Mexican Standoff by Elbow Elbow: Mexican standoff Tabbed by: Bas Vos For this song, you'll have to tune your lower E-string down 1 step (Dropped-D tuning). Listen to the song to get a feel for the rhythm; it is alternate picking throughout. Opening riff: Riff 1 (4x) E|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------| D|-0--0-0-0--5-0-4~-0-0-0--2~-0--| Then play: Riff 2 (2x) E|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-4~-0-0-0--4-0-5~-0-0-0-5-0-7~-0-0-0-7-0-9~-0-0-0-10-10\---| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| These two riffs are the basic 'building blocks' of the song. Then the solos: Solo 1 (played with distortion): E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0-4p0-0-4p0-0-4p0-0-4p0-0--7-0-5~~~---------------------0-0-| D|-----------------------------------7b(8)b7--5b(6)--4~~~------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0-4p0-0-4p0-7-7-0-5~~--9b(10)b9-7~~-------------------------| D|-----------------------------------9b(10)b9--7~~--9-10-7~~---| Solo 2(2x) (distorted): E|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|-4p0-0-4p0-0-4p0-0-4p0-0--5p0-0-5p0-0-5p0-0-5p0-0-| D|--------------------------------------------------| (2nd time only) E|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------| A|-7p0-0-7p0-0-7p0-0-7p0-0--9p0-0-9p0-0-9p0-0-9p0-0-10-10\-|-5~~-----------| D|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------| After the solos, it's back to an alternation of riffs 1 and 2. The final chord is: E|------| B|------| G|------| D|--0---| A|--0---| (let ring) D|--0---| Not the hardest part of the song surely. ~ = vibrato \ = slide down p = pull-off 9b(10)b9 = bend to the note between brackets and release again Have fun, Bas www.TAB6.com