Tom: G
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"Billy Badass" - Get Your Guns
from the album
The Legend of Ronnie Thunder
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Tabbed by Billy
This is what I've been able to make out from the song
I play it in Drop D, but I think they recorded the whole album a half step down
Start off with a slide up the neck playing the G and D strings, then play this
This was probably played with a slide, but it sounds fine just using your fingers
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------8p6------|
G|------5-----------7-----5--------7--------------7---|
D|------5------5/7--------5---5/7---------------------|
A|--0-------------------------------------------------|
E|--0------------------0-------------------0----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------3---------5----3---------5---------5------|
E|--0-0----0--5/7----0----0--5/7----0--5/7---3p0--|
pm ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------3*--|
A|------3---------5----3---------5--------|
E|--0-0----0--5/7----0----0--5/7----0-----|
pm ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
(* = pinch harmonic)
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------2p0-----|
D|-------------2/3-3----2/3-3----2/3-3------3---|
A|------5---------------------------------------|
E|--0-0----0---------0---------0----------------|
pm ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------2/3-3-----------------------------|
A|------5----------------------------------------|
E|--0-0----0----------3p0-2p0-1p0-3p0-2p0-1p0----|
pm ^ ^ ^
This is (close to) how the harmonization goes
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------0---------0---------0-3p2p0----|
A|------5----3/5-------3/5-------3/5------------|
E|--0-0----0---------0---------0----------------|
pm ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|---------------0----------------------------|
A|------5----3/5------------------------------|
E|--0-0----0--------3p0-2p0-1p0-3p0-2p0-1p0---|
pm ^ ^ ^
Tor both these parts, palm mute and pick 16th notes/tremolo pick
G1
E|------------------------------------------|
B|-5-------7----8---3-------10---8---7---8--|
G|------------------------------------------|
G2
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-8------10---12---7-------14--12--10--12--|
This lead is played over the two previous parts...
E|---13p10-12p10---------10-| ---17p13-15p13---------13-|
B|---------------12p10------| x4 ---------------15p14------|x4
G|--------------------------| --------------------------|
or you could play it like this if you don't like too much neck movement
E|--------------------------| ---17p13-15p13---------13-|
B|---18p15-17p15---------15-| x4 ---------------15p14------|x4
G|---------------15p13------| --------------------------|
Bend on the Fs (low d-3) and Gs (low d-5), maybe throw in a pinch harmonic or two.
I think there's a few variations on this part, but this is the common idea
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------3-2-------------------------------1-|
G|---0000-3-00-5-0--00-3-00-5-0-0-3-2--0000-3-00-5-0--00-3-00-5-0-0-1-|
pm ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^
Now for the part that puts the BA in billy BA
Let it ring out, use low distortion
E|-----0----0------0------0-3-0-----3--2-0------0-------------|-----|
B|-3/5----5---5-3----3--2------------------0------0-----------|-3/5-| ...
G|-------------------------------3-----------2------2--6-5-3b-|-0---|
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This is just how to transition to the
beginning of the riff. let that low D ring
as long as possible, preferably until you hit
the F (low d-3)
