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Song: Stabbed in the Back
Artist: Nasty Savage
Album: Indulgence (1987)
Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)
Date started tab: 12-30-01/7-22-01
Date finished tab: 7-22-01
Tuning: Standard
Notation Key
v: vibrato
t: tremolo bar
^: bend
.: palm mute
~: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
\: slide down
Comments: This is one of my top ten favorite songs of all time. It's a bit tricky, but you can get the hang of it. I love Nasty Savage. Those dudes knew how to rock. I think the tab came out great, but if you find a mistake, feel free to point it out to me and/or e-mail me the corrections. Later.
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Fig. 1 x4
e|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|--------4----|-----------------|--------2-3--|
A|--3-------3-4-2--|------6-2-6--|--3-------3-4-2--|-------------|
E|--1-1-1-1--------|--0-0-4---4--|--1-1-1-1--------|--0-0-4------|
. . . . . . . .
Riff 1 x6
e|---------------|-----------------|
B|---------------|-----------------|
G|---------------|-----------------|
D|---------------|-----------------|
A|--3-2---3-2-4--|--3-2---3-2------|
E|------1--------|------1-----2-1--|
. . . .
Riff 2 x2
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|--------3--|-----------|--------3--|-----------|
A|----2-3----|----2-3----|----2-3----|----4-3-2--|
E|--1--------|--1-----1--|--1--------|--1--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Riff 1 x4
Repeat Fig. 1 x4
Riff 3 x6
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|----------4h5-----5h6-4h5-3h5------|
D|--4h5-1h2-----1h2-------------1h2--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Fig. 2 x4 (guitar two starts playing this after guitar one plays Riff 3 two times)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|------6-5---6-5-4--|
A|--3-5-4-3-5-4-3-2--|
E|--1-3-----3--------|
Riff 4 x4 (under solo)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--111-111-111-111-333-333-333-333--|
Riff 5 x4 (under solo)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|--333-333-333-333-222-222-222-222--|
E|-----------------------------------|
Repeat Riff 4 x4
Repeat Riff 5 x4
Fig. 3 x4
e|--------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
B|--------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
G|--------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
D|--------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
A|--2-----------|----2-----------|----2-----------|----5-3-6-3--|
E|--0-0-3-0-3^--|--0-0-0-3-0-3^--|--0-0-0-3-0-3^--|--0-3-1-4-1--|
Riff 6 x4
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------5-4--|
A|-------------------|----------3-2------|-------------------|----------3-2--|
E|--3-1-4-3-1-3-1-0--|--3-1-4-3-----3-4--|--3-1-4-3-1-3-1-0--|--3-1-4-3------|
Riff 7 x4
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----------------3------------------|
A|----4---3-----------4---3----------|
E|--0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-1--|
. . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Riff 6 x4
Fig. 4 x1
e|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4--|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2--|--5--|------3-------4-------3-------4-------3-------4-------3-------4--------|
E|-----|--3--|--1-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1--|
Repeat Riff 1 x6
Repeat Riff 2 x2
Repeat Riff 1 x4
Repeat Fig. 1 x4
End x1
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|--3--|
E|--1--|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/n/nasty-savage/41948.html ]