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Cigarettes

King's X
Tab
4.1(3)

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Cigarettes by King's X from the Dogman CD - 1993/4

Transcribed by Daniel S. Fisher (WetStone) in October 1995.

wetstone@compuserve.com

This song is great and it reminded me of "Pleiades" so why did I waste a

week of my time in Open G tuning when the song is actually in...

DROPPED D TUNING !!!???

I used Chordmaster Pro Plus to transcribe this file into playable *.AXE

format, and then printed it to a text file for this tab.

The equal signs after the numbers are indications of the length of each

note. I added notations and lyrics to the printed tab file.

DROPPED D TUNING

Approximately BPM = 141

4/4 Time

INTRO (play measures 1 through 8 before first verse, but play only measures

1 through 4 before the second verse, skip INTRO for the third verse)

1 2 3

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--5=========|======--4--5===--5====---|

|-----2--2--3===--3======|--3=========--3=========|======--3======--3====---|

|--0===============------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------5===|========================|--3===============--5=---|

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^

(If you use your index and little fingers to slide up from 2&4 to 3&5 in

measure 1, use your ring finger to play the "D" string, then what follows

is self-evident. In measure 3, hammer on with your little finger while

barring both D strings at the 3rd fret).

4 5 6

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5=========--4======---|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--5======----|
|--0=========--0======---|--------2--3===--3======|--3=========--3======----|
|-----------------------0|------------------------|-------------------------|

|==================--5---|--0===============--5===|==================--5--4-|

7 8 9

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--5===--4===|--------4--5===--5====---|
|--------3======--3======|--2=========--2===--2===|-----2--2--3===--3====---|
|------------------------|------------------------|--0===============-------|
|--3===============--0--2|========================|--------------------5=---|

VERSES: Have you

Is it

Did you

10 11 12

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|--5=========--5=========|======--4--5===--5======|--5=========--4======----|

|--3=========--3=========|======--3======--3======|--0=========--0======----|

|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------0-|

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

gotten any cigarettes?

June or late September?

ever get those cigarettes?

13 14 15

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--5======---|--------4--5===--5====---|
|--------2--3===--3======|--3=========--3======---|--------3======--3====---|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|--0===============--5===|==================--5--4|--3===============--0--2-|

And have you got anything for me?

Is it 1 9 9 3 ?

And did you get anything for me?

16 17 18

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5=========--5===--4===|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--5=======---|
|--2=========--2===--2===|-----2--2--3===--3======|--3=========--3=======---|
|------------------------|--0===============------|-------------------------|

|========================|--------------------5===|======================---|

I no longer know just what I'm

Could you help me to

Will you help me to

19 20 21

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|======--4--5===--5======|--5=========--4======---|--------4--5===--5====---|
|======--3======--3======|--0=========--0======---|--------2--3===--3====---|
|------------------------|-----------------------0|-------------------------|

|--3===============--5===|==================--5---|--0===============--5=---|

saying Is this

remember? Is this

remember? When I

22 23 24

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5=========--5======---|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--4===--2=---|
|--3=========--3======---|--------3======--3======|--2=========--2===--2=---|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------0=---|
|==================--5--4|--3=========--------5===|============-------------|

how it's supposed to be? CHORUS: Some

how I'm supposed to be?

fall into the sea?

25 26 27

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|--3===============--0===|============--3=======---|
|--2===------------------|--2===============--0===|======--0=============---|

|--2===--3===--3===--5===|--0===============--2===|======================---|

|--0===--3===--3===--5===|--0===============--2===|======================---|

|--------3===--3===--5===|--0===============--2===|======================---|

times I think the pain

28 29 30

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------3===------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------0=========------|--------------0===------|--2=========-------------|
|------------------------|--------3===--------3===|--2=========-------------|

|--3===============--2===|--1=====================|--0=========--3=======---|

|------------------------|------------------------|--------------3=======---|

blows my mind

31 32 33

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--3===============--0===|============--3=========|--------------3===-------|

|--2===============--0===|======--0===============|--------0=========-------|

|--0===============--2===|========================|-------------------------|

|--0===============--2===|========================|--3===============--2=---|

|--0===============--2===|========================|-------------------------|

pain blows my

34 35 36

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------0===------|--2=========------------|--------0===--0===-------|
|--------3===--------3===|--2=========------------|--------0===--0===-------|
|--1=====================|--0=========--3=========|======-------------------|
|------------------------|--------------3=========|======--5===--5=======---|

mind

(repeat INTRO only once, then repeat second VERSE and CHORUS)

(after second CHORUS, play the following BRIDGE and SOLO)

(after third verse, play CHORUS twice, and then play BRIDGE and fade...)

BRIDGE:

37

|-------------------------|
|--------1=========--3=---|
|-------------------------|
|--------3=========--5=---|

|--0=====================

|------------------------

38 39 40

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5=========--1=========|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--4======----|

|--7=========--3=========|--------3======--3======|--0=========--0======----|

|========================|------------------------|-----------------------0-|
|------------------------|--3===============--5===|==================--5----|

41 42 43

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------1=========--3===|--5=========--8=========|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------4--5===--5====---|
|--------3=========--5===|--7=========-10=========|--------3======--3====---|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

|--0=====================|========================|--3===============--5=---|

44 45 46

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|--------1=========--3===|--5=========--1=======---|
|--5=========--4======---|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--0=========--0======---|--------3=========--5===|--7=========--3=======---|
|-----------------------0|------------------------|-------------------------|

|==================--5---|--0=====================|======================---|

47 48 49

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------1=========--3=---|
|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--4======---|-------------------------|
|--------3======--3======|--0=========--0======---|--------3=========--5=---|
|------------------------|-----------------------0|-------------------------|

|--3===============--5===|==================--5---|--0===================---|

50 51 52

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5=========--8=========|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|--------4--5===--5======|--5=========--4=======---|

|--7=========-10=========|--------3======--3======|--0=========--0=======---|

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

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

RHYTHM FOR SOLO:

53 54 55

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------5--5--5--5|--5--5--------------3=---|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2|--2--2--3--3--3--3--3--3|--3--3--2===--1=======---|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2|--2--2--3--3------------|-------------------------|

56 57 58

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--0===--------2=========|--------------------0===|--0=========-------------|
|--------3===--2=========|--------------------0===|--0=========-------------|
|--------------0=========|--3===============------|--------------0--0--0--0-|
|------------------------|--3===============--5===|--5=========--0--0--0--0-|

59 60 61

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------0===-------|
|------------------------|--5--5--5--5--5--5------|--------3===--------3=---|
|--0--0--2--2--2--2--3--3|--3--3--3--3--3--3--2===|--1=========-------------|
|--0--0--2--2--2--2--3--3|------------------------|-------------------------|

62 63

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--2=========------------|--------0===--0=========|
|--2=========------------|--------0===--0=========|
|--0=========--3=========|======------------------|
|--------------3=========|======--5===--5=========|

(return to third VERSE and CHORUS twice, then fade on BRIDGE to nowhere).

dfisher@mbakercorp.com

or

wetstone@compuserve.com

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