Sucker Train Blues Chords & Tabs
Artist - Velvet Revolver
Song - Sucker Train blues
Lead Guitarist - Slash
Guitar used - Gibson Les Paul with Seymour Duncan Alnico II pros
Tabbed by Oscar Sum
Please feel free to add oskysum@hotmail.com if you have any queries
Intro
e|---------------------------------
B|------------3-2------------------
G|-4---3-4--------3----------------
D|---------------------------------
A|---------------------------------
E|---------------------------------
Play this with a clean guitar with the effect chorus
Please note that the bass guitar plays the other riff....not the guitar
Although the guitar CAN play that part
Main Riff:
Rhythm Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5---2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-
A|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5---2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-
E|-3--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3---0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-
PM.......................... PM...........................
Lead Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------3------------------------------------------------
A|------4---5------------5---4-5-------------------------------------
E|-3--3---3---3-3-3---3---3------3---0--0-6-0-7-0-0-0-10-0-9-0-6-7-0-
Fill at the end of the intro:
e|-------3-3-----3-3-------------------------0-0-----0-0-------------
B|-------3-3-----3-3-------------------------0-0-----0-0-------------
G|-5^(7)----5^(7)-----------------------2^(4)---2^(4)----------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
You may find it easier to bend from the 3 fret instead of the 2nd.
Verse:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-0--0-6-0-7-0-----0--0-6-0-7-0-----0--0-6-0-7-0--------------------
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-0--0-6-0-7-0-0-0-10-0-9-0-6-7-0-----------------------------------
Then the verse changes a bit:
Play each riff 4 times
Rhythm Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2----------------------------------
A|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2----------------------------------
E|--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0----------------------------------
PM..............................
Lead Guitar:
Starts off with a pick scrape then:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------9-9-9---9-9-9--------------------------------------
D|----------------9-9-9---9-9-9--------------------------------------
A|----------------7-7-7---7-7-7--------------------------------------
E|-0--0-6-0-7--------------------------------------------------------
Pre-Chorus:
Rhythm Guitar:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------4---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4--
D|--7---7-7-7-7-7--5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4--
A|--7---7-7-7-7-7--5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2--
E|--5---5-5-5-5-5--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/velvet_revolver/sucker_train_blues_tab.html ]
Lead Guitar:
e|-----------------------------------------------------7-7-7------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------7-7-7------------
G|------------------------------------------------9^(11)----------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus:
Rhythm Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5---2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-
A|-5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5---2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-
E|-3--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3---0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-
PM.......................... PM...........................
Lead Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------3------------------------------------------------
A|------4---5------------5---4-5-------------------------------------
E|-3--3---3---3-3-3---3---3------3---0--0-6-0-7-0-0-0-10-0-9-0-6-7-0-
Post Chorus:
Rhythm Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-7---7-7-7-7-7--5---5-5-5-5--5-------------------------------------
D|-7---7-7-7-7-7--5---5-5-5-5--5--2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2---
A|-5---5-5-5-5-5--3---3-3-3-3--3--2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2---
E|--------------------------------0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0---
Lead Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-10--10-10-10---8---8-8-8-8-8---12--12-12-12-12-12...--------------
G|-12^(14)--------10^(12)---------14^(16)----------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
Rhythm Guitar:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-7---7-7-7-7-7--5---5-5-5-5--5--4---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4---
D|-7---7-7-7-7-7--5---5-5-5-5--5--4---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4---
A|-5---5-5-5-5-5--3---3-3-3-3--3--2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2---
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
Solo:
Rhythm plays the Rhythm part of the Main Riff
while the Lead plays:
e|----------------------------------------------12---------------------
B|---------------------13^(15)-r-r-r-r-------------15-12-15^(17)-r-r-r-
G|-5^(7)*-----10^(12)-------------------14^(16)------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------8-^(10)--------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
*Very wide fast vibrato
e|-12---------------12--------------------------------------------------
B|----15-12-15^(17)----15-12------------------15-------15-------15------
G|---------------------------14^(16)~--14^(16)---14^(16)--14^(16)--14-12
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
e|-15-12--15^(17)--15-12----12------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------15----------15-12------15-12-------15-12-------
G|----------------------------14^(16)-----14^(16)----14^(16)------14-12-
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
e|-----------17^(19)-r-r-17-15-17----15-17-15-17^(19)-17-18^(20)--------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|----14-12/------------------------------------------------------------
D|-14-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
After this its pick scraping, then back to the main riff
The outro is the main riff, but after a few bars, the lead guitar plays the rhythm
part aswell, then finishes on an E power chord.
Then the final bit is also the same riff as the intro