Bartender And The Thief (ver2) Tab - Stereophonics






Stereophonics - The Bartender And The Thief
Tabbed By Richard Pugh

One of their best live songs. Me and my brother cover this song in out band, and this is how we play it:

Key:
x = Muted strings
~ = Let ring/ vibrato in the solo (and where it sounds good)
/ = Slide up to...
 = Slide down to...

"-"s are used only to make the tab seem clear, they are used for timing only, nothing else.

Intro:
e|--------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------|
d|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|
a|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|
D|5---5---5---5---5---5---5-3-5-3-|

Verse:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|4-4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
         When you think about it......

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| X2
Saaaaaay........

VERSE

Pre-Chorus:
Slide up to the first chord every time
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|8~~~8-8-8-8-8-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| X3
           Gone fishing...

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Chorus:
|2~~~2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
|3~~~3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|2~~~2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|--------------5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-|
|--------------5~~~5-5-5~~~5-5-5-| X4

VERSE

Verse 2:
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|4-4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-4~~~4-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|5-5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-5~~~5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|3-3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-3~~~3-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
       She couldn't....

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~|

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3///12~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3///12~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3///12~~~|

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

Middle 8 (solo)
With Wah
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------1010--9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|3~~~x-x-9-9---9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|3~~~x-x-----------------------|
|3~~~x-x-----------------------| X2

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~| X2

Live there is a solo over this second bit, i just make it up as i go along using the pentatonic scale of D.

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------1010--9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|0-3~~~x-x-9-9---9---7---7~~~~~~/|
|0-3~~~x-x-----------------------|
|0-3~~~x-x-----------------------| X2

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3~~~5-3~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3~~~5-3~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3~~~5-3~~~|

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3///12~~~|
|5~~~5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-5-3///12~~~|
|0~~~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3///12~~~|

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS X 4 (the do's go over the chorus chords)

Outro (live)

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~|
|3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0~~~| X 4

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|0///12~~12\