Song: Tommy Gun
Artist: The Clash
Album: Give Em' Enough Rope
Tabbed by: Trent (trentstabs@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Standard
Tab key:
* = mute note or cord after playing
/ = slide
( ) = harmonics
x = play muted strings
~ = hold note
r = release bend
RM = Palm mute
Intro:
(Drum roll) (Drum roll) (Drum roll)
e||--------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--9-9~----------9-9~----------9-9~----------9-9~----------9*--||
D||--9-9~----------9-9~----------9-9~----------9-9~----------9*--||
A||--7-7~----------7-7~----------7-7~----------7-7~----------7*--||
E||--------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse 1: (Listen to the song for timing.)
Guitar 1:
^ ^ ^
e||--------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------||
G||---------6-6----6-7-7----7------||
D||--7----7-6-6----6-7-7----7-7-7--||
A||--7----7-4-4----4-5-5----5-7-7--||
E||--5----5-------------------5-5--||
^ ^ ^ ^
e||------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------||
G||--9----------6-6----6-7-7----7------||
D||--9-7-7----7-6-6----6-7-7----7-7-7--||
A||--7-7-7----7-4-4----4-5-5----5-7-7--||
E||----5-5----5-------------------5-5--||
Guitar 2:
e||-----------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||-------------6-6--6-6-6-7-7--7-7-7-------------|| x2
D||--7-7--7-7-7-6-6--6-6-6-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--||
A||--7-7--7-7-7-4-4--4-4-4-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7--||
E||--5-5--5-5-5-----------------------5-5--5-5-5--||
Guitar 3: (Comes in on the second bar of the verse.)
e||--------12---------||
B||-------------------||
G||--9/13----13--14~--||
D||-------------------||
A||-------------------||
E||-------------------||
Chorus 1:
Guitar 1:
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (Drum roll)
e||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--7-7--7-7-7------------7-7--7-7-7------------7-7--7-7-7------9-9~----------9-9~--||
D||--7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--9-9~----------9-9~--||
A||--5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7~----------7-7~--||
E||-------------5-5--5-5-5------------5-5--5-5-5------------5-5----------------------||
Guitar 2: (Listen for timing.)
e||-------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------9-9~--||
D||--9b10~--10r9--7----9b11~---11r9----9----10--9---------||
A||-------------------------------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------------------||
Verse 2:
Guitar 1: (Timing is off here listen to the song to get it right.)
e||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------6*---------------7*------------9-----------------6*-------------7*-------------9-----||
D||--7-7*-----------6*---------------7*------------9-7*--------------6*-------------7*-------------9-7*--||
A||--7-7*-----------4*---------------5*------------7-7*--------------4*-------------5*-------------7-7*--||
E||--5-5*--------------------------------------------5*----------------------------------------------5*--||
Guitar 2:
(-----------------------------PM-------------------------------------||
e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------|| x2
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------||
A||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------||
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------||
Guitar 3: (Listen to song for timing.)
e||--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--9-9--||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x2
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chorus 2:
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (Drum roll)
e||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--7-7--7-7-7------------7-7--7-7-7------------7-7--7-7-7------9-9~----------9-9~--||
D||--7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--9-9~----------9-9~--||
A||--5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7-7-5-5--5-5-5-7-7--7-7~----------7-7~--||
E||-------------5-5--5-5-5------------5-5--5-5-5------------5-5----------------------||
Guitar 2:
e||-------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------9-9~--||
D||--9b10~--10r9--7----9b11~---11r9----9----10--9---------||
A||-------------------------------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 3: (This part is actually carried on from the verse. Listen to the song for the timing.
e||--12~----12-9-------12-9-------12-9----------||
B||-------------10~--------10~--------10~-------||
G||-----------------------------------------9~--||
D||---------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------------------------------||
E||---------------------------------------------||
Solo:
Guitar 1:
^ ^ ^
e||--------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------||
G||---------6-6----6-7-7----7------|| x2
D||--7----7-6-6----6-7-7----7-7-7--||
A||--7----7-4-4----4-5-5----5-7-7--||
E||--5----5-------------------5-5--||
Guitar 2:
e||--------------------------------9-----------||
B||---------------------------------11---------||
G||--12b14~----6-7-9---------6-7-9----9/11-9~--||
D||-----------------7~----7-9------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------------||
Guitar 1: (Let the first D ring out slightly before muting.)
e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--7-*-7-7---------7-*-7-7---------7-*-7-7------------9-9----------9-9--||
D||--7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7-7-*-7-7----9-9----------9-9--||
A||--5-*-5-5-7-*-7-7-5-*-5-5-7-*-7-7-5-*-5-5-7-*-7-7----7-7----------7-7--||
E||----------5-*-5-5---------5-*-5-5---------5-*-5-5----------------------||
Guitar 2: (Listen for timing.)
e||------------------------------|----------------------||
B||--14----------14--------------|----------------------||
G||---16b18~18~18--16b18~18---x3-|--9-9~----------9-9~--||
D||------------------------------|--9-9~----------9-9~--||
A||------------------------------|--7-7~----------7-7~--||
E||------------------------------|----------------------||
(Ok, so that this tab isn't incredibly long, I'm going to tell you which parts to repeat
the rest of the song.)
Repeat:
Verse 2
Chorus 2
Verse 1
Chorus 2
Interlude 1: (Technically two if you count the solo as an interlude.)
Guitar 1:
e||------------------------||
B||------------------------||
G||--------9~--------------|| x2
D||--9~----9~----7~----9~--||
A||--9~----7~----7~----9~--||
E||--7~----------5~----7~--||
Guitar 2: (Listen for timing.)
^ ^ ^
e||-------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------||
G||---------9~-9-9----------------|| x2
D||--9~-9-9-9~-9-9-7~-7-7-9~-9-9--||
A||--9~-9-9-7~-7-7-7~-7-7-9~-9-9--||
E||--7~-7-7--------5~-5-5-7~-7-7--||
Guitar 3:
e||--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--4-4--||
B||----------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------|| x2
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 1:
e||------------------------||
B||------------------------||
G||--------9~--------------|| x3
D||--9~----9~----7~----9~--||
A||--9~----7~----7~----9~--||
E||--7~----------5~----7~--||
Guitar 2: (Listen for timing.)
^ ^ ^
e||-------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------||
G||---------9~-9-9----------------|| x3
D||--9~-9-9-9~-9-9-7~-7-7-9~-9-9--||
A||--9~-9-9-7~-7-7-7~-7-7-9~-9-9--||
E||--7~-7-7--------5~-5-5-7~-7-7--||
Guitar 3:
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------2-----------------------------------|| x3
D||--4--2-1----------2-1----4--2-1--------------------||
A||--------4--2-2---4--------------4--2-2---4--2-4-2--||
E||---------------------------------------------------||
And there's the end of the song! Credit goes to clark@theoddmenout.com for the 3rd
part in the interlude and 14m3bot@hotmail.com for the solo. Email corrections to trentstabs@hotmail.com.
