Prodigal Son tab by The Rolling Stones

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Prodigal Son - Rolling Stones
>From the album 'Beggars Banquet'
Traditional

Tabbed by Koen van der Drift

Tune your guitar in open E MajorE or open D MajorD with a capo at the 2nd position. I prefer
the last one, because of the lower string tension, so the strings don't break
that easily. The TAB is for open E. Only the basic chord shapes are shown. But
this should get you on the way. Remember to listen to the record to get the
right groove. The song is very repetitive and once you got the feel, it's very
easy!

Have fun,

- Koen.

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open E MajorE tuning

  Intro:

E MajorE |----------------3--0------------|
BB |---------------------0----------|
G#G# |-----------------------1p0-0----|
E MajorE |-3-0---0---0--------------------|
BB |-----3--------------------------|
E MajorE |---------3----------------------|

The following two chords are played in a very fast strumming pattern. Do not
play all six strings all the time, but damp them with you right hand. Every
other bar a little riff is played.

   E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE |-0-0-|---0----0------0-|-0-0-|---0----0------0-|-(0-0-0-0)-|-0-0-|
BB |-0-2-|-----0h2---0h2---|-0-2-|-----0h2---0h2---|-(2-2-3-4)-|-0-2-|
G#G# |-0-1-|-----------------|-0-1-|-----------------|-(1-1)-----|-0-1-|
E MajorE |-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-|-----------------|-(0-0-0-0)-|-0-0-|
BB |-0-2-|-----------------|-0-2-|-----------------|0h2-2-3-4--|-0-2-|
E MajorE |-0-X-|-0---------------|-0-X-|-0---------------|-----------|-0-X-|


--(1)--- means not necessarily played


Now the singing starts, with the following basic pattern accompanying the
singing. The strumming rhythm 'follows' the voice, and I show only the 'chords'
played.

The poor boy took his ....
E MajorE |--3---0------------3---0---------------3---------------0--|
BB |--2---0------------2---0---------------2---------------0--|
G#G# |-(0)-(0)----------(0)-(0)-------------(0)-------------(0)-|
E MajorE |----------------------------------------------------------|
BB |----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE |----------------------------------------------------------|


  Started down the road  Took ....
E MajorE |--7---------------0-----|--0--0-----------------------------------|
BB |--9---------------0-----|--0--2-----------------------------------|
G#G# |--8---------------0-----|--0--1-----------------------------------|
E MajorE |------------------------|--0--0-----------------------------------|
BB |------------------------|--0--2-----------------------------------|
E MajorE |------------------------|--0--X-----------------------------------|
               <- the same strumming pattern as above ->


            Goin' out in this ...
E MajorE |---0----0------0-|-0--0----------------------------------------|
BB |-----0h2---0h2---|-0--2----------------------------------------|
G#G# |-----------------|-0--1----------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-----------------|-0--0----------------------------------------|
BB |-----------------|-0--2----------------------------------------|
E MajorE |-0---------------|-0--X----------------------------------------|
           <-  the same strumming pattern as above  ->


  And that will be ...
E MajorE |-------------------------------------|---0------0------0----|
BB |----(2)------(2)----(3)---(4)--------|------0h2---0h2-------|
G#G# |----(1)------(1)---------------------|----------------------|
E MajorE |----(0)------(0)----(0)---(0)--------|----------------------|
BB |-----2--------2------3-----4---------|----------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------------|-0--------------------|


E MajorE |-------------------------------------|---0------0------0----|
BB |----(2)------(2)----(3)---(4)--------|------0h2---0h2-------|
G#G# |----(1)------(1)---------------------|----------------------|
E MajorE |----(0)------(0)----(0)---(0)--------|----------------------|
BB |-----2--------2------3-----4---------|----------------------|
E MajorE |-------------------------------------|-0--------------------|


The outtro chord is:

E MajorE |--2---|
BB |--3---|
G#G# |--0---|
E MajorE |------|
BB |------|
E MajorE |------|

Sorry, no lyrics!

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