Month: November 2023
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Foo Fighters – Learn to Fly (Tabs)
As you expect from the Foos, Learn to Fly is a straightforward rocker. So a lot of strumming and nothing too intricate.
The trickiest part comes in some of the quick switches from G to Dm. One of these shows up for the first time in bar 5. Here there’s an open-G used as part of the melody to give you a little extra time to change chords. The second comes in the chorus (at the end of bar 13). Here you strum all the strings open and hammer-on an entire Dm chord.
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Pixies – Here Comes Your Man (Tabs)
ntro: The classic Here Comes Your Man riff. Played with a few extra supporting notes to beef it up.
Verse: Nothing too challenging here. Just open chords until the build up into the pre-chorus.
Pre-Chorus: Bars 24-25 are the trickiest part of the song. There’s a big leap up to a bend at the tenth fret for the, “so long, so long,” backing vocals. That makes for an easier transition into bar 25.
Chorus: Back to the riff mixed in with the melody. There’s plenty of jumping up and down here but I find this section fun to play.
First Solo: A nice little melody for the transition back to the verse.
Second Solo: Much less melodic. The original is mostly bashing out chords with a few bends. For this take, I’ve shortened it down but there’s still a lot of bashing.
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Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hands (Tabs)
Grandma’s Hands by Bill Withers. You might recognise the riff as the sample in Blackstreet’s fantastic No Diggity. Or maybe James Corden’s terrible England song.
This arrangement is very simple and the tempo is slow, so this is a very approachable tab to take on.
Intro: I hadn’t realised until starting on this arrangement that the No Diggity riff isn’t a straight sample of the original. In his version, Bill Withers has an Esus4 chord missing from that version. I went with the No Diggity version for this arrangement (and so did Gregory Porter’s guitarist).
Verse: A couple fingerings to help with the chord changes here. At the end of bar 5, play the A-string, 2nd fret with your index finger barred over all the strings. That’ll set you up for the B7 chord in the next bar.
In bars 10 and 11 (and in the repeats), play the A-string, 2nd fret with your middle finger so you have your index and ring fingers ready for the A7 chord.
Outro: A little minor pentatonic lick to finish things off.
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