Used To Get High Tab

by John Butler Trio
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: C G C G C E
Capo: no capo
Author JB-Boy [a] 114.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 15, 2023
Legend:
/= Slide Up
\- Slide Down
p= Pull Off
h= Hammer On
v= Vibrate
b= bend
 
[Intro]
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--10b--------------------------------------8b--------------------------|
G|--10b---8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10----8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-----8h10-8h10-8h10-|
C|----------------------------------------------------10b----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------8b-----------|
G|--8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10----8h10-8h10-|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------10b--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|-------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------|
G|--8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10--|
C|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------|
 
[Verse]
 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-8h10-|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|-------------|
C|-------------|
G|--8h10-8h10--| X4 (only play this in verse 1)
C|-------------|
G|-------------|
C|-------------|
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|x4
C|----------------------------------------------------|2nd time--| x3
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--3h5-5-5-3h5-5--3h5-3h5--1h3-3-3-1h3-3--1h3-1h3---------------|
 
[Chorus]
 
E|-------------------------------------|x2 but end by struming the 5 fret
C|-------------------------------------|chord once. 2nd chorus x4 with same
G|--1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|ending and the last chorus x 12
C|--1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|but you strum out the chords.
G|--1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
C|--1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
 
1st solo (use slide)
 
E|----------------------------------|
C|-----------------5/7/8/-----------|
G|----------3-3/5--5/7/8/-----------|
C|--3-3/5v--3-3/5-------------------|
G|--3-3/5v--------------------------|
C|----------------------------------|
 
2nd solo (no slide) quite hard to get timing and amount of notes right
 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------10--10--10---|
G|-----------------------------------8h10----8h10-8h10-8h10p8-10--10--10--10-|
C|--10b--10p8--10p8---------8h10p8/12----------------------------------------|
G|-----------10----10---8h10-------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|---------------------10--10--10--8h10-8h10-8h10p8-12b-12b-12b-12b-12b-12b-|
C|--8h10-8h10-8h10p8-10--10--10--10-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|--12b-12b\--|
C|------------|
G|------------|
C|------------| If you do your own variation of the solo it'd probably sound
G|------------| Better
C|------------|
 
Bridge before last chorus
 
E|--5----1-1--3-3|X3
C|--5----1-1--3-3|
G|--5----1-1--3-3|
C|--5----1-1--3-3|
G|--5----1-1--3-3|
C|--5----1-1--3-3|
 
This is only my third tab so plz gimme some comments and suggestions
and plaz try and work around the second solo
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4 comments
mack attack
I think it's good I wish there were more JB tabs Good work I know his songs are hard to figure out!
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JB-Boy
yer watever freak lets see wat u can do mr. AZNMASTA... cool name................................................
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spyder52
great tab!!
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