Absolution Blues Tab by Whitesnake


Band- Whitesnake
Song- Absolution Blues


e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a----------5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--------5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
E--5-5-7-7----------------------5-5-7-------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a------5-7-5---5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-------5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------|
E--5-7-------7-------------------5-5-7------------------------------------|
As the song progresses this riff gets doubled by an E chord as the VII pos.

vocals Sec.
e--5-----5--------------------------5---5---------------------------------|
b--5-----5-----9--8--6--------------5---5---9-8-6---/6---4----------------|
g--6-----6-----9--8--6--------------6---6---9-8-6---/6---4----------------|
d--7-----7-----9--8--6--------------7---7---9-8-6---/6---4----------------|
a--7-----7-----7--6--4--------------7---7---7-6-4---/4---2----------------|
E--5-----5--------------------------5---5---------------------------------|

Basic break pattern
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----------------------------------|
a---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----------------------------------|
E---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----------------------------------|

As for the solo, play real fast in the VII pos, and the backing chords are
pretty simple, though I cant rememeber them
( I think it switches between
A and B).