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BE STIFF - Big Business
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Artist: Big Business
Song: Be Stiff (originally by Devo)
Release: Tour EP [II]
Year: 2006
Website: www.bigbigbusiness.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/bigbigbusiness
Tabbed by: Matt Whittle
e-mail: mattjwhittle@hotmail.com
Tuning: standard [EADG]
This is my first tab, so my apologies if it's way off
the mark. I love this song, and it's pretty easy to play
compared to BB's other stuff (that's probably cos it's
not a BB song, it's a Devo song). I'm not sure what tuning
Jared uses, but I found it easy to play in E, so I tabbed
it to that. Some bits may be wrong, and I may have missed
some bits, but it sounds alright to me :) Enjoy.
Intro:
x3
G||-----------------------------|------------------------------||
D||*----------------------------|-----------------------------*||
A||*-------9-9-7---------9-9-7\-|-----5-5-------------7-7-----*||
E||--9--9----------9--9---------|-5-5-----5-5/--7-7-7-----7-7--||
G|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-------9-9-7---------9-9-7\-|---------------------------------|
E|-9--9----------9--9---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/big_business/be_stiff_btab.html ]
Verse is the same riff as the intro, except you only
repeat the first part twice, not three times.
* Play verse twice *
Bass solo:
x2
G||-----------------------|----------------------|---------------|-------------||
D||*----11----------11----|----11----------11----|------5-7--5---|------------*||
A||*-------11----11----11-|-------11----11----11-|----7--------7-|------------*||
E||--9---------9----------|-9---------9----------|-5-------------|-7--0--5--7--||
^
I'm pretty sure
this part's wrong.
G|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|----11----------11----|----11----------11----|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------11----11----11-|-------11----11----11-|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-----6-6-7-7-8-8-|
E|-9---------9----------|-9---------9----------|-5-5-------------|-7-7-------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----8-8-9-9-10-10-|-------11-11-12-12-13-13-|
E|-9-9---------------|-12-12-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
* Play verse *
Outro:
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------16-16-14-14-------|
A|-------------------------------------------16-16-|
E|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-------------------|
G|-------------------|------------|
D|-------------------|------------|
A|-----8-8-9-9-10-10-|------9-9-7-|
E|-9-9---------------|-9-9--------|
That's it. Fun song. Any corrections, please email me.
