The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses - Driving South guitar tab
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From: "Dave Cornforth" Subject: s/stone_roses/driving_south.tab Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 07:23:30 PST stone roses - driving south =========================== tabbed by: D Cornforth email: dcornforth@hotmail.com This song is taken from the stone roses' second album called 'The Second Coming'. I decided to try and tab it out when I couldn't find the song on olga, or on any of the stone roses web pages. This is by no means a fully complete version of the song, for example I have not included the two solos in the tab. Also, I think there is more going on in the main riff than I have shown, and there are some variations to the verse each time it is played. However, with enough gain and a generous helping of string bends noone will ever notice :o) It is possible to play the verse section in the 12th position, but it is difficult to reach all the pull-offs on the low E string. You could try switching between positions mid-verse if you fancy showing off a little tho :p This tab should only really be taken as a rough guide to how to play the song, as I am sure there are plenty of mistakes in what I have written. If you have any comments/corrections/additions then please feel free to email me with them. I may update this in the future with solos or a more complete version of the riff, depending on how much time/inclination I have :p Hope you enjoy playing the song as much as I do :o) riff A ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --3b-p0--5b-p0--3--0--3b-0--3--5--3--0--3b-p0--5b-p0--3--0--3--3--3--5 end riff A 2x on its own 2x with backing riff B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --3b-p0--5b-p0--3--0--3b-0--3--5--3--0--3b-p0--5b-p0--3--0--3--3--3--5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- end riff B riff C ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --3b-p0--5b-p0--3--0--3b-0--3--5--3--0--3b-p0--5b-p0--3--0------------ end riff C riff D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------0--------------------------------------------------------------- --2b-----2b-r2-p0-----2b-r2-p0---------------------------------------- -------------------2------------2p0--2p0--------------------0-------0- ------------------------------------------2p0--0--0--0h2p0-----0h2---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --0h2p0-------2-----2--2-------0--0h2p0------------------------------- ---------2p0--------------0h2------------2p0-------------------------- -----------------0----------------------------3p0-------X------0------ end riff D verse -------------------------------------------------12-X-12-------------- ----------------------------------------------------X----------------- --------7--/9---7--/9---9--9--7--7----------------9-X--9-------------- --------7--/9---7--/9---------------9--9--8--7----9-X--9---9--9--7--7- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --0------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------wide------------------------------------ -----------------------------7~~~~~--7h9p7--------7------------------- --10--10--9--7~~~~-----7h10-----------------10p7-----7--7--5--7--7---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------10b-10--8-----8h10p8------------------------------------- ------------------------9----------9--7-----X--X---------9------------ -----------------------------------------9--X--X--9-/11--------------- --5h7--5h7----------------------------------X--X---------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------10--X--10----------------------------------------- --9h11p9-------------9--X---9----------9--9h11p9---------------X------ ----------11--9--7--------------9-/11-------------11--9--9~~~--X------ ---------------------------------------------------------------X------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------wide------------------------------------ ---------9--9h11p9------9--11b~~~~~~---------------------------------- --9-/11-------------11----------------\\------------------------------ --------------------------------------\\------------------------------ --------------------------------------\\------------------------------ riff C Verse - with slight alterations riff C riff A x2 riff B riff C riff D solo verse riff C verse riff E ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --3b-p0--5b-p0--3--0--3b-0--3--5--3--0--3b-p0--5b-p0--3--0--4--5--6--- end riff E riffs A, B, C and D with 2nd guitar wah solo end ====================================================================== guide to the tab used ----5h7---- play the 5th fret, then hammer-on to the 7th ----7p5---- play the 7th fret, then pull-off to the 5th ---5h7p5--- play the 5th fret, then hammer-on to the 7th and pull off to the 5th, without restriking the string ---5-/7---- play the 5th fret, then slide up to the 7th ---7-\5---- play the 7th fret, then slide down to the 5th ----5b----- play the 5th fret, then bend the string ---5b-r5--- play the 5th fret, then bend up, then release back down to the 5th ---5~~~~--- play the 5th fret with vibrato ---5b~~~--- play the 5th fret, bend up and apply vibrato ----X------ play the string with a left hand mute note for string bends: I have not included destination frets for the bends in the tab, as it would make it difficult to read. If you feel the inclusion of the pitch of the bends would benefit the tab then I may include them at a later date. ====================================================================== This tab is all my own work, and is only my interpretation of the song - which is why there are so many errors ;o) ====================================================================== ______________________________________________________