Rocky Mountain Way tab by Joe Walsh

Tabs

Song: Rocky Mountain Way
Artist: Joe Walsh
Album: The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Year: 1973
Tabbed by: Casey Monahan



Guitar 1 (0:00): (x2)     (x7)
  e|-------|------------|----------------|
  BB|-------|------------|----------------|
  G+G|---9-9-|--------9-9-|------------9-9-|
  D MajorD|---9-9-|-11-9---9-9-|---11--9----9-9-|
  A augmentedA|---7-7-|-7--7---7-7-|---7---7----7-7-|
  E MajorE|-0-0-0-|--------0-0-|-0---0---(0)0-0-|

 Guitar 2 (0:00): (x2) |    (x7)   |
  BB|-------|------------|----------------|
  G+G|-------|--------9-9-|------------9-9-|
  D MajorD|-------|--------9-9-|--(11)(9)---9-9-|
  A augmentedA|-------|--------7-7-|--(7)-(7)---7-7-|
  E MajorE|-------|------------|----------------|

 Guitar 1 (0:23):
  e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
  BB|---------------------7b9~------|-------------------10b11-8-----------------|
  G+G|--9-9h7----9~~~~~--------------|---9-9h7----9~~~~-----------9~-9~--9-9h7---|
  D MajorD|--------9----------------------|----------9------------------------------9-|
  A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
  E MajorE|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

  e|-------------------------------|-7-----------------------------------------|
  BB|--------------------------7b9~-|----7---------------------------7b9~-------|
  G+G|--7---7---7---7--9~~-----------|--------9--7---7---7---7--9~~---------9----|
  D MajorD|----9---9---9------------------|-------------9---9---9---------------------|
  A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
  E MajorE|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 2 (0:23):    (End: 1,2,3)   (End: 4)
  e|--------------------------|--------||-------------|
  BB|--------------------------|--------||-------------|
  G+G|------------------------9-|--------||---2---------|
  D MajorD|---11--11--11--11--11---9-|--11--9-||---2---------|
  A augmentedA|---7---7---7---7---7----7-|--7---7-||---0-----2---|
  E MajorE|--0---0---0---0---0----0--|-0---0--||-0---3b4-0---|


 Verse 1 (0:48):

 Spent the last year, Rocky Mountain Way [Fill 1]
 Couldn't get much higher        [Fill 1]
 Out to pasture, think it's safe to say [Fill 1]
 Time to open fire            [Fill 2]

 Guitar 1:
 Fill 1:      Fill 2:

 e|------------|  e|----------------|
 BB|------------|  BB|----------------|
 G+G|---2--------|  G+G|----------------|
 D MajorD|---2--------|  D MajorD|----------------|
 A augmentedA|---0-----2--|  A augmentedA|----------------|
 E MajorE|-0---3b4-0--|  E MajorE|-0-3---4---5~~--|

Chorus 1 (1:09):

     A7A7                       E7E7
 And we don't need the ladies, crying 'cause the story's sad. [Fill 3]
      A7A7                      B7B7
 Cause the Rocky Mountain Way, is better then the way we had.

 Guitar 1:
 Fill 3:

 e|--------------------------------7-------------|
 BB|--------------------9b11-9-9b11---------------|
 G+G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------987-97---|
 D MajorD|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------------------|
 A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|

Guitar 3:
 (Guitar 1 plays Riff 1)
Solo 2 (1:31):

 e|-----------------------------12~~-------------------------------------|
 BB|---/-/-12~~~~~--13b14-139-9------------------------------------------|
 G+G|------------------------------------12b13-10~~-------7--7--7--7/9----|
 D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------7--7--7--7/9----|
 A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

 e|----------------------------------------------12~---------------------|
 BB|-------7----------------------------12b14-12--------------------------|
 G+G|--9b11---11r9--9---/7-/7-/7-/7-/9------------------/7-/7-/7-/7/9\---|
 D MajorD|--------------------/7-/7-/7-/7-/9------------------/7-/7-/7-/7/9\---|
 A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2 (1:52):

 Well he's telling us this and telling us that, changes it everyday [Fill 1]
 Says it doesn't matter                       [Fill 1]
 Bases are loaded and Casey's at bat, playing it play by play    [Fill 1]
 Time to change the batter                      [Fill 2]

Chorus 2 (2:14):

     A7A7                        E7E7
 And we don't need the ladies, crying 'cause the story's sad. [Fill 4]
  A7A7                     B7B7
 Rocky Mountain Way is better than the way we had.

 Guitar 3:
 Fill 4:

 e|--------------------------9---------------------------|
 BB|--------------------11b13---13r11-11------------------|
 G+G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------9----9b12r9-----|
 D MajorD|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------------------------------------|
 A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 3:
  (Guitar 1 plays Riff 1)
 Solo 3 (2:35):

 e|----------9-11b12-------9-11b12-(12)~-129--9/15~~b16-|
 BB|--/-11b13---------11b13------------------------*------|
 G+G|------------------------------------------------------|
 D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------|
 A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------|
  * - hold note for a bit, then bend.

 e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|-1410-10----10-10----------------------------------------------|
 G+G|----------12----12b14r12----------------------------------------|
 D MajorD|-------------------------12-108----14~-1412----14b16-14b16r14-|
 A augmentedA|---------------------------------10-----------14----------------|
 E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|

 e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|----15~~~-15~~~--15~~--15~~-----15~~~--------------------------|
 G+G|-14-16-16-16--16-16----16----16-16-16--14b16r14-13-14b16r14----|
 D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

 e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 G+G|-13~-----------------------------------------------------------|
 D MajorD|------1210-1210—12b14~~~----------------------------14\-----|
 A augmentedA|------------------------------------12-10--12b14------14\-----|
 E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------12~~-12\-----|


I didn't get the outro, but there you go.

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