Brian Jonestown Massacre - Straight Up And Down Chords & Tabs

 

Straight Up And Down Chords & Tabs

Brian Jonestown Massacre Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Straight Up And Down Tab

   
Artist: Brian Jonestown Massacre
Song: Straight Up and Down
Aka the Boardwalk Empire Intro song

Standard tuning, pretty straight forward and repeats itself often.

Excuse the poor formatting, it's a result of going from TuxGuitar to .txt format



Intro/ Main Riff (repeat twice)
E|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
G|-----------7--5----|-----------5-h-7----|---------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|-5-h-7--------------|-----------5----3----|-----------3-h-5----|
A|-5--5--------------|--------------------|---------------------|-3-h-5--------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-3----3--------------|--------------------|


E|-------------------|--------------------|----3b5b3---1----|---------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-3----1----3---------|
G|-----------7--5----|-----------5-h-7----|-----------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-5-h-7--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A|-5--5--------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-3---------------|---------------------|

Second Main Riff/ (repeat twice)

E||-----------2----0----|---------------------|-----------3---------|---------------------|
B||---------------------|-3-------------------|----------------3----|-3--------------3----|
G||------2--------------|------2----0----2----|---------------------|------0----0---------|
D||-0-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------0--------------|
A||---------------------|---------------------|------2--------------|---------------------|
E||---------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|


E||-----------2----0----|---------------------|-----------3---------|---------------------|
B||---------------------|-3-------------------|----------------3----|-3--------------3----|
G||------2--------------|------2----0----2----|---------------------|------0----0---------|
D||-0-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------0--------------|
A||---------------------|---------------------|------2--------------|---------------------|
E||---------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|

Verse 1 (clean) repeat twice

E||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B||-----------7----7^^b-|-5-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G||---------------------|------7--------------|-----------4----4----|---------------------|
D||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-5-------------------|
A||-5----5--------------|---------------------|-5----5--------------|---------------------|
E||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


E|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B||-----------7----7----|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G||---------------------|-----------4----4----|---------------------|---------------------|
D||---------------------|-5----5--------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A||-5----5--------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

Second Main Riff Again x 2

Chorus  - x 2
(can be regular chords or power chords, doesn't matter)

   D x8	  C x8   	 G x8	D x8
E|-------------------|---------------------|
B|-7-------5---------|----------7----------|
G|-7-------5---------|---5------7----------|
D|-7-------5---------|---5------7----------|
A|-5-------3---------|---5------5----------|
E|-------------------|---3-----------------|

Then Outro Riff once (clean still)


E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------|
G|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-7------|
D|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-7------|
A|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-5------|
E|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-5------|

Intro Riff again x 1

Verse Riff again x 2

Chorus chords again x 2

Outro riff again (still clean)

Bridge
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|------7----7---------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-7--------------7----|-7----7----7----7----|-----------5---------|---------------------|
D|-7-------------------|-7----7----7----7----|------5---------5----|-5----5----5----5----|
A|-5-------------------|-5----5----5----5----|------5--------------|-5----5----5----5----|
E|---------------------|---------------------|-1-//-3--------------|-3----3----3----3----|

E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|------7----7---------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-7--------------7----|-7----7----7----7----|-----------5---------|---------------------|
D|-7-------------------|-7----7----7----7----|------5---------5----|-5----5----5----5----|
A|-5-------------------|-5----5----5----5----|------5--------------|-5----5----5----5----|
E|---------------------|---------------------|-1-//-3--------------|-3----3----3----3----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/brian_jonestown_massacre/straight_up_and_down_tab_ver_2.html ]
Bridge Repeats while Lead plays over with this (slightly distorted)
E||-----------2----0----|---------------------|-----------2----0----|---------------------|
B||---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|
G||------2--------------|------2----0----2----|------2--------------|------2----0----2----|
D||-0-------------------|---------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------|
A||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


E||-----------3---------|---------------------|-----------3---------|---------------------|
B||----------------3----|-3--------------3----|----------------3----|-3--------------3----|
G||---------------------|------0----0---------|---------------------|------0----0---------|
D||---------------------|------0--------------|---------------------|------0--------------|
A||------2--------------|---------------------|------2--------------|---------------------|
E||-3-------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|



Solo (clean with probably some wah, bridge position, lots of bends)
Feel free to mess around on it, as it'll sound good anyway, just keep bending

Second Guitar plays chorus in the background

E|----------------------|-------|--------|----|
B|----------------------|-------|--------|----|
G||---------------------|---------------------|
D||---------------------|---------------------|
A||---------------------|-10---12---12b--12---|
E||-10---10---10-h-13---|---------------------|


E|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|----------------10---|
G|---------------------|-------------|-----------10---10---|------10-h-12--------|
D|------10--------10---|-12----12----|-10-h-12b------------|-12------------------|
A|-12--------12--------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|


E|---------------------|---------------------|------10b--10b--10b--|---------------------|
B|-10b--10b--10b--10b--|-10b--10-h-13-p-10---|-13------------------|-13-p-10-------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------12b--12---|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-10------------------|---------------------|-----h10---10b--10---|-10---10-------------|
G|----------------10---|-10--------10--------|-12------------------|-----------12---12p--|
D|------10-h-12b-------|------12--------12---|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-10---10-------------|------10---10--------|----------------10---|----------------10---|
D|-----------12---10--h|-12-------------12---|-10-h-12---12--------|-12---10---12--------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-10--------10--------|-10------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------12--------12---|------12---12---10---|-12---10---12---10---|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-10---12--------10---|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


E|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
A|-10b--10b------------|-----------8----8----|-----------------|
E|-----------13-p-10---|-8----10-------------|-10---8----10----|



Outro (heavily distorted, let feedback ring at the end)

E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------|
G|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-7~~----|
D|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-7~~----|
A|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-5~~----|
E|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-5~~----|


E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------|
G|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-7------|
D|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-5----5----5----5----|-7------|
A|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-5------|
E|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3----3----|-5------|