maybe I never stuck around long enough to see
Em7
When I was young, lord when I was young


C______________________________________________________Em7
Now in the lonesome of the night I wake, no names do I call
C____________________________________________________________Em7__D
And in the lonesome of the night I drink, to all the loves I lost
C_____D_____Em7________C
Oh the days I let slip away
C________________________D_______________G
I was fierce and wild in love when I was young


Em7___________________________________________C
All those long gone nights with you next to me
Em7________________________________C
I let those years slip by so easily
C__________________Em7_D_C__Em7_D_C__Em7_D_G
They went so easily


G
I spent all my days trying to be
G
Something you can't hold, something close to free
Em7
But I ain't young, lord knows that I'm not young


C_____D_____Em7________C
Oh the days I let slip away
C________________________D_______________Em7
I was fierce and wild in love when I was young
C_____D_____Em7_____________________C
Oh the days all the mistakes that I made
C________________________D_______________G
I was fierce and wild in love when I was young

Go Easy

There's a good video of Ben playing his part of this on Nine Bullets. The basic idea for the verses is that he goes from C to C with ab A# in the bass, then to C with an F in the bass, and then beck to C.  Pretty simple.


Main riff:

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----5-------------------|
|-5s7-----7-5-3-3-------3-|
|-------------------3-5---|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----5-------------------|
|-5s7-----7-5-3-3-------3-|
|-------------------3-5---|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----5-------------------|
|-5s7-----7-5-3-3-------3-|
|-------------------3-5---|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-3s5-3-3s5-3-3s5-3-----3-|
|-------------------3-5---|



Picking for chords:

C
|---------------|
|---------1-----|
|-----0-------0-|
|---------------|
|-3-3---3-------|
|---------------|

C/A#
|---------------|
|---------1-----|
|-----0-------0-|
|---------------|
|-1-1---1-------|
|---------------|

C/F
|---------------|
|---------1-----|
|-----0-------0-|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-1-1---1-------|

C
Hold on
________C/A#
Darling hold on
___________C/F
A storm is coming on
__________________C
But I'll keep you safe


C
It's alright
________C/A#
Darling shut your eyes
_________________C/F
Try and get some sleep tonight
_________________C
We're out of the rain


____G______F
And go, go easy
__________C
And we'll find our way
__________C
Yes we'll find our way
F
Oh forlornly
________C
but not foresaken
_________G__________________C
Led into peril for refuge's sake
___F________C
Go easy, go easy
____________G_______________________F
Fear not my darling, we'll find our way
_______________C
We'll find our way


C
I know
________C/A#
Darling I know
________________C/F
Where'd all the stars go
__________________C
What'll guide the way

C
It's alright
________________C/A#
Darling there's still a light
____________________C/F
So try and get some sleep tonight
______________C
I'll keep the flame


_______G______F
I said go, go easy
__________C
And we'll find our way
__________C
Yes we'll find our way
F
Oh forlornly
________C
but not foresaken
_________G__________________C
Led into peril for refuge's sake
___F________C
Go easy, go easy
____________G_______________________F
Fear not my darling, we'll find our way


F_______________________C
Now the water's running in, my darling
F_________________C
In the eye of the storm, my darling
F____________________C
But I promise you're safe, my darling
G__________F___________C
Here in my arms, in my arms


C
So hold on
________C/A#
Darling hold on
__________________C/F
Well it's darkest before the dawn
__________________C
But I'll keep you safe

_______G______F
I said go, go easy
____________G______F
Lord I said go, go easy
__________C
And we'll find our way
_____________C
Aw and we'll find our way
F
Oh forlornly
________C
but not foresaken
_________G__________________C
Led into peril for refuge's sake
___F________C
Go easy, go easy
____________G_______________________C
Fear not my darling, we'll find our way

F
Oh forlornly
________C
but not foresaken
_________G__________________C
Led into peril for refuge's sake
___F________C
Go easy, go easy
____________G_______________________F
Fear not my darling, we'll find our way
___________________G______F________________C
I said fear not my darling, we'll find our way

Juniper

My pre-order of Women & Work showed up yesterday, so today we're celebrating with a new tab.

Right channel (Brian) riff 1:

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----0---3-------------------|
|-------------3s5-5-5-5-5s3-0-|
|-----------------------------|
|-3---------------------------|


Vamp on a G barre chord


Little bending fill:

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-5^-5^-5^-5^-5v-3--|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|


Left channel (Ben) riff part 1:

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------3---------------3-----|
|-5---5-3---5-3---5---5-3---5-3-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


Part 2 (Aw, Juniper...)

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3-----|
|-----5-------5-------5-------5-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


DDDDDDDDC (You stay on the run...)

Part 3 (The dismount)

|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----3-3------------------|
|-3s5---------3---3-3-1----|
|---------3s5-----------1--|


Chorus picking pattern:

C
|-------------|
|-----1-------|
|-------0---0-|
|-------------|
|-3-3-----3---|
|-------------|

G
|-------------|
|-----1-------|
|-------0---0-|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-3-3-----3---|

A
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-----2-----0-|
|-------2-----|
|-0-0-----0---|
|-------------|



G
Well she looks like a super hero down on her luck
G
Surrounded by villains and the years are catching up
G
She's a dark eyed beauty and a dangerous fiend
G
She says dance me outside knocks the boys off their feet
C_____________________________________G
Aw Juniper, which way you gonna run now?
D________________________________________________________C
You stay on the run long enough and you're done, oh it's clear
G
Juniper come here

C_____________________________G
Now there ain't no need being lonesome
C_____________________G
Ain't no need running round
C______________________________G
No there ain't no need for the boys down the street
______A___________________C
Honey I'm all yours right now
G
I said Juniper come here

G
Well she walks like a panther but she's falling apart
G
She's gone half crazy with a stitched up heart
G
And she drinks like a sailor at the bottom of the sea
G
But she sings like a siren in the belly of the beast
C____________________________G
Aw Juniper, girl I'm back in town
D_______________________________________C
I been away for a year and a day, oh my dear
G
Juniper come here


C_____________________________G
Now there ain't no need being lonesome
C_____________________G
Ain't no need running round
C______________________________G
No there ain't no need for the boys down the street
______A___________________C
Honey I'm all yours right now
G
I said Juniper come here



E___________________________C
I woke up last week down in Dallas
G___________________________________D
Had an Indian maiden tattooed on my chest
E______________________________________C
Now I ain't saying she looks just like you
_________G_________F#_______E____________D________C
But when I sobered up and I saw her face I headed west
________D__________________________________G
Back to you girl, hell, I always loved you best

C_____________________________________G
Aw Juniper, which way you gonna run now?
D_______________________________________________C
You been on the run long enough aw girl, I'm in love
G
Juniper you're the one


C_____________________________G
Now there ain't no need being lonesome
C_____________________G
Ain't no need running round
C______________________________G
No there ain't no need for the boys down the street
______A___________________C
Honey I'm all yours right now

C_____________________________G
Now there ain't no need being lonesome
C_____________________G
Ain't no need running round
C______________________________G
No there ain't no need for the boys down the street
______A___________________C
Honey I'm all yours right now
______A___________________C
Honey I'm all yours right now
G
Juniper you're the one

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~--------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|--------------|

Women & Work Index

A few of these tabs are still based off of live (sometimes outdated) versions. I'll go back and fix them up to match the record as I find time, but in the meantime I wanted to get the tabs I have so far in one place.

1. Downtown (Intro)
2. On My Way Downtown
3. Women & Work
4. It May Be Too Late
5. Juniper
6. Who You Waiting On?
7. I Can't Stand to Leave You
8. When I was Young
9. Sometimes
10. Like Lightning
11. Go Easy

On My Way Downtown

Happy Thanksgiving Lucero fans. I'm celebrating by tabbing one of the new songs they've been playing live. I love the way this song is shaping up. There are live videos here and here. I think the first one is a little more useful for figuring out how to play it.
Most of the song follows a basic AAED pattern, but the details take some explaining. First of all it starts with a riff over the first two verses that never appears again. Here's how that goes. You'll want to wrap your thumb to get the D bass note. (The x indicates a muted pick that happens right on the beat.)

A
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------9-9h11-9------9-|----------9-9h11-9--------|
|---9h11-x----------9h11---|---9h11-x----------9h11---|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|----------9-9h11-9------9-|
|---9h11-x----------9h11---|
|--------------------------|
|-0------------------------|

D
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-----------9-9h11-9--------|
|----9h11-x----------9h11---|
|---------------------------|
|-10------------------------|


A
On my way downtown
A
Thought you might be around
E
Come on out tonight
D
Come on out tonight

A
I know the last time we drank
A
I was a little less than behaved
E
Come on out out tonight
D
Aw, I'll be good tonight


The next part is a variation on that riff that comes up often throughout the rest of the song. Let's call it Riff 2.

A x2
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------9----------9----------9-9h11-9------9-|
|-----9h11-------9h11-------9h11----------9h11---|
|-0-0--------0-0--------0-0----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

E
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------9----------9----------9-9h11-9------9-|
|-----9h11-------9h11-------9h11----------9h11---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0--------0-0--------0-0----------------------|

D
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------9------------9------------9-9h11-9------9-|
|-------9h11---------9h11---------9h11----------9h11---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10--------10-10--------10-10----------------------|


Riff 2

For the rest of the verses the chords continue to follow that AAED
pattern, but he plays a little shuffle sort of like Devil and Maggie. Basically the third beat of every four gets the shuffle so it looks like this. Use your pinky to get the shuffle on the D part.

A x8
|---------|
|---------|
|-2-2-4-2-|
|-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-|
|---------|

E x4
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-2-2-4-2-|
|-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-|

D x4
|-0-0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-|
|---------|
|---------|



A shuffle
On my way downtown thought you might be around
A shuffle
Come on out have a drink. Have a round it's on me
E shuffle
And I said that I would, so yes, ma'am, I'll be good
D shuffle
I'll make up for those days that we lost 'round the way
A shuffle
Come on baby don't you wanna go, wanna go
A shuffle
Come on baby please say it's so, say it's so
E shuffle
I ain't looking for forever, I ain't askin' for your hand
D shuffle
I'm just on my way to town and I thought I'd take a chance
A_______E_________________D
Come on down for just one drink
A____________E__________________D
When you're around I'm more the man that I should be
E
Come on now baby can't you see
D
Can't you see that you're good for me, you know that you're good for me


Riff 2


A shuffle
On my way downtown thought you might be around
A shuffle
Come on out have a drink. Have a round it's on me
E shuffle
Come on baby don't you wanna go, wanna go
D shuffle
Come on baby please say it's so, say it's so
A_______E_________________D
Come on down for just one drink
A____________E__________________D
When you're around I'm more the man that I should be
E
Come on now baby can't you see
D
Can't you see that you're good for me, you know that you're good for me
A_____________E____________________D
On my way downtown just waitin for you

A B D A
Come on out out tonight
A B D D
Don't you wanna go, wanna go
A B D A
Come on out out tonight
G
I'll be waitin' for you downtown
D
So why don't you come on down, why don't you come around

Riff 2


A shuffle
Come on baby don't you wanna go, wanna go
A shuffle
Come on baby please say it's so, say it's so
E shuffle
I ain't looking for forever, I ain't askin' for your hand
D shuffle
I'm just on my way to town and I thought I'd take a chance
A_______E_________________D
Come on down for just one drink
A____________E__________________D
When you're around I'm more the man that I should be
E
Come on now baby can't you see
D
Can't you see that you're good for me, you know that you're good for me
E

D
Can't you see that you're good for me, you know that you're good for me
A_____________E____________________D
On my way downtown just waitin for you

Recently Updated Tabs (v3)

New songs continue to trickle out onto the Internet. Soon I'll do a tab for When I Was Young, and that'll make five off the new record. In the meantime, here's a list of the tabs that have been updated or added in the past several months.

• Can't Stand to Leave You
• Women and Work
• Like Lightning
• It May Be Too Late
• Hearts On Fire
• The Only One
• If Only You Were Lonely
  

If Only You Were Lonely

There's a chord in this song that I'm not sure what to call. It's x20030 which makes is B-D-G-D-E and I don't think that's anything. Anyhow, I just called it B*

G B* Cadd9 Asus G D G

G
Well, I walked out of work
__________B*
And I was tired as hell
Cadd9________________Asus
Another day come and gone and oh well
G___________________D_____________________G
Somewhere there's a drink with my name on it

G_____________________________B*
Well, I ordered a Scotch as I bust through them doors
________Cadd9
Spilled half on my jeans
__________Asus
The other half on the floor
G______________D______________________G
When I saw you standing by that video game

G
Well, I ain't very good
__________B*
But I get practice by myself
Cadd9
Forgot my one line
__________Asus
So I just said what I felt


Cadd9____________B*_____Cadd9__D
If only you were lonely,
Cadd9____________B*_____Cadd9__D
If only you was lonely too,
Cadd9____________B*_____Cadd9__D
If only you was lonely
Cadd9____________B*_____Cadd9__D__G
I'd go home with you

Twenty push-ups this morning, that was half my goal
Tonight I'll be doin' pull-ups
On the toilet bowl
And somewhere there's somebody a-throwin up

Well, I broke the seal on my door
And I poured myself to bed
The whirlpool spinning around in my head
Around in my head
There was liquor on my breath
You were on my mind

B*
And I'll be dreamin of that smile
__________Cadd9_______Asus
Without a care in the world
Cadd9____________B*_____Cadd9__D
If only you were lonely,
Cadd9____________B*_____Cadd9__D
If only you was lonely too,
Cadd9____________B*_____Cadd9__D__G
If only you was lonely

I walked out of the kitchen
I was tired as hell
Another day's here... oh well
Somewhere there's a smile with my name on it.

It May Be Too Late

Here's the fourth new song to emerge from the next album. You can see a cool video of it here.

As is often the case with Ben, the key implies that the B chords are minor, but he plays them as B5 (power chords). Point is, if you're going to play the full chord, it sounds better minor.


Verses/intro riff:

|-------------|-------------|
|-------7-----|-------7-----|
|---7-----7---|-5---5---5---|
|-0---0-----0-|---0-------0-|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|


|-------------|-------------|
|-------3-----|-------------|
|-----0---0---|-------2-----|
|---0-------0-|---2-----2---|
|-------------|-0---0-----0-|
|-3-----------|-------------|



Riff
Well it's Saturday night, out here on my own

Riff
Been downtown, don't know how long

Riff
Been waiting on a freind of mine, been saving her a seat

Riff
Bar's about to close, she's yet to be seen

G
Now in the past I've gone astray

D
Yes, I'm the one to blame

G
Come on now call me back, darlin please call me

A
I'm So down hearted


D____________A_______B______________G
It may be to late to save me little girl

D__________________________A_______________G
Called your phone `til the number wouldn't dial

D_________________A_______B______________G
Yes it may be too late to save me little girl

D_______________________A___________D
Show me a sign it might save me somehow


Riff
Now I could get better, or I could get drunk

Riff
Doubles for the road, reckon I'm done

Riff
Gonna pay up my tab, make it back accross town

Riff
Call one more time, see if she'd come near the house

G
Now in the past I've gone astray

D
Yes, I'm the one to blame

G
Come on now call me back, darlin please call me

A
I'm So down hearted


D____________A_______B______________G
It may be to late to save me little girl

D__________________________A_______________G
Called your phone `til the number wouldn't dial

D_________________A_______B______________G
Yes it may be too late to save me little girl

D_______________________A___________D
Show me a sign it might save me somehow




E_____________A
I know you're busy girl

D_____________G
I know you're working hard

E_____A___________________D
Every day just to make it through

E_________A
Maybe the best way to

D______________G
save me little girl

D____________________A________________D
Is by letting me, by letting me, save you




G
Now in the past I've gone astray

D
Yes, I'm the one to blame

G
Come on now call me back, darlin please call me

A
I'm So down hearted


D____________A_______B______________G
It may be to late to save me little girl

D__________________________A_______________G
Called your phone `til the number wouldn't dial

D_________________A_______B______________G
Yes it may be too late to save me little girl

D_______________________A___________D____A
Show me a sign it might save me somehow

D_________________A_______B______________G
Yes it may be too late to save me little girl

D_______________________A___________D____A
Show me a sign it might save me somehow

D_______________________A___________D
Show me a sign it might save me somehow

Like Lightning

I finally got around to tabbing Brian's lead on this one. He plays it twice, and they're not exactly the same, but they're close enough that I only bothered to tab the first version. One thing to keep in mind: 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.


Brian's lead riff:

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-----7-7---7---9-7---|
|-7s9-----9---------9-|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9s7-5-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

|-----------------10-10-|
|-------8---8-10^-------|
|-7s9-----9-------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

|-10-10-10-10-10----------|
|-----------------10v-8-8-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-2-0---0-0-|
|-0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2-------2-----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

|---------------------|
|-----8-8---8-10-8----|
|-7s9-----9--------9--|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

|---------10-10-10---------|
|-8-8-10^----------10v-8-8-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

G

G D G G
Now she's got a kiss that hits like a thunder bolt
Em D C C
Electric lips that shocked me to the bone
G D Em C
Then I turned my back, she was gone in flash, now I gotta find her, been working on that
G D G G
I know when I catch her I ain't gonna let her go


C C G G
Gonna make my way on back up down the road
C C D D
Gonna tell her that I need her, gonna tell her I love her so, Lord where did she go?
Em C G G
Don't go wasting lightning
Em C D D
Don't go wasting time
Em C G D G
Cause that girl down the road, she ain't the waiting kind


G D G G
Now she ain't dancing on the bar at the Buccaneer
Em D C C
She ain't drinking with the boys underneath the pier
G D Em C
She ain't at her sisters, she ain't at the track, but I'm gonna find her, gonna bring her back
G D G G
I know when I catch her I ain't gonna let her go



C C G G
Gonna make my way on back up down the road
C C D D
Gonna tell her that I need her, gonna tell her I love her so, Lord where did she go?
Em C G G
Don't go wasting lightning
Em C D D
Don't go wasting time
Em C G D G
Cause that girl down the road, she ain't the waiting kind



A C G D
Now she was on fire, I remember the kiss in the car there beside her, sparks from her lips
A C G D
And the way that she looked, like a storm on the rise, Wind in her hair, rain in her eyes
A C A C
I remember so, like a thunderbolt
A C D D
And the fire in her kiss and the sparks from her lips and the look in her eye like a storm on the rise



C C G G
Gonna make my way on back up down the road
C C D D
Gonna tell her that I need her, gonna tell her I love her so, Lord where did she go?
Em C G G
Don't go wasting lightning
Em C D D
Don't go wasting time
Em C G D G
Cause that girl down the road, she ain't the waiting kind

Women and Work

Hell yeah. It's that time again, folks. New Lucero songs are starting to trickle out into the world. There has to be at least seven of them in the chute. And despite being encumbered by inconveniences like a new job and a full load of grad work, I am determined to keep up with the tabs.

The latest one is called Women and Work. Here's a nice video of it. It's a bouncy working man's blues that reminds me of both The Devil & Maggie and Sounds of the City. The main part of the song is an A shuffle like this:

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-4-2---2-4-2---2-4-2---2-4-2---|
|-2-4-2---2-4-2---2-4-2---2-4-2---|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---|
|---------------------------------|

The strumming pattern there sounds like up-down-up-rest. All the chords are power chords except the typical Lucero Dsus (xx0230).

Brian has a cool fill that shows up twice. You can see a video of him working on it with producer Ted Hutt here. It goes like this:

|------------------|
|-12^v-12-10----10-|
|------------11----|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|

|------------------|
|-12^v-12-10----10-|
|------------11----|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|

|---------------------------------|
|-12^-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12v-10-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


Verses:

A shuffle
Now it's one shot of women, one shot of work
A shuffle
One shot's sweeter but they both can hurt
D__________________________A shuffle
Just let it go. Kid, just let it go.
A shuffle
Feels alright for being so wrong
A shuffle
Don't look back cause it won't last long
D__________________________A shuffle
Just let it go. Kid, just let it go.
E
Raise up your glass. Let's make a toast
D
It hurts in the morning but you still need `em both

A shuffle

Choruses:

B__________________E
A honky tonk and a jack knife
A_________________D
A tomahawk and an ex-wife
A_________________E_____________D
Come on kid let's drink `em down
A_________E_________________A shuffle
Kid don't let it get you down



Now I'm playing too fast, thinking too slow
Women and the work and a kid don't you know
Let it go. Kid just let it go.
Come on in, get out of the cold
Women and work got you froze to the bone

A honky tonk and a jack knife
A tomahawk and an ex-wife
Come on kid let's drink `em down
Kid don't let it get you down

Bridge:
(I think this "B" might actually be x044xx)

B__________________________E
Women and the work and the booze in between
________A_____________________D
Got you puking in the aisles, smashing TVs
A_________E__________________D
Kid don't let it get you down

Now it's one shot of women, one shot of work
Don't try to sip `em cause they'll only taste worse
Let it go. Kid, just let it go.
Raise up your glass. Let's make a toast
You can't win `em all, but you still need `em both

A honky tonk and a jack knife
A tomahawk and an ex-wife

A honky tonk and a jack knife
A tomahawk and an ex-wife
Come on kid let's drink `em down
Come on kid let's drink `em down
Kid don't let it get you down

Can't Stand to Leave You

Alright, for anyone who hasn't heard it yet, Ben's been playing a new song, and you can check out a video of it here.

It's pretty simple. The verses and the chorus actually use the same AAGF riff. I labeled the first half of the A riff A(1) and the second half A(2).

Then there's a simple bridge riff and an instrumental break that both follow an AGFF patern. (I assume Brian will do a solo over the instrumental break.)

One quick note about the tab for the break: It repeats the AGFF cycle 4 times, two one way, and then two slightly different. The difference is actually only one note, specifically whether the G parts finish on open G or open D. Otherwise it's the same riff four times.

Capo on the 3rd fret

Verses/Chorus Riff:

A(1)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------------0h2---2~-|
|--------0h2---2~--------------|
|-0--0-0-----0----0-0-----0----|
|------------------------------|

A(2)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------------0h2---0--|
|--------0h2---2~--------------|
|-0--0-0-----0----0-0-----0----|
|------------------------------|

G
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------------0h2---0--|
|--------0h2---2~--------------|
|------------------------------|
|-3--3-3-----3----3-3-----3----|

F
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---------------------0h2---2~-|
|--------0h2---2~--------------|
|------------------------------|
|-1--1-1-----1----1-1-----1----|


Bridge Riff:

A
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---2---2---2---2-|
|-0---0---0---0---|
|-----------------|

G
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---2---2---2---0-|
|-----------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|

F
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---2---2---2---0-|---2---2---2---2-|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|

Instrumental break/solo

First 2x:
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------0-|-----------------|
|---------0h2-----|---------0h2---0-|
|-0--0-0------0---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3--3-3------3---|


|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|
|---------0h2---2~|---------0h2-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1--1-1------1---|----1-1------1---|


Second 2x:
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------0-|---------------0-|
|---------0h2-----|---------0h2-----|
|-0--0-0------0---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3--3-3------3---|


|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-|
|---------0h2---2~|---------0h2-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1--1-1------1---|----1-1------1---|


A(1)________________A(2)
I see your face when I close my eyes
G_________________________F
I hear your name when the wind's just right
A(1)______________A(2)
The setting sun's gone once more
G___________________________F
Each night's worse than the night before
A(1)
Now I can't stand to leave you
________A(2)________________________________G_______F
I can't take the weight of this world on my own
A(1)
I don't know what I'll do
________A(2)____________________G__________F
I don't think I can make it all alone


A(1)______________A(2)
They say all will mend with time
G_______________________F
That don't mean much to me tonight
A(1)_______________A(2)
Like city streets, your eyes shine
G__________________________F
And I'm out here, with the losing kind
A(1)
Now I can't stand to leave you
________A(2)________________________________G_______F
I can't take the weight of this world on my own
A(1)
I don't know what I'll do
________A(2)____________________G__________F
I don't think I can make it all alone

Bridge:

A_______________________G___________F
And yes, I've felt this kind of pain
A_______________G_______________F
A hole straight through my chest
A___________G_______________F
It's always there, never far away
A______________G____________F
Seems now it's all that's left

Instrumental break/solo

A(1)______________A(2)
Every song I hear your voice sing
G_________________________F
The words are clear. Come back to me
A(1)_______________A(2)
Come back to me my only one
G_______________________F
And hold me close. Your work is done.
A(1)
Now I can't stand to leave you
________A(2)________________________________G_______F
I can't take the weight of this world on my own
A(1)
I don't know what I'll do
________A(2)____________________G__________F
I don't think I can make it all alone

New Song

For the past year, I just haven't had any time to devote to posting here. So none of the old tabs have gotten the improvements I'd like to make, but at least there hadven't been any new songs to worry about tabbing. That is, there haven't been any new songs until now.

Check out this video of Ben doing a new song at an Arkansas record store:



Not bad, right? I'll try to work out how to play it in the next week or so.

Recently Updated Tabs (2)

Welcome to my Lucero tabs blog. The number of new visitors continues to grow, and I'm happy that people seem to be getting some use from the site.

After tabbing Gone to the Sea, we now have at least some tab for all but the most obscure Lucero songs. Many of the tabs are still kind of mediocre. I'll keep working to improve the ones that need work, and someday they'll all be perfect. Maybe. As always, I appreciate input, feedback, and corrections.

Anyhow, with no songs left to tab, I've decided to use the front page to display all the tabs that have been updated/improved recently. That way, when you visit, you can easily check whether there's anything worth looking at for a second time.

The improvements will include going back to check for flat out mistakes, adding solos and lyrics to tabs that are missing them, and adding markers in between bars to help give you a sense of beat and timing. Feel free to use the comments to suggest tabs you'd like to see cleaned up and/or solos you'd like to see added.

So here goes:

6/2/10 - When You Decided to Leave - Added riff from studio version
2/7/10 - What Else Would You Have Me Be? - Fixed mistakes and reformatted
2/5/10 - Wasted - Cleaned up some mistakes, added complete lyrics
1/30/10 - The Mountain - Massive overhaul
1/25/10 - Sad and Lonely - Cleaned up some mistakes, added lyrics
1/11/10 - Gone to the Sea - Brand new tab
1/8/10 - Hey Darlin' Do You Gamble? - Fixed the picking pattern
1/4/10 - Sound of the City - Added lyrics and a small correction

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Gone to the Sea

I'm not sure about some of this one. The CD sounds like a warped piece of vinyl, and as far as I can tell, there are no recordings of them doing it live. In any event, a couple people have asked me to give it a try, and I think this is pretty close. Feel free to suggest corrections.
Main Riff:

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----0------0------0-----------|
|---2------2------0-------------|
|-0------3------2------3s5-3-2--|
|-------------------------------|

G D Em7 Cadd9

Riff
She's beautiful and deep blue
Riff
But she's cold and tragic too
Riff
There ain't nothing to say, or to do

G_D_Em7_______Cadd9
_____Been landlocked and alone
G_D_Em7_______Cadd9
_____With the Siren song
G_D_Em7__Cadd9
_____Now my heart is
G_________D__________Em7
gone with her to the sea

Riff
I can hear her from the shore
Riff
So I dare not to sail anymore
Riff
A voice a would gladly drown for

G_D_Em7_______Cadd9
_____Been landlocked and alone
G_D_Em7_______Cadd9
_____With the Siren song
G_D_Em7__Cadd9
_____Now my heart is
G_________D__________Em7
gone with her to the sea

Em7_D_G
______Been landlocked and alone
Em7_D_G
______With the Siren song
Em7_D_G
______Now my heart is
Em7_______D__________Cadd9
gone with her to the sea

Riff x 4

G_D_Em7________Cadd9
_____Still landlocked and alone
G_D_Em7_______Cadd9
_____With the Siren song
G_D_Em7__Cadd9
_____Now my heart is
G_________D__________Em7
gone with her to the sea

Recently Updated Tabs

First of all, I'd like to welcome all of the new visitors we've been getting since the new record came out. We had over 20,000 page loads in October, and I'm glad all of you have chosen to spend a some time in my little corner of the Internet.

All of this means I need to raise my game. We've already got all of the 1372 Overton Park songs tabbed, and there are hardly any songs left with no tab. Since there aren't going to be many new tabs, I've decided to use the front page to display all the tabs that have been updated/improved recently. That way, when you visit, you can easily check whether there's anything worth looking at for a second time.

The improvements will include going back to check for flat out mistakes, adding solos and lyrics to tabs that are missing them, and adding markers in between bars to help give you a sense of beat and timing. Feel free to use the comments to suggest tabs you'd like to see cleaned up and/or solos you'd like to see added. (Do any of you even bother with the solos? I love learning them, but they're a lot of work to tab.)

So here goes:

1/8/10 - Hey Darlin' Do You Gamble? - Fixed the picking pattern
1/4/10 - Sound of the City - Added lyrics and a small correction
11/26/09 - Hold Me Close - Added lyrics and general clean up
11/25/09 - Can't Feel a Thing - Massive overhaul
11/21/09 - I'll Just Fall - Added lyrics and a whole lot of tidying up
11/20/09 - My Best Girl - Added lead and some missing lyrics
11/14/09 - Coming Home - Total overhaul including leads and solos
11/13/09 - Anjalee - Added solo and complete lyrics, corrected a mistake
11/7/09 - Nights Like These - Added leads, solo, and complete lyrics
11/6/09 - The Last Song - Added leads and solos
10/24/09 - All Sewn Up - Added lyrics and general tidying up
10/23/09 - Smoke - Added verses/intro tab
10/23/09 - Bikeriders - Added Brian's lead and general tidying up

Lucero Gets Their Own Dinosaur

Well, more of a bird, actually. Nevertheless, it's pretty damn cool. In one fell swoop someone proved the existence of both an ancient bird and a really cool paleontologist. Who knew?

Check it out: Link

Happy 1372 Overton Park Day

Today's the official release date for the new record, so I figured it was time for an update. If you haven't bought it yet, you should. In fact, you should buy it directly from the band.

I met my goal of getting a tab up for every song by the release date, you can find them all on the record's tab index page. I've got leads and solos for almost everything, but it's gonna take some time before I work through Brian's whole lead on Sixes and Sevens. That might even get split into its own post.

After that, it'll probably be quiet here for a while. I'm always revisiting old tabs to look for mistakes and/or add solos. As I get better, the old tabs seem to get worse. So there's always something to improve. Somehow I never posted Brian's leads from Bikeriders. I'll fix that soon. I'm also working on the terrific solo from The Last Song (probably Ben's best solo). That'll get posted pretty soon, too.

I'd love to do another interview, but now that they're doing "real" publicity to support the release, it's gonna be hard to get on their schedule. That may have to wait.