Here are all of the chords (and some of the main riffs) from this album.
A few chords are listed at the end, and most of the chords can be played
many different ways that still sound good with the album. I didn't attempt
To tab the solos . . . feel free. Please tell me if something is not right.
Tracks:
1 - Rollin' (the Ballad of Big & Rich)
2 - Wild West Show
3 - Big Time
4 - Kick My Ass
5 - Six Foot Town
6 - Holy Water
7 - Saved
8 - Real World
9 - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)
10- Drinkin' 'Bout You
11- Love Train
12- Deadwood Mountain
13- Live This Life
Big & Rich - Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)
Intro: D5D5 - D5D5 - D5D5 - D5D5 - D5->F5->G5->Bb5->D5->F5->G5->Bb5
Verse: D5 - F5 - G5 - F5
Chorus: (don't play the last F5 of the verse)
D5-F5-G5 Bb5->C5-D5-F5-G5-Bb5->C5-D5-F5-G5-Bb5
Big & Rich - Wild West Show
Instrumental intro . . .
Verse: A5 - C5 - G5 - D5 (palm-muted most of the time)
Chorus: C - G - Am - F - G (quickly)
C - G - F
Bridge: F - F - Em - G
The riff:
| e | |
| B | 6 5 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 |
| E | 3 3 |
Big & Rich - Big Time
Verse: D - G - A - D (the Ds are sometimes Dsus4, Gs can also be Gsus4,
and A can be Asus4 or Asus2)
Prechorus: Em - A - Em - A - Em - A - G - A
Chorus: D - G - Em - A - D
Big & Rich - Kick My Ass
Verse: E - B7
E - A
Chorus: A - E - A - B->Bb5->A - E - A
Bridge: "Why does everybody want to . . . Why does everybody . . ."
: A - B - A - B . . . etc . . . A
Outro: Bass and guitar play a D-->E thingy
Big & Rich - Six Foot Town
The Riff:
| e | |
| B | 13 12 10 5h6 |
| G | 12 9h10 12 5 5 |
| D | 10/10 5h7 |
| A | |
| E | |
Verse: C5 - G/B - A5 - F5
(also played as: C - G - Am - F)
Chorus: C - G - Am - F
Bridge: F - G - F - G - etc
Big & Rich - Holy Water
Intro Riff thing w/ delay and echo:
Verse: The guitar and bass often just play an E note, then an F note
(7->8 on the A string)
: The chords are basically C-F-C-F-etc for the verse
Alternate verse chord voicings:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 10 |
| D | 10 10 OR 5 10 |
| A | 7 8 7 8 |
| E | 8 |
Prechorus: Am - F
Chorus: C - F - C - F . . .
Bridge: Am - F - G
Big & Rich - Saved
The Riff:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 4 2h3 2 2h3p2 |
| A | 5/3 5 5 3 |
| E | |
Verse: D5 - (C+A)->C5 - G5
Chorus: D5 - C5 - G/B - G
Big & Rich - Real World
Verse: C - G - Am - F
Chorus: C - G/B - Am - F
C - G
Solo: C - G - Am - F
The song changes after a while . . .
Here's the fast part: basically Am-Am-C-Am . . .
| e | 0 0 |
| B | 1 1 |
| G | 2 etc. 0 |
| D | 0h2 2 |
| A | 0 3 |
| E | |
Base line for fast part:
Big & Rich - Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)
Verse: E - A - E - A
Chorus: D5(slide to)E5 - A5
Verse riff:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 2 4 4 5 5 |
| A | 2 2 4 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
part o the fill (on banjo):
| e | 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 2 2 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Big & Rich - Drinkin' 'Bout You
Intro/Verse: C - C* - F - Fm - C - G - C->F->C
Chorus: Am - C/G - Dm - F - Fm - C - G - C->F->C
Lead into chorus: C - G/B - Am
C* (don't remember what this chord is called)
Big & Rich - Love Train
Verse: A - D - G - C
Chorus: A - D - G - D
The Riff:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4 5 5 |
| D | 4 5 5 5h7 |
| A | 4 5 5 5h7 |
| E | 0 2 4 5 5 5h7 |
Riff during verse:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 5 4h5p4 2h4p2 0 2 |
| A | |
| E | |
Big & Rich - Deadwood Mountain
Intro: Em - C - Em - C (hammer on the E note--2nd fret on
D-string--for both chords)
Verse: Em - C - D - G
Chorus: Em - G - Em - G - Em - G - C - D - G - C - D
Lead to Bridge: Em
Bridge: Em - C - D - Em - D
Big & Rich - Live This Life
Em - G - D - A (THE WHOLE TIME)
Intro thingy:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 |
| A | 0h2 2 0 |
| E | 0 3 |
Chords:
Dsus4 Gsus4 Asus2 Asus4 B7 G/B C+A C/G
| e | 3 3 0 0 2 2 3 0 3 |
| B | 3 3 0 3 0 4 3 1 5 |
| G | 2 5 2 2 2 or 2 0 0 5 |
| D | 0 5 2 2 1 4 0 or 5 7 2 or 5 |
| A | 5 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 |
| E | 3 3 3 |
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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