Illegal I Song Chords & Tabs
Song: Illegal i Song
Band: Velvet Revolver
Album: Contraband
Tabbed by: Kabir
ktaneja@students.latrobe.edu.au
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Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Slash'
Gtr 2 (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dave Kushner'
::Intro::
4/4
Gtr I
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|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
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|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|
::Verse 1 - played with Riff A
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|-5-5-5--3S5--6-5----|
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|-3-3-3--1S3--4-3----|
"One fine day
I'll settle down
When you bloody me
I ran aground
With my broken face
And fisticuff
*** the rest and
All their stuff"
::Filler - played with Intro riff::
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|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
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|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|
"I - Don't - Anymore
I - Don't - Anymore "
::Chorus - these are the chords and Slash plays some stuff in the background::
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|-4----3---------|
|-2----1----6----|
|-----------4----|
"Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying there
Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying"
::Intro riff again after above chorus::
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|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
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|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|
::Verse 2 - played same as Verse 1::
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|-5-5-5--3S5--6-5----|
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|-3-3-3--1S3--4-3----|
"Another way
A battle ground
A ready teller whore
Who makes no sound
Keep the money bitch
Keep the stuff
Fly around the world
And keep it up "
::Filler - played with Intro riff::
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|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
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|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|
"I - Don't - Anymore
I - Don't - Anymore "
::Chorus - the stuff Slash plays at the back of chorus is the same chords at a lower octave.::
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|-4----3---------|
|-2----1----6----|
|-----------4----|
"Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying there
Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying"
::Solo - Play the verses riff over the Solo, during the second part when Slash in on
5 play verse chords with added
:: 7x9 and 4x6::
|-17r=17--15--14h15--15r=15--14h15--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------15r===15--14h=15--15--15----|
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~ ~~~
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/velvet_revolver/illegal_i_song_tab.html ]
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|-5r===5--3h=5--3h5-3h5----2b4---2b4-----------|
|-------------------------------------3r==5----|
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:: Riff B - played after above solo with Bass and Drums in background::
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|-10h12-12--10-12--12p10h12--10-10-10----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------10h12-12-12---10h12--10p9-10p-9-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------10--10s8----|
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::Riff C - followed after Riff B, Slash just plays this with bends while Duff plays
chords::
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|-3-5-5--3-5----|
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::Chorus - the stuff Slash plays at the back of chorus is the same chords at a lower octave.::
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|-4----3---------|
|-2----1----6----|
|-----------4----|
"Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying there
Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying"
::Riff D - played with above chorus part in background by Slash::
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|-7b8=====9b10.5====13-12-19----15b17----|
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::Outro - just the intro chords with Scott screaming and Slash plays some feedback notes
i wont bother to tab::
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|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
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|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|
::Done!::
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
