SHADOW OF A DOUBT

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

THURSTON: F#F#F#F#EB
LEE:	  F#F#AAEE

Thurston's part:

For the intro and verse play (all harmonics):

B--------------------------------------12--------
E---------------12------------------------12-----
F#--------12-------12-------------12---------12--
F#-----12-12-12-------12-------12-12-12----------
F#--12-12----12----------12-12-12----12----------
F#--12----------------------12-------------------

"swear i didn't mean it": (still harmonics)

B------------------
E------------------
F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-- etc
F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-- 

the bridge:

B---9-----------7-----------9-----------7-----------5-----------5----2----2--
E---9-----------7-----------9-----------7-----------5-----------5----2----2--
F#--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0----0----0-- drop last 2 chords w/ bar
F#--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0----0----0--
F#--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----0----0--
F#--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----0----0--

play that twice then:

B---9---7---9---7---9---7---9---7--
E---9---7---9---7---9---7---9---7--
F#--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
F#--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
F#--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
F#--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--

hold on that last chord then back to verse, etc/end on 12th fret harmonix


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Lee's part:

Lee always played this song on a hollowbody w/ a Bigsby-style bar...as with thurston's part, it's mostly harmonics...

for the verse, play a harmonic pattern like this, w/ variations, dropping the notes on the E string w/ the bar..

E----------------------------------*12*- ~~ w/ bar
E----------------------------------*12*-
A---------*12*------*12*------*12*------
A---------*12*------*12*------*12*------
F#---*12*------*12*------*12*-----------
F#---*12*------*12*------*12*-----------

build up:

E---------
E---------
A---------
A---------  you can include all of the harmonics across the 7th fret...
F#---*7*--
F#---*7*--

for the explosive midsection, Lee really takes advantage of the hollowbody's reaction to distortion and
plays mostly harmonics that shake and feed back...it's never really the same across live versions so
just have fun w/ it..12th fret F# harmonics are a good place to start....he just kinda chokes various
notes around the fretboard while using the bar...

ring out w/ feedback to final verse/end.


last updated: 5/28/20

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