| #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE----------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Stereophonics I Stopped To Fill My Car Up(Live Version) Original version on Performance & Cocktails Live version Hurry Up & Wait CD2(Live Morfa Stadium EP) Tabbed by Scott Morgan [email protected] I've tried to transcribe this as thoroughly as possible, and it took ages to get it right, I can play this song more or less 100% perfect and have tried to tab up every single note. If I've missed something or you can't understand anything let me know. Intro The intro is played very very delicately, it could even be finger picked, but I think Kelly uses a pick. Random open strings can be heard every now and again, they may or may not be deliberate. --------------------|--------------------|------------------------| -1-------1--0----1--|---------1--0----1--|-1----------------1-----| -2----2-------------|-0----2-------------|-2----0-h-2-------2-----| -2------------------|-2------------------|-3----3--------------3--| -0------------------|-2------------------|-3-------------3--------| --------------------|-3------------------|------------------------| --------------------|------X---------|------------------------| -1-------1--0----0--|------3-h-5--3--|-1----------------1-----| -2----2-------------|-0----X---------|-2----0-h-2-------2-----| -2------------------|-2--------------|-3----3--------------3--| -0------------------|-2--------------|-3-------------3--------| --------------------|-3--------------|------------------------| Verse It's basically the same all the way through the verses in the song. Again, random open strings can be heard every now and again, whether these are deliberate or not I don't know. I stopped to fill my car up -------------------------------------------| ------1---------------0--1-----------1-----| ------2---------------0--2-----------2-----| --2---2---------------2--3--------------3--| --0---0----------2----2--3---------3-------| -----------------3----3--------------------| The last three notes played above are only played in the first verse, the later verses have a funny keyboard sound playing at the end of each line. Chorus It's the same in all the choruses, only the lyrics change slightly. Then I looked up and looked in the mirror behind me -------------------------------------------------------------------| ----1-------------1-------------1----------1----1----1-------1--1--| ----0-------------0-------------0----------0----2----0-------2--0--| ----2-------------X-------------2----------0----3----3-------3--3--| --3-3------2------2------0------0----------X----3----3-------3--3--| ---------------------------------------3---3-----------------------| The later verses and choruses onll change slightly. Outro Kelly turns on the distortion here and the band rock out for the end of the song, theres some heavy chords and some bluesy soloing. I read that the outro is based on Jimi Hendrix's version of 'All Along The Watchtower', but I can't see the likeness myself. I have split the outro into several sections so I can explain each part. The first part is the same chords used in the intro/verse, but with hard distortion and played faster, the slide near the end is very quick and hard to hear, you don't necessarily have to slide to fret 12, just somewhere in that region. ------------------------------------------------------| -----1---1-1-------------------1----1-1-1-1-1-1-------| -2-2-2---2-2------0---0-0--2-2-2----2-2-0-0-2-2-------| -2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2---2-2--3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-------| -0-0-0---0-0--2-2-2---2-2--3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-------| --------------3-3-3---3-3-----------------------s12s--| This part is similar to the above, but rather than play the F chords and a quick slide, play a slow, long slide from about fret 12 to fret 3, before beginning the solo. --------------------------------------------| -----1---1-1-------------------1------------| -2-2-2---2-2------0---0-0--2-2-2------------| -2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2---2-2--3-3-3------------| -0-0-0---0-0--2-2-2---2-2--3-3-3------------| --------------3-3-3---3-3-----------12-s-3--| Here's where the soloing starts, the first part is easy, but when you start sliding up the fretboard it get a bit harder. Once you get the hang of it though it becomes easier. Slide your finger from the 1st fret to the 3rd fret(--1s3--) and pick the 3rd fret a bout 4 times, then repeat that but sliding from 3rd fret to 5th fret, and then the same but from the frets shown(sorry if it's a bit confusing). Try and add vibrato to the notes as well. ___________________x2 ---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------- -1-p-0---------------|-1-0------1s3-3--3-3--3s5-5--5-5--5s8-8--8-8--8s10-10--10- -------2-0-2~~~-2-0--|-----2-0-------------------------------------------------- ---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10--10s12-12--12-12--12s13-13--13-13--13s15-15--15-15-15s17---17-17---17--17--17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------| -22--17--22--| -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| The next part is just some blues licks which are pretty easy. The slide you see is a quick one like earlier. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -8b-8b-8bhold bend~~~~~~-----8-------------------------------------------------- --------------------------7b----7b--7b---5b-------------------------5--7p5-7p5-- --------------------------------------------7--5--7~~~--5--7--7~~~-------------- --------------------------------------------0--0--0-----0--0--0----------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------| --7b-----7b-----7b-----7b-----5-5--X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-------| --7b-5---7b-5---7b-5---7b-5---5-5--X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-------| -----------------------------------7-5-7-7--7-5-7-7--7-5-7-7-------| -----------------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------| -----------------------------------X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X-s12s--| The next part is pretty easy, you just play the saem lick twice. But at the end of each repeat, its slightly different. The first ending is palm mutes and some quick slides like earlier. -------------------------------|--------------------|--X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--| -------------------------------|-X-X------X-X-------|--X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--| -5b--5~~~--4b--4~~~--2b--2~~~--|-X-X------X-X-------|--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--| -------------------------------|-X-X------X-X-------|--X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--| -------------------------------|-X-X------X-X-------|--------------------| -------------------------------|-X-X-s12s-X-X-s12s--|--------------------| this is the final main solo part and uses slides up the fretboard again. On the final note(Ab bent up to A, on the b string, fret 21), the arrows mean play the same note again, just keep playing that note until the end. The slides are the same concept as before, but instead of sliding into a note, bend the note then play it a few times before moving onto the next one, apply vibrato where wherever you can as well, especially on the final note. Just before Kelly goes into the chords, there's a sound that sounds like a car crash or something, I don't know how to play this part exactly but I think it's just hitting the open strings hard randomly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -10b-10-10---10-10--12b-12-12---12-12--13b-13-13---13-13--15b-15-15---15-15-17b- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -17-17---17-17--19b-19-19---19-19-21bhold bend->->->->->->->->->->->->->-etc--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -randomly hit string to make--| -car crashing sound here------| -----0---0------------0-------| -------------0--------0-0-----| ---0-0-0--0-0-0---0-0---0-0---| -0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-----0-0-| Heres the part where Kelly goes back to playing the chords and everything slows down to the end of the song. _________________x4 --------------|--------------|-----------------------|-------------------| ----1--1-0----|-------1-0----|-----1-----------------|-------------------| --2-2---------|----0---------|--2--2--------0--------|-------0-h-2----0--| --2-2---------|--2-2---------|--3--3-----------------|--3----------------| --0-0---------|--2-2---------|--3--3-----------------|-------------------| --------------|--3-3---------|-----------------------|-------------------| __________________________x2 ----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------| --1----0--------------------|--1----0--------------------|--1----1--0--| ------------2bu4bd2----0----|------------2bu4bd2----0----|--2----------| ----------------------------|----------------------------|--2----------| ----------------------------|---Pinch harmonic on bend---|--0----------| ----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------| |