Smooth Rider -- Acoustic Help (Video Included)

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Smooth Rider -- Acoustic Help (Video Included)

Unread post by DMBZeppelin » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:40 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEkNOMbvQE0

I've never seen a tab for Smooth Rider the way Dave plays it on acoustic. I'm not good at figuring out tabs. Two seperate times though the camera guy zooms in on just Dave and you get a good look at what he's doing.

I'm trying to figure it out. If I do I'll tab it myself for other people to use. I can't even tell if he's in Drop D or not though (to give it a similar sound to the baritone)

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Unread post by taparoo » Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:53 am

That version's just a little different than the version on SU. Here's what I got:

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Main riff
E--------------------
B--------------------
G--------------------
D----4--2-4p2---2-4--
A-------------4------
E-2------------------

E-0----
B-0----
G-1----
D-2----
A-2----
E-0----

Chorus
E---------------
B---------------
G---------------
D-7---5---7---5-
A-7---5---7---5-
E-5---3---5---3-

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Unread post by Sciaracastro » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:38 am

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e-----------
B-----------
G---------F-
D-4---x---I-
A-4---x---L-
E-2---x---L-

FILL
e------------
B------------
G------------
D-4-----2--4-
A----4-------
E------------

or
e---
B---
G---
D-4-
A-4-
E-2-

or
e-x-
B-x-
G-x-
D-x-
A-x-
E-x-

then the verse goes
e---------------
B---------------
G---------------
D-2---2--0-----0
A-2---------2---
E-0-------------


Chorus
e-------
B-------
G-------
D-7---5-
A-x---x-
E-5---3-


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Unread post by Taylor614 » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:47 am

I tabbed out Smooth Rider solo acoustic from London last year. The tab is in this thread if you are interested.

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... +rider+tab
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