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Under My Thumb

Social Distortion
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

Band: Social Distortion

Album: White Light White Heat White Trash

Song: Under My Thumb (bonus track)

Tabbed by: dluk

Email: dluk07@gmail.com

Not many Social D tabs here so I'll give it a try.

Tuning: 1/2 step down

Intro:

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|11----9----7---------------------------|
D|11----9----7---------------------------|
A|-9x4--7x4--5x8-let it ring on last time|
E|---------------------------------------|x4

Verse: faster tempo

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|---------11----9----7--|
D|---------11----9----7--|
A|----------9x4--7x4--5x8|
E|-----------------------|x2

Under my thumb...

Chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|---------------7--------------9----7-------|
D|--------7------7----9----4----9----7----7--|
A|--------7------5x4--9----4----7x2--5x2--7--|
E|--------5x8---------7x4--2x4------------5x8|

It’s on me...

Verse

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Solo:

e|------------------------------------5-55----5-55--------222-222-222|
B|---------------------------------5557-77-5557-77-5555\3-333-333-333|
G|-----244/6-44-4444\2-222-222-222-----------------------------------|
D|4~~~4--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|4------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|2------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------*--------|    *    |-------|
B|7777-555-333-2222223-3-3p2--2-0----22-2-32--2-0-2p0-----| or this |-------|
G|---------------------------4----244--------4-------2----|is easier|4p2----|
D|----------------------------------------------------4/77|  at the |---4/77|
A|-------------------------------------------------------7|   end   |------7|
E|-----------------------------------------------*-------5|    *    |------5|

*not sure how Mike does it

Background chords: Same as verse/chorus

Verse

Chorus

Outro:

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|9----7----------9----7---------|
D|9----7----7-----9----7----7~~~~|
A|7x4--5x4--7-----7x4--5x4—-7~~~~|
E|----------5x8-------------5~~~~|

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