Big Shaky
by Kelly Joe Phelps


Tabbed by Anthony Greenwood
antgreenwood@gmail.com



Standard tuning - capo 1st fret

h=hammer on, p=pull off, b=bend

         Intro          Main riff x2                                        
-------------3-|-------------------3-----3-----0--------------------
----------3----|-------------------3-----2-----0--------------------
-------0-------|---0-------0-----------------------0-------0--------
----2----------|-------------2p0-----0-------2---------------2p0----
-0-------------|-----0h2-----------------0-----------0h2------------
---------------|-0-------0-------3---------------0-------0----------



----3-----3-----0--------------------3-----3b--0----0---------------
----3-----2-----0--------------------3-----2b----3b-----------------
---------------------0-------0------------------------------0-------
------0-------2----------------2p0-----0-------2--------------2p0---
----------0------------0h2-----------------0----------0h2-----------
--3------------------------0-------3----------------------0---------



---3------3------0-------|--
---3------2------0-------|--
-------------------------|--
------0--------2---------|--
----------0--------------|--
-3-----------------------|--


Verse x4                            Bridge
----------------------------------|------------------------0----------
------------3---------------2-----|------------3-------3-------3------
--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-----------------------0--
------2-------0-------0-------2---|------2-------2-------4-------4----
--------------------------0-------|--0-------0-------0-------0--------
--0-------0-------3---------------|-----------------------------------



------------------------0---------|--
--------3-------3-----------3-----|--
----0-------0-------0-----------0-|--
------2-------2-------4-------4---|--
--0-------0-------0-------0-------|--
----------------------------------|--


Then play 2 bars of main riff


Chorus
-----------------------------------3---|--
------------0---0------------------3---|--
--3---2-------2----1---0-----0---0-----|--
--2---1------------0-------2---2-------|--
--3---2------------1---0---------------|--
---------------------------------------|--


Those are all the basic parts of the song. There are several 
variations throughout but this should be a good place to start.



Lyrics

Ten steps weaving to the bottom, to the floor
I’ve taken eleven, broken the door
Twelve step, I don’t want to think like that
I will change my coat, pull down my hat
And pray
And holler
Don’t let it fade
Clear eyes and clean hands,
A good man.

Circle, go down delusion drive
Nine tail cross-eyed two foot slide
Spit the joy from joyous green
Find an old fence that I can lean against
And pray
And holler
Don’t let it fade
Clear eyes and clean hands,
A good man.

Rocket ship ricochet off the wall
Short little guy in a great big fall
How long is too late to lock it right
So I can ease on in to an easy night
And pray
And holler
Don’t let it fade
Clear eyes and clean hands
A good man.

Now there’s a blue water in a shiny cup
I will drink it down, fill it up
Too much of losing would be here or gone
Need to comb my hair and walk up home
And pray
And holler
Don’t let it fade
Clear eyes and clean hands,
A good man.