Tabs
Song : The ballad of Curtis Loew
Artist : Lynyrd Skynyrd
Album : The second Helping
Tabbed by Frederic Briere
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h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
bb- 1 1/2 tone bend
H - hold bend
r - release bend
/ - slides
~ - vibrato
t - right hand tap
x - play 'note' with heavy damping
This is played with a slide of course.
E----------------------------------------------------------
B------/9---9/7-5---/7~--------5----/9---9/7--5~/9~--------
G--------------------------4h6---6-------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Well I used to wake the morning before the rooster crowed
E MajorE 
BB
Searching for soda bottles to get ..
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
F#F#
Brought 'em down to the corner, down to the c...
E MajorE BB
Cash 'em in and give my money to ...
A augmentedA
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B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----4-2---------------------------------------------------
E--------2~--0---------------------------------------------
Verses
E MajorE BB A augmentedA F#F# E MajorE
E----0---------------5-------------0-----------------------
B----0-------4-------5-------------0-----------------------
G----1-------4-------6-------------1-----------------------
D----2-------4-------7-------------2-----------------------
A----2-------2-------7-------------2-----------------------
E----0---------------5-----2~---0--0-----------------------
E MajorE BB A augmentedA E MajorE
E----0---------------5-------------------------------------
B----0-------4-------5----------9--------------------------
G----1-------4-------6----------9--------------------------
D----2-------4-------7----------9--------------------------
A----2-------2-------7----------7--------------------------
E----0---------------5-------------------------------------
Chorus
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# E MajorE 
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
E-----/9~-------------------9-7----------------------------
B--------------/9~------/9-------8/7--5~-------------------
G---------------------------------------------6-4----------
D------------------------------------------/6-----5/4--2~--
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE F#F#
E--------9-12-9--------------------------------------------
B---/9-----------8/7-5~------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------9-7----------
B----/9~---9/7-5---/7~----7-----7-----7---/9------8/7-5~---
G---------------------------7-----7------------------------
D-----------------------------7-----7----------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Second verse
Then chorus 2
Then solo
E----------------------9-7----------------7-9--/12~--------
B----/9----9/7-5--/7~-------8/7-5~-----/8------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E------/16--14~--/16---14/16/14--12------------------------
B-------------------------------------7/8/7-5~-------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------/6/4/2~----
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----/6--/6---/6/6--/6-4~-----/6--/6/4-2-------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------2~--0----------
E------------------------9---------------------------------
B------------------9/8/9---9/7--/9-/9-/9/7-5---------------
G--------/6---/9------------------------------/9-/9~-------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E----------9---/12~---16-14/12-----------------------------
B-----7/9----------------------12~----/8/7-5~--------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------/6/4/2~-----
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------12----------------9----------------------------
B------/14------14/12-----/9-----9/7-5-/9~-----------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------12---------12--------9-7-----------------------
B------/14------14/12--------/9-------8/7--5~--------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------12---------------------------------------------
B------/14------14/12---------5--/9/7~---/9/11~------------
G---------------------------6------------------------------
D-------------------------7--------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
E---------12--9-7/-------9-7---4/2--0----------------------
B----/12-------------/9------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------/6-4---------------
D---------------------------------------------6/4--2~------
A----------------------------------------------------------
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Then verse and chorus and that's it. What a cool song to play, tho.
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