Tuning
1
Rate for accuracy
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Tab legend: / = slide up, \ = slide down, x = mute stroke
`Slow Ride` from the `Second Hand Smoke` compilation. The demo found on `Jah Won`t Pay The Bills` is played exactly the same. Reggae strumming is too elaborate too note in a tab, so play around with up and down strokes and the occasional mute.
Intro / Bridge:
Bm G D E D Bm G A
e|-7-7-7-7--3-3--------------------7-7-7-7-7--3-3-x-3-3--5-5-x-5-5-|
B|-7-7-7-7--3-3-x-7-7/9-9-9-9-9\7--7-7-7-7-7--3-3-x-3-3--6-6-x-6-6-|
G|-7-7-7-7--4-4-x-7-7/9-9-9-9-9\7--7-7-7-7-7--4-4-x-4-4--6-6-x-6-6-|
D|-9-9-9-9--5-5-x-7-7/9-9-9-9-9\7--9-9-9-9-9--5-5-x-5-5--7-7-x-7-7-|
A|-9-9-9-9--5-5-x-5-5/7-7-7-7-7\5--9-9-9-9-9--5-5-x-5-5--7-7-x-7-7-|
E|-7-7-7-7--3-3-x------------------7-7-7-7-7--3-3-x-3-3--5-5-x-5-5-|
Verse / Phone conversation part / Outro:
D C
e|----------------------|
B|-7-7-x-7-7--5-5-x-5-5-|
G|-7-7-x-7-7--5-5-x-5-5-|
D|-7-7-x-7-7--5-5-x-5-5-| x5
A|-5-5-x-5-5--3-3-x-3-3-|
E|----------------------|
D
e|---------------|
B|-7-7-7-7-x-7-7-|
G|-7-7-7-7-x-7-7-|
D|-7-7-7-7-x-7-7-|
A|-5-5-5-5-x-5-5-|
E|---------------|
Chorus:
G A A# A
e|-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-6-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-5-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025