Tabs
\This Song is Called Suicide Sam off of Dale Watson's New Truckin Sessions Vol. 3 This Son is actually in Whole Step Down Tuning So looking down on theguitarit would be DGCFAd- this is the way that Dale tunes his guitar on pretty much everything its an old honky tonk tuning so here we go INTRO Dale sings this Bopom Bombom Bom Type thing when he plays this and kinda mimics it with the bend d----- A----- F----- C----- G----- D-2b-0 Verse Chords Dale likes to use a lot of variations when he plays his chords Ill list a few variations of the chords he uses But you will have to figure out the Rythym Your Going To use a very Bakersfield merle haggard johnny cash type rythym d----0------------0--------------| A----0-0----------0-0------------| F-1--2-1----1-----2-1-2-1--------| C-2--1-2p0--2-----1-2-2-2--------| G-2--2-2----2-012-2-2-0-2--------| D-0--0-0----0-----0-0---0--0h2s4-|
Chorus d---------------------0-----0---| A---------------------0-0---0-0-| F-2--2----------------2-2-1-2-1-| C-2h42h4-X2-2--2------1-2-2-1-2-| G-0--0------2h42h4-X2-2-0-2-2-2-| D-----------0--0------0---0-0-0-| Back to the intro and the verse again there are some little fills that are thrown in during the verse and a lot are reused in the solo the solo to this song is almost never the same Dale is a player like Don Rich from the Buckaroos He believes in a lot of Spontaneity when he plays he just has simple things he relies on and in this song a lot of them are the same licks john fogerty has been coping for years Here are a few of them you can build on d----------------------------------------------------------| A-s1s3-s1s3-------------------------------------s2s3-s1s3--| F--s2s--s2s4----------------------------------4--s2s4-s2s4-| C------------2p0---------------------------2h4b------------| G---------------2p1p0------------2b-0h2bh4b----------------| D--------------------3p0--0h2bh4b--------------------------| There ya go just some basic licks you can throw in there to spice it up and give it that authentic sound Just listen to the song its really easy to play and a great song ITS NOT COUNTRY ITS AMERIPOLITAN
