Licking The Gun



Tab by: Francesco Spina



 

Legenda:

\ / : slide from, slide to

~   : vibrato

h.  : harmonic

§   : muffled

fb  : full bend  

(up 1 tone)

qb  : quarter bend  

(up 1/4 tone)

br  : release bend

fbbr: full bend and release

*   : note, see the end for more explanations



See the end of tabs for the song structure



Riff 1  

(the main riff of the song)

1---------------------------------------------------------------------

2---------------------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------2-0------------------------2~-----------------------

4---------2-----------4-2------------2--------------------------------

5-----------0-3-4---------3~-----------0-3-4--------------------------

6---0-3-4----------------------0-3-4--------------3~------------------



Riff 2  

(strophes)

1-------------------------------------------3-------------------------

2-------------------------------------------3-------------------------

3---------------------------------2--3--4--------- 

(2~)----------------

4---------------------------------3--4--5--------- 

(3~)----------------

5----------2---3---4---5----------------------------------------------

6---3\---3---3---3---3---3--3\----------------------------------------

                                                   *1

Riff 3  

(interlude)

1---0----3---2----\---------------------------------------------------

2---1----3---3----\- 

(scratch)------------3--2--1--0-------------------

3---0----0---2----\------------ 

(x4)------2--1--0--0-------------------

4---2----0---0----\---------------------------------------------------

5---3-------------\---------------------------------------------------

6---------------------------------------------------------------------

    *2



First solo

The Riff during the first solo is the Main Riff  

(Riff 1)

1st solo

1----------------------------------------------------15-------20fb~---

2---6----------------------------------/3--/3\---/15----18fb~---------

3---5fb---5fbbr-3-3-3-----0 h.~-\/-----/3--/3\------------------------

4---------------------5~----------------------------------------------

5---------------------------------------------------------------------

6---------------------------------------------------------------------

                           *3

1---------------------------------------------------------------------

2--------------------------18-18----18---18---18----------------------

3-------15-----14-----17fb----17fb--17fb-17fb-17fbbr-17-15----15~-----

4----------------------------------------------------------17---------

5---/17----/15--------------------------------------------------------

6---------------------------------------------------------------------



1---------------------------------------------------------------------

2---------------------------------------------------------------------

3----0--15L12L0--14L12L0--12L10L0--10L9L0--9L7L0--7L5L0--5L3L0--3-----

4---------------------------------------------------------------------

5---------------------------------------------------------------------

6---------------------------------------------------------------------



1---------------------------------------------------------------------

2---------------------------------------------------------------------

3----5fb-3------------------------------------------------------------

4---------------------------------------------------------------------

5-----------5qb--3fb--1~~---------------------------------------------

6---------------------------------------------------------------------



Second solo:

Riff under the solo

1---------------------------------------------------------------------

2---------------------------------------------------------------------

3-----------------2~--------------------------------------------------

4---------2-------------------2--------------- 

(x2)--------------------

5-----------0-3-4---------------0-3-4--0~-----------------------------

6---0-3-4---------------0-3-4-----------------------------------------



Second solo

1------------------------------------------0--------------5§\---------

2-----------------0 h.---------5~~-------------1-2-----5§-------------

3--------0 h.~~\/------0 h.~~----------0-1---2------2§----------------

4------------------------------------2--------------------------------

5---------------------------------------------------------------------

6--0\-/---------------------------------------------------------------

   *4    *5        *6                                 *7



Riff 4:

2nd guitar in the last chourus  

(background of the main riff: Riff1)

1---------------------------------------------------------------------

2-----------------2-0----------------------2~-------------------------

3---------------------2-0---------------------------------------------

4---------2---------------2--------2----------------------------------

5-----------0-3-4--------------------0-3-4----------------------------

6---0-3-4--------------------0-3-4---------------3--------------------



Song structure:

Riff1  

(x4) -> Riff2  

(x4) -> Riff1  

(x2) -> Riff2  

(x4) -> Riff3 ->

Riff1  

(x2) -> First solo -> Second solo -> Riff2  

(x4) -> repeat

Riff1 + Riff4  

(background guitar) till the end.



Notes:

*1 : only before the chorus

*2 :  wide   

( open ) sound

*3 : this armonics can be done in many ways and in other strings  

(for

     example a 5h. on the 4th string): this depends on your own way

     of playing.

*4 : go down with the bar and play hard

*5 : same as *3

*6 : it could be the prevoius 0 h.  

(3rd string) played soflty at a 

     different distance from the bridge  

(it depends also from the 

     disposition of the pick-ups... but this is another story).

*7 : slightly muffled