Savatage - Old City Bar guitar tab
Tabs: Old City BarTabulature for "Old City Bar"
Off the album "Christmas Eve and Other Stories"
Written by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Transcribed by Andrew Wehrstedt Mr.Lycan@softhome.net
Here are the main patterns in the song. They just repeat in different orders.
This song is tuned down a whole step on the cd
---3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----------------3-3--------------------
-----1---1-----1---1-----1---1-----1---1---------------3-3--------------------
-------------------------------------------------------0-0--------------------
-----------------------------------------3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0--------------------
-3---------2---------0-------------------3-3-3-2-2-2-2---2--------------------
-------------------------------3---------1-1-1-0-0-0-0---3--------------------
Main riff for verses and chorus
-------3-----------3-----------3------------3---------------------------------
-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1--------1---1-------------------------------
---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0----0-------0-----------------------------
-3-----------2-----------0----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------3----------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then the bar tender came out from behind the bar..etc
--3---------------------------1----------------0------------------------------
--2---------------------------1----------------1------------------------------
--0---------------------------2----------------0------------------------------
--0---------------------------3----------------2------------------------------
--2---------------------------3----------------3------------------------------
--3---------------------------1-----------------------------------------------
Followed the child to the girl cross the street..etc...(Strum Chords)
--1---------0-----------------------------------------------------------------
--1---------1-----------------------------------------------------------------
--2---------0-----------------------------------------------------------------
--3---------2-----------------------------------------------------------------
--3---------3-----------------------------------------------------------------
--1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Called for a cab and he said JFK..etc. (Strum Chords)
-1-------------------------------------3--------------------------------------
-1-------------------------------------3--------------------------------------
-2-------------------------------------0--------------------------------------
-3-------------------------------------0--------------------------------------
-3-------------------------------------2--------------------------------------
-1-------------------------------------3--------------------------------------
From the light that she had wished upon..etc (Strum Chords)