Cake - Short skirt long jacket
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Short Skirt Long Jacket - Cake
Tabbed by: Al
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Tuning: Drop D DADG
To get everything out of this song, you need to listen to it through a well balanced
stereo system with tight, rich, deep subs. An average home or car system or head phones
will distort and won't produce a rich enough tone to hear all that the bass has to offer.
To play this song in the studio version, you have to either tune your 4-string to Drop D, or
play a 5-string. This tab is for a 4-string with the E dropped to a D.
Opening/Verse
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----0h3-5p3-5---0h3-4h5-0-------------------------------------------------|
D|--0------------------------3-5---------------------------------------------|
Verse variation
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--0h3-5p3-5----0h3-4h5-0------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------3-5--------------------------------------------|
Bridge to Chorus Repeats
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5-3--5-----------------5-----------5-5----------5-5----------5----------|
D|----------4-5-6-7-----------7-6-5---7-----7-6-5--7-----7-6-5--7------------|
Chorus repeats
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-- 7-6-5p4-5p4-5p4----------5-6-7-7-0h5-6h7-0--5-6-7-7-0h5-6h7-0-----5-6-7-|
Na Na Na Na Na Na...repeats Na Na Na ending
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-5-0h3-4h5-0------------------------5-5-0h3-4h5-0-----------------------|
D|------------------5-5-0h5-6h7-0-2-3---------------------5-5-0h5-6h7-0h5-6h7|
The open string/double hammer-ons are just a loose roll of the hand on the fret board timed with three
strikes of the string. More of a feel. Time it right you'll hear all four notes clear. The song is in 4/4.
Count off 1, 2, a-quadrupalet, 4 &. The "a" of a-qua-dru-pa-let comes on the up beat of beat 3.
Example: in the chorus, the Fret 7, 7 is beat 1 - 2, the open string/hammer on's are the a-quadrupalet roll, fret 5,6 are the 4 & count.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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