Primal Scream - Jailbird

From: gareth.clayton@talk21.com Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:18:36 GMT Subject: p/primal_scream/jailbird.tab Jailbird - Primal Scream from the album: Give out but don't give up transcribed by Gareth Clayton NOTE: A chord version of this song already exists, transcribed by Ben Smith. However, it is not entirely correct: he uses a D chord in place of a Bm, and an F#m chord instead of an F#. Most importantly though, he doesn't include the riff which is, without doubt, the best bit. I should however give Ben credit for making sense of the lyrics - something I could not have achieved in a thousand years! intro/main riff: play for 3 bars play for one bar E I------------------------------I------------3--2---------I B I------------------------------I------------3--3--2------I G I--0h2--2----2------------2-0--I--0h2--2----0--2--2------I D I--0h2--4h5--2h4--2p0-----2-0--I--0h2--4h5--0--0--2------I A I---------------------3p0------I------------2--0--0------I E I------------------------------I------------3------------I This riff pretty much takes the form of an A chord, using the first finger to block out the top 4 strings. Obviously the chords G-D-A conclude the fourth bar. Overall, this riff is a great way to combine picking with The chords for the rest of the song are as follows. verse 1: chorus: (main riff) verse 2: Structure of song: riff (x2) / verse1 / chorus / riff / verse2 / chorus / solo / riff (x many)