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Devil Stole the Beat From the Lord

The Hellacopters
Tab
3.9(5)

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

The first end

+--------------------+----------------------------+

+--------------------+----------------------------+

              +-6-6--4-6-4-4-------+-9--4--9--4--11-11--6-------+
              +-6-6--4-6-4-4-6-4-2-+-9--4--9--4--11-11--6-------+
              +-4-4--2-4-2-2-6-4-2-+-7--2--7--2--9--9---4-------+
              +--------------4-2---+----------------------------+

The second end

+--------------------+----------------------------+

+--------------------+----------------------------+

              +-6-6--4-6-4-4-------+--6-9-4---------------------+
              +-6-6--4-6-4-4-6-4-2-+--6-9-4---------------------+
              +-4-4--2-4-2-2-6-4-2-+--4-7-2---------------------+
              +--------------4-2---+----------------------------+

Verse: Got you concerned by some unconcious mistake...

+------------------+-------------------+------------------+

+------------------+-------------------+------------------+

           +-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-+-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---+------------------+
           +-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-+-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---+------------------+
           +-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-+-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---+------------------+

+------------------+-------------------+------------------+

LICK 2: (verse)

+-----------------+

+-----------------+

              +-6-4-------4-----+
              +-----6-4-6-------+

+-----------------+

+-----------------+

RIFF 2: (bridge) Got you fooled by a mass demand...

[ The first end 3 times ][ The second end 1 time ]

+------------------------------+------------------------------+

+------------------------------+------------------------------+

           +--9-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--+--9-4-------------------------+
           +--9-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--+--9-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--+
           +--7-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--+--7-2--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--+
           +------------------------------+-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--+

RIFF 3: (refr) The devil stole the beat from the Lord...

[ 2 times ][ Ending ]

+---------------------+-------------------+

+---------------------+-------------------+

           +-9-9--6-6--4-4-4-4---+--9-4--------------+ And after this you
           +-9-9--6-6--4-4-4-4---+--9-4--------------+ play the Riff one
           +-7-7--4-4--2-2-2-2---+--7-2--------------+ again.

+---------------------+-------------------+

LICK 3: (refr)

+------------------+

+------------------+

           +------9-----------+
           +-9-11---11-9------+

+------------------+

+------------------+

RIFF 4: (middle play)

4 times

+------------------------------------------------------- | You ending this with

+------------------------------------------------------- | The lick here.

           +-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---+     -- |
           +-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---+     -- |
           +-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---+     -- |
           +-----------------------------------------------+     -- |

|

LICK 4: (middle play) <----------------------- |

           +------------------------------------------------------- |

+------------------------------------------------------- | And after this lick

+------------------------------------------------------- | You start to plat

           +-11b------------9-11-11b------------------------------- | Riff 2 (the bridge)!
           +----12-12-12-12---------------------------------------- |
           +------------------------------------------------------- |

ENDING RIFF 5:

+--------------------+--------------------------+

+--------------------+--------------------------+

           +-6-6--4-6-4-4-------+-4-4----------------------+
           +-6-6--4-6-4-4-6-4-2-+-4-4-4-4-6-4-2------------+
           +-4-4--2-4-2-2-6-4-2-+-2-2-4-4-6-4-2------------+
           +--------------4-2---+-----2-2-4-2--------------+

LICK 5: (the ending)

+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------------------+

           +-14--+-16--+-14--+-16--+--------------------+ Bend it!

+-16b-+-18b-+-16b-+-18b-+-18b-18-16-18-16-18-+

+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------------------+

+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------------------+

+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------------------+

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