Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief One of their best live songs. Me and my brother cover this song in out band, and this is we play it: DROP D, it does say so at the start of the first bar. I made some minor changes after rediscovering this tab after several years, though I'm sure why people think it sounds very wrong, either they're not playing in drop D, or ... ? Key: x = Muted strings ~ = Let ring/ vibrato in the solo (and where it sounds good) / = Slide up to... \ = Slide down to... "-"s are used only to make the tab seem clear, they are used for timing only, nothing else. Intro: e|--------------------------------| b|--------------------------------| g|--------------------------------| d|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-| a|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-| D|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-| Verse: |----------------------------------------------------------------| |6-6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-x-| |4-4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-x-| |3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-| |5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-| |3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-| When you think about it...... |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------------------3~~~5-3~~~| |5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~| |0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| X2 Saaaaaay........ VERSE Pre-Chorus: Slide up to the first chord every time |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| |8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| |8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| X3 Gone fishing... |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-| |5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| Chorus: |2~~~2-2-2-2-2-------------------| |3~~~3-3-3-3-3-------------------| |2~~~2-2-2-2-2-------------------| |0~~~0-0-0-0-0-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| |--------------5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| |--------------5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| X4 VERSE Verse 2: |----------------------------------------------------------------| |6-6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-x-| |4-4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-x-| |3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-| |5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-| |3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-| She couldn't.... |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------------------3~~~5-3~~~| |5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~| |0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------------------3///12~~~\| |5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3///12~~~\| |0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3///12~~~\| PRE-CHORUS CHORUS Middle 8 (solo) With Wah |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |--------1010--9---7---7~~~~~~/| |3~~~x-x-9-9---9---7---7~~~~~~/| |3~~~x-x-----------------------| |3~~~x-x-----------------------| X2 |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------------------3~~~5-3~~~| |5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~| |0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| X2 Live there is a solo over this second bit, i just make it up as i go along using the scale of D. |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------1010--9---7---7~~~~~~/| |0-3~~~x-x-9-9---9---7---7~~~~~~/| |0-3~~~x-x-----------------------| |0-3~~~x-x-----------------------| X2 |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------------------3~~~5-3~~~| |5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~| |0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------------------3///12~~~\| |5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3///12~~~\| |0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3///12~~~\| PRE-CHORUS CHORUS X 4 (the do's go over the chorus chords) Outro (live) |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~| |3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~| |3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~| X 4 |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |0///12~~12\\\0-let ring-| |0///12~~12\\\0-let ring-| |0///12~~12\\\0-let ring-| This is how i play it, it sounds ace, and is pretty much 100% accurate i think. Info. from stereobase.co.uk: Wah pedal - Crybaby Wah Distortion/Overdrive - Either a Boss BD-2 (which i have and use) or a Marshall Guvnor Thanks and enjoy.