Slash - Not For Me
From 'Apocalyptic Love'
Tuning - Eb Standard (all strings flat by 1 fret)
tabbed by jjhand
Slash has some awesome songs on the new CD. "Not for Me" has great lyrics
about beating drug addiction and renewing ones life, but also has great
southern rock inspired rhythm riffs and nice soloing as well. Please
comment/rate the tab.
Intro - Rhythm Guitar holds chords shown
|-------------|--------5~-----|-------------|-------3~----|-------------|
|-7--b8r7-----|-6~-----8b10~--|-5---b6r5----|-4~----6b8~--|-3--b4r3-----|
|-7-------7---|-8b10~---------|-5--------5--|-6b8~--------|-3-------3---|
|-7---------7-|---------------|-5----------5|-------------|-3---------3-|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Rhythm
| C#5 C#m B5 Bm A5
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-6-------------|-------------|-4-----------|-------------|
|-7-----------|-7-------------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-3-----------|
|-7-----------|-7-------------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-3-----------|
|-5-----------|-5-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-1-----------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|-2~----6~-----|-6~~~---8~~~--|
|-4b6~--8b10~--|-8b10~--10b12~|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|
| Am E5 F#5
|--------------|--------------|
|-2------------|--------------|
|-3------------|--------------|
|-3------------|-3------5-----|
|-1------------|-3------5-----|
|--------------|-1------3-----|
Verse Acoustic Part - (0:23 -1:01)
Slight rhythm changes throughout
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|-------------0-|-1-------------|----------------------|
|-0-------------|-2-----2-2-2-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0-|----------------------|
|-4-----4-4-5-4-|-3-----3-3-3-3-|-0h2---2-2-3-2-|-1---1--0---0---------|
|-5-----5-5-5-5-|-3-----3-------|-3-----3-3-3-3-|-1---1--1---1---1-0---|
|---------------|-1-------------|---------------|--------------------3-|
"Dirty Sunrise creeping in,
Broken bottles, gilled within, The room is black, The blinds are drawn"
"I don't remember anything,
What I've done, where I've been. Another night has come and gone"
Chorus
|-2-----2-2-3-2-|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-3-----3-3-3-3-|-1--------------|-1---------------|---------------------|
|-2-----2-2-2-2-|-2------2-0-----|-0---------------|---0-------3---------|
|---------------|-3----------3---|-0h2---3p2-2-0h2-|-1---1---0-----------|
|---------------|-3----3-------3-|-------------3---|-1-----1-1---1-1-0---|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-|
"This is Not for Me, no...." 4x
"Anymore"
Heavy Distorted Guitar on last Chorus Repeats (Deeper chords with PMs)
|---------------|-1--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-3-------------|-1--------------|-1---------------|---------------------|
|-2-----2-2-2p0-|-2------2-0-----|-0---------------|---0-----3--3--------|
|-0-----0-0-0---|-3----------3---|-0h2---3p2-2-0h2-|-1---1---3-----------|
|-0-------------|-3----3-------3-|-3-----3---3-3---|-1-----1-1-----1-0---|
|---------------|-1--------------|-----------------|-------------------3-|
Repeat Verse and Chorus, Chorus ending bar is repeated once
Lyrics:
"The devil smiles and laughs at me,
Says you'll be back, just wait and see,
You know I've heard this all before,
And I say,
You can keep your high life in the hills,
Your cocaine lies and whiskey thrills,
I don't need you anymore,
This is not for me, no,
This is not for me, no,
This life is not for me, no,
This is not for me, no,
Oh oh oh"
Bridge - Lead Guitar (Rhythm plays along in power chords)
E5 B5 F#5 PM
|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
|------------1----|--------------------------|----------------------|
|---------0h2-2p0-|-0-------------------0----|----------------------|
|-3--3--3---------|-2----2-----3p2---0h2-2p0-|-0----0---------------|
|-3--3--3---------|-3----3---3-3---3---------|-2----2--------3p2--0-|
|-1--1--1---------|---------PM---------------|-3----3-----3-3---3---|
1st bridge ending 2nd Bridge Ending
A5 A5
|-------------------| |-------------|
|------1------------| |-1-----------|
|----3--------------| |-3-----------|
|-3-----------------| |-3-----------|
|-1-----------1p0---| |-1-----------|
|-----------------3-| |-------------|
Lyrics:
"The only thing that makes me whole again,
Is to stand right here before you in the sun, oh,
I'll keep running til the very end,
For the life I've lived is not the life I want."
Play Intro Again with Rhythm guitar strumming the chords in 8ths
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slash/not_for_me_tab_ver_3.html ]
Solo Continues, Rhythm plays chords shown, similar to chorus
C#5 E5
|------10____-10----------------|----------------------------------|
|--------13__---13---------10---|---------13------10-13------------|
|-12b14-----------b14r12-10-----|-10~~----12b14--------b14r12-10---|
|----------------------------12-|------12-----------------------12-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B5 D5 A5
|------------------13-12----------|----------10~~~~-13-10--10-----------------|
|-----------------------13--11-13-|-11~~~~~--13b15~----------13p10------------|
|-12b14-10-12~-10-----------------|-13b15~~-----------------------12b14-12-11-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
C#5 E5
|-----13--15b17---15-14-----|-13----15b17---15b17r15-13h15-|
|-15----15-------------15---|-----15-----------------------|
|------------------------14-|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
B5 D5 A5 C#5
|-13--12---13--12-----------|-11~-----10~---13---13----|-13~~~~----|
|-------13-------13---11h13-|-14b16~--13b15~--b15--b15-|-b15~~~----|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|
Final Verse (Distortion used in last bar)
|-2-----------|-1------------|-0---------|------------------|
|-3-----------|-3------------|-1---------|------------------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-8--8-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-8--8-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-6--6-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-------6~--6-5-3--|
"Dirty sunrise creeping in,
Broken bottles, gilled within,
In a place I don't belong"
Play Chorus Again 2x
Outro Solo (over Chorus)
|-10-------13~---14-13-----|-13----15b17--pb17-15-12h13-|
|---13b15-------------15---|----------------------------|
|-----------------------14-|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
"Anymore yeah"
|-12~-----15~---15-13-11h13-|-10-----10~~~~------------------|
|------13-------------------|-13b15--13b15~~-----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------pb14r12p10------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------12p10-|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
"You can keep your life, I don't want anymore, yeah"
|------------10--10--10--10-|-----------------10--13-10~~-|
|-------10-pb15-b15-b15-b15-|----------/10-13-------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12~~----------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
"I'm gonna leave it all behind yeah (2x)"
|------10-13p12-13p12-10---|-10~~~~~~~~------------------|
|-----------------------13-|-13b15~~~~~-13b15r13p10------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------12p10-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
"I don't want no more, don't want no more"
|-15-15-13~~~--------13----|-18~-18~-18~~~~--20----|
|--------------13-15----15-|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
"Yeah yeah yeah."
Ending:
Lead
|-20b22~~---------15-|-14~~~~~~-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Rhythm (2 parts, notes ring out)
|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------3-|--------------------|
|-7--------0h2p0-----|-2------------------|
|-7--------------4---|--------------------|
|-5------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| PM palm mute
