The Eaton Rifles tab

The Eaton Rifles

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                            'The Eaton Rifles' by The Jam
			   -------------------------------

From the album 'Setting Sons'
Transcribed by Wayne Ellis 	email [email protected]

The guitars are tuned as follows: E A D G B E  (from low to high)

Rhythm Guitar Chord TAB Stave (Guitar1, Guitar2)
------------------------------------------------

The stave below shows the TAB for the rhythm chords played by Guitar1
and Guitar2.

   	C(III) C(VIII) D(V)  D(X)  E(VII) F(I) F(VIII) G(III) A
  	E--3-----8------5-----10----------------------------------|
  	B--5-----8------7-----10----9-----------10----------------|
  	G--5-----9------7-----11----9------2----10------4------2--|
  	D--5-----10-----7-----12----9------3----10------5------2--|
  	A--3-----10-----5-----12----7------3----8-------5------0--|
  	E--------8------------10-----------1------------3---------|


Intro (Guitar1)
---------------
				       rake		     ~~~~~~
E------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
B(5)---------------|----------------5-|-4----------------|-0----------------|
G-5----------------|----------------5-|-4----------------|------------------|
D-5----------------|----------------5-|-4----------------|------------------|
A-0----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
					  ~~~~~~~	  harm
E------------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
B------------------|-random-slides--4-|-0----------------|-5----------------|
G-2----------------|-w/plectrum-----4-|------------------|-5--------------0-|
D-2----------------|--------//------4-|------------------|----------------0-|
A-0----------------|-----//-----------|------------------|----------------0-|
E------------------|--//--------------|------------------|------------------|
					 ~~~~~~	   	   ~~~~~~	 X
E------------------|-------------0----|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|-------------0----|------------------|------------------|
G-2----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-2-----------//---|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-0--------//------|------------------|-3--------------3/|5--------------10-|
E-------//---------|------------------|-1--------------1/|3--------------8--|


Verse1 (Guitar1, Guitar2)Play Twice
-------------------------------------
 Guitar1   D   U D	      D   U D ..... etc
  C		 X   D		    X	C	       X   D
E----------3-------|----------5-------|----------3-------|----------5-------|
B----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|
G----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|
D----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 Guitar2           |		      |			 |		    |
E-Palm-Mute-Throughout----------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A----------10--10--|-----------12-----|----------10--10--|-----------12-----|
E-8-8--88--8---8---|10-10-1010-10-----|-8-8--88--8---8---|10-10-1010-10-----|
 Sup up your beer    Collect your fags  Theres a row	   Down near Slough
 and					going on
second time
 Thought you were    When you took	But you didn't     In their artillery
 all smart	     them on		take a peep	   room

  C		 X   D		    X	C	       X   D		X
E----------3-------|----------5-------|----------3-------|----------5-------|
B----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7---|
G----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7---|
D----------5---5-5-|----------7---7-7-|----------5---5-5-|----------7---7---|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|-second-time-play-|-fill-1-----------|------------------|
 	           |		      |			 |		    |
E-Palm-Mute-Throughout----------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A----------10--10--|-----------12-----|----------10--10--|-----------12-----|
E-8-8--88--8---8---|10-10-1010-10-----|-8-8--88--8---8---|10-10-1010-10-----|
 Get out your mat    Pray to the West   I'll get out mine  Pray for myself
 and					and
second time
 All that rugby puts Hairs on your chest What chance have Against a tie and 
					 you got	  a crest
  F5  G5
E------------------|		 Guitar1 - fill1
B------------------|		  D		 X   C		    X
G------------------|		E----------5-------|----------3-------|
D------------------|		B----------7-7---7-|-5--------5---5-5-|
A-3---5-5----------|		G----------7-7---7-|-5--------5---5-5-|
E-1---3-3----------|		D----------7-7---7-|-5--------5---5-5-|
		   														|		A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|		E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D------------------|
A-3---5-5----------|
E-1---3-3----------|


Chorus1 (Guitar2)
-----------------
play twice
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|---------2--------|---------5---2----|---------5---2----|
A-3---5-5----------|-3---2---0--------|-0---3------------|-0---3------------|
E-1---3-3----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 Hello hooray	     What a nice day for The Eaton Rifles  Eaton Rifles
second time
 Hello hooray	    I hope rain stops  The Eaton Rifles	   Eaton Rifles
		    play with

	   ~~		      ~~
E------------------|------------------|
B---------5--------|---------5--------|
G(5)--5-------5----|-----5-------5----|
D-5----------------|-5----------------|
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|


Verse2 (Guitar1, Guitar2)
-------------------------

  C		     D		     	C	           D		  
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Thought you were   You lit the fuse	Tore down the	   In your brand new
  clever when				House of Commons   shoes
  C		     D		     	C	           D		  
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Composed a 	     Symphony		Then went to bed   Charming young 
  revolutionary				with a		   thing
  F	G
|------------------|

	Verse2 is exactly the same as the first 9 bars of Verse1.


Chorus2 (Guitar2)
-----------------

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Hello hooray	     Cheers then mate	Its the Eaton Rifles  Eaton Rifles

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Hello hooray	     An extremist       With the Eaton Rifles Eaton Rifles
		     scrape

|------------------|------------------|
		
		Chorus2 is exactly the same as the Chorus1.


Bridge (Guitar1, Guitar2)
--------------------------

 E(VII)	    	    F(VIII)	       E(VII)	     	  F(VIII)
 |		    |		       |		  |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  What a catalyst    You turned out to  Loaded the guns	   You run off home
		     be			then		   for your
  G(III)	    G(III)	       G(III)		  G(III)   G
 |		    |		       |		  |	   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Tea		     Left me standing	Like a guilty
					schoolboy
 G(III)
 | |  | |  | |  | |  
|------------------|

Guitar1 (let ring)
E-------8----------|---------10-------|---------8--------|--------10--------|
B---------8--------|-----------10-----|------------8-----|----------10------|
G------------9-----|--------------11--|---------------9--|------------11----|
D--------------10--|----------------12|------------------|--------------12--|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Guitar2 ~~         |	   ~~	      |	      ~~	 |	 ~~	    |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D----10------------|-----12-----------|-----10-----------|-----12-----------|
A--10--------------|---12-------------|---10-------------|---12-------------|
E-8----------------|-10---------------|-8----------------|-10---------------|
 w/delay
E-8-----8----------|-10-----10--------|---------8--------|--------10--------|
B-8-------8--------|-10-------10------|------------8-----|----------10------|
G-9----------9-----|-11----------11---|---------------9--|------------11----|
D-10---------------|-12------------12-|------------------|--------------12--|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 	~~         |	   ~~	      |	      ~~	 |	 ~~	    |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D----10------------|-----12-----------|-----10-----------|-----12-----------|
A--10--------------|---12-------------|---10-------------|---12-------------|
E-8----------------|-10---------------|-8----------------|-10---------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B----------8-------|----------8-------|----------5-------|----------5-------|
G--------------9---|--------------9---|----5---------5---|----5---------5---|
D-7---9------------|-7---9------------|-5----------------|-5----------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

 E(VII)	    	    F(VIII)	       E(VII)	     	  F(VIII)
 |		    |		       |		  |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  What a catalyst    You turned out to  Loaded the guns	   You run off home
		     be			then		   for your
  G(III)	    G(III)	       G(III)		  G(III)   G
 |		    |		       |		  |	   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Tea		     Left me standing	Like a naughty
					schoolboy
 G(III)
 | |  | |  | |  | |  
|------------------|


Verse3 (Guitar1, Guitar2)
-------------------------

  C		     D		     	C	           C*		  
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  We came out of it  Naturally the	Beaten and bloody  Was sick down my
		     worst		and I		   shirt
  C		     D		     	C	           D		  
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  We were no match   Untamed wit	Though some of the They'll be back 
  for their				lads said	   next week
  F	G
|------------------|

Verse3 is exactly the same as the first 9 bars of Verse1, except for bar 4
in which Guitar1 plays an extra bar of C - instead of the expected D.


Chorus4 (Guitar2)
-----------------
play 4 Times
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|---------2--------|---------5---2----|---------5---2----|
A-3---5-5----------|-3---2---0--------|-0---3------------|-0---3------------|
E-1---3-3----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  Hello hooray	     Theres a price to  For the Eaton Rifles  Eaton Rifles
		     pay
2
  Hello hooray	     I'd prefer the	To the Eaton Rifles   Eaton Rifles
		     plague
3
  Hello hooray	     Theres a price to  For the Eaton Rifles  Eaton Rifles
		     pay
4
  Hello hooray	     I'd prefer the	To the Eaton Rifles   Eaton Rifles
		     plague

	   ~~		      ~~
E------------------|------------------|
B---------5--------|---------5--------|
G(5)--5-------5----|-----5-------5----|
D-5----------------|-5----------------|
A------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|

Noise Section (Guitar1)
-----------------------

-38 bars of random guitars sounds, base this section on the intro-

Ending (Guitar2)
-----------------
 
E-Play-Staccatto-and-Mute-throughout--|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D---------55--22---|---------55--22---|---------55--22---|---------55--22---|
A-00--33-----------|-00--33-----------|-00--33-----------|-00--33-----------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
					Eaton Rifles	   Eaton Rifles
  A~~~~~~
E------------------|
B------------------|
G-2----------------|
D-2----------------|
A-0----------------|
E------------------|


TAB Key
--------

	/  - slide up
	\  - slide down
	X  - mute with palm of picking hand
	U  - upstroke
	D  - downstroke
	() - incidental note
	~  - hold note
	harm - harmonic
        rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord
	      (but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)

Notes
------

This song is in 4/4 time, and uses 2 Guitars.

The intro voicings are based on an open A-shape, slid up and down
the neck. The scraping noises are achieved by scraping the plectrum
up and down the strings. The guitar sound (for Guitar1) is slightly
distorted - too much distortion will make this section 'mushy'.

The verses are made up of 2 guitar parts. Guitar1 plays partial bar
chords, based upon the open A-shape, at the 3rd and 5th positions.
Guitar2 plays muted root notes and power chord versions of the bar
chords, based upon the open E-shape, at the 8th and 10th frets.

The choruses consist of power chords and a 5 bar riff.

The bridge makes extensive use of Bar chords. Verticle lines above
the TAB stave show the rhythm pattern used.

The picking patterns in the bridge, bars 10-17, are based around the
moveable E-shape at the 8th and 10th frets. This has been shown as a
2 guitar part, because of the way the notes are allowed to ring over
each other - it is possible to approximate this part with one Guitar.

The noise section lasts 38 bars and is a more extreme version of the
intro. I haven't tabbed it out, but use the Intro as a guide to what
you could do here. Use plenty of string scrapes, and also the pickup
selector to switch between pickups, creating a rhythmic effect.

The outro is based on bars 3 and 4 of the chorus - but played in a
staccato style.

This Transcription (c) Copyright DarkMusic 1997.

This Transcription (and others) is also available at:
	http://www.mandy.co.uk/music/tabs/

Comments and corrections welcome.

		Wayne Ellis	email [email protected]

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