Rocky Road tab by Cruachan

Tabs

TITLE: Rocky Road
BAND: Cruachan
ALBUM: Folk-lore
MUSICIANS: John O'Fathaigh,Joe Farrell,John
Clohessy,Keith Fay,Karen Gilligan
TRANSCRIBED BY: Guillermo Gerling ([email protected])

 ^ - hammer on, pull off
 b - bend string up
 r - release bend
 / - slide up
 \ - slide down
 ~ - vibrato
 T - tap
 x - struck string
 . - play the note and then mute it
 < - raising volume
PM - palm mute
AH - Artificial Harmonic
NH - Natural Harmonic
\ / - Tremolo Bar
 \/

Down-D tunning: (DADGBe)

INTRO:
-Bass
-Distor guitar
e|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|--2--2.----2--2.----2--2.----0----|X2
A augmentedA|--2--2.----2--2.----2--2.----0----|
D MajorD|--2--2.----2--2.----2--2.----0----|



VERSE1:
-There is a distor guitar a some kind of mandolin
playing both the same notes
 all along the song:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--4--2---------------------------2--444-2----------------------------2-|
|----------5--2--2------0--2--4--5------------5--2--2---5--4--0---2-4-5---|
|--------------------2----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

          |FIG1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-444---2---------------------------2--444-2----------------------------2-|
|----------5--2--2------0--2--4--5------------5--2--2---5--4--0---2-4-5---|
|--------------------2----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-5-------------5-5-------------5-5-----------------------------|
|-4-----4--7--4---4-----4--7--4---4-----4--7--4--2---------------2--|
|---------------------------------------------------4--0---2-4-5----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

       |FIG2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-5-------------5-5-------------5-5-----------------------------|
|-4-----4--7--4---4-----4--7--4---4-----4--7--4--2---------------2--|
|---------------------------------------------------4--0---2-4-5----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



POST-CHORUS:
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4--4--2---------------------------2--|
|----------5--2--2------0--2--4--5-----|
|--------------------2-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|_________
                         |FIG3
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------5--5-5---5--|
|-444-2----------------------------2-------7-----|
|--------5--2--2---5--4--0---2-4-5---------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|



VERSE2:
-FIG1 X1


CHORUS:
-FIG2 X1


POST-CHORUS:
-FIG3 X1


VERSE3:
-FIG1 X1


CHORUS:
-FIG2 X1


POST-CHORUS:
-FIG3 X1


BRIDGE:
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5----------------7---------------5----8--7--5--|X4
|--5^7--7--7--------5^7--7--7-------5^7--7--7----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0^2--2--2--5\----0^2--2--2--7\---0^2--2--2--5\----8--7--5-|X4
|--0^2--2--2--3\----0^2--2--2--5\---0^2--2--2--3\----6--5--3-|
|--0^2--2--2--5\----0^2--2--2--7\---0^2--2--2--5\----8--7--5-|
       (        (       (  (
 ( (
       )        )       )  )
) )
       I'm not very sure about these notes, they sound
       very heavy and diminished. I think they are two
       guitars.

-The following parts until the end of the song are played only
 by the mandolin


VERSE4:
-FIG1 X1


CHORUS:
-FIG2 X1


POST-CHORUS:
-FIG3 X1


VERSE5:
-FIG1 X1


CHORUS:
-FIG2 X1


POST-CHORUS:
-FIG3 X1