Beggers and Hangers On
Slash's Snakepit
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
1995
Tuning: Drop C#
THIS IS THE CORRECT TUNING - just a half step down from Drop D
C# G# C# F G# C#
Intro (w/slide, Bridge Pickup, Clean)
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------3/5---|
|-2/4/2-0-------0-------0---------||-2/4/2-0-------0-------0---3/5---|
|---------0-2/3---0-2/3---0-2/3-0-||---------0-2/3---0-2/3---0-------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2/4/2-0-------0-------0---------|
|---------0-2/3---0-2/3---0-2/3-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----3/2-0-----0-----0-----5/4-0-4/2-0---2/3-0-|
|-2/3-------2/3---3/4---4/5-------------0-----0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Main Riff (No slide, Bridge Pickup, Distortion)
*Now for live performances, which I've seen front row, Slash wears his slide on his ring
for the whole song. In the music video you can see him at this point throw his slide up
the air and switch to playing it with his fingers. If you choose to play it with the
then just play the intro again with distortion. I prefer it without because it sounds
little more aggressive.
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|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|-3-2-0-----0-----0----------||-3-2-0-----0-----0----3-/-5-|
|-------0-2---0-----0--------||-------0-2---0-----0--3-/-5-|
|---------------3-----1/3-0--||---------------3------------|
|----------------------------||--------------------------------|
|----------------------------||--------------------------------|
|----------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-3-2-0-----0-----0----------||----3-2-0-----------5/3-0-3/2-0-|
|-------0-2---0-----0--------||----------0-2/3-0---------------|
|---------------3-----1/3-0--||1/3---------------5-------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|-3-2-0-----0-----0----------||-3-2-0-----0-----0----3-/-5-|
|-------0-2---0-----0--------||-------0-2---0-----0--3-/-5-|
|---------------3-----1/3-0--||---------------3------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|-3-2-0-----0-----0----------||----3-2-0-----------5/3-0-3/2-0-------0-|
|-------0-2---0-----0--------||----------0-2/3-0---------------0-2/3-0-|
|---------------3-----1/3-0--||1/3---------------5---------------------|
Verse/chords parts (no slide, neck pickup, clean)
*It’s pretty tough to play this part (mainly Part III) if you keep the slide on your
but from what I’ve seen myself and on videos, he just sucks it up and stretches. Must be
he’s the best and I’m not.
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/slashs-snakepit/251086.html ]
Part I
|-2/4--2-4-5-4-4/2-|-----------2-----2-----|----5-------|-0----0------|
|------------------|---4---------------4---|--5--5--5---|-0--0--0-0---|
|------------------|-----3---3---3-------3-|---5--5--5--|-0---0--0-0--|
|-2/4--2-4-5-4-4/2-|-0-----0-------0-------|-5-----5--5-|-0-0-------0-|
|------------------|-----------------------|------------|-------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|------------|-------------|
Part II Part III (“God Help me...”)
|-55-55-55-55-50-00-| |-------5--5--5-|
|-55-55-55-55-50-00-| |----5--5--5--5-|
|-56-66-65-55-50-00-| |-8--8--5--6--5-|
|-55-55-55-55-50-00-| |-7--7--5--5--5-|
|-57-77-75-55-50-00-| |-5-----5--7--5-|
|-55-55-55-55-50-00-| |-------5--5--5-|
Post-Chorus (bridge pickup, distortion)
Part II (w/slide) OR Part II with distortion
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
Riff in second verse (w/slide, bridge pickup, distortion)
|-7/13----------------------|
|-7/13----------------10/12-|
|-7/13-13-13-13/12----10/12-|
|-7/13-------------12-10/12-|
|-7/13----------------10/12-|
|-7/13----------------------|
Solo (over Part I 2x) (neck pickup, distortion, with a little boost)
*A bit tricky to write out because of the timing, but you get it.
|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------10|-9-7-5-7-5--------10|-9-7---7h9/10-----10|-9-7-5-7/9--7b8-7-7b8r|
|------------|----------5---------|-----8--------------|----------------------|
|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-5---7/9---10-|-9-7/5-7--15b17-15-15b17-|-15b17r-12----7b9r|-5----7/---------|
|---5----------|-------------------------|----------13------|--5—--7/---------|
|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|------7/---------|
|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|------7/---------|
|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
Outro Solo (bridge pickup, distortion, w/slide)
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-/15-13/15\13-13-11-11-|------------------11/13-13-11/10-11-|
|-----------------------|-14/12-14/12------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------12-12-------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------| x3
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-/15-13/15\13-13-11-11-|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-14/12-12-14/12-12-14/12-14/12-12---|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
Play with the next two bars and then the final one goes like this:
|-----------------------|---------------------11/15-----------|
|-/15-13/15\13-13-11----|--11/10—11/10—11/10—-11/15-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------11/15-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------11/15-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------11/15-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------11/15-----------|
Order
Intro 2x
Main Riff 2x
Part I 3x
Part II 2x
Part III 1x
Main Riff 2x
Post Chorus 2x
Part III(dis.) 1x
Part II 1x
Part I 2x
Part II 1x
Solo
Post Chorus 4x
Main Riff 3x
Post Chorus 6.5x OR Outro solo
Killer Song by Slash that not a lot of people know very well. I noticed there is
no good tabs for this song on the internet so I hope this helps a lot of people. I put a
of
into it, so let me know if you see anything that I’m not.
