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Song
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Song: Stabbed in the Back
Artist: Nasty Savage
Album: Indulgence (1987)
Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)
Date started tab: 12-30-01/7-22-01
Date finished tab: 7-22-01
Tuning: Standard
Notation Key
v: vibrato
t: tremolo bar
^: bend
.: palm mute
~: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
\: slide down
Comments: This is one of my top ten favorite songs of all time. It's a bit tricky, but you can get the hang of it. I love Nasty Savage. Those dudes knew how to rock. I think the tab came out great, but if you find a mistake, feel free to point it out to me and/or e-mail me the corrections. Later.
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Fig. 1 x4
e|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| B|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| G|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------| D|-----------------|--------4----|-----------------|--------2-3--| A|--3-------3-4-2--|------6-2-6--|--3-------3-4-2--|-------------| E|--1-1-1-1--------|--0-0-4---4--|--1-1-1-1--------|--0-0-4------|
. . . . . . . .
Riff 1 x6
e|---------------|-----------------| B|---------------|-----------------| G|---------------|-----------------| D|---------------|-----------------| A|--3-2---3-2-4--|--3-2---3-2------| E|------1--------|------1-----2-1--|
. . . .
Riff 2 x2
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| D|--------3--|-----------|--------3--|-----------| A|----2-3----|----2-3----|----2-3----|----4-3-2--| E|--1--------|--1-----1--|--1--------|--1--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Riff 1 x4
Repeat Fig. 1 x4
Riff 3 x6
e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|----------4h5-----5h6-4h5-3h5------| D|--4h5-1h2-----1h2-------------1h2--| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|
Fig. 2 x4 (guitar two starts playing this after guitar one plays Riff 3 two times)
e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|------6-5---6-5-4--| A|--3-5-4-3-5-4-3-2--| E|--1-3-----3--------|
Riff 4 x4 (under solo)
e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|--111-111-111-111-333-333-333-333--|
Riff 5 x4 (under solo)
e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|--333-333-333-333-222-222-222-222--| E|-----------------------------------|
Repeat Riff 4 x4
Repeat Riff 5 x4
Fig. 3 x4
e|--------------|----------------|----------------|-------------| B|--------------|----------------|----------------|-------------| G|--------------|----------------|----------------|-------------| D|--------------|----------------|----------------|-------------| A|--2-----------|----2-----------|----2-----------|----5-3-6-3--| E|--0-0-3-0-3^--|--0-0-0-3-0-3^--|--0-0-0-3-0-3^--|--0-3-1-4-1--|
Riff 6 x4
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------| B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------| G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------| D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------5-4--| A|-------------------|----------3-2------|-------------------|----------3-2--| E|--3-1-4-3-1-3-1-0--|--3-1-4-3-----3-4--|--3-1-4-3-1-3-1-0--|--3-1-4-3------|
Riff 7 x4
e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|----------------3------------------| A|----4---3-----------4---3----------| E|--0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-1--|
. . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat Riff 6 x4
Fig. 4 x1
e|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--4--|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--2--|--5--|------3-------4-------3-------4-------3-------4-------3-------4--------| E|-----|--3--|--1-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1---1-1-1---1-0-1--|
Repeat Riff 1 x6
Repeat Riff 2 x2
Repeat Riff 1 x4
Repeat Fig. 1 x4
End x1
e|-----| B|-----| G|-----| D|-----| A|--3--| E|--1--|
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