Dubai Blues Chords & Tabs
Chickenfoot - Dubai Blues
From the album 'Chickenfoot III'
Eb tuning (all strings lowered by one fret/semitone)
tabbed by jjhand
Intro (0:19) - after pick scrape, played 2x
A7 D A
eb|-3----------3---|-2----------2---|---------------------|-----------------|
Bb|-2----------2---|-3----------3---|---------------------|-----------------|
Gb|-2----------2---|-2----------2---|-----------2----2----|-2----2----------|
Db|-2----------2---|-0----------0---|-----------2----2----|-2----2----------|
Ab|-0----------0---|-0----------0---|-3qb--3qb--0----0----|-0----0----------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|---------------------|-------------/12\|
Throughout Verse, Guitar 2 plays a muted open string in sixteenths. Note is
shown above the bars.
Verse Part 1 -
Guitar 1, Guitar 3 in ()
A
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------5/7--|-8-------------|------------5/7--|-5----------------|
|-(2)-------5/7--|-9-------------|------------5/7--|-5----------------|
|-(2)------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-(0)------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
Verse Part 2 -
Guitar 1
D A
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------5/7--|-8---------------|------------5/7--|-5----------------|
|-----------5/7--|-7---------------|------------5/7--|-5----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Guitar 3
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7s-------------|--------------7\-|-2s--------------|---------------2--|
|-7s-------------|--------------7\-|-2s--------------|---------------2--|
|-5s-------------|----------7h9----|-0s--------------|---------------0--|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Verse Part 3
Guitar 1
E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------5/7--|-8---------------|------------5/7--|-5----------------|
|-----------5/7--|-7---------------|------------5/7--|-5----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Guitar 3
|----------------|------0----------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------5----------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|---------2p0-----|-----------------|------------------|
|-2--------------|------------2----|-----------------|---------scrape---|
|-2--------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------/x\-----|
|-0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------3b5-|
Chorus (1:07) - Play Intro, add lick at 1:13
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---5---7---5~-----------|
|-7---7---7----7p5-7-7~~-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
Verse 2 - Played similarly with same licks/slides
Chorus 2 -
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-----5h7--5-----|
|-x/--7--------7----------7~-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Bridge - play similarly 3x
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-------3------------3---3----|-3---3---2---3--2---|
|-------2------------2---2----|-2---2---2---2--2---|
|-----------------------------|---------2---4--2---|
|-----------------------------|---------0------0---|
|-2-----------3---------------|-2---3--------------|
|
| Lead
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-12b14-b14-12p10---10~-12b14-|--------------------|
|----------------11-----------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
Bridge End - Play same Rhythm, Lead plays:
|--12-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----12b14r---10---10~~------|---------15b17-b17-15p13----|
|----------------11-----------|------------------------14~-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Solo -
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/chickenfoot/dubai_blues_tab.html ]
Rhythm Part (bass plays harmony with this line), played 2x
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-4--4--2p0-----|
|--------------------|-5--5--4p2----------|--------------------|-----------2---|
|-0-------0---0------|-----------3--------|-0-------0---0------|---------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
Lead Solo - start off with term bar dive to return to 12 fret pitch
|---------------------|------------|-12-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------|---15p13p12-13-15-12-13--12-------------------|
|---------------------|------------|-----------------------14--14-12-11--------11-|
|-x\--------------NH--|------------|-----------------------------------14-12-14---|
|-x\_____(-7)____/12--|-(12~~)-----|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12--11-------------------------5----|-----12-12----12-12----12--12--12h14-|
|---14--12-14--12---12h14p12\5-----7~-|---14-------14-------14--14--14------|
|------------15--14-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------15-----|---------------------------------|
|------13-15-16p15p13-15-13-15-13-15b17--15b17|---------------------------------|
|-12h14---------------------------------------|-----------------------hold------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-/x\----x\_____(-7)____/5NH~~~~--|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Play Verse Again
Play Chorus 2x
Lead Lick 1 in Final Chorus
|----------------------------|
|-8--------8-----------------|
|--7b9r7-5---7b9r7-5-7b9~~---|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Lead Lick 2 (in repeat)
|----------------------------|
|-20________________~~~~-----|
|---pb21r19b21r19b21~~~~-----|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
(3:49) Outro Solo Part 1, Solo Rhythm Part is played as well
|---------------|--------------|---------------------|----------|
|-5________\----|--------------|---------------------|----------|
|-5________\----|-----------5--|-7p5---------------5-|---8tr10/-|
|---------------|-------5-7----|-----5-7-7--7PH~~----|----------|
|---------------|-----7--------|---------------------|----------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------------|----------|
|------------|---------22b24-22-----------|--------------------------------|
|----20~~~~~-|-(20~~)----------22p20-22---|-20-----------------------------|
|------------|-------------------------21-|---19b20r-17-19p17-19p17-17b19~~|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
(4:07) Gets Quiet - guitar parts start overlapping in Am/pentatonic riffs
|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|-0------------|
|------------------------|------------------|-------------3/5-|-5----5h7-5h7-|
|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|------5h7-5h7-|
|--------7--7-------7p5-5|------------5-7-5-|--------7--------|-5------------|
|-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-3p0~~------|-5--3p0----7-----|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5--------5\4/5-|-5---------5\4/5-7-|-5---------5\4/5-|-5----------------|
|-5--------------|-----------------7-|-5---------------|-------etc--------|
|------7---5\4/5-|-5---------5\4/5---|-----------5\4/5-|-5----------------|
|--0-0---7-------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
The parts get overlapped and hard to follow towards the end but this should give you an idea.
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| r Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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