Steve Miller

[tgriley62]

Need some help please. Every tab I have found for Steve Millers Swing town shows the intro as the following four notes: A#/Bb, E,E & G. I know this is an easy song but for some reason those notes just don't sound right to me. If any body has played are is now playing this song would you please let me know if this is in fact the correct intro or is it different. Forgot to mention that I use standard tuning EADG. Thanks

 

[Floyd Eye]

To me it sounds like Bb-F-F-G-Bb

 

[iabssplyr]

Here here, '62. I myself was looking at it a week or so at UG and thought to myself, I know I'm not the world's finest player, but this just isn't right. Of course I'm also admitting in too lazy to work it up myself. I'm into His music right now and wanted to hear it. Help!

 

[Floyd Eye]

I'm pretty sure I'm right.

 

[Febs]

I hear it the same way as Floyd Eye:

The first F may be an open E ... it's hard to hear, as it is essentially a ghost note one way or the other.

 

[tgriley62]

I'm pretty sure I'm right.

Thanks, that does sound better.

 

[Floyd Eye]

There's no open notes. Bb on the A string, 2 Fs ( ghosted) on the E, G on the E, back down to Bb. That's what I hear anyway.

 

[iabssplyr]

Thank you, Floyd Eye, for putting more sense into that tab. I'm gonna give it a shot.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Glad to help.