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Devil Without a Cause

Kid Rock
Tab
3.7(3)

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

Song

Kid Rock

Song: Devil Without a Cause

Album: Devil Without a Cause

Tabbed by: l11052@mail.alunos.uevora.pt

This song is based on four basic riffs using the A5,E5 and F#5 power chords,

repeated throughout the song with slight variations.

Riff 1 [00:42]

-> Distortion ON

-> Wah ON - rock wah pedal back and foward on each beat.

E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----x---x---x---x---------2------------|
D|-2h4-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-4-4p2h4---4----------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

....with different endings, based in these two:

E|----------------------------------------|
B|-10h12b-10h12b--or--10h12b-10h12b-10----|
G|-------------------------------------11-|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-2h4b-2---------------------------------|
D|--------4-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Riff 2 [01:54]

-> Distortion ON

-> Wah OFF

F#5 A5

E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------2------------------|
D|-4-4-x-x-x-x-x-4-x-4-2------------------|
A|-4-4-x-x-x-x-x-4-x-4-0------------------|
E|-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-2-x-2--------------------|

Riff 3 [02:05]

-> Distortion ON

-> Wah OFF

F#5 A5

E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------2----------------|
D|-4-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-2----------------|
A|-4-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-0----------------|
E|-2-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2------------------|

|________p.m._________|

Riff 4 [03:28]

-> Distortion ON

-> Wah OFF

E5 F#5

E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-2-4--4-2-4-----------------------------|
A|-2-4--4-2-4-----------------------------|
E|-0-2--2-0-2-----------------------------|

p = Pull off

h = Hammer on

b = Bend

x = Hit muted strings

p.m. = Palm mute

I think this should help you get started, the rest you can figure out

by listening to the song. This is a great song to jam to! Improvise a bit and have fun!

Any kind of feedback would be nice, so mail me if you have any corrections, comments or questions.

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