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Song: Illegal i Song
Band: Velvet Revolver
Album: Contraband
Tabbed by: Kabir
ktaneja@students.latrobe.edu.au

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Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Slash'
Gtr 2 (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Dave Kushner'

::Intro::

 4/4
  Gtr I

|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|


::Verse 1 - played with Riff A

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-5-5-5--3S5--6-5----|
|--------------------|
|-3-3-3--1S3--4-3----|

"One fine day
I'll settle down
When you bloody me
I ran aground
With my broken face
And fisticuff
*** the rest and
All their stuff"

::Filler - played with Intro riff::

|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|

"I - Don't - Anymore
I - Don't - Anymore "

::Chorus - these are the chords and Slash plays some stuff in the background::

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-4----3---------|
|-2----1----6----|
|-----------4----|

"Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying there

Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying"

::Intro riff again after above chorus::

|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|


::Verse 2 - played same as Verse 1::

|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-5-5-5--3S5--6-5----|
|--------------------|
|-3-3-3--1S3--4-3----|

"Another way
A battle ground
A ready teller whore
Who makes no sound
Keep the money bitch
Keep the stuff
Fly around the world
And keep it up "

::Filler - played with Intro riff::

|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|

"I - Don't - Anymore
I - Don't - Anymore "

::Chorus - the stuff Slash plays at the back of chorus is the same chords at a lower octave.::

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-4----3---------|
|-2----1----6----|
|-----------4----|

"Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying there

Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying"

::Solo - Play the verses riff over the Solo, during the second part when Slash in on 
5 play verse chords with added
  :: 7x9 and 4x6::


|-17r=17--15--14h15--15r=15--14h15--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------15r===15--14h=15--15--15----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


                      ~          ~~~

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-5r===5--3h=5--3h5-3h5----2b4---2b4-----------|
|-------------------------------------3r==5----|
|----------------------------------------------|

:: Riff B - played after above solo with Bass and Drums in background::

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10h12-12--10-12--12p10h12--10-10-10----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------10h12-12-12---10h12--10p9-10p-9-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------10--10s8----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

::Riff C - followed after Riff B, Slash just plays this with bends while Duff plays 
chords::

|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-3-5-5--3-5----|
|---------------|
|---------------|

::Chorus - the stuff Slash plays at the back of chorus is the same chords at a lower octave.::

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-4----3---------|
|-2----1----6----|
|-----------4----|

"Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying there

Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying"

::Riff D - played with above chorus part in background by Slash::

|----------------------------------------|
|-7b8=====9b10.5====13-12-19----15b17----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

::Outro - just the intro chords with Scott screaming and Slash plays some feedback notes 
i wont bother to tab::

|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5-8S6-|-5-5-5-3S5-8-5--|-9-3----|
|-------------------|----------------|--------|
|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3-6S4-|-3-3-5-1S3-6-3--|-7-3----|

::Done!::

Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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