Dwight Yoakam - Fast As You (tab)
Play all this with some reverb and a little distortion.
E = 022100 A = x02220
F# = 244322 B = x24442
E
INTRO
Maybe someday I'll be strong,
Maybe it won't be long.
A
I'll be the one who's tough,
E
You'll be the one who's got it rough.
F# A E
It won't be long and maybe I'll be real strong.
E
Maybe I'll do things right,
Maybe I'll start tonight.
A
You'll learn to cry like me,
E
Baby, lets just wait and see.
F# A E
Maybe I'll start tonight and do things right.
A
You'll control me, and oh, so boldly,
E
Rule me 'til I'm free.
A
'Til the pain that shakes me,
B
Finally makes me get up off my knees, yeah yeah yeah.
E
Maybe I'll be fast as you,
Maybe I'll break hearts too.
A
But I think that you'll slow down,
E
When your turn to hurt comes around.
F# A E
Maybe I'll break hearts and be as fast as you.
Ahhhhhh....
E A E F# A E
FIRST LEAD SOLO
A
You'll control me, and oh, so boldly,
E
Rule me 'til I'm free.
A
'Til the pain that shakes me,
B
Finally makes me get up off my knees, yeah yeah yeah.
E
Maybe I'll be fast as you,
Maybe I'll break hearts too.
A
But I think that you'll slow down,
E
When your turn to hurt comes around.
F# A E
Maybe I'll break hearts and be as fast as you.
F# A E
Maybe I'll break hearts and be as fast as you.
E
Ahhhhhh, so good.....
E A E F# A E A E F# A E A E F# A E A E F# A E
SECOND LEAD SOLO
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/ = slide up bh = bend & hold
~ = vibrato r = release bend
b = bend = slide down
pbr = pre-bend & release x = dead note
br = bend & release
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PICKING USED IN INTRO & THROUGHOUT SONG
Picking over E chord
E------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|
D----------0---------------0---------|
A------------2-4-2-----------2-4-2---|
E--0-0-3-4---------0-0-3-4-----------|
Picking over A chord in verse
E------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G----------0---------------0---------|
D------------2-4-2-----------2-4-2---|
A--0-0-3-4---------0-0-3-4-----------|
E------------------------------------|
Picking over F# to A chord change
E------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|
D------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
Picking over A chord in chorus
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G----------0-------------0-------|
D------------2-2-----------2-2---|
A--0-0-3-4----4--0-0-3-4----4----|
E--------------------------------|
Picking over B chord in chorus
E------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|
D----------4-7-4-4-------------------|
A--2-2-4/6------6--------------------|
E------------------7-7-5-5-4-4-2-2---|
FIRST LEAD SOLO
E A E
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--7bh~~7r7b~~7bh----r-5-------12bh~~--r-------108-10b-10-8-10-8---
G--7bh~~7r7b~~7bh-7-7r--7/9---12bh~~12r12b---119-11b-11-9-11-9---
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
F# A E
E--12----10-10---12----10-12--12-10-10--12~~12~~12~12~12~12~---|
B--14pbr-12-12b--14pbr-12-14b-14-12-12--------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
SECOND LEAD SOLO
E A E
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--7bh~~7r7b~~7b-7-5-------12pbr-12b--12pbr-12b-12--5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5--
G--7bh~~7r7b~~7b-7--7/9---12pbr-12b--12pbr-12b-12------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F# A E
E--12pbr-10-12b-12-10-12b-12-10-12b-12-10-12-10-12b-12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~-
G--14pbr-12-14b-14-12-14b-14-12-14b-14-12-14-12-14b-14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~-
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A
E--12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12----------------------------------------
B--14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14-12--15b~~15-12--12---15b~~15-12--12----
G--------------------------------------------12------------14--12-----------14--12b-
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E F# A E
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E--12-x---------12-x-------12pbr-10-12b--12pbr-10-12b-12-10-12-10-12b-12~12~12~12~-
B------x------------x------14pbr-12-14b--14pbr-12-14b-14-12-14-12-14b-14~14~14~14~-
G-------12b----------12b-----------------------------------------------------------
D----------14-12-------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A
E--12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~12~14bh-14r-12-12-------------------------------
B--14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~14~15bh-15r-14-14-12b-----------15b~~15-12------
G-----------------------------------------------------12b--12-----------------12-12-
D--------------------------------------------------------14--14--------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------7/14----------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E F# A E
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--15b~~15-12-----------------7b----5~--5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~-
G------------12b-14--12b--------7pbr--------------------------------------------
D------------------14---14-----------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B--5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5~5-7b-7-5-7b--7b-7bh-7r-5-7-5-5--
G-----------------------------------------------7b-7bh-7r-----------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
A E F#
E----------------------------------------------0-----12pbr-10-12bh-12r-10-12bh-
B-----8-10-10-10-10-8b--8/10-10-10-8-8b------7b--5--14pbr-12-14bh-14r-12-14bh-
G--7/9---------------------------------9-7~~----7------------------------------
D---------------------------------------9--------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A E
E--12r-10-12bh-12r-10-12bh-12r-10-12bh-12r-10-12bh-12r-10-12br---12--12-12-12-12-
B--14r-12-14bh-14r-12-14bh-14r-12-14bh-14r-12-14bh-14r-12-14br-12----------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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E--12-12-12----------x--------------------------------------------------|
B----------15-12--12--x----------------------------7b-------------------|
G---------------14-----12b-x--------------12b--------7pbr~~~~~~4/18---|
D---------------------------x-----------14---14------------------------|
A----------------------------1412-10/11--------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"
