--------------------------------------------------------------------- THE POWER OF INDEPENDENT TRUCKING – Big Black --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Ciarán Rooney Email: lithiumv.prozac@hotmail.com Tuning: Normal “The Power Of Independent Trucking” is the first song on Big Black’s last studio LP, About Fucking”. It’s a brilliantly raucous and explosive ditty typical of the band, clocking in at a 1:24 and based on womanising asshole truck drivers. Let’s go! Intro And Main Riff: Use the nastiest distortion you’ve got with a lot of treble. This is played HARD and so use your non-playing fingers to mute the other strings as you hammer this one out. e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------8-55-8--------------------| A|-5-h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus (of sorts): Powerchords. e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7----3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0----1-1-1-1-----------------------------------------------| Play the above x4, then repeat the intro riff, and then the chorus once again. Middle Part: Here there’s like a drum breakdown, where eventually a guitar comes in that sounds like a guitar. It plays; e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-9-9------------------------| D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-9-9-9-9------------------------| A|-7-7-7-7-7-7--8--5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-7-7-7-7------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------0-0-0-0------------------------| He probably uses harmonics to get that weird sound, I’m not really sure. I mean, fuck, Steve Albini! After that part, you play the Intro a few more times, and that’s it! | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =====================================================================