Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar Chords & Tabs

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This is an updated version of my previous attempt. You should delete the previous
from your archive and replace it with this one.

Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy

I found this song in Lars Von Trier's "Breaking The Waves" soundtrack (great
movie, indeed). Andreas Bierling says the song is available on longplayers -
on re-releases of "Vagabonds of the western world" as one of four bonus-tracks
(alongside Black Boys in the corner, Randolph's Tango and Broken Dreams).

It took me two days to work it out and a whole morning to write the tabs, til I
got definitely bored of this song. I hope you'll enjoy. I wonder how many
people will look for the song, as it is a pretty obscure one. Anyway I really
like it, and it features great soloing... not by Gary Moore (that's what I
thought until yesterday), but by Eric Bell.

Btw, the verses of this song are an old Irish Tune... I once heard it played on
a violin (and I was playing the guitar in the background). The tune is actually
in D, with a slightly different ending; the chord pattern is:
||: D | D | Bm | Bm | G | G | D | A :||, then
| A | A | D | D | G | G | A | D (end)|

Any comments, additions or improvements are welcome. Though I did my best (and I
think it's fairly accurate), I know something here and there in the
transctiption is not correct. Let me know what you think.

19/11/00, Stefano Serafin (stefano.serafin@libero.it)

Now, the song:


                       WHISKEY IN THE JAR - THIN LIZZY

 Chords:
-------

intro: Am G Em (scrape strings with a pick or strum very fast)
main riff: | G F  Em   G   |  (2 times)
           | ^ ^  strum... |




Tab explanation:
---------------

       a ^ under a note or a chord name means a staccato.
       a |--3--| under the tab means a triplet.
       14b(16)r14 means bend up one tone, then release.
       some of the slide ups yoe see are actually bends... but it's a matter of
       personal taste.



intro:
-----

this is actually 2 electric guitars playing slightly different notes):

  Am                                                                 G
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13---13-13p12p10---12------(10)/12-12-12p10--------------(not sure.....)-----|
|---------------------------------------------12-12b(14)---12p10---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------12-11p10------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------12-10-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                           |---3---||--3--|
                 Em
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------(not sure here... + marks the stressed notes)|
|----------------9h12p9---------------------+----------------------------------|
|-----------9-12--------10/12-----/12-11-10-9-------+--------------------------|
|--12p10-12-----------------------------------12-11-10------+----------+-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-------|
                                            |--3--| |--3--|


main riff:
---------

this lick is not enough... I think there's probably another guitar doubling
five semitones lower, or maybe Eric Bell uses an octave divider, or something
like that... I really can't understand where the trick is. While playing the
hammer-ons on the G string (7h9h11 and 0h2h4), be as quick as you can.

|-------------------------------|----|---------------------------|-------------|
|-------------8-------------8---|----|-----------3---------------|-------------|
|:-7-7-7h9h11---9--11--7--9----:|-x3-|-0-0-0h2h4---0-2-0-(2)/4-0-|------0----0-|
|:-^---------------------------:|----|-^-------------------------|-(4)/5--4/5--|
|-------------------------------|----|---------------------------|-(end of solo)
|-------------------------------|----|----------------------(else w/tremolo bar)

(variation)
|---------------7-----7-----------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------10----10----10--8----|--------------------------------------------|
|--7--9--11-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|


[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/thin_lizzy/whiskey_in_the_jar_tab.html ]
solo:
----
             Em                   G
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8----------8---12-13-15-13-12h13p12----12---------------12-13-15--|
|-7-7-7h9h11---9-11-7-9-------------------------14----14-12-11-12-14-------^---|
|-^----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

         Em                                         C
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-15-/17-17-15-17-/20-17-15-(15)h17p15h17-----15----------------------------|
|------------------------^--^----------------/16----17-16-14----------17p16p14-|
|---------------------------------------------------^--^--^--17-15-14----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------^--^--^-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                    |---3---|---3---|
                 G                                        G
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12-13-15-13-12h13p12----12-|
|--------------------------------------------------12---------------------14---|
|-17-15-14----------------------------------------12---------------------------|
|-^--^--^--17-15-14b(15)r(14)b(15)r(14)b(15)r14---rake-(not in the original)---|
|----------^--^-----------------------------------solo, but sounds good)-------|
        |--3--|
                                 Em
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------12-13-15--12-15-/17-17-15-17-/20-17-15-(15)h17p15h17------15--|
|-14-12-11-12-14-------^-----------------------------------------------/16-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   C                                                G
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------12-h13-12------------12----|
|--17-16-14------------------14----16----17----19---12--12-12-14-9-12/14-^--12-|
|--^--^--^--17-15-14---14h17----17----17----17------12-h14-12-14-9-12/14----12-|
|-----------^--^--^------------------------------(that's the way I play it, but)
|------------------------------------------------(it may be something different)
   |---3---|---3---|
         D                                                               C
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----12-14b(16)-14(16)r14-12---------12h14p12---------12h14-------------------|
|-/14-------------------------14-12h14---------14-12h14------14-12-12-11-10----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                  G
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------15b(17)b(17)--|
|-------------------------------------/21----/17--h14-12------14---------------|
|--12-10--/14-12-/15-14-/17-15-/19-17-----17-/17--h14-12--/17------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------15h17--15------------------------------------------|
|----------17h20b(22)--15h17---------------------------------------------------|
|--19b(21)------------------------------then main riff-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



old irish tune:
--------------

this can be heard somewhere during the verses

    G          Em          C             G
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-9-7----7-9-11-9----7-9-11-12-11-9--7-12-11-9-----------------------------|
|-9-------9-----------9----------------------------9---------------------------|
|-(.................fast picking...................)---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



outro:
-----

some of Eric Bell's playing while fading out goes like this:

|-------------3-------------|----------------3---------------3-----------------|
|-------------3-------------|--------3---------------3-------------------------|
|:-0-0-2-0h2h4---0h2-2-0h2-:|--0h2h4---0h2h4---0h2h4---0h2h4-----etc...--------|
|:-------------------------:|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|


that's it!

Credits to Andreas Bierling, legacy7080 and Vittorio Nolletti. Thanks a lot, guys!

cheers
Stefano