Guitar Tabs for Rockity Roll
Ways + Means
27 Jennifers
Down On The River By The Sugar Plant
40 Grand In The Hole
Ossining
Cash Cow
Ways + Means
Verse/outro:
E Aadd9
(Aadd9: x02200)
Chorus:
(Strum each one.)
E---------------------
B--0---0---0---0------
G--6---4---2---1------
D--6---4---2---2------
A--4---2---0---2------
E--------------0------
Note that he doesn't really hit the high E string very much in the verse or chorus, so avoid it if you can.
Little solo before second verse:
E------------------------------------------------------
B---8p5---3--5-----------------------------------------
G----------------0h2-2~-2p0----------------------------
D----------------------------2~~---------0--0--0h2-----
A---------------------------------0h1h2----------------
E---------------------------------------------------0--
(The first open G is a grace note, and those three notes on the A string should be a 16th note triplet - fit them all into the space of one 8th note.)
"You heard it at the restaurant..."
B------------------------------
B------------------------------
G-------------------9-7~~\-----
D------------------------------
A---------7--------------------
E---0--4-----/9--7-------------
The fill in the second chorus (1:14) is overdubbed by a third guitar in DADDAD tuning with a capo on the 2nd fret:
D------------0--0----------
A------------0--0----------
D------------0--0----------
D---0------0---------------
A------0h2----------0h2----
D--------------------------
Fill at 1:34
E-------0---------
B--0h3------------
G----------4------
D-----------------
A-----------------
E-----------------
Let every note ring out.
"Best I ever did with my bucks..."
E---------------
B---------------
G--------6\4----
D---------------
A---5/7---------
E---------------
"She lost but just kept racing round..." (capo 2)
D----------0-----------------------
A----------0-----------------------
D----------0-----------------------
D--0h2-0h2----0h2-0h2---0------0---
A--------------------------0h2-----
D----------------------------------
Fill at 2:13: (capo 2)
D-----------------
A-----------------
D-----------------
D----------0------
A------0h2--------
D--0h2------------
Outro fill: (capo 2)
D----------------------------
A----------------------------
D----------------------------
D-------0h2-0-------0h2-0----
A---0h2---------0h2----------
D----------------------------
27 Jennifers
(Note: the song is a quarter step sharp on the record, due to an increase in the tape speed during mastering. You can tune up a little bit if you want to play along with the record.)
Intro:
E-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
D-x-x-x-x-x-3-3--8-8--8-8---8-8-8---
A-x-x-x-x-x-3-3--6-6--5-5---5-5-5---
E-x-x-x-x-x-1-1---------------------
E-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-----------------------------
D-10-10--8-8--8-8---8-8-8-----
A--8--8--6-6--5-5---5-5-5-----
E-----------------------------
(This second line is also the verse pattern.)
Bridge ("It's the sweet shine of...", power chords):
F C# (three times)
After "Happiness stinks up the room" (power chords):
F C Eb
Break ("You might be the one...", 1:39)
E-----------------------
B-----------------------
G-----------------------
D------8----8-----------
A----6----5---------8---
E-----------------8-----
E-----------------------
B-----------------------
G-----------------------
D--------8----8---------
A------6----5------8----
E--8-------------8------
E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D----------8----8--------
A-----8--6----5-------8--
E-5h8---------------8----
E--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D----------8----8--8-8-8---
A--8-----6----5----5-5-5---
E----8-x-------------------
And back to the verse chords. For the ending, it's the last chord of the verse (D minor, I guess), and then Bb (power chord) and it ends on an F power chord.
Down On The River By The Sugar Plant
Intro/chorus melody (synth arranged for guitar):
E--5-3------3-3-----3-3-3-5-5--3----------
B-------3h5-----3h5-----------------3-----
G---------------------------------2---2---
D-----------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
Counterpoint:
E-----------------------------------------
B-----1---3p1h3p1h3-1---3p1h3p1h3-1-------
G--2--------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
Intro/verse/chorus (power chords):
A C F G#
40 Grand In The Hole
(DADDAD tuning - all chords are played as power chords, with the three high strings played open throughout. Fingerpick, but don't arpeggiate the power chords - i.e., strum the three low strings as one with your thumb and the high strings separately with the other fingers.)
Intro: D
Verse (lyrics included to show where the chords change):
D E G
Forty grand in the hole
Bb G D
Scraping my dreams out of the sugar bowl
My love for you's corrupt
Write down the words and then I snort them up
Chorus:
G D
When will I love someone?
A Bb
When will someone be mine?
G D
Forty grand in the hole
C
I'm gonna open it up and
G
Let my yearning
D
Shine
Interlude between first chorus/second verse:
D D/E D D/E (just put your first finger down on E on the 6th string)
Interlude between second chorus/third verse: D
Ending (keep picking the open strings under this):
D---------------
A---------------
D---------------
D-------3~------
A--2h3--3~------
D-------3~--0--- Four times, then play around with the high D and A strings at the third fret and open, something like:
D-3-3-0-0-----0------
A---------0-3--------
D--------------------
D--------------------
A--------------------
D--------------------
And then as the song fades out he's just playing with various modes of D up and down the strings.
Ossining
Capo 2
Verse/Chorus:
E A
End of chorus:
B A E
Cash Cow
Tune down a half step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Verse:
E Aadd9
"And I will offer you a place...":
C# A C# E (muted power chords)
All songs transcribed by Jonathan Altschuler.