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Dirty White Boy

Foreigner
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Gtr I (D A D G B E)

Moderate Rock Q=140

4/4

Gtr I

    PM--|   PM------|     PM--|   PM------|     PM--|   PM------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-------7-----------|-7-------7-----------|-7-------7-------------|
|-5-------5-----------|-5-------5-----------|-5-------5-------------|
|---5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|---5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|---5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|
    PM--|   PM------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------||------------------|-----------------|----|
|---------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|----|
|---------------------||------------------|-----------------|----|
|-7-------7-----------||--7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|----|
|-5-------5-------0-0-||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----|
|---5-5-5---5-5-5-----||------------------|-----------------|----|

PM------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  PM------------------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------||-----------------|-------------/8-|--------------------------|
|--------||-----------------|-5-5-3-5--5--/8-|----3---5---3---5---3---5-|
|-12\--0-||-5\--3-0-5-0-3-0-|-5-5-3-5--5-----|--0-3-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-5-|
|-12\--0-||-5\--3-0-5-0-3-0-|----------------|--------------------------|
|--------||-----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|--------||-----------------|----------------|--------------------------|

~~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-8------|--12---12\-----------------------------5-----3---5-5-3-|
|-5-5-/12--|--12---12\--0-------------2p0--2p0---0-5-0-0-3-0-5-5-3-|
|-----/12--|--12---12\--0----------------------4-------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------|---------------2b3r====0-------------------------------|

~~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------------------8-8-6-6-6-8------19-19--------------------------|
|---/5-5-3-5--5--/5--5-3-3-5-5-8-8-6-6-6-8------------20--18-------------------|
|-0-/5-5-3-5--5--/5--5-3-3-5-5-------------0-0---------------19----------------|
|--------------------------------------------0------------------17-17-17-19-17-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~

E E

|-----------*|----|
|-17---17\--*|----|
|-----------*|----|
|-----------*|----|
|-----------*|----|
|-----------*|----|

Duration Legend

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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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To make it sound the same as the CD you must drop your low E down to D

Bars 1-4 Intro and Riff A

Bars 5-9 Rhy.and Chorus

Bars 10-23 Verse

Last last part is the 1st guitar solo.

Sorry my tab program won't convert Verse, Slides, ect.

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