Powerman
the kinks
guitar 1
starts in with a little bit of palm muting on E chord up on the 7th fret of the a string
e----------------- ----------------------------------------------|
B----------------- ---------------------7h8----------------------|
G-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9- -9--7----7--6--4--7-------9-------------------|
D-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9- -9--7----7--6--4--7---------------------------|
A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- -7--5----5--4--2--4---------------------------|
E----------------- ----------------------------------------------| pm...............
after that u repeat it but with out the palm mutes
then it goes in the main beat of the whole song which is
riff 1 Riff 2
e------------------ e---------------------|
B-22222--2222------ B-22222-2222----------|
G-22222--22224p2p0 x2 G-22222-2222----------| x3
D-22222--2222------ D-22222-2222-----0-2--|
A-00000--0000------ A-00000-0000-0-3------|
E------------------ E---------------------|
on the third time of riff 2 ray starts singing and then it will switch to
riff 3
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kinks/powerman_tab.html ]
e-22222-2222---------------| Then u go back to riff 2 you'll hear it
B-33333-3333---------------|
G-22222-2222-----0-2-------| x1
D-00000-0000-0-2-----------|
A--------------------------|
E--------------------------|
then the chorus comes in and it's a little different but pretty much same stuff
you'll play A chord but not the riff and then when u hear the switch u play riff
3 twice then u play A chord and then hit a single D
so it goes
A/A/A/A A/A/A/D ,riff 3 X2 ,A/A/A/A A/A/A/D ,then riff 3 X1
Then the last time he does a little riff
e---------------------|
B---------------------|
G-777-7b-7p5----------|
D-777--------7-5------|
A-555-----------------|
E---------------------|
then repeat what ever needed until the next part I play on the high e string
e-14-15-14-12-14s12-12-12-12-10-
im not sure about hammer ons or pull offs if there is any but if so please speak up and correct me
e-9-10-9-7-9s7-7-7-7-5
i'm not sure about those but seems close.
The last part of the song that changes is the bridge or what ever u call it
it goes
A, D, F, C and u play A D F by hitting it on the bar chord then pm it....then
C is play with the strumming pattern of the riffs above. Then all repeats
the ending changes a little to he goes from E ,to G then f#,E, D
