Steve Mcqueen Chords & Tabs
Took a while to work this one out but i think ive got it right
Guitar 1: James Frost
Guitar 2: Paul Mullen
Intro
(bass slide)
1
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|------7-6-7-6~~----------7-6-7-9~~7-9-11-|
G|-8-8-----------6-------------------------| x2
D|-8-8-------------8~~6-8------------------|
A|-6-6-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
2
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-8-8------6-6--------| x4
D|-8-8------6-6---8-8--|
A|-6-6------4-4---8-8--|
E|----------------6-6--|
Verse
1
e|-------9----------------------9------9-----------|
B|---------11---------------------11-9---11-9------|
G|-10~~~------11-10~~11-10-(x2)---------------10~~~|Then the first part again
D|-------------------------------------------------| (x2)
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
2
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-8~~~~10~~~~~8~~~~10~~~~~4~~~~~6~~~~~8~~~~10~~~~~-| x2
D|-8~~~~~~~~~~~8~~~~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~8~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A|-6~~~~~~~~~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
both Guitars
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-8-8------6-6--------| x4
D|-8-8------6-6---8-8--|
A|-6-6------4-4---8-8--|
E|----------------6-6--|
Pre Verse
1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-------------9-9-------------|
G|-11-11-10-10----10-10-8~~~~~~|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
2
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-6-6---6-6-|
A|-6-6---6-6-|
E|-4-4---4-4-|
Verse 2
guitar 1 does something slightly different at the beginning
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-8~~~~~~-----6~~~--------------6~~~6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-----------6~~~~~----11~~----6~~~~~----------|
A|---------8~~~~~~~--9~~~~~--8~~~~~~~----------|
E|-----------------7~~~~~~~--------------------|
Then the same
Chorus
Bridge ("every things just as i left it")
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_automatic/steve_mcqueen_tab_ver_2.html ]
1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------7-9-11-9-7-|
G|-6/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\6-------------6/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------|
D|---------------------8-8-8-8-8-8------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(continued)
e|-------------------------------------9/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------8\6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
2
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------| x2
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-(x8)-4-(x8)-6-(x8)-8-(x8)-9-(x8)-11-(x8)-9-(x16)-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Bridge 2 ("Im just Chasing")
1
e|----9-----11----9-----11-| (this riff is only played half way through)
B|-11----11----11----11----|
G|-------------------------| x6
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
2
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-8~~~~~-6~~~~~-4~~~~~-6~~~~~-| x2
D|-8~~~~~-6~~~~~-4~~~~~-6~~~~~-|
A|-6~~~~~-4~~~~~-2~~~~~-4~~~~~-|
E|-----------------------------|
Chorus
once without guitars then again with guitars
e|-18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
Bridge
same but guitar 2 is playing power chords from the original root notes
Pre Outro
1
e|--------------11-|
B|-7-9-11-9-7------|
G|------------8----|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
2
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-------------8-|
D|-4-6-8-6-4-----|
A|-----------6---|
E|---------------|
Outro
1
e|--------9-14\----------9-11\-|
B|-7-9-11---------7-9-11-------|
G|-----------------------------| x4
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
2
e|--------------------------------|
B|-------------6\-----------------|
G|-----------6-------------6-8\---|
D|-----4-6-8---------4-6-8--------|
A|-6-------------6----------------|
E|--------------------------------|
As much as I love Penny I think the Automatic are much better now with Paul than they used to be
Rate please
Thanks
