Iron Clad Lou

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 From: "Jeremy Styron"  
  
   
 Subject: h/hum/iron_clad_lou.tab 
 Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 23:46:23 GMT 
  
  
  
 Band: Hum 
 Song: Iron Clad Lou 
 Album: Electra 2000 
  
 Transcribed by Jeremy Styron  
  
 Ok, this song starts with a bass, but to account for the  
 lack of me having a bass and I’m sure a lot of you likewise,  
 this intro is tabbed for guitar. The bass part that is  
 tabbed for bass is this thing...(5-8-5-2-0)...the other  
 parts are played on guitar. 
  
 (clean) 
 D |----------------------------------------| 
 A |--5-7-5-2-0---7-h-9-9-h-7-7-5-5---------| 
  
 D |----------------------------------------| 
 A |-(-5-7-5-2-0-)—7-h-9-9-h-7-7-9-9--------| 
   ||==you can hit this bass note open if===|| 
   ||=you want to have low note to make=====|| 
   ||==it sound bassy=======================|| 
  
 D |---------------------------------------------| 
 A |--(-5-7-5-2-0-)-7-h-9-9-h-7-7-5-5------------| 
  
 D |---------------------------------7---lightly-| 
 A (-5-7-5-2-0-)-7-h-9-9-h-7-9-9-(9)-------------|  
 D |-0----just for a bassy effect----------------| 
   ||================================ring========|| 
  
 B |-----(7)-----------------------------------------| 
 G |-----(7)-----------------------------------------| 
 D |-----9—9-9-9-9-----------------------------------| 
 A |-----7---hold this out--------0----0-0-----------| 
 D |-0-------let ring-------------0----0-0-----------|  
  ||==ad lib this, play various notes in this chord==|| 
  ||=================lightly=========================|| 
  ||====very strummy, get quieter and quieter========|| 
  
 now the bass starts playing the main line… 
 A |---7-h-9-9-h-7-5-5-----------------------| 
  
 ...while that goes on the guitar strums this along under 
      the bass line... 
     {riff 1} 
 E |------------------------------------0-0-0-------| 
 B |----------------3---5---------3--5---3-3--------| 
 G |--------(2)----2-2-2-4-4-4----4-----------------| 
 D |-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0----4-----------------| 
 A |-0-0-0----(4x)-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------| 
 D |-0-0-0------------------------------------------| 
  
 B |--3--3-------------------| 
 G |--4--4-------------------| 
 D |--4--4--0-0-0------------| 
 A |--------0-0-0---hold out-| 
 D |--------0-0-0------------| 
 	(hold this open chord  
          out until the rocking part) 
  
 for all of riff 1 just ad lib and play around  
 with it, it sounds ad libbed on the album 
 the whole riff is repeated while that bass line 
 is played. 
  
 ...feedback... 
  
 now the main riff...distorted... 
     fig. 1 
 G |------------------------5---5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----| 
 D |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0---5---5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7---0-X-| 
 A |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0---3---3---5---5-5-5-5-5-5---0-X-| 
 D |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0-----------------------------0-X-| 
     "Now he’s alive and while he sees he knows..." 
  
 now play this... 
     fig. 2 
 D |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------| 
 A |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------| 
 D |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------| 
   
 then fig.1 again and the 2nd verse starts... 
 then fig.2...then 
  
 E |----0----0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-0-0--| 
 B |----0----0-0---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0--| 
 G |----0----4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-4--| 
 D |-0----------------------------------------------------| 
 A |-0-----hold throughout--------------------------------| 
 D |-0----------------------------------------------------| 
     still distorted 
  
     play with the above notes and chords in the  
     "It sure gets lonely at the top" part 
  
     "I win  I win I win..." 
      
     Bass plays this clean first… 
 A |---------------------------------| 
 D |----10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12----| 
  
     then the distorted guitar comes in with 
 D |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---| 
 A |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---| 
 D |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---| 
     ||===repeated many a time===|| 
  
 there’s some lead parts during the 8 10 stuff… 
  
 G |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-17-17-17~~-| 
  
 B |--17-17-17-17-17-b-17-b-15-b-15-b-15-b-15~~~--| 
  
 B |--(17)------------------------------------------------| 
 G |------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-~~s--| 
  
 E |----------------------------------------| 
 B |-17-17-17-17-b-17-b-17-b-18-18-18-18-b--| 
  
 E |-------------------------| 
 B |-19-19-20-20-21-21-b~~~~~| 
  
 B |---------------------------------------| 
 G |-7--7--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-9-9-7-7--------| 
 D |-----------------------------------0---| 
 A |-5--5--7-7-7-7--9--9--9-7-7-5-5----0---| 
 D |-----------------------------------0---| 
  
  
 Now he's alive, while he sees he knows  
 He don't need a word from his f***ing tease  
 He just needs some space and a lot of trees  
 A place to sleep , place to breathe  
 Cruising out of third and strapped to the mountain side  
 Reaching for the sun, it tells him something's right  
 Got into my mind where I can feel you  
 The cat is in my head and I'm f***ing wide awake  
 Image in the sky tells me I'm not alive  
 Smashing suns, and you smashing out his brains  
 Got into my mind where I can feel you  
 The cat is in my head and I'm f***ing wide awake  
 I win, I win, I win  
 It sure gets lonely at the top  
 Sure feels weird if falling out  
 It sure gets lonely at the top  
 I win, I win