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Jailhouse

Sublime
Tab
★4.7(13)

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

Song

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Jailhouse - Sublime

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Tabbed by:nonpoint42

Email:me2846@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

intro

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--x-7-7--x7---------9-9---9--------------|
G|--x-7-7--x7---------9-9---9--------------|
D|----7-7---7---------9-9---9--------------|
A|----5-5---------5/7-7-7------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Verse

Jailhouse gets empty

e|-10--10--    10--10--10--12--12--12--12--------|
B|-10--10--10--10--10--12--12--12--12------------|
G|-11--11--11--11--11--13--13--13—-13------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Rudy gets plenty

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-7---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9-------|
G|-7---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9-------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9-------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Play those same chords through the whole song, listen for the rhythm

guitar solo listen for the timing

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-4-2-5-4-2-2---2------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-4---------------4---4-2-4-4-4-2----2-4-2----------xxxxxxxx---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------4--------xxxxxxxx--------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------2-4--xxxxxxxx--------------|

Pick scrape

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------5---5h7------------|
G|--------------------------------2—4b(6)r4-2-------4h5h6--------------------|
D|------2---2h4-2-----2h4-2---2-4--------------------------------------------|
A|--2h4---4---------0--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9h11p9----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------9b(10)--9-\-2h4--2---------2-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------2h4--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------0------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------5----------------12--------------------------|
B|--------------------------5h7---7-7/12b------------12b---------------------|
G|-----------2-4p3---2-4/6---------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2h4-------4---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2h3h4---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd guitar solo

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------9-------9+--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------9-11b+-------11---------------9------------9—11\--11~---------------|
D|--9-11-----------11---------11\---11---11---9h11---------11~---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-7-------/10---7--------------------5-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------7-7-----5h7---7-5---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------7-9---------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------7-5--x-6---6-----|
A|--5--5----5---5-----5h7--------------7---|
E|----------------x-x----------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------7-6------------7h9----7---6h7-7--------------------------------|
A|--7\--0-x-5h7--------5--7------------------------5---7-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------0--------------------|

after he starts singing again there are more guitar licks on the 9th and 11th frets that

very similar to the ones in the beginning of the 2nd solo. Other than the solos and

you just play the same 2 chords the whole song, but with the variations of the chord

shapes as shown in the beginning of the tab.

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

| b bend

| r release

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