---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Road House Blues - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed By : Mkbass74 Standard Tuning: E, A, D, G This song is awesome so i tried to tab it but mabye not very well, so tell me about any and feel free to upgrade. Banjo Intro (0:00) Bass Fig.1 (0:08) {[x]'s played on 2nd time only} G|----[x]---[x]---[x]-----------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--5-----3-----1-----/4----4p3---1------------------4p3---1----x-----x---| E|-----------------------------------3--x--x--x--3------------3---x-x---x-| S [P] S [P] S [P] S S S S S S S S P S S P L S P L x2 G|----------------------------------------------x----------|| D|----------------------------------------/5------------x--|| A|---4p3--1-----3----x---x-----4p3--1---------x------------|| E|3----------3-----x---x----3----------3-----------x--3----|| S P S S P S P S P S P S S P S P L S P Bass Fig.2 (0:29) G|-----x-----x---------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------5----------| A|--5-----3-----1----/4---4p3---1---3--------3--x-x-8------------| E|--------------------------------3----x-x-3------------x-x-3-6b-| S P S P S S S S S S G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------5----------------5------------------------5--| A|--3--------3----x-x-8----------3---3-3----3-3---------3---x-x-8----| E|7----x-x-3---------------x-x-3------------------x-x-3--------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------5---------------| A|-------------3--------3---x-x-8---------4p3--1--| E|x-x-3-6b---7----x-x-3-------------x-x-3---------| Bass Fig.1 (Repeated) (0:48) G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|---x-----x-----4p3-1----x-----x--------4p3--1-----3----x---x-| E|3-----x-----3--------3----x-x---x--3-----------3-----x---x---| S P S P S P S S P L S P L S P S S S S P S P Let Ring G|----------------------x---------------------------------------0-------| D|----------------/5--------------------------------------------5-------| A|---4p3--1-----------x----------5----3----1----/4--4p3---1-------------| E|3-----------3-----------x--3-------------------------------3----------| S P S S P S P S S S S S S S S S P Bass Fig. 3 (1:05) Let Ring G|---------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|--3--3h5--3---1-----------------------------3--3h5-| E|------------------3--3-----------------------------| / Volume Swell \ G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--3---5---1---3---3---5---1--2--3--4--5---/7---3--3h5--3h5-3h53h53h53h5-| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| S S S S S S Bass Fig.1 (Repeated) (1:26) G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|4p3--1---x-----x-----4p3-1----x-----x------4p3--1------3----x---x-| E|-------3---x-x---x-3--------3---x-x---x-3-----------3-----x---x---| P S S P L S P L S P S S P L S P L S P S S P S P S P Let Ring G|----------------------x----------------------------------------0-------| D|----------------/5---------------------------------------------5-------| A|---4p3--1-----------x----------5----3-----1----/4--4p3---1-------------| E|3-----------3-----------x--3--------------------------------3----------| S P S S P S P L S S S S S S S S P Improvisation: I only managed to tab the main solos but not the bits in between. Solo 1 (1:43) G|---0-----0-----33p0-0------------| D|/5----/5--------------0h3--/5----| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| S P S P PP P S S Solo 2 (1:47) G|---0--55-3p0--------3------------| D|/5-----------3p0--3---5----------| A|---------------------------------| E|------------------------3--------| S P PP P S S P S S Solo 3 (1:51) G|3p0---------5p0----3----------------------------0--| D|----0h3-3h5------0---3--5----5---------------------| A|------------------------------------4p3---1--------| E|--------------------------3------------------3-----| P S S P S S S Bass Fig.2 (Repeated)(2:33) G|-----x-----x---------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------5----------| A|--5-----3-----1----/4---4p3---1---3--------3--x-x-8------------| E|--------------------------------3----x-x-3------------x-x-3-6b-| S S S S S S S S G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------5----------------5------------------------5--| A|--3--------3----x-x-8----------3---3-3----3-3---------3---x-x-8----| E|7----x-x-3---------------x-x-3------------------x-x-3--------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------5---------------| A|-------------3--------3---x-x-8---------4p3--1--| E|x-x-3-6b---7----x-x-3-------------x-x-3---------| Bass Fig.1/Outro (Varied Ending) (2:51) G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|---x-----x-----4p3-1----x-----x--------4p3--1-----3----x---x-| E|3-----x-----3--------3----x-x---x--3-----------3-----x---x---| S P S P S P S S P L S P L S P S S S S P S P G|----------------------x--------------------------------------| D|----------------/5-------------------------------------------| A|---4p3--1-----------x----------5----3----1----/4--4p3---1----| E|3-----------3-----------x--3-------------------------------3-| S P S S P S P S S S S S S S S S G|---x-----x-----x------------------x----x-----x---------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|5-----3-----1-----/4--4p3-----/5----3-----1----/4--4p3-------| E|---------------------------3----------------------------3----| S P S P S P S S S S P S P S P S S S G|---x-----x-----x---------------0~---| D|------------------------------/5~---| A|5-----3-----1-----/4--4p3-----------| E|---------------------------3--------| S P S P S P S S S P Cheers. | S slap | L left-hand slap | P pop | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ============================================================================