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Zoot Suit Riot Tab by Cherry Poppin Daddies

Zoot Suit Riot tab by Cherry Poppin Daddies

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Song: Zoot Suit Riot
Artist: Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Album: Zoot Suit Riot
Bassist: Dan Schmid

Tabbed by: The Philth
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This song is basically a clinic on Swing-style walking bass lines.

Dan Schmid has a very unique approach to bass playing in general
and you should use this to your full advantage.
Try and observe his left-hand/right-hand relationship-
he has a subtle pull-off/hammer-on effect during certain sections.

Once you learn this bass line, you~Rll understand what I mean.

Good luck and have fun!


Tune down a Half Step to Eb


Intro:
(6 measures drums)

Gb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Db|-----|-----|-----|--*--|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Ab|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Eb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--0-3||
                     *Guitar switches
                      pickup selector.

********************************************************
  Theme:
   Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| Play 2x's
Db|---------9-|10--7------|------5----|---5-------|
Ab|------7----|-------7---|---------7-|8-----7----|
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|5--8-------|---------8-|

                                              sl.
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|---------9-|10--7------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|------7----|-------7---|-----------|-----------||
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|8--5--7--8-|5-5--5-/--\||


Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|---------9-|10--7------|------5----|---5-------|
Ab|------7----|-------7---|---------7-|8-----7----|
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|5--8-------|---------8-|

                                              sl.
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|---------9-|10--7------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|------7----|-------7---|-----------|-----------||
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|5--7--8--10|5-5--5-\--0||

********************************************************
Verse I


   Ab                                  Eb
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|---------7-|5----------|-----------|---5-------|
Ab|------7---7|---5--7----|-----------|7-----7\---|
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|8--5--7--8-|---------3-|

  1. Who's that whisperin' in the trees?
                          It's two sailors and they're on leave.

   Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|---------7-|5----------|-----------|5----------||
Ab|------7---7|---5--7----|-----------|-----------||
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|8--5--7-8--|--3---5--\-||

  2. Pipes and chains and swingin' hands,
                           Who's your daddy? Yes I am!

********************************************************
Pre-Chorus I:   b = bend

   Db                      Ab
Gb|---------9-|10--7--5--7b9----------|-----------|
Db|------7----|-----------|--10--9--6-|7--5-----5-|
Ab|5--8-------|-----------|-----------|------7----|
Eb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

  1. Fat cat came to play,
                     Now he can't run fast enough

   Db                      Eb
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|-----------|-----------|---5--6----|-----------||
Ab|5-----3--4-|5-----5--5-|7--------5-|7--7--7----||
Eb|---5-------|---5-------|-----------|---------3-||

  1. You'd best stay away,
                         when the pushers come to shove!

********************************************************
Chorus I:
   Ab                                  Eb
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| Play 2x's
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Ab|---------7-|---------7-|---------6-|7----------|
Eb|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|---0--4--4-|

  1. Zoot suit riot...     throw back a bottle of beer!
                (RIOT!)
   Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|---------7-|---------7-|---6--7----|------7----||
Eb|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|5--------4-|5--5-----8-||

  1. Zoot suit riot...     Pull a comb through your coal black hair.
                (RIOT!)                                     "Blow Daddy!"

********************************************************
  Theme II:
   Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|---------9-|10--7------|------5----|---5-------|
Ab|------7----|-------7---|---------7-|8-----7----|
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|5--8-------|---------8-|

                                              sl.
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|---------9-|10--7------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|------7----|-------7---|-----------|-----------||
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|8--5--7--8-|5-5--5-/--\||

********************************************************
Verse II
   Ab                                  Eb
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|---------7-|5----------|-----------|---5-------|
Ab|------7---7|---5--7----|---------5-|7-----7\---|
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|7--6--5----|---------3-|

  2. A whipped up jitterbuggin' brown eyed man,
                           A stray cat frontin' out an eight-piece band,

   Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|---------7-|5----------|-----------|5----------||
Ab|------7---7|---5--7----|-----------|-----------||
Eb|5--8-------|---------8-|8--5--7-8--|--3---5--\-||

  2. Cut me Sammy and you'll understand,
                          In my veins hot music ran.

********************************************************
Pre-Chorus II:

   Db                      Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|-----------|---------5-|7--5-------|-----------|
Ab|5\-------3-|4--5--7----|------7--8-|7----------|
Eb|---1--5----|-----------|-----------|---8--7--3-|

  2. You got me in a sway and...
                          I want to swing you done.

   Db                      Eb
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|7----------||
Db|-----------|---------5-|6----------|---6-------||
Ab|5-----3--4-|5--5--7----|---7--5--7-|------7--5-||
Eb|---5-------|-----------|-----------|-----------||

  2. Now you sailors know,
                       Where your women come for love.

********************************************************
Chorus II:
   Ab                                  Eb
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Ab|---------7-|---------7-|---------6-|7----------|
Eb|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|---0--4--4-|

  2. Zoot suit riot...     throw back a bottle of beer
                (RIOT!)
   Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|---------7-|---------7-|---6--7----|-----------||
Eb|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|5--------4-|5---5------||

  1. Zoot suit riot...     Pull a comb through your coal black hair.

********************************************************
Break I:

Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|-----------|-----------|-------5---|10b-10-----|
Ab|-----------|-----------|----7----7-|-------10-8|
Eb|8\---7-----|5----7-----|-5---------|-----------|
                                   "You're in a Zoot suit...

Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|---7--5----|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|7--------5-|3--------2-|3--------5-|------5--8-||
Eb|-----------|---5--3----|---1--3----|4--7-------||
...riot"                          "You're in a Zoot suit...

Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Ab|-----------|-----------|----5----7-|------6--8-|
Eb|8\---7-----|5----7-----|5-5----3---|5--8-------|
...riot"                          "You're in a Zoot suit...

Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|7--------5-|3-----5--3-|3-----5----|6--------5-||
Eb|---5--3----|---3-------|---1-----3-|---3--7----||

********************************************************
Scat Interlude:


Gb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Db|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Ab|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Eb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||

Gb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Db|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Ab|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Eb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||

  Scat***
  	Zuh doot zai owww - Zuh doot zah zu zey...
  	Bley-ah-whadeegit - Zey zey zey...
  	Buh doon zai-ai-ai owwww - Buh doon zah zu zey...
  	Zey zu zay zezzle - day dit day....

	Gb|-----|-----|-----|-----||
	Db|-----|-----|-----|-5---||
	Ab|-----|-----|-----|7----||
	Eb|-----|-----|-----|---5\||

********************************************************
Pre-Chorus III:

   Db                      Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|---5-------|-----------|
Db|-----------|------5--6-|7-----7--5-|-----------|
Ab|5-----3--4-|5--7-------|-----------|7--8--7--8-|
Eb|---5-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

  3. Oh, you got me in a sway and...
                          I want to swing you done.
         b = bend
   Db                      Eb
Gb|----------7b9--7--5----|-----------|-----------||
Db|---------7-|---------7-|6--6-------|---6-------||
Ab|5--7--8----|-----------|------5--6-|7-----5--7-||
Eb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||

  3. Now you sailors know,
                       Where your women come for love.
********************************************************
Chorus III:
   Ab                                  Eb
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| Play 2x's
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Ab|---------7-|---------7-|---------6-|7----------|
Eb|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|---0--4--4-|

  3. Zoot suit riot...     throw back a bottle of beer
                (RIOT!)
   Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|---------7-|---------7-|---6--7----|-----------||
Eb|5--7--8----|5--7--8----|5--------4-|5---5------||

  3. Zoot suit riot...     Pull a comb through your coal black hair.
                (RIOT!)

********************************************************
Break II:

Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
Ab|-----------|-----------|----5----7-|------6--8-|
Eb|8\---7-----|5----7-----|5-5----3---|5--8-------|
                                   "You're in a Zoot suit riot"

Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|7--------5-|4--------2-|---3-----5-|------6--8-||
Eb|---5--4----|---3--2----|1-----2----|4--7-------||
                                   "You're in a Zoot suit riot"
                                   b = bend
Gb|-----------|-----------|----------5b7--5-------|
Db|-----------|-----------|------5----|------7----|
Ab|-----------|-----------|---7-----7-|---------8-|
Eb|8\---7-----|5----7-----|5----------|-----------|
                                   "You're in a Zoot suit riot"

Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|---7--5----|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|7--------5-|3--------2-|3--------5-|------6--7-||
Eb|-----------|---5--3----|---1--3----|4--5-------||

********************************************************
 Outro:
Gb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Db|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Ab|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Eb|5----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||

   I think I'm about ready to sing it!

   Fermata
   Ab
Gb|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Db|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Ab|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
Eb|5----------|-----------|8----------|5----------||
       Slide up to C                   slide down neck.

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