Title: Thin Air
Artist: Don Ross
Album: Huron Street (Men of Steel)
Tabbed by: Blake A. Eveleigh (beveleig@uwo.ca)
This is just the intro. I may learn the whole song some day. I may not. I probably
won't tab it… This much is a great deal of fun nonetheless, and UG desperately needed a thin
air tab. I tabbed it out all by ear so its probably pretty perfect. The song is actually
in DADEAE, but I almost always play in C. Lower pitch stringed tones sound better to my ears.
D|-----------0--------------------------0--0-------------------------------|
G|-----------0-----------------0--------0--0-------------0-------------0---|
D|-----------0--------------0-----------0--0----------0--------------------|
C|--------2-----------2/-4----------4\ 2--2-------4-----------------6---6-|
G|-----0----------------------------------------5--------------5/-7--------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---0--0----------------------------------------|
---0--0----------------------------------------|
---0--0-----------0----------------0-----------|
---6--6--------0----------------0--------------|
------------4----------------4-----------------|
---------4------------(0)-4--------------------|
harm.
|-------------------------------12---------------||
|-------------------------------12---------------||
|----------------0--------------12---------------|| X2
|-------------0-----------------12---------------||
|----------2--------------------12----*[0--2]----||
|---(0)-2-------------2/ 7--0---------*[0--2]----||
*[first time play on low G, second time on low C]
Good luck with this… Use your thumb (fret hand) for the base note on 2 and middle and
third finger for the hammer-on\pull-off.
|----------------------2p-0--------------------||
|-------------0--2p-0--------0-h2--------------||
|-------0-h2-----------2p-0---------0-h2-------|| X2
|-------------0--2p-0--------0-h2--------------||
|-------0-h2------------------------0-h2-------||
|---0------------0-----0-----------------------||
|----------------------2p-0--------------------||
|-------------0--2p-0--------0-h2--------------||
|-------0-h2-----------2p-0---------0-h2-------|| X2
|-------------0--2p-0--------0-h2--------------||
|-------0-h2------------------------0-h2-------||
|--*2------------*2----*2----------------------||
*use your thumb for these base notes on 2
This is quite hard to learn. The whole thing is 7 and 4 but the pattern is tricky. Break
it into 5 beat sections where I have marked to make it easier. Go watch him do it on
YouTube. It makes it easier still.
*Hit this open hard and let ring while you do the scale down.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/don_ross/thin_air_tab.html ]
|1 2 3 4 5||1 2 3 4 5|
|-----7p-4p--0--------0-------------------------|
|---------------0-h7-----h4p-0--------0---------|
|------------------------------0-h7----h4p-0----|
|---------------------------------------------0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--*0-------------------------------------------|
|1 2 3 4 5||1 2 3 4 5 6|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
-----0------------------------------|
-h7----h4p-0--------0---------------|
--------------0-h7----h4p-0---------|
------------------------------2/-4--|
harm. harm. harm. harm.
|--------7----------------7--------------7--------------5-------------------|
|--------7----------------7--------------7--------------5-------------------|
|--------7----------------7--------------7--------------5-------------------|
|--------7----------------7--------------7--------------5-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4--4-------0-h4--4--4--------0-h4--4--------2--2--2----------0-h2--2--2--|
harm. harm.
--5-------------5---|
--5-------------5---|
--5-------------5---|
--5-------------5---|
--------------------|
--------0-h2-2------|
He cheated here… its the exact same pattern you just played on 7 and 4, but now on 12
and 9. Rinse and repeat.
|1 2 3 4 5||1 2 3 4 5|
|----12p-9p--0--------0-------------------------|
|---------------0-h12---h9p-0--------0----------|
|------------------------------0-h12---h9p-0----|
|---------------------------------------------0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--*0-------------------------------------------|
|1 2 3 4 5||1 2 3 4 5 6|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
-----0------------------------------|
-h12---h9p-0--------0---------------|
--------------0-h12---h9p-0---------|
-----------------------------7/-9---|
harm. harm. harm.
|--------12-----------------12-------------12--|
|--------12-----------------12-------------12--|
|--------12-----------------12-------------12--|
|--------12-----------------12-------------12--|
|------------------------------------------12--|
|--9--9--------9/ 11-11-11--------9 /11-11-----|
harm. harm. harm.
-----------7----------------5--------------5--||
-----------7----------------5--------------5--||
-----------7----------------5--------------5--||
-----------7----------------5--------------5--||
----------------------------------------------||
--4--4--4-------4/ 2--2--2--------0-h2--2-----||
