John 5 - Flatlines, Thin Lines
Vertigo
Tabbed by Tom Martin
Tuning - Drop-D
[D] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
Effects needed: Wah
Legend:
\ - slide down
/ - slide up
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br- bend and return
ph- pinch harmonic
tp- tremelo pick
Here you go, I got John 5's album pretty much as soon as it came out, and I loved it. Here
is the tab for one of my favourite songs off the album, hope you enjoy. Any queries, email
at bottom.
I have also added some comments on how to use the wah to create a sound much like the songs.
Intro: (0:00 - 0:09)
No guitars
Lead Guitar
Main riff: (0:09 - 0:25)
| x2
Verse 1: (0:25 - 0:42) - the effect can be produced by using a wah, heel fully down
Main riff: (0:42 - 0:50)
Verse 2: (0:50 - 1:06) - Wah used pretty much all the way through this bit, toe down towards the end.
tp |--|
pinched note C --> ph
Chorus: (1:06 - 1:23) - Wah used all the way through, listen for patterns.
Main riff: (1:23 - 1:31)
Verse 3: (1:31 - 1:48) - Same as verse one, heel down on wah.
Chorus: (1:48 - 2:04)
Verse 4: (2:04 - 2:29) - Again wah is used all the time here, make sure to really whack on the wah
when hitting those top notes.
Here the wah is heel down, and slowly released untill chorus kicks in.
Chorus: (2:29 - 2:46)
Verse 5/Outro: (2:46 - 3:35) - No wah for the first part
Here use the wah liberally ^ and really get these bends with the wah.
Use the wah all the time when repeating this, listen to how its used.
Repeat and fade
Rhythm Guitar
Verses 1, 2 & 3.
Chorus
Gtr.2
Gtr.3
^ 4th and 8th times play |-8-10-|
Verse 4
^ last time stop here
Verse 5 same as Chorus, repeat till fade.
Thats all,
Any queries or corrections email: [email protected]
Thanks, Tom.
Vertigo
Tabbed by Tom Martin
Tuning - Drop-D
[D] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
Effects needed: Wah
Legend:
\ - slide down
/ - slide up
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br- bend and return
ph- pinch harmonic
tp- tremelo pick
Here you go, I got John 5's album pretty much as soon as it came out, and I loved it. Here
is the tab for one of my favourite songs off the album, hope you enjoy. Any queries, email
at bottom.
I have also added some comments on how to use the wah to create a sound much like the songs.
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Intro: (0:00 - 0:09)
No guitars
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Lead Guitar
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Main riff: (0:09 - 0:25)
|---------------------------------------------20b-20b------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0---12\---x-x-x-x---13-13----0-0---12\------------13--------------------|
|--0-0---12\---x-x-x-x---13-13----0-0---12\------------13--------------------|\
| x2
|---------------------------------------------20b-20b------------------------|/
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0---12\---x-x-x-x---13-13----0-0---12\------------10--------------------|
|--0-0---12\---x-x-x-x---13-13----0-0---12\------------10--------------------|
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Verse 1: (0:25 - 0:42) - the effect can be produced by using a wah, heel fully down
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7tp--|---10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7----------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7tp--|---10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7-10-8-7----------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--15-12-10-15-12-10-15-12-10-15-12-10-|-15-12-10-15-12-10-15-12-10-15-12-10--|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--15-12-10-15-12-10-15-12-10-15-12-10-|-15-12-10-15-12-10-15-12-10-15-12-10--|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--15-12-10-14-12-10-13-11-10-12-11-10-|-15-12-10-14-12-10-13-11-10-12-11-10--|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|--7-8-7-7-9-7-7-10-7-7-12-7-|-7-8-7-7-9-7-7-10-7-7-12-7---------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
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Main riff: (0:42 - 0:50)
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Verse 2: (0:50 - 1:06) - Wah used pretty much all the way through this bit, toe down towards the end.
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--8p5-8-5-8p5-8-5-8p5-|-5-5-8-5-8p5-8-5-8/10--------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--10-11-13-11-10---------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------13-11-10------------------------------------------|-------------|
|--------------------------13-11-10--8-9-11-9-8---------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11-9-8--------------|-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------11-9-8--8-5~-|-(5)-8-5/8\--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
tp |--|
|----------------7-8-10--10-12-13-12-10--------------------------------------|
|---------7-8-10------------------------13-12-10--15~------------------------|
|--7-9-10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----16-14-13----------15-13-12----------14-12-11----------13-11-10----------|
|-15----------16-14-13----------15-13-12----------14-12-11----------13-11-10-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--16-14-13----------15-13-12----------14-12-11----------13-11-10----------13-11-10----------|-----------------|
|-----------16-14-13----------15-13-12----------14-12-11----------13-11-10----------13-11-10-|-13-10-13-10-13b-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
pinched note C --> ph
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Chorus: (1:06 - 1:23) - Wah used all the way through, listen for patterns.
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----10--12/14~--14\12--10-12-10--10----10----|----10--12/14~--14\12-10-12/14\12p10-----|
|--12---------------------------------12----12-|-12----------------------------------12~-| x2
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
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Main riff: (1:23 - 1:31)
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Verse 3: (1:31 - 1:48) - Same as verse one, heel down on wah.
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7tp--|--10-7-10-8-7-10-7-10-8-7-10-7-10-8-7-10-7-10-8-7-------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7tp--|--7-7-7-7-8-7-7-9-7-7-10-7-7-11-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-9-------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-19-18-17-16-|-19-18-17-16-|-19-18-17-16-19-18-17-16-|-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-7-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
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Chorus: (1:48 - 2:04)
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Verse 4: (2:04 - 2:29) - Again wah is used all the time here, make sure to really whack on the wah
when hitting those top notes.
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------17b-----x-17b-17b-|-17b-17b-17b-x-17b-17b-x-----------------|
|------17b-----x-----17b-----------|-----------------------------------------|
|--17b-----17b---------------------|-------------------------17~-------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------12-13-15-13-12------------------------------------------|
|-----------12-13-15----------------15-13-12---------------------------------|
|--12-14-15----------------------------------14p12-14p12-15~-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12-14br-12-13br-12-14br-12-15br-12-16b------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------| tremelo pick and vibrato all
|--------------------12-14-17b-p12-------------------------------------------|
|-----------12-14-16---------------16-12-------------------------------------|
|--12-14-16------------------------------14p12-14p12-16~---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------16-18-21b-p16-------------------------------------------|
|-----------16-18-20---------------20-16-------------------------------------|
|--16-18-20------------------------------19p16-18p6-21~----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12---15---17--|----------12-15-17-15-12-----------------------------------|
|--15b--18b--20b-|-22b---------------------17-15-12--------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------------15p12--------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------------------14\----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
|--8-5-5-5-5-5-8-5-5-5-5-5-8-5-5-5-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Here the wah is heel down, and slowly released untill chorus kicks in.
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Chorus: (2:29 - 2:46)
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Verse 5/Outro: (2:46 - 3:35) - No wah for the first part
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------10h12p10---------------------------|
|-----------------------10h12p10----10-12------------------------------------|
|-----8h10p8----8-10-12----------12------------------------------------------|
|--12--------12--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------10h13p10------------13h15p13-------------------------------|
|-----------10-13----------13-10-13b-----------15-13-15b---------------------|
|-----10-12------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10h13p10-----------10-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------13-10--------13-10-----------|-10--------------------------------|
|-----------------12b----------12-10-12b-|----12-10-------10b----------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------12-10-----12-10-12~------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------10--------------13-----------13---|--------|
|--------/13tp-------/13tp-|---------13-10-----------13---13---13---|--------|
|--/13tp-------/13tp-------|--12b----------12-10-----12b--12b--12b--|--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------|
Here use the wah liberally ^ and really get these bends with the wah.
|-----------------13---13---13---13------------------------------------------|
|-----------13----13---13---13---13------------------------------------------|
|------10---12b---12b--12b--12b--12b-----------------------------------------|
|--12------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Use the wah all the time when repeating this, listen to how its used.
Repeat and fade
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Rhythm Guitar
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Verses 1, 2 & 3.
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------| x4
|--0--12\--|
|--0--12\--|
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Chorus
Gtr.2
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|--0-(x16)--3-(x16)--5-(x16)--0-(x12)--3--5----------------------------------|
|--0--------3--------5--------0--------3--5----------------------------------|
Gtr.3
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x8
|--8-5-5-5-5-5-8-5-5-5-5-5-8-5-5-5-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
^ 4th and 8th times play |-8-10-|
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Verse 4
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------| x8
|--2--2--x--x-x---3--|
|--2--2--x--x-x---3--|
^ last time stop here
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Verse 5 same as Chorus, repeat till fade.
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Thats all,
Any queries or corrections email: [email protected]
Thanks, Tom.
