Elbow - Mexican Standoff guitar tab

Elbow: Mexican standoff

Tabbed by: Bas Vos

For this song, you'll have to tune your lower E-string down 1 step

(Dropped-D tuning).

Listen to the song to get a feel for the rhythm; it is alternate picking

throughout.

Opening riff:

Riff 1 (4x)

E|-------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------|

D|-0--0-0-0--5-0-4~-0-0-0--2~-0--|

Then play:

Riff 2 (2x)

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

A|-4~-0-0-0--4-0-5~-0-0-0-5-0-7~-0-0-0-7-0-9~-0-0-0-10-10\\---|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

These two riffs are the basic 'building blocks' of the song.

Then the solos:

Solo 1 (played with distortion):

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-0-4p0-0-4p0-0-4p0-0-4p0-0--7-0-5~~~---------------------0-0-|

D|-----------------------------------7b(8)b7--5b(6)--4~~~------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-0-4p0-0-4p0-7-7-0-5~~--9b(10)b9-7~~-------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------9b(10)b9--7~~--9-10-7~~---|

Solo 2(2x) (distorted):

E|--------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------|

A|-4p0-0-4p0-0-4p0-0-4p0-0--5p0-0-5p0-0-5p0-0-5p0-0-|

D|--------------------------------------------------|

(2nd time only)

E|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|

A|-7p0-0-7p0-0-7p0-0-7p0-0--9p0-0-9p0-0-9p0-0-9p0-0-10-10\\-|-5~~-----------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|

After the solos, it's back to an alternation of riffs 1 and 2.

The final chord is:

E|------|

B|------|

G|------|

D|--0---|

A|--0---| (let ring)

D|--0---|

Not the hardest part of the song surely.

~ = vibrato

\\ = slide down

p = pull-off

9b(10)b9 = bend to the note between brackets and release again

Have fun,

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