Okay, here's the tab for "5150". This song is a pain in the ass for two
reasons: 1)it's tuned to "dropped-D" 1/2 step down; and 2)there are more
doublestops than mere humans (like me) can handle. The little string names
on the side of the tab lines SHOULD have a flat next to each of them 'cause
of the 1/2 step down deal, but it's easier just to tune to dropped-D unless
you plan to jam to the CD or something.
Here's the signature riff of the song (play it FAST!):
E|-|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|---------4---------|
B|-|-7---5---5-7-----|-7-----5---7-----|-5-5-------------|---------5---------|
G|-|-7---7---7-7-----|-7-----7---7-----|---4-4-------4---|-4-4-4-----4-------|
D|-|-7-7---7-----7-7-|---7-7---7---7-6-|-----6-6-----4---|-4-4-6-------6-----|
A|-|-----------------|-----------------|-------7-7-7---7-|-------7-------7-|
D|-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|-|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2-2/|
B|-|-3---------------|---------3-------|-3p2-----------3-|-3-2-2-----2-2-3-3/|
G|-|---2---------2---|-2-2-------2-----|----------2----2-|-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2/|
D|-|-----4-4-----2---|-2-4---------4---|------2-----2--4-|-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
A|-|-------5-5-5---5-|------5--------5-|-----------------|---0-0-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
D|-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-2-----0-0-|
Repeat 3x; then...
e|-|-10--10--(b9)-(b9)-7--7--(b9)-(b9)-10--10||
B|-|-10--10-10-10--(b9)-(b9)10-10--10--10||
G|-|----------------------------------||
D|-|----------------------------------||
A|-|----------------------------------||
D|-|----------------------------------||
Okay, this next part you repeat twice. One time with the first ending
that I've tabbed out (marked between the 1>>>> and <<<<1), and again but
replacing the first ending with the second (2>>>> to <<<<2). This is also
the part played behind the Chorus ("Always one more; you're never
satisfied..."):
E|-|-2------|-------2-2-----4-|-4-----------|-------4-4-----2-|-2--------------|
B|-|-3------|-------3-3-----5-|-5-----------|-------5-5-----3-|-3--------------|
G|-|-2------|-------2-2-----4-|-4-----------|-------4-4-----2-|-2--------------|
D|-|-0------|-------0-0-------|-------------|-------6-6-----4-|-4--------------|
A|-|-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-----0-0---|----0--0-0-0-|-0-0-0-----0-0---|-----0--0-0-0---|
D|-|-0------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|-|-(2)---------------||
B|-|-(3)-------3-------||
G|-|-(2)---------4-----||
D|-|-(4)----/5-----5---||
A|-|--0-0-0--0-------5-||
D|-|-------------------||
1>>>> <<<<1
E|-||------------10-10--(b9)-(b9)-7--7--(b9)-(b9)10-10||
B|-||3p2------2/-10-10-10-10--(b9)-(b9)10-10-10-10||
G|-||----2----2/------------------------------||
D|-||------2----------------------------------||
A|-||-----------------------------------------||
D|-||-----------------------------------------||
2>>>> <<<<2
E|-|-------------2|2-0-0-0-0--2-2--------|---------------|----|-----------||
B|-|-3p2---------3|3-2-2-0-0--3-3------10|10-(b9)10-10-2-2|----|-----------||
G|-|-----2-2--2--2|2-2-2-1-1--2-2------11|11-(b9)11-11-2-2|---2|-----------||
D|-|-------2--2--4|4-2-2-2-2--0-0------12|12-(b9)12-12-2-2|---2|-----------||
A|-|-------0--0---|--0-0-2-2--0-0--0-0---|------------0-0|---0|-----5---3-||
D|-|--------------|------0-0--0-0--0-0---|---------------|----|--/7---7---||
This next bit is played behind the verses. It's basically just crunching
out a D power chord with the low D thrown in. Eddie does a little bit of
extra stuff (which I tabbed out here) but you really don't need it
E|-|--------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------||
B|-|--------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------||
G|-|--------7-----|-7---------------|-----------0-|-0-------------||
D|-|--------7-----|-7---------------|--0--------5-|---------------||
A|-|--------5-----|-5------5p3p0----|-----0-5p3---|---0-5~~-0-3~~-||
D|-|-0--0-0---0-0-|----0-0-------4b-|-------------|---------------||
E|-|-----------||
B|-|-----------||
G|-|-----------||
D|-|-----------||(repeat throughout verses)
A|-|----5----3-||
D|-|-/7----7---||
Here's what I guess you'd call the "pre|-Chorus" ("Still we try; win or lose;
take the highs; with the blues..."). Play it twice through, only the second
time, leave out the first measure (A|-2-3-2-3-2-3/5). Then rake your pick
down the low strings before you go into the next riff.
E|-|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------0--------|
B|-|---------------|-------------2---|-3-------2-5-----|-5p3---3---2--3--------|
G|-|---------------|-------2-4-2---2-|-------2-----2-0-|-2-----2---2--2--------|
D|-|---------------|-----2-----------|-----2-------0-0-|-0---0---0----0--------|
A|-|-2-3-2-3-2-3/5-|-0-0-------------|---0-------------|-----------------------|
D|-|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
E|-|-0--------------||
B|-|-3------3-3-----||
G|-|-2------2-2-----||
D|-|-0------0-0-----||
A|-|----------------||
D|-|----5-5-----5-5-||
This next part is (in my opinion) the coolest riff in the song. This is
just a fill-in between the pre|-Chorus (above) and the Chorus (WAY above).
Play this one time through then go to the Chorus riff (tabbed above).
E|-|----------------|------------------|------------|-----------------|
B|-|----------------|------------------|------------|-----------------|
G|-|----------------|------------------|------------|-----6---------7-|
D|-|-------2-5~~----|---5-4~~------7-|-----3-7----|---7-----5---7---|
A|-|-2-2-2----------|-5--------5-5-----|---3--------|-7-----3---5-----|
D|-|-2-2-2--------5-|------------------|-3--------7-|-----------------|
E|-|0~~~~---|--(b9)-(b9)-7--7--(b9)-(b9)-10--10||
B|-|--10~~--|-10-10--(b9)-(b9)10-10--10--10||
G|-|-----11~|---------------------------||
D|-|--------|---------------------------||
A|-|--------|---------------------------||
D|-|--------|---------------------------||