Hellecasters - The Beak & The Claw intro guitar tab

Jerry Donahue (the Hellecasters) - The Beak & The Claw (intro)

By axehappy - axehappy@

OK....this is bloody hard to play! lol

I've only put it up on here because I think the techniques used in it

are something every country player should have in their bag of tricks...

The tab might be kinda hard to follow cos there's lots of bends and stuff

in there, so I've submitted a soundbyte too...maybe it'll help you follow

the tab a bit easier...?

Who knows....GOOD LUCK!!

Oh, and with all the behind-nut bends....best to play this on a Telecaster

type guitar, or a Strat with the string tree for the high strings removed.

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h = hammer-on bh = bend & hold

r = release bend ~ = hold note

p = pulloff pb = pre-bend

\ = slide down h = hammer-on

/ = slide up bnbh = behind-nut bend & hold

bnbr = behind-nut bend & release ! = natural harmonic

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rake strum

E---------------9-7---0-----5p0--------------0------------------

B-------0-0-8bh--8-8r----------7pb~r------0---4\3---0-h1----2---

G--5h6-------------------7bh~~~~~~7r--5h6--5~~~\4--2~~~~---2----

D--5-------------------------------------7--4~~\3-0---h1--2-----

A--0-----------------------------------------------------0------

E---------------------------------------------------------------

E-------0h2p0------------------------------------------------0-------

B------1-----1-----------------1----0h1p0--------------0------7pb~r--

G--2--2-------2p0-0-------0h1/2----2-----2p0---2p0---5--5-7bh~~~~7r--

D--0-------------4------0---------0---------3/4---5/7-7--------------

A------------------0h2h3---------------------------------------------

E------------------------0~h1/2--------------------------------------

E-----------5-------7-10p7-9p7--7-------------------------------------

B----------5-7p5---8----------10-8-7----5-----------------------------

G--5h6--4/6-----7/9---------------9-7----7-------0-------------0~bnbr-

D--5---------------------------------9\7---5\4----7-0-----0bnbh~r-----

A--0------------------------------------------5/7--9--0--0~~~~~~------

E----------------------------------------------------7-3b--------h1br-

rake

E---0--12!~~~~~~----------------------------------|

B------12!~~~~~~----------------------------------|

G----7!~~~bnbr~~----------------------0---0bnbr---|

D----7!~~~~~~~~~---------6---5---4-2p0---0--------|

A---------------------------------------0---------|

E--0------------------5/7-4/6-3/5-3---------------|