Sucker Train Blues Chords & Tabs
Song: Sucker Train Blues
Band: Velvet Revolver
Album: Contraband
Tabbed by: Kabir
ktaneja@students.latreobe.edu.au
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Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Slash'
Gtr 2 (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Kushner'
4/4
Gtr I
::Intro::
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|-2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-0-2---2--2-2-2-2-----2----|
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::Main RIff::
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|---------------3-3-2-2-----------------------1-0----------|
|-5-5-4-5-5-4-5---------5-4-0---2-2-1-2-2-1-2-----2-1-0----|
|-3-----------------------------0--------------------------|
::Verse 1 - with below riff::
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|-------2-2-----------------1-0----------|
|-2-----2-2---------2---1-2-----2-1-0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0------------------|
"Hands are shakin got your finger on the trigger
Jesus ain't complainin gonna figure it out
Somebody raped my tapeworm abortion
Come on mother***ers and deliver the cow"
::Verse 2 - same riff but played a with continuity::
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|-2-----2-2---------2---1-2-----2-1-0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0------------------|
"Brain and body melting while there's roaches multiplying
It's the alien infection it's the coming of Christ
All these sentimental halos and these consequential angels
When I'm runnin with the devil don't deliver the fight"
::Pre Chorus::
A G
"Don't look at me now
B
Fell too fast your wings won't hold
A G
Don't look at me now
B
Fell too fast your wings won't hold"
::Chorus played with same main riff and the chords below::
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|---------------3-3-2-2-----------------------1-0----------|
|-5-5-4-5-5-4-5---------5-4-0---2-2-1-2-2-1-2-----2-1-0----|
|-3-----------------------------0--------------------------|
G Em
"Yeah and when I want to
G Em
Yeah I will find you
G Em
Yeah and when I want to
G Em
Yeah I will blind you"
::Verse 4 - played with same verse riff in variations::
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|-------2-2-----------------1-0----------|
|-2-----2-2---------2---1-2-----2-1-0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0------------------|
"Brains are frying while the kings and queens are dying
Satan won the race and the miracle mile
Somebody raped my tapeworm abortion
Come on mothertuckers and deliver the cow
It's all over me now
Let me go, let me go, let me go
What's come over me now
Let me go, let me go, let me go
It's all over me now
Let me go, let me go, let me go
What's come over me now"
::Pre Chorus::
A G
"Don't look at me now
B
Fell too fast your wings won't hold
A G
Don't look at me now
B
Fell too fast your wings won't hold"
::Chorus played with same main riff and the chords below::
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/velvet_revolver/sucker_train_blues_tab_ver_5.html ]
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|---------------3-3-2-2-----------------------1-0----------|
|-5-5-4-5-5-4-5---------5-4-0---2-2-1-2-2-1-2-----2-1-0----|
|-3-----------------------------0--------------------------|
G Em
"Yeah and when I want to
G Em
Yeah I will find you
G Em
Yeah and when I want to
G Em
Yeah I will blind you"
::Pre Chorus::
A G
"Don't look at me now
B
Fell too fast your wings won't hold
A G
Don't look at me now
B
Fell too fast your wings won't hold"
::SOLO::
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|-3----------------14-14b15.5-14b15--12-14-12-12----15-12-14-12-14----14--12-14-12-14----------|
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|----------5s0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7s0-------0------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-19b21--16-17-16-17----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------18-17-15-15-14----14----------14-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------17----17-15-17----17-17-15-17-------------|
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|-22b24--22b24--22b23--20-22-20---22b24----|
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::Chorus played with same main riff and the chords below - this goes on till end::
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|---------------3-3-2-2-----------------------1-0----------|
|-5-5-4-5-5-4-5---------5-4-0---2-2-1-2-2-1-2-----2-1-0----|
|-3-----------------------------0--------------------------|
G Em
"Yeah and when I want to
G Em
Yeah I will find you
G Em
Yeah and when I want to
G Em
Yeah I will blind you"
::OUTRO::
>>End with Em and then play the intro riff at a low octave<<
::Finish::
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
