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Into The Valley - The Skids
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Tabbed by: axe victim
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Tuning: EADGBe
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato or sustain
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| PM palm mute
Classic song from the Punk era, featuring the unusual guitar playing style
of the late Stuart Adamson. You can see the Bill Nelson influence here and
there. This tab should get you close, I watched the video to check the
positions he used.
Intro and main riff:
( PM = palm mute strings throughout intro and verse... )
___D_______________________A________G______________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------7---7---7---6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5----------|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___D_______________________A________G______________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------7---7---7---6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5----------|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( PM___________________________________________________________ )
___C___________________Cadd9________D6__D5__D6__D5__________D6__D5_
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-10--10--10--10------12--10--x--|-9---7---9---7-----------9---7--|
A|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--x--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
E|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---x--|--------------------------------|
( PM___________________________________________________________ )
___D6__D5_________
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-9---7----------|
A|-5---5---5---5--|
E|----------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & -|
___D_______________________A________G______________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------7---7---7---6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5----------|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( PM___________________________________________________________ )
( No palm muting here, let chords ring... )
___D___________________________D____D______________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----7--|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----7--|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
D|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----7--|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
A|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----5--|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___D_______________________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------7---9---7~~~---|-----------------7---9---7~~~---|
D|-7---9---7~~~----7---7---7~~~---|-7---9---7~~~----7---7---7~~~---|
A|-5---5---5~~~5---5---5---5~~~5--|-5---5---5~~~5---5---5---5~~~5--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
Verse: ( Resume palm mute, with some variation... )
___D_______________________A________G______________________________
" In - to the valley... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------7---7---7---6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5----------|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___D_______________________A________G______________________________
" Betrothed and di - vine... realis..."
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------7---7---7---6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5----------|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___C___________________C6__C________D6__D5__D6__D5__________D6__D5_
" a-tions no vir - tue but who can de-fine... why... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-10--10--10--10------12--10--x--|-9---7---9---7---7---7---7---7--|
A|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--x--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
E|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---x--|--------------------------------|
___C___________________C6__C________D6__D5__D6__D5__________D6__D5_
" sol-diers go mar - ching those masses a line... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-10--10--10--10------12--10--x--|-9---7---9---7---7---7---7---7--|
A|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--x--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
E|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---x--|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/skids/320242.html ]
___D_______________________A________G______________________________
" This dis-ease is catch - ing from ... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------7---7---7---6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5----------|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___D_______________________A________G______________________________
" vic - tor-y to stone..."
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------7---7---7---6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5----------|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chorus:
___C#__D___D___D___C#__D___D___D________A_______F#__G______________
1)"Ahoy! Ahoy! land, sea and sky... "
2)"Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-6--/7---7---7---6--/7---7------|--------------------------------|
A|-4--/5---5---5---4--/5---5---9--|-----7-------4--/5--------------|
E|-----------------------------7--|-----5-------2--/3--------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
__C#__D___D___D___C#__D____D___G________A_______Bm______A__________
3)"Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-6--/7---7---7---6--/7---7------|--------------------------------|
A|-4--/5---5---5---4--/5---5---5--|-----7-------9---9--\7---7------|
E|-----------------------------3--|-----5-------7---7--\5---5------|
___C#__D___D___D___C#__D___D___G________A_______D__________________
4)"Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die ... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-6--/7---7---7---6--/7---7------|-------------7---7--------------|
A|-4--/5---5---5---4--/5---5---5--|-----7-------5---5--------------|
E|-----------------------------3--|-----5--------------------------|
___D_______________________________________________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------7---9---7~~~---|-----------------7---9---7~~~---|
D|-7---9---7~~~----7---7---7~~~---|-7---9---7~~~----7---7---7~~~---|
A|-5---5---5~~~5---5---5---5~~~5--|-5---5---5~~~5---5---5---5~~~5--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat Verse and chorus.
Guitar solo: ( some bars stretched for detail... )
___D_______________________A________G______________________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___D_______________________________________________________________
e|-17b19r17-14-17b19r17-14--------|-17b19r17-14-17b19r17-14--------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___D______________________________
e|-17b19r17-14-17b19r17-14--------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___D______________________________________________________________
e|-17------15------14h15p14---------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------17------15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
___D________________________________D______________________________
e|-17b19r17-14-17b19r17-14--------|-17b19r17-14-17b19r17-14--------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___D______________________________
e|-17b19r17-14-17b19r17-14--------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___D______________________________________________________________
e|-12-b14-r12-p10----------12-p10---------------------------------|
B|-----------------12-p10----------12-p10-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------11-p9------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------12~~~~~~~~~~---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Words & music by Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato or sustain
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| PM palm mute
