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DIRTY CITY - Steve Winwood
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Tabbed by: Alan Beaulieu
Email: ajb0429@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
This is a basic interpretation of the distorted rhythm guitar part of the song.
Key: D
VERSE - Palm mute an open 'D' string, finish with various short fills ending in D.
Example:
D5 Short fill(*)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------3-1--------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------1-3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
pm ----------------------------------------------------------->let ring--->|
"A gangster came to see my boy....to pay one more bill"
(*) Other fills: Various D minor Penatonic riffs, ending in D. Go nuts. Open postion (below)
works best.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_winwood/dirty_city_tab.html ]
Dm Pentatonic Scale, D Shape ('open position') (D, F, G, A, C):
e|--1---3----------|
B|--1---3----------|
G|0---2------------|
D|0-----3----------|
A|0-----3----------|
E|--1---3----------|
CHORUS
Bb5 C5 D5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-3---------------|-5---------------|----7------------|
D|-3---------------|-5---------------|----7------------|
A|-1---------------|-3---------------|----5------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"Dirty City, this is a dirty town"
C5 Bb5 C5 D5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G|-5----3----------|--------5--------|-----------------|---------7------|
D|-5----3----------|--------5--------|-----------------|---------7------|
A|-3----1----------|--------3--------|-----------------|---------5------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
"Where's the pity, I can't move on up to higher ground"
That's the basic structure. Use your imagination to fill in the rest. - AJB
