Ain't That A Heartbreak tab by Zach Top

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: E

Intro and Solo:




  1  2   3    4
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---7p5---------|
E|-------7p5--2br|

Full band starts here.
2nd bar below low E uses the thumb or pick, the d/g strings are plucked for double stops.
   1 2 34 &  1 234&  1 2 3 & 4   1
e|---------|-------|-----------|-------|
B|---------|-------|-----------|-------|
G|---------|-2-2---|-4-4-2-2br-|-1-----| repeat
D|-2-2-----|-2-2---|-4-4-2-2-2-|-2-----|
A|-2-2-----|-------|-----------|-------|
E|-0-0----0|------0|-----------|-------|


Solo:

  1234 &    1 &  2 3 &  4 &  1  2   3 & 4  &  1 &2 &3  & 4  &    1     &2 &3 4
e|-------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------|----2--0----------|2--0------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-------|---------4-2------|-----5\4-2------|2----------------|-----------2---|
A|-----0-|-3/4--------3h4-0-|-----------3--4-|---4--2--4-------|--------2/4----|
E|-------|------------------|----------------|--0--0-----2b-2b-|(2br)-p0-------|


Triplets on next line 2nd and 3rd string are plucked up with 2 fingers, and 4th string is a downward pluck
with thumb or pick.  (Brent Mason uses a thumb pick to free up his other fingers to get double stops)
Spend the time to practice this triplet, it's comes more natural to not rely only on a pick
to get this climb up the board, and you'll find you'll be struggling to play this up to tempo with a pick
and not using fingers for the double stops.  Whiskey Under The Bridge solo Brent Mason recorded with
Brooks & Dunn has the same climb.   Note also the slide pattern repeats in the
first bar. 1/2 step, full step, 1/2, full.

(triplets)
 4&a 1& a 2& a 3 & a  4 &  a  1   2  &
e|--------------------------|------------|
B|-4/5--5/7--7/8---8/10---10|12--13-14---|
G|-5/6--6/8--8/9---9/11---11|12--13-14---|
D|----7----9----10-----12---|------------|
A|--------------------------|------------|
E|--------------------------|------------|


This song is played with a B bender, this last line of the solo uses it on the B string 14th fret.
I've notated a bend instead, you can bend it downward to similate the bender while holding the
3rd string on the 14th fret steady, but     you end up muting the 1st string while the bend rings out,
so you have to omit the 3rd string Major 3rd and play single notes.
I've slowed it down to 25% and I believe this is accurate.

  4 &     1   & 2   &   3  & 4  &    1 & a 2 & a 3& a 4& a   1 & a
e|----|------14-------------------|------------------------|-------|
B|-14-|(14b)---14r-12-----12---10-|------------------------|-------|
G|(14)|---------------12b---11b---|-12--11-9-----8---------|-----9-|
D|----|---------------------------|---12----12-9--9-8-7----|-------|
A|----|---------------------------|--------------------9-8-|-9/11--|
E|----|---------------------------|------------------------|-------|


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| p    Pull-off
| br   Bend with quick release
| \    Slide down
| h    Hammer-on
| /    Slide up
| b    Bend
| r    Release
| (n)  Ghost note

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