JOHN E. SMOKE

What a great song. I tabbed most of it here, except for the
different fills in the verses which are pretty much the same
as the intro. There are 3 guitars on this song, I think, but
I could be wrong. It should be easy to convert to one guitar
line.
                                              ******** harmonics!
E---------------------------------------------12--7--5-- 
B---------------------------------------------12--7--5-- 
G---------------------------------------------12--7--5--
D-------------------------------------------------------
A--0--2--3--3\5------3-2-0---------2--0h2---------------
E------------------------------------------0------------

Guitar 2 plays an E (with tremolo) over the harmonics.

D----------------------------------------------------------
A--0--2--3--3\6---5-6-6\9-----10--9-7--7h9--6----3---6h7p6-LONG TRILL!!

A trill is when you hammer on and pull off to the notes really fast,
over and over again. Listen to the record. I think that Gibby's talking
over it.
                ********** harmonics!!
E---------------12--7---5-
B---------------12--7---5-
G---------------12--7---5-
D-------------------------
A---2--0h2----------------
E-----------0-------------

I may have tabbed a lot of this in the wrong rhythm, so listen for the
notes. 

Oh, and I forget if the E chord is an E or an Eminor. Listen!

Chorus:

E----------0-------------0-----------0---
B----------0-------------0-----------0---
G----------1-------------1-----------1--- Maybe an Eminor, not an E
D----------2-------------2-----------2---
A--0-0-2---2---0-2-3-2---2----2-3-2--2---ETC...
E----------0-------------0-----------0---

Then:

E-------------0-------------------------------------
B-------------0-------------------------9--9--9--9-- ETC ETC ETC
G-------------1-------------------------9--9--9--9--
D-------------2-------------------------9-----9-----
A-7-5-7-5-2---2----9-9---7-7--5-5--7-7--7-----------
E-------------0-------------------------------------

Then this:

D----------------------------------
A----2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3-
E--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---

Over that riff, guitar 3 (?) plays:
 
     // Put lots of pick tremolo on that chord
B----9-----------------------------------------
G----9-----------------------------------------
D----9-----------------------------------------
A----7-----9--7--9-10-9--10--12---10--12--14---
                                          ***

*** 2nd verse starts here. Guitar one plays a low E, while guitar 2
plays an E chord with amp tremolo. This is the verse about the
"crippled midget lesbian boy". 

After the word "knife", the band breaks into a little western showdown
thing, which is basically an E power chord on guitar one, Guitar 2 
occasionally throws in an E chord, then it goes to:

Guitar 3:

E---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
B---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
G---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
D---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
A---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

Over that, guitar 2 plays:

E---3---3--3---2----2---0---0-0--0---
B---3---3--3---2--2-2---0---0----0---

Then:

E---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2\5-5-5-0-0-0---
B---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2\5-5-5-0-0-0---
G---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3\6-6-6-1-1-1---
D---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4\7-7-7-2-2-2---

Over that, guitar 2 plays:

E--3--3---3--2--2--2\5----0---
B--3--3---3--2--2--2\5----0---

Guitar 1 throws in an E chord at the end of all that.

3rd verse:

Somewhere in there, Paul starts playing this:

E--7---7----7----7----7---7-----------7- Drop trem bar on this chord
B----7----7----7---7-----7---7--------7-
G-------------------------------8-----8-
D----------------------------------9--9-

Then it does everything again, and ends up on this break:

B------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-
G------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-
D------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-
A--2-2-2-3---2-2-2-3---2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-

Then it play that other riff again (the one after the western 
thing), and after the G F# E progression, it goes:

E--3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7--7--7--7-
B--3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-10-10-10-
G--4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8--8--8--8-
D--5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9--9--9--9-

Then, following the same pattern it goes thru these chords (there's no
way I'm gonna tab all these chords, you should know them!)

G A E 
G F# E
G F# A E
G A B
G A Riff

Riff: E---\15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--
      B---\15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--

G F# E

That's IT!!!

It won't make sense, but the chord progressions at the end are easy
to hear, so LISTEN!!!

Chris Lawrence

mustang@islandnet.com