Big Wreck - "Under the Lighthouse"
From the Album "In Loving Memory Of"
tuning: F# B D# F# B B on Acoustic / Slide / Dist. Electric
Tabbed by jjhand for ultimate-guitar.com
For a good video of the acoustic part, see CurtisMcDonald1 on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdSzQHCyEZE&feature=related
Interesting tuning, and the recording sounds like it was recorded slightly
flat because it doesnt sound in tune perfectly. Please rate/comment so I
can improve if needed. Thanks!
Intro/Main Riff - Acoustic - strum previous chord where % is
B |-0----%----%--%-%---------|-0----%---%-5-4--0-5-4--0-|
B |-2------------------------|-0----------5-4--0-5-4--0-|
F#|-2------------------------|-0----------x-x--0-x-x--0-|
D#|-0------------------------|-3----------x-x--0-x-x--0-|
B |-0----------------0-2h4p0-|-0----------5-4--0-5-4--0-|
F#|-2------------------------|-0----------0-0--0-0-0--0-| play 2x
Verse - Play Intro Riff 4x
"Down here under the lighthouse
Upstairs you see for miles
Keep my name under the white out
And just let me miss you all the while (yeah)"
Slide guitar part (With Intro played as rhythm track)
B |--------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
B |------------12\4-----2p0-----|----------12\11--|--------------|
F#|-12/14~~~~~~--|--------------|-/14~~~----------|-9-------7\5--|
D#|--------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
B |--------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
F#|--------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
Verse 2 - Play Intro Riff 4x
"Now I sit here with your letter
It's pushin' hard on my brain
You think they should shrink it
Well baby I think that's insane"
Chorus - Acoustic (play 4x)
1 2 3 4
|-0-0---0-%---%-0---%-%--%-|-5-4---0---------5-4---0---------|
|-0-0---0-------0----------|-5-4---0---------5-4---0---------|
|-5/7---7-------5----------|-x-x---0-2/4---4---------4/5---5-|
|-0-0---0-------0----------|-x-x---0-------------------------|
|-5/7---7-------5----------|-5-4---0---------5-4---0---------|
|-0-0---0-------0----------|---------2/4---4---------4/5---5-|
|
| Slide part
|-11-----------\9----------|---------------------------------|
|-11-----------\9----------|---------------------------------|
|-11-----------\9----------|--rest---------------------------|
|-11-----------\9----------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/big-wreck/229895.html ]
"No you would've left me anyway
Well I'll just bow my head
I swear you might've left me anyway
So I'll leave you instead (yeah)"
Play Main Riff Again 6x, with Slide part, then lyrics:
|----------------|--------------|----------------------|------------|
|-----------12\x-|-2h4------2p0-|----------12\11-------|------------|
|-12/14~~~~~~----|--------------|-/14~~~--------/14-14\|-12---------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------------|------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------------|------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------------|------------|
Verse:
"When I told you that I'm sorry
You told me that I'm full of fear
But when the music is just too loud
Well it's not your voice I hear (yeah)"
Play Chorus Again as before (same lyrics)
Break - Acoustic & Distorted Electric - play 2x
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-3--3--2----------1--0----|
|-2--2--2--x-x-x-x-0--0----|
|-0--0--0--x-x-x-x-0--0----|
Slide Solo
|---------9-------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-/9~~~~~---7-7h9p7---0-|-/4~~~---5p4--2p0-|-/9---12p9-9\7-7\5-4-0-/4--|
|-----------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-0----------------|-14~~~-------------12-14_/16~~~~~~\--0-----|
|-------/5------0--|------17\14---12/14------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|------7p4p0-9p4p0--T12-p4p0---|-------------|
|-9~~~-------------------------|-/4----------|
|------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------|-------------|
After Solo -
Second Guitar (doubled by organ, Acoustic part is similar to main riff)
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------5--4--------5--4-|-------5--4--------5--4--|
|----5-----------5-------|----5-----------5--------|
|-5-----------3----------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-5-----------5-----------|
Slide guitar plays random notes in background until fade-out
KEY
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| % strum previous chord again
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
