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Started 4 months ago by Danleary
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Danleary

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I'm too lazy to write a tab for the whole song, but it's one of those "feel" type rhythms with lots of open strings and mutes; very syncopated (basically just a bitch to tab out). I figured some of you might be struggling with the chords, here's some help

Em, E7sus4

e|7----7----------| B|8----10---------| G|9----7----------| D|9----9----------| A|7----7----------| E|----------------|

*The next two are the same thing, just moved down 2 frets*

Dm, D7sus4
e|5----5----------| B|6----8----------| G|7----5----------| D|7----7----------| A|5----5----------| E|----------------|

Am, Asus4
e|0----0----------| B|1----3----------| G|2----2----------| D|2----2----------| A|0----0----------| E|----------------|

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Posted 4 months ago #

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dan, thanks a ton bro!

i always have problems with chords, do you have any others from el camino?

stop stop and hell of a season are the ones ive been looking for. sister was too, thx again!

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Yeah, I'll definitely get around to those. Also, I forgot a chord that he plays during the chorus

e|1---------------| B|1---------------| G|2---------------| D|3---------------| A|3---------------| E|1---------------|

The rhythm in the live version so much cooler than the studio.

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I figured out Dead and Gone. This one is interesting, he uses a capo. In the studio it's on the 5th fret, but live it's on the 4th. I figure he brought it down a half step to put less strain on his voice.

Dm, Dsus4, Am, Asus4, Gm, Gmadd2, A

e|1----3----0----0----3----5---------| B|3----3----1----3----3----3----2----| G|2----2----2----2----3----3----2----| D|0----0----2----2----5----5----2----| A|----------0----0----x----x----0----| E|--------------------3----3---------|

Remember, this is tabbed relative to the capo, so it's not actually in the key I wrote it in. For example, if you capo the 4th fret, the first chord is F#m, not Dm.

Fret the Gm chord with your thumb in the bass so you can more comfortably mute the A string with the tip of your middle finger, it also makes it easier to use the pinky for the add2. 0:42 seconds into the video I linked below shows a close up of his hand, hopefully that helps show what I'm trying to explain.

Sometimes he hits the open strings in between chords. It's not a new chord; don't let it confuse you. It looks something like this:
e|1-0-1-------| B|3-0-3-------| G|2-0-2-------| D|0-0-0-------| A|------------| E|------------|

It doesn't really matter which open strings you hit, so don't worry about precisely aiming for all 4 strings; it's more of a feel thing. Usually you loosely aim for either the low notes or high notes in the chord, depending on if you're doing an upstroke or downstroke respectively. In this song he seems to randomize the upstrokes and downstrokes, depending on whatever he's feeling. Can't really tab stuff like that out properly.

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ahh so dead and gone has capo on the 4th fret. i have a pic of dan playing his thunderbird with capo on the 4th fret, wondered what song it was from.i missed the first portion of the webster hall show. i tuned in around next girl, so thanks for that link to sister!

i spend most of my time fixing guitars rather than getting around to actually playing mine :lol: so far ive taught myself how to play by using tabs, gotta hammer down on my chord training!!

like i said before, i rly appreciate you takin the time to share these songs with us bro! i know ive asked you for a few before on the old wolfmother forums bahaha

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Hey guys, any ideas on Money Maker?
Maybe you've seen the tab somewhere and i missed it???

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stackshotmazz

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money maker is[or atleast how i play it:

|-----------------
|-----------------
|-----------------
|--5-5-3-3-10-10-8-8
|--5-5-3-3-10-10-8-8
|--3-3-1-1-8--8--6-6 x2 intro/chorus

|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|--1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 pre verse/pre solo/end riff

|-------------------
|-------------------
|-------------------
|-------------------
|-------------------
|--1-3-6-8-1-3-3-8-6 verse.

idk the solo yet. the talk box solo is sweet as hell on the album, but when they played it at webster, dan just did a little riff under heavy fuzz.

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Danleary

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Yeah, that seems about right. There's something interesting about Money Maker; watching the live videos, it appears that he tunes his guitar down 1 whole step. I'm not sure why, I'm gonna wait until there's better live footage before I tackle that one.

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Yeah, I noticed that during the webster performance. The song SOUNDS Like those simple power chords, but he was playin in different positions

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call me crazy, but i think stop stop is in open G

i was noodling around in open g and started playing along with stop stop.ill try to whip up a quick tab so you guys can try it out and tell me what you think

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Blackand Blues

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Thanks fellas. And, I would love to see Stop Stop tab!

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