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SIMPLE SIMON - Steve Morse Band
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Tabbed by: ProgIsGood
Email: Bobert314@rochester.rr.com
Tuning: Standard
Intro (dist)
e|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
G|----------4-----|---------------|----------4-----|---4-4---4-----|
D|--4-4-----4-----|---4-4---4-----|--4-4-----4-----|---2-2---4-----|
A|--4-4---0-2-0---|---4-4---4-----|--4-4---0-2-0---|-------0-2-----|
E|--2-2-0-------4-|-0-2-2-0-2-----|--2-2-0-------4-|-0-------------|
e|----------------|------------9----|---------------------|---------------|
B|----------------|------------10b11|---------------------|---------------|
G|----------4-----|-----------------|---------------------|---4-4---4-----|
D|--4-4-----4-----|---4-4---4-------|----4----------------|---2-2---4-----|
A|--4-4---0-2-0---|---4-4---4-------|----4---0-4-2h4p2-0--|-------0-2-----|
E|--2-2-0-------4-|-0-2-2-0-2-------|----2-0------------4-|-0-------------|
Riff 1
Clean w/ fingers
e|---2---0-2h4-4p2p0-|---0-0-0-0h2---0-|---2---0-2h4-4p2p0-|-5-5-3-2-5--------|
B|---0---0-0---0-----|---------3-----2-|---0---0-0---0-----|-3-3-3-3-5--------|
G|o------------------|---2-2-1-------2-|-------------------|---------2-----2-o|
D|o----4---2---2-----|-------------2---|-----4---2---2-----|-0---0---------2-o|
A|-------------------|-4-----2-0-------|-------------------|---------0-3h4----|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
Guitar Break (over riff 1)
dist w/ pick
e|---12|-12h14~~~-14b16-12------|------12-12-14b16-14~~~-|
B|-----|------------------12-14-|-15b17------------------|
G|/13--|------------------------|------------------------|
D|-----|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-----|------------------------|------------------------|
E|-----|------------------------|------------------------|
e|---------12-----14b16r14-16-12p11h12---|-15----14-14-----------|
B|-12-13-14--14-12---------------------12|-------------15~~~-----|
G|---------------------------------------|----12-----------------|
D|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
Transition
dist w/ pick Very fast
e|-------------------------------------7----|
B|-------------------------------------8----|
G|-------------------4-5-6-------6-7-9------|
D|-------------4-5-7-------6-7-9------------|
A|-------4-5-7------------------------------|
E|-3-5-7------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/steve-morse/94973.html ]
Pre-Chorus
light dist w/ fingers
e|-7-----------------|-7--------------------|
B|-8b9-------5-------|-8b9------5---5-------|
G|o----------2-------|----------2---2-------|
D|o------------------|--------------------2-|
A|-------------0-3-4-|----------------3h4---|
E|-----0-3-4---------|----0-3/4-------------|
e|-5---5-------3-------|--------------------|
B|-6b7-6b7-----3-------|--8-----------------|
G|---------------------|----10--9----------o|
D|---------------------|-10--8------10-----o|
A|---------------------|-------10-9-10-6b7--|
E|---------1-2---3-6-7-|--------------------|
Chorus 1 rhythm
light dist w/ pick
e|----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
B|----3-3---------|---3-3-----------|---3-3--------|-----------------|
G|o---2-2-2-2-----|---2-2-2---------|---2-2-2-2----|----------------o|
D|o---0-0-2-2-----|---0-0-2-2-------|---0-0-2-2----|---4---4--------o|
A|--------0-0-----|-------0-2---0-4-|-------0-0----|---4---4-------2-|
E|----------------|---------0-------|--------------|---2---2---0-4---|
Chorus 1 Lead Guitar
light dist w/ fingers
e|--5------5--------|--5-----5-----------|-5-----5---------|----5-------------|
B|--5h7----5------5-|--5h7---5---------5-|-5h7---5---------|---------------5--|
G|o------------/6---|----------6-4\2/6---|-----------6p4\2-|-4b6--4p2-4--6---o|
D|o------7----------|------7-------------|-----7-----------|-----------------o|
A|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
Steve then repeats Riff 1. Then they play the intro.
Then the guitar solo which I will not tab out simply because I can't figure it all out.
After the solo they play the Pre-Chorus then the Chorus and then a higher variation of the chorus.
Chorus 2
dist w/ pick
e|----12-|-12h14--12~~~-----12-|-14-10------10-12-9-----9-----------------12|
B|-14----|------10-----12-14---|------10--10-------10-10-12b14r12-10-12b14--|
G|-------|---------------------|--------11-----------9----------------------|
D|-------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A|-------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E|-------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|
e|-12h14--12~~~------12-|-14--12-----------12-|-12-14--12-12--17-16-|
B|------10------14-12---|---10--12~~~-12-14---|------10-------------|
G|----------------------|---------------------|-------------14------|
D|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
End on
w/ dist
e|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------4-----|------------------|
D|---4-4-----4-----|---4-4------------|
A|---4-4---0-2-0---|---4-4------------|
E|---2-2-0-------4-|-0-2-2-0-2~~~~~~~-|
Fine
Sorry about not tabbing the solo, I'm only human.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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