Ok, so this is the main tune of summer time, going along with the vocals.
Its in A so maybe in the middle you can have a mess around maybe on A minor/pentatonic.
Regular Tuning.
Key:
sb = slow bend
b= bend
r=release bend
v=vibreto.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9---5----7sb9---7--5----7---9---5---2---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------2-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------1-----1-----------------------------------------|
G|------9----5----7---7-------2------2----5--4v----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9---5----7sb9---7--5----7---9---5---2---------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------2-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------1---3b5r3--1--1--------------------------------------|
G|--------0-----0-2---------------------2v---------------------------------|
D|-----2-----2-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Maybe after the tune is played a few times you could improvise around this scale.
e|----8--7--5--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------8---5-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------7---5-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------7---5---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------8--7---5---------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------8--7--5--------------|
Hope you enjoy this tab and it comes in useful to you.
If you would like to e-mail for any corrections, or just a compliment e-mail at.
chordman12@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks :D
Enjoy