From: Gautam Peri Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 22:11:06 -0500 Subject: Lakini's Juice tab Here's some tab for you...Lakini's Juice. I was able to basically confirm this by watching Taylor very closely when I went to see them at the Pony (I was right up front so I could see well)... From low to high, it's D-A-D-F#-A-D (tuned down 1/2 step, it's actually Db-Ab-Db-F-Ab-Db). Basically, the opening riff looks like this: D ------------------------------------------------ A ------------------------------------------------ F# ----------------------------------------2^1/2--- <---bend up 1/2 step D -0--6-x-x--0--6-x-x--0--6-x-x--0--6--0--2------- A -0--4-x-x--0--4-x-x--0--4-x-x--0--4--0--2------- D -0--4-x-x--0--4-x-x--0--4-x-x--0--4--0---------- repeat that over and over... then in the FIRST quiet part, you have some options. If you have two guitar players, let the rhythm player play the following: D -------------- A -------------- F# -------7--8--- D -6--7--7--7--- A -4--5--5--5--- D -4--5--5--5--- If you have only one guitar (or the lead of two guitars), then play this: D ---------------- A ---------------- F# ---------7~--8~- ~ = vibrate D -6~--7~--------- A ---------------- D ---------------- You can even use some reverb and/or delay here. In the second quiet part, do the same thing, except for the last chord, play a Gm, like this: D -5- A -5- F# -8- D -8- A -5- D -5- Then the "Let me Ride" chords are D, Bb and Gm...the D is just all open strings, the Bb you play by simply barring the 8th fret, and then the Gm like above. At the very end (where he's picking individual notes and he plays the Gm chord differently) it looks something like this: D ---------------------------------8--8--- A ----0--0------8--8\-----0--0-----8--8--- F# --0----0----8----8\---0----0---8----8--- D -0-----0--8------8\--0-----0--8-----8--- A -0-----0--8------8\--0-----0--5-----5--- D -0-----0--8------8\--0-----0--5-----5--- Rhythmically it's a bit different (you can hammer on the chords, then pick them, etc...). Note the difference in the Gm chord 5-5-8-8-8-8...it's actually a Gm7, but again, only in the last part... The bass part is pretty simple...the bass is tuned D-A-D-G low to high (well, Db-Ab-Db-Gb really) and for the main riff he just picks quarter notes hard while sliding from the 4th fret down on the low D, then plays open low D, G (5th fret), open low D and then starts the sliding thing again...incidentally, right before the bass and drums kick in, the string section plays a big slide...Pat reproduces this live by sliding his pick down the fretboard...some effects to really amplify this would help (a delay and maybe overdrive and chorus or something)...in the quiet part, Pat just plays F#'s and then G's (4th fret to 5th fret)...in the chorus ("let me ride...") he plays open low D's, then Bb on the 8th fret, then slides quickly up the neck and plays open low D's again, then G's, then slides quickly again. It's pretty repetitive, but it sounds cool. If you have a bass equalizer, use it. Also, a bit of overdrive might enhance the sound. I'm not tabbing out drums. You drummers figure out the part yourselves. :) Sorry I didn't tab out the bass part, but the part is simple enough despite my inability to explain it in words properly. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If there's glory in miracles, it's that they're reversible." Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip in "Titanic Terrarium" Gautam Peri, Economics, Rutgers University +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----------------------------------------------------------