Mr Cab Driver Chords & Tabs
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From: tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl (Zet van t TM)
"Mr Cab Driver" by Lenny Kravitz
From the album Let Love Rule
Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)
Notation
XhY - hammer on
XpY - pull off
XbY - bend at fret X to pitch of fret Y
XrY - release bent note at pitch of fret X to pitch of fret Y
X~~ - vibrato
(X) - ghost note
X/Y X\Y - slides from X up/down to Y
(...) - hold previous note
INTRO - Main riff
--5---------3-----------
--5---------3-----------
--6---------4------4----
--7---7-7---5----5-5-5--
--7---7-7---5----5-5-5--
--5---5-5---3----0-3-0--
VERSE
Mr Cab Driver won't stop to let me in
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--------------------------7--7--9--7--7--7--9--7--
--7--7--9--7--7--7--9--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------------------------- (2x main riff)
_______ A-riff _______ _______ D-riff _______
Mr Cab Driver don't like my kind of skin
(2x D-riff)
Mr Cab Driver you're never gonna win
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--9--9--11-9--9--9--11-9--
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--
-------------------------- (D-riff, 2x main riff)
_______ E-riff _______
VERSE
PRE-CHORUS 1
Here we go..
(2x D-riff while bass plays this tab)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lenny_kravitz/mr_cab_driver_tab.html ]
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------4---5---6----7-7-4--
--5-----------------------
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(2x A-riff)
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------4---5---6----7-7-4--
--5-----------------------
(2x D-riff)
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------4---5---6----7-7-4--
--5-----------------------
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(*)
B (x8) E (x8) E7#9 (x10)
--7------7------0---------
--7------9------8---------
--8------9------7---------
--9------9------6---------
--9------7------7---------
--7------0------0---------
CHORUS
Mr Cab Driver
(A-riff followed by main riff)
VERSE
PRE-CHORUS
PRE-CHORUS - Played from (*)
Let me in (scat)
CHORUS
SOLO
Based on the following tab. Easy enough to find out by
yourself.
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----------------------------(5h7)--------
--7b8r7--5-------------------5h7---5-----
-----------7---5---5h7---5-----------7\--
-----------------7---------7-------------
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SECOND PART OF SOLO
A (577xxx) C (x355xx)
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--8------8------8------7-----5-----------
--10b12--10b12--10b12--9b11--7b9---------
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A (577xxx) G (355xxx)
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--5------5------5------3-----1-----------
--7b9----7b9----7b9----5b7---3b5---------
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Repeat above once more
End song with A chord (577655)