Wandering Child by Govt Mule Song: Wandering Child Artist: Gov't Mule Album: Life Before Insanity Year: 2000 Tabbed by: JBankAZ Email: JBankAZ@yahoo.com I am very surprised to see that I am the first one to tab this. Here is the rundown on Mule classic. I read an interview with Warren Haynes' tech, Brian Farmer, in Guitar One He said during shows Warren uses a "'58 (Les Paul) reissue tuned C-G-C-G-C-E (low to and it's got an Antiquity humbucking in the bridge - we use it for 'Wandering Child'" I this tuning to figure out what you see here. May not be exact, especially the break and but it's pretty close. I am almost 100% sure about the correctness of the intro, main and outro however. Use distortion on the whole thing and a slideo n the indicated parts. you and enjoy. Got Mule? Tuning: (low to high) C-G-C-G-C-E Intro: 00:02 - (volume fade in - open strings with feedback - key of C) 00:12 - (bass enters) 00:24 w/ slide, low volume/light distortion, tremolo: e|--1/3~~~~-3/1-------------------------------------------------------| C|--------------0-1/3~~~-------2/3-2/3/2/p(0)-3/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| G|----------------1/3~~~-------2/3-2/3/2/p(0)-3/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 00:44 e|--(12)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(12)////////(0)--| C|--(12)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(12)////////(0)--| G|--(12)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(12)////////(0)--| C|--(12)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(12)////////(0)--| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------| < slow fade in with volume Main Riff: 1:05 w/ distortion |w/ slide| |w/ slide| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|--------0----------0-----------0---2/3-0-2/3-0----------0--------3/12~~~-| G|--------0---3p0----0-----------0---2/3-0-2/3-0----------0--3p0---3/12~~~-| C|--------0---3p0----0-----------0---2/3-0-2/3-0----------0--3p0---3/12~~~-| G|--3-3-5-5-------0------3p0-3/5-5----------------3p0-3/5-5------0---------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Play 2x) Verse 1: 1:23 Riff I: w/ distortion (let notes ring) |w/ slide| e|-3-----3----------||------------------------------------------------|| C|---3-----3--------||--------0----------0-----------0--------3/12~~~-|| G|-----------2------||--------0---3p0----0-----------0--3p0---3/12~~~-|| C|------------------||--------0---3p0----0-----------0--3p0---3/12~~~-|| G|------------------||--3-3-5-5-------0------3p0-3/5-5------0---------|| C|------------------||------------------------------------------------|| (Play 4x - w/ vocals)(Play 1x) [Play 'Riff I' 2x] Riff II: w/ distortion e|--5p3-------------| C|------5-4~-5------| G|------------------| C|------------------| G|------------------| C|------------------| (Play 8x) Chorus: 2:12 ['Main Riff'- 1x] Verse 2: 2:21 [Same as Verse 1 but with different lyrics and slide fills over 'Riff II'] Chorus: 3:10 ['Main Riff'- 2x] Break: 3:28 Riff III: w/ slide and distortion d d d u d d d d u e|--10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10--|| C|--10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10--|| G|--10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10--|| C|--------------------------------|| G|--------------------------------|| C|--------------------------------|| *Note: It sounds to me that there is a slide being used, however, do not slide into the as you would with usual slide playing. Riff IV: w/ distortion |w/ slide | e|---------------------------|| C|----------0--------3/12~~~-|| G|----------0--3p0---3/12~~~-|| C|----------0--3p0---3/12~~~-|| G|--3p0-3/5-5------0---------|| C|---------------------------|| -Break Progression- ['Riff III' - 2x] ['Riff IV' - 1x] ['Riff III' - 4x] ['Riff IV' - 1x] Solo: 3:47 [Use a slide and distortion and begin in the 7th position - proceed to jam] Bridge: 4:14 w/ distortion e|------------------------------------------------|| C|--------0----------0-----------0--------3/12~~~-|| G|--------0---3p0----0-----------0--3p0---3/12~~~-|| C|--------0---3p0----0-----------0--3p0---3/12~~~-|| G|--3-3-5-5-------0------3p0-3/5-5------0---------|| C|------------------------------------------------|| (Play 2x) Verse 3: 4:26 [Same as first two verses with different lyrics and more slide fills] Outro Chorus: 5:15 ['Main Riff' - 4x - w/ phaser effect on the 3rd and 4th time] Outro Riff - (same as intro bass riff): 5:51 w/ distortion e|--------------------------------------------------| C|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| C|------3p0-----3p0---------3p0-----3p0-----3p0-----| G|--3-5-----5-5-----5-5---3-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5-| C|--------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------|| C|---------------------------------------------------|| G|---------------------------------------------------|| C|------3p0-----3p0---------3p0-----3p0-----3p0------|| G|--3-5-----5-5-----5-5---3-----5-5-----5-5-----5----|| C|------------------------------------------------0--|| www.TAB6.com