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White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
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bongomania
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This is fairly close. It's not perfect, but it will get you there with a little work.
You have to work out the timing, especially on the bridge part.
You have to work out the timing, especially on the bridge part.
errrrrrr if you guys are referring to the kind of tab that I think you are, last I check that ain't allowed to be discussed on here 
Don't have a tab, but I learned it by ear. What part are you having trouble with? If its the triplet part ( one two Tri-po-let three & (4) & one two etc) maybe this will help: My group played it starting on Gb. I used my 5 string so I could use the low Gb. Here's my way:
One.......Two..... Tri.... Po..........Let.........Three ....& ......(4rest) ......&
Gb .........Gb.......Gb......E..........C .........C#.........Gb ...................Gb
2 on E ........................Open....1onB......2onB .....2onE
For the next measure I moved up a fret (1/2 step), left the open string in there because I bounced off it. It goes by so fast no one notices
. Back down to the Gb and back and forth until the guitarist gets done soloing.
The for the 8th notes, I do A (5on the E) to E (7on the A), so it's like doing a 1/5. It's octaves for the high notes (&'s off the E), for the walkarounds it's penatonics (134 fingerings off the A). That's really all there is to it. I play around on the penatonics if I get bored (like at the beginning when it's a reallllly long guitar solo that night), straight walking.
Lost yet?
Don't have a tab, but I learned it by ear. What part are you having trouble with? If its the triplet part ( one two Tri-po-let three & (4) & one two etc) maybe this will help: My group played it starting on Gb. I used my 5 string so I could use the low Gb. Here's my way:
One.......Two..... Tri.... Po..........Let.........Three ....& ......(4rest) ......&
Gb .........Gb.......Gb......E..........C .........C#.........Gb ...................Gb
2 on E ........................Open....1onB......2onB .....2onE
For the next measure I moved up a fret (1/2 step), left the open string in there because I bounced off it. It goes by so fast no one notices
. Back down to the Gb and back and forth until the guitarist gets done soloing. The for the 8th notes, I do A (5on the E) to E (7on the A), so it's like doing a 1/5. It's octaves for the high notes (&'s off the E), for the walkarounds it's penatonics (134 fingerings off the A). That's really all there is to it. I play around on the penatonics if I get bored (like at the beginning when it's a reallllly long guitar solo that night), straight walking.
Lost yet?
That seems pretty close. There's a good tab out on the net, but the first part looks something like this:
intro/verse
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|9-9-0--9-099-9-0--9-0910-10-0---10-01010-10-0---10-0109--simile|
E|-----89---------89-----------910-------------910---------------|
Jack played it for us in his class; it's more challenging than it looks for a fumblefingers like me - and not easy to work out even when you're watching someone from 5 feet away...
intro/verse
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|9-9-0--9-099-9-0--9-0910-10-0---10-01010-10-0---10-0109--simile|
E|-----89---------89-----------910-------------910---------------|
Jack played it for us in his class; it's more challenging than it looks for a fumblefingers like me - and not easy to work out even when you're watching someone from 5 feet away...
LOL watching someone else do it will blow your mind. But it's not as bad as it looks. Two things I forgot
The open string is a rake motion (I use 1 to pluck the G and 2 to start the rake). The C to C# part is a hammer on. Had to do it slooooooow a million times but doing a rake and a hammer on will make you able to do it fast enough
The open string is a rake motion (I use 1 to pluck the G and 2 to start the rake). The C to C# part is a hammer on. Had to do it slooooooow a million times but doing a rake and a hammer on will make you able to do it fast enough
