Tabbed by Cam Joyce. *
This song sounds alot harder to play than it is, but it will cramp
your hands the first few times you play it. The following icons are
the ones I use:
V-Down stroke for chords (flamenco)
^-Up stroke for chords (flamenco)
s-slap
That's about it.
Intro
V ^ V ^
G--------4--5--6--0-- Then just the Chords G--4--5--7--6---
D--------4--5--6--0-- played x6 D--4--5--7--6---
A-2/9\2--2--3--4--0-- A--2--3--5--4---
E-----------------0-- E---------------
Verse/Chorus
V ^ V
G--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6---
D--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6---
A--2--3--4---------2s-3s--2--3--4----------2s--5--4---
E-----------4s-5s--------------------4s-5s------------
That's it, except for a few variants, which are easy to pick up.
Correction by Boogada.
G--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6--- D--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6--- A--2--3--4---------2s-3s--2--3--4----------2s--5--4--- E-----------4s-5s--------------------4s-5s------------ As far as I know, the above tab should look like this: G--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6--- D--4--5--6----------------4--5--6--------------7--6--- A------------------2--3--------------------2---------- E-----------4--5---------------------4--5------------- The notes between the chords aren't slapped and the chords consist of only two strings as they are shown.
Correction by Mr. Krinkle.
The last part of the verse should read g-----------7-6-- d-----------7-6-- a------2-3------- e----3----------- And the notes not strummed are, OF COURSE, not slapped! He uses his famous full hand pluck near the bridge, like pluckin with all his fingers (3, i-m-r), to get a harder sound.
Tabbed by Karel.
S= Slap
^= Stroke up
v= Stroke down
Main Riff:
v ^ v v ^ v v ^
G--4-5-6------------4-5-6--------7-6-
D--4-5-6------------4-5-6--------7-6-
A------------2-3--------------2------
E--------4-5--------------4-5--------
s s s s s s s
" I'll live and die a fisherman ":
v ^ v v ^ v v ^
G--4-5-6----------4-5-6-------7-6-
D--4-5-6----------4-5-6-------7-6-
A------------2-3-----------------
E--------4-5--------------4-5----
s s s s s s
Tabbed by Matt Wilkinson.
This is the Reverb version of John the Fisherman that was on HBO July
18th. I'll update it if I find something wrong.
(The #'s in the ( )'s is how Les plays it)
Key
===============
T/#~~= Tremlo
D= Distorsion
h= Hammer
SLAP= Literally slap your hand against all the strings with your four
fingers.
Use that flemenco stuff that Les uses to strum. (^ & v)
Use your index, middle, and ring to strum.
(D)
**Intro** (T) v v ^ v ^ v v Repeat Once
G:-------------|--S-S~~~~~~--|---7h8-7---7-7---7-7-8-----------|
D:--Drum-Solo--|--L-L~~~~~~--|---7h8-7---7-7---7-7-8----------o|
A:-------------|--A-A~~0~~~--|--(7---7---7-7---7-7-7)---------o|
E:-------------|--P-P~~0~~~--|--------s0----s0---------s0-s0---|
(D)
v v ^ v ^ v v v ^ v v ^ v (T)
G:---7h8-7---7-7---7-8-9-------7-8-9------7-8-9-----S~~~~~~~~~~--|
D:---7h8-7---7-7---7-8-9-------7-8-9------7-8-9-----L~~~~~~~~~~--|
A:--(7---7---7-7---7-7-7)---------------------------A~~~~~~~~~~--|
E:--------s0----s0---------s0---------s0------------P~~~~~~~~~~--|
Note**
On some of the downstrokes of the chords, slip a slapped E in there
a few times, like above.
"One...two..." v ^ v 6x's v ^ v v
G:--------------------------4-5-6---|-------|---4-6-7-6---|
D:--------------------------4-5-6---|-Drums-|---4-6-7-6---|
A:-------------------------(2-3-4)--|-------|--(2-4-5-4)--|
E:-----------0/12\0-s0-<=ring-------|-------|-------------|
***MAIN RIFF***
v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ v
G:---4-5-6------------4-5-6---|---------6-5-4-5-6---|
D:---4-5-6------------4-5-6---|---------6-5-4-5-6---|
A:--(2-4-5)-----2-3--(2-3-4)--|----2-3-(4-3-2-3-4)--|
E:----------4-5---------------|--5------------------|
YES, Les does use three strings on the chords. If you wanna play
like Les, you gotta have strong hands. Use your pinkey to hold the
D & G strings, while your index finger holds the A. Like I said,
you gotta have strong hands. Sliding from note to note is not easy
for you weaklings.
(T) Muted Strum
(D) v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v
G:-----------S-S-S-S~~~~--|---------------|---X-X-X-X-X---|---6-5-4-5-6---|
D:-----------L-L-L-L~~~~--|--*MAIN RIFF*--|---X-X-X-X-X---|---6-5-4-5-6---|
A:-----------A-A-A-A~~~~--|---------------|--(X-X-X-X-X)--|--(4-3-2-3-4)--|
E:--s0/12/0--P-P-P-P~~~~--|---------------|---------------|---------------|
v ^ v ^ v
G:---------------|--I dunno what--|---6-5-4-5-6----------------|
D:--*MAIN RIFF*--|---goes here----|---6-5-4-5-6----------------|
A:---------------|----------------|--(4-3-2-3-4)---------------|
E:---------------|----------------|--------------s0/12/0/12/0--|
(T)
(D)
G:--S-S-S-S~~~--|---------------|
D:--L-L-L-L~~~--|--*MAIN RIFF*--|
A:--A-A-A-A~~~--|---------------|
E:--P-P-P-P~~~--|---------------|
***Right here, slap the strings, and give it some distortion--to fill
some dead spade with the drums.
G:--"I'll live and-----|---------|---------------|
D:---die a fisherman"--|--Drums--|--*MAIN RIFF*--|
A:---------------------|---***---|---------------|
E:--(Don't play--------|---------|---------------|
anything)
**Outro**
v ^ v 6x's v ^ v v
G:---4-5-6---|---------|---4-6-7-6/0---|
D:---4-5-6---|--Drums--|---4-6-7-6/0---|
A:--(2-3-4)--|---------|--(2-4-5-4/0)--|
E:-----------|---------|---------------|