The Power Of Indepedent Trucking tab by Big Black

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THE POWER OF INDEPENDENT TRUCKING – Big Black
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Tabbed by: Ciarán Rooney
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Normal

“The Power Of Independent Trucking” is the first song on Big Black’s last studio LP, “Songs About Fucking”.
It’s a brilliantly raucous and explosive ditty typical of the band, clocking in at a neat 1:24 and based on
womanising asshole truck drivers.
Let’s go!

Intro And Main Riff:
Use the nastiest distortion you’ve got with a lot of treble. This is played HARD and FAST, so use your
non-playing fingers to mute the other strings as you hammer this one out.

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------8-55-8--------------------|
A augmentedA|-5-h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (of sorts):
Powerchords.

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0-0-0-0----1-1-1-1-----------------------------------------------|

Play the above x4, then repeat the intro riff, and then the chorus once again.
Middle Part:
Here there’s like a drum breakdown, where eventually a guitar comes in that sounds nothing like a guitar. It plays;
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-9-9------------------------|
D MajorD|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-9-9------------------------|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-7-7-7--8--5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-7-7-7-7------------------------|
E MajorE|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------0-0-0-0------------------------|

He probably uses harmonics to get that weird sound, I’m not really sure. I mean, fuck, it’s Steve Albini!
After that part, you play the Intro a few more times, and that’s it!

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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