------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BE STIFF - Big Business ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Big Business Song: Be Stiff (originally by Devo) Release: Tour EP [II] Year: 2006 Website: www.bigbigbusiness.com MySpace: www.myspace.com/bigbigbusiness Tabbed by: Matt Whittle e-mail: mattjwhittle@hotmail.com Tuning: standard [EADG] This is my first tab, so my apologies if it's way off the mark. I love this song, and it's pretty easy to play compared to BB's other stuff (that's probably cos it's not a BB song, it's a Devo song). I'm not sure what tuning Jared uses, but I found it easy to play in E, so I tabbed it to that. Some bits may be wrong, and I may have missed some bits, but it sounds alright to me :) Enjoy. Intro: x3 G||-----------------------------|------------------------------|| D||*----------------------------|-----------------------------*|| A||*-------9-9-7---------9-9-7\-|-----5-5-------------7-7-----*|| E||--9--9----------9--9---------|-5-5-----5-5/--7-7-7-----7-7--|| G|----------------------------|---------------------------------| D|----------------------------|---------------------------------| A|-------9-9-7---------9-9-7\-|---------------------------------| E|-9--9----------9--9---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-| Verse is the same riff as the intro, except you only repeat the first part twice, not three times. * Play verse twice * Bass solo: x2 G||-----------------------|----------------------|---------------|-------------|| D||*----11----------11----|----11----------11----|------5-7--5---|------------*|| A||*-------11----11----11-|-------11----11----11-|----7--------7-|------------*|| E||--9---------9----------|-9---------9----------|-5-------------|-7--0--5--7--|| ^ I'm pretty sure this part's wrong. G|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|----11----------11----|----11----------11----|-----------------|-----------------| A|-------11----11----11-|-------11----11----11-|-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-----6-6-7-7-8-8-| E|-9---------9----------|-9---------9----------|-5-5-------------|-7-7-------------| G|-------------------|-------------------------| D|-------------------|-------------------------| A|-----8-8-9-9-10-10-|-------11-11-12-12-13-13-| E|-9-9---------------|-12-12-------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-| * Play verse * Outro: G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------16-16-14-14-------| A|-------------------------------------------16-16-| E|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-14-14-------------------| G|-------------------|------------| D|-------------------|------------| A|-----8-8-9-9-10-10-|------9-9-7-| E|-9-9---------------|-9-9--------| That's it. Fun song. Any corrections, please email me.