Tugboat Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Capo:	no capo

Author olvr09 [a] 83.

1 contributor total, last edit on Nov 17, 2016

Tugboat by Galaxie 500 as heard on Today which was originally resealed in 1988. It's a
easy song to play. Enjoy
 
Chords through whole song (Listen to the song for rhythm)
 
E||--3----------------|--3----------------|
B||--0----------------|--0----------------|
G||--0----------------|--0----------------|
D||--0----------------|--2----------------|
A||--2----------------|--2----------------|
E||--3----------------|--0----------------|
 
Main Rift
 
E||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G||--7------7----7--5--7--|--5------5----5--4--5--|--4------4----4--2--4--|
D||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
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--2------2----2--0--2--|
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[Solo]
 
It's mainly an improvisation on the G major pentatonic scale. If you don't know the
here it is below :
 
E||--------------------0-3-|
B||----------------0-3-----|
G||------------0-2---------|
D||--------0-2-------------|
A||----0-2-----------------|
E||--3---------------------|
 
Just mix the notes up.
 
I didn't tab out the solo because I believe that it is much more fun to improvise and
create music than to copy the artist.
 
Have Fun !
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4 comments

Broh, can u tab out the solo? Please, i need taht

Thanks for posting, but both chords are not consistent with the way Dean has played it over the years. You want a four fingered G chord (3rd and 4th fingers on the third fret of the B and e strings). Keep 3rd and 4th fingers in place and move fingers 1 and 2 for the Cadd9 chord (not Em/C).

Instead of showing the notes in the scale for the solo, you should’ve showed every note in scale on just the g string as most of Dean’s lead guitar parts are played entirely on one string (he uses only the g string on tugboat)