The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler

      
 
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 Subject: Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler
 
 From: hertzberg@levers.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
 
 Subject: Re: REQ: Midnight Rambler
 
 
 Well, this is by no means complete TAB, but it's such fun just to play the intro that I figured I'd post it. Keith probably used some wierd tuning and played it completely different! You might have to do some muting on that funny chord.
 
 Also, I have no idea what the "real" key is on the record.
 
 
 Marc
 
 
 Midnight Rambler
 
 
 Opening riff:

 - -----------------5--5-----------------------------------------------
 - -----------------8--8-----------------------------------------------
 - -----------------7--7-----------------------------------------------
 - -----------------5--5--7--7--7--9--9--7--7--9-----------------------
 - --7--7--7--9--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------
 - --5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------------------------------
 

 
 
 
 >From: platt@watson.ibm.com (Daniel E. Platt)
 
 Subject: Re: REQ: Midnight Rambler (fwd)
 
 
 In the meantime, here's some other chords to try on that song.
 
 Hope you like them...
 
 
 In article , you write:
 
 
 >
 
 >
 
 > Well, this is by no means complete TAB, but it's such fun just to play the intro that I figured I'd post it. Keith probably used some wierd tuning and played it completely different! You might have to do some muting on that funny chord.
 
 > Also, I have no idea what the "real" key is on the record.
 
 >
 
 > Marc
 
 >
 
 > Midnight Rambler
 
 >
 
 > Opening riff:
 
 >

 > - -----------------5--5-----------------------------------------------
 > - -----------------8--8-----------------------------------------------
 > - -----------------7--7-----------------------------------------------
 > - -----------------5--5--7--7--7--9--9--7--7--9-----------------------
 > - --7--7--7--9--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------
 > - --5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------------------------------
 

 
 
 
 Should be:

 - -----------------x---x-----------------------------------------------
 - -----------------15--14-----------------------------------------------
 - -----------------14--14-----------------------------------------------
 - -----------------14--14--5--7--7--9--9*-7--7--9-----------------------
 - --5--7--7--9--7--xx--xx--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------
 - --5--5--5--5--5--xx--xx-----------------------------------------------
 

 
 
 *This '9' is sometimes a '5' on the live version.

 - -----x---x-----------------------------------------------
 - ----14--12---7---5---------------------------------------
 - ----14--14---7---5---------------------------------------
 - ----14--14---7---5---------------------------------------
 - ----xx--xx----------5---7---7---9--9---10---10---9-------
 - ----xx--xx----------5---5---5---5--5----5----5---5-------
 

 
 
 The 'A' chord (you're playing the 1-5-8 version with no 3rd --
 
 not major or minor) is actually two chords, a suspension that
 
 resolves to the major -- played at the 12th fret (drag).
 
 
 Once it gets to the break, there's the two chord da Daahh da Daahh
 
 stuff... those chords are

 ------------------
 ------7-----------
 ------7------5h6-- (Do various riffs here)
 ------7------5----
 ---7--5---7--7----
 ---5--5---5--5----
 

 
 
 The 5'th fret on the D string is a min 7 interval making the
 
 major a dominant 7. The 5h6 is a hammer-on (gives it that
 
 bluesy feel).
 
 
 Dan 
  
 
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 Daniel E. Platt platt@watson.ibm.com
 
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