String Cheese Incident - Dirk guitar tab
Dirk
originally by SCI
transcribed by David Harari
Here is my attempt to contribute to a site I use so often. I used the
7-28-01 version from Las Vegas to transcribe this, but find the themes
to be similar in just about every version I've heard (btw if you
haven't heard that show you really should).
The song is in G and is basically divided into sections. I only have
a guitar so I have transcribed some of Kang's, Billy's, and Kyle's
part for the one instrument. Don't worry, it'll keep you playing
the whole time.
This is the overall theme to the song:
Section A
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------/8--6-----------------------------------------
G---------3--------------------7--5--3---------------3-----------------
D---3--5------5-3-5--------------------5-3-----3--5----5-3-5-----------
A-------------------------------------------------------------3--------
E---------------------------------------------------------------6-5-4--
Then during the verses it's a stripped down version of the first part
to Section A.
Listen to Keith's bass for the exact timing, this is what he does.
Kang and Billy just add fills here and
there along the G scale.
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------3-----------------------------------------------------------
D----3--5-----5---3---5------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
Every couple of lines they go back to Section A (remember to crank the
distortion!).
Chorus:
Here are the chords I use for the chorus, it may not be exact, but it's
close enough for rock and roll. Be creative in your strumming and listen to
the song for timing. Also, when they bring it all back in the end I like to
use the A-form of G to give it a little kick.
G F C D# F G (A-form)
E----3---------1--------3--------6---------8-------------10------------
B----3---------1--------5--------8---------10------------12------------
G----4---------2--------5--------8---------10------------12------------
D----5---------3--------5--------8---------10------------12------------
A----5---------3--------3--------6---------8-------------10------------
E----3---------1-------------------------------------------------------
G F C D# F
I'm searching for answers, to a question that I can't defi-ine
G F C D# F
I'll keep falling backwards, looking forward but always behind.
And then back to Section A
After another verse and another chorus is Billy's slow spacey jam in G.
Just use the scale and have fun.
At some point Kyle will play a sweet theme that goes a little something
like this:
Theme 1
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----18-----15--17----13--15----11--13---------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sometimes Billy picks it up, sometimes he doesn't. Either way they jam
on this until they pick up this little number:
Theme 2
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--11-10---8----------------------------11-10----8---------------------
G-------------10---9--7------------------------------10--9-------------
D-------------------------10--7-8--------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
After a couple of times on that Kang and Kyle decide it's time to get
rowdy again and bust this mother out:
It's a variation on Section A
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------3-------------------5-------------------3----------
D----3--5----5-5-5----------5-5---5-5-5----------5-5--5-5-5------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
Then Kang tears it up and so do you, building on this theme in G.
Then it all gets neatly wrapped up with another chorus and one final
round of Section A. Have Fun!
