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Band: Allman Brothers Band
Album: Hittin' the Note
Song: Firing Line
Written by Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes
Tabbed by: Zack (fendercustomstrat@yahoo.com)
This song is awesome. It's a real hard rock song with tons of riffs that say Allman Brothers
all over them. It also has two solos, one on slide by Derek Trucks with his Gibson '61 Reissue
SG in Open E and one by Warren Haynes with his Gibson '58 Reissue ES-335. Sorry, I use standard
tuning for slide, so you're going to have to figure
out Derek's slide solo for yourself, but I have Warren's solo tabbed out. The song is
in the key of E.
Main riff (4x in intro)
E -3-0---0----------------------------------
B -----3---3p0------------------------------
G ---------------2b2bp0----0h2p0------------
D -----------------------2--------0h2p0-----
A ------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------3--
Riff 1 for Guitar 2 (Derek plays this one many times throughout the verse)
E -3-0--0---------
B -----3--3p0-----
G# ---------------
E ----------------
B ----------------
E ----------------
Riff 1 for Guitar 1 and Bass (Warren and Oteil create harmony by playing Riff 1 an octave
lower than Derek)
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D -5-------------
A -- 7-5-7p5-----
E ------------7--
Here's a riff that you can do in standard tuning to mimic Derek's slide in open E
(0:15, 1:16, 3:11)
E -------------------
B ----10-10br 8------
G -/9------------9---
D -------------------
A -------------------
E -------------------
Riff 2 - Pre-Chorus (0:40, 1:31, 3:19, ) Fingerpick this part! (Pick from the D string
first!)
E ---------------------------------------
B ---12--12--12--1211--11--11--11--10--
G ---------------------------------------
D -12--12--12--1211--11--11--11--10----
A ---------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------
Chorus - Use Barre Chords for this part (0:51, 1:40, 3:29)
A7 C7 E
Hey now baby, Don't you think it's high time?
Riff 3 - Definitely an ABB Riff! (0:56, 1:45, 3:34)
This is actually a slide riff that Warren plays.
E------------------------------------------
B--15b-------------------------------------
G--------14br12 14br12---------------------
D-------------------------14-14---12-14-12-
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
D A G E
To change your life's direction, Get off the firing line
Derek's Slide Solo starts at 1:59. Get out your slide and have some fun with it!
Interlude - Organ and Guitar 1 play E7. The chord that ends the interlude is B7#9.
Here is B7#9 in tab form.
E ---
B -3-
G -2-
D -1-
A -2-
E ---
After the interlude is the modified main riff shown below.
E -3-0---0------------------------------------3-0---0-----
B -----3---3p0------------------------------------3---15b-
G ---------------2b2bp0----0h2p0--------------------------
D -----------------------2--------0h2p0-------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------3-----------------
Continue with the next verse and pre-chorus riffs with the timing listed above.
At 3:48 Gregg says, "Get off the firing line!" Go directly into Warren's solo after that.
Warren's solo (3:49)
E -------------------12------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------12---15br12----12---------------------------------------
G -/9vv
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