Artist - Velvet Revolver
Song - Sucker Train blues
Lead Guitarist - Slash
Guitar used - Gibson Les Paul with Seymour Duncan Alnico II pros
Intro
Play this with a clean guitar with the effect chorus
Please note that the bass guitar plays the other riff....not the guitar
Although the guitar CAN play that part
Main Riff:
Rhythm Guitar:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
PM.......................... PM...........................
Lead Guitar:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 |
| A | 4 5 5 4 5 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 10 0 9 0 6 7 0 |
Fill at the end of the intro:
| e | 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 |
| G | 5^(7) 5^(7) 2^(4) 2^(4) |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
You may find it easier to bend from the 3 fret instead of the 2nd.
Verse:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 10 0 9 0 6 7 0 |
Then the verse changes a bit:
Play each riff 4 times
Rhythm Guitar:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
PM..............................
Lead Guitar:
Starts off with a pick scrape then:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 0 0 6 0 7 |
Pre-Chorus:
Rhythm Guitar:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
Lead Guitar:
| e | 7 7 7 |
| B | 7 7 7 |
| G | 9^(11) |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Chorus:
Rhythm Guitar:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
PM.......................... PM...........................
Lead Guitar:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 3 |
| A | 4 5 5 4 5 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 10 0 9 0 6 7 0 |
Post Chorus:
Rhythm Guitar:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Lead Guitar:
| e | |
| B | 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 12... |
| G | 12^(14) 10^(12) 14^(16) |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Rhythm Guitar:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | |
Solo:
Rhythm plays the Rhythm part of the Main Riff
while the Lead plays:
| e | 12 |
| B | 13^(15) r r r r 15 12 15^(17) r r r |
| G | 5^(7)* 10^(12) 14^(16) |
| D | |
| A | 8 ^(10) |
| E | |
*Very wide fast vibrato
| e | 12 12 |
| B | 15 12 15^(17) 15 12 15 15 15 |
| G | 14^(16)~ 14^(16) 14^(16) 14^(16) 14 12 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 15 12 15^(17) 15 12 12 |
| B | 15 15 12 15 12 15 12 |
| G | 14^(16) 14^(16) 14^(16) 14 12 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 17^(19) r r 17 15 17 15 17 15 17^(19) 17 18^(20)** |
| B | |
| G | 14 12/ |
| D | 14 |
| A | |
| E | |
After this its pick scraping, then back to the main riff
The outro is the main riff, but after a few bars, the lead guitar plays the rhythm
part aswell, then finishes on an E power chord.
Then the final bit is also the same riff as the intro