The Bartender And The Thief Tab

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Tuning:	D A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief
Tabbed By Richard Pugh
 
One of their best live songs. Me and my brother cover this song in out band, and this is
we play it:
 
DROP D, it does say so at the start of the first bar.
 
I made some minor changes after rediscovering this tab after several years, though I'm
sure why people think it sounds very wrong, either they're not playing in drop D, or ... ?
 
Key:
x = Muted strings
~ = Let ring/ vibrato in the solo (and where it sounds good)
/ = Slide up to...
\ = Slide down to...
 
"-"s are used only to make the tab seem clear, they are used for timing only, nothing else.
 
Intro:
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------|
d|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|
a|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|
D|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|
 
Verse:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|6-6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-x-|
|4-4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
         When you think about it......
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| X2
Saaaaaay........
 
VERSE
 
Pre-Chorus:
Slide up to the first chord every time
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| X3
           Gone fishing...
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
Chorus:
|2~~~2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
|3~~~3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|2~~~2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|--------------5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|--------------5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| X4
 
VERSE
 
Verse 2:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|6-6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-6~~~6-x-x-6-6-x-x-|
|4-4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
       She couldn't....
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~|
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3///12~~~\|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3///12~~~\|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3///12~~~\|
 
PRE-CHORUS
 
CHORUS
 
Middle 8 (solo)
With Wah
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------1010--9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|3~~~x-x-9-9---9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|3~~~x-x-----------------------|
|3~~~x-x-----------------------| X2
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| X2
 
Live there is a solo over this second bit, i just make it up as i go along using the
scale of D.
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------1010--9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|0-3~~~x-x-9-9---9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|0-3~~~x-x-----------------------|
|0-3~~~x-x-----------------------| X2
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~|
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3///12~~~\|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3///12~~~\|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3///12~~~\|
 
PRE-CHORUS
 
CHORUS X 4 (the do's go over the chorus chords)
 
Outro (live)
 
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~| X 4
 
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|0///12~~12\\\0-let ring-|
|0///12~~12\\\0-let ring-|
|0///12~~12\\\0-let ring-|
 
This is how i play it, it sounds ace, and is pretty much 100% accurate i think.
 
Info. from stereobase.co.uk:
 
Wah pedal - Crybaby Wah
Distortion/Overdrive - Either a Boss BD-2 (which i have and use) or a Marshall Guvnor
 
Thanks and enjoy.
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All the tabs are wrong EXCEPT this one. Well played dude. Confusing at first, as when Kelly plays it live it doesn't look like Drop D but what ever that weird chord is in the verse sounds spot on.

sounds pretty wrong to me, but its your way of playing it, doesnt have to be a perfect cover.

you guys are playing drop D right?