Volbeat – Sad Man’s Tongue
Standard D tuning
E = 0-2-2-1-0-0
G = 3-2-0-0-0-3
B = 2-2-4-4-4-2
E5 = x-7-9-9-x-x
D5 = x-5-7-7-x-x
G5 = 3-5-5-x-x-x
A5 = 5-7-7-x-x-x
B5 = 7-9-9-x-x-x
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
Acoustic
E
Well my mama told me: son you better watch out
E
All those nasty woman gonna rip you dime for dime
G E
But I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode
B E
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue
Electric
E5 D5\E5
Left my mama and papa's nest, I got the fever rambling my bones
E5
Papa said: my boy, take my Johnny Cash vinyls and go
G5\A5 G5\A5 D5\E5
Well I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode,
D5\E5
guitar mode
G5\A5\B5 E5
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue
Bridge
D|------------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------|
F|------------------------|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p--|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
F|------------------------|
C|-0-0--0-0--0-0----------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--h3p-h3p-|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0—3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3/0-|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|
D|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
F|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
G|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
C|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
D|-0-0-0-3-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-5-3-|--0-0--0-0-7~-|
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
E5
Strollin' down the highway with uncle Sam roaring: rebel kid get
D5\E5
your ass home
E5
Your ass belongs to me, leave your Johnny Cash songs and get home
G5\A5 G5\A5 D5\E5
But I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode,
D5\E5
guitar mode
G5\A5\B5 ->bridge
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue
Bridge
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|-2-2--------------|
G|-2-2--------------| Repeat this riff till ‘time’
D|-0-0--h3p--h3p—h3-|
Singing in the cell 1.40.9.5. No way should I wear guns, I'm
sitting my time
A5
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Solo
E5 B5
B5-A5-G5
E5
E5 D5\E5
Left 1.40.9.5 with plenty rock'n'roll songs painting the road
E5
Education sucks, so I sing my song for you
G5\A5 G5\A5 D5\E5
And I got my pocket full of real tales and a broken guitar mode
D\E
guitar mode
G5\A5\B5 E5
And the story keep on rollin' out from a glad man's tongue
Tabbed by Jacquimo
