Lighten Up Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot - Lighten Up
From 'Chickenfoot III' album
Tuning: Eb (all strings down 1/2 step)
Tabbed by jjhand
Intro (Sounds like Organ, but is Satch's Guitar Effect)
eb|-----------|-13--------|-10------|-10------| Bb|-----------|-10--------|-7-------|-8-------| Gb|-4----5----|-10--------|-7-------|-7-------| Db|-7----7----|-----------|---------|---------| Ab|-0----0----|-----------|---------|---------| Eb|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|
Main Riff - played 4x
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-0----------------0-| |-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-0------5-----------| |--------2--------|-------------------|-2---2---0------|-0---/4---\2p0--0---| |-rest---2--------|-------------2-----|-2---2---0------|-2------------2-----| |--------0--------|-2---2-------------|-0---0---x------|-2------------------| |-----------3~~---|-0---0---0-3---3-0-|---------3------|-0------------------|
"Why you pushing so hard baby? You could be making it easy"
fourth bar of Main Riff changes each time:
2nd time: pick scrape
3rd time: ascending natural harmonics on 6th string (low Eb)
4th time
|--0-----0-----------|--------------------|----9--8--7--5---3--|----5___----| |-/5--3--3-----------|--------------------|--------------------|----------5-| |----------2p0-------|-2------------------|---10--9--7--6---4--|------------| |-------------2--0h2-|-2------------------|--------------------|-/7_____7---| |--------------------|-0------------------|--------------------|------------| |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------|
"I said oh, baby you pushing too hard... lighten up!"
Solo 1 (1:11)
|-------------------|--------0------0---|-----5------5--------5-5-| |-x-x-5-x-x-5---x-x-|5----------------0-|8b10---8b10---8p5--------| |-x-x-5-x-x-5---x-x-|5------------------|-----------------7b9-----| |-------------------|--2p0-2------2-----|-------------------------| |-------------------|----------7\-------|-------------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------| |---5-----5-5---------|--------------------|---------------------8------------| |-8---8-5-------------|-17b------------17s-|-17b-10p8-10p8---8-8---10p8-10-8\5| |-------------7b9~~---|-17b------------17s-|-17b-----------9------------------| |---------------------|-----19p17-19~~-----|----------------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------| |-------5-------5--------------------|----------------------12---| |-----5---8-5------------------------|----------------------12---| |-7b9---------7---7b9-b9-9pbr7-5-----|----------------------12---| |--------------------------------7-5-|-7---5------------/14------| |------------------------------------|---7----7p5-7~~~-----------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Play Main Riff Again, with new endings:
1st ending 2nd Ending 3rd Ending
|--------------| |--2NH~~~~~~~----| |-0--3b--0------0----| |--5/7\5/7\5/7-| |----------------| |-0--3b--0--0---0----| |--------------| |----------------| |-----------2b4------| |--5/7\5/7\5/7-| |----------------| |--------------------| |--------------| |----------------| |--------------------| |--------------| |----------------| |--------------------|
4th time - Pick scrape, then silence
(2:07) play 4x
|-----------------| |-----------------| |---2-2---2-2-x-x-| |---2-2---2-2-x-x-| |-3-0-0-3-0-0-x-x-| |-----------------|
"You're pushing too hard" ...
(2:15) play 4x
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-2-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
"I like it when u want it" ...
Solo 2 (2:31) - Rhythm Guitar plays D5 chords throughout
|------------------|----------------------------|------------------| |-12b13--12b---12b-|----12b--12br-10h12p10------|-12b---12b---12b--| |-12b13--12b---12b-|----12b--12br-10h12p10------|-12b---12b---12b--| |------------------|----------------------12p10-|------------------| |------------------|----------------------------|------------------| |------------------|----------------------------|------------------| |---------------------------|------10--10-10-----10-10-----10-10-| |----12b--12br-10h12p10--10-|------10--10-10-----10-10-----10-10-| |----12b--12br-10h12p10--10-|-12b14---------12b14-----12b14------| |----------------------12---|------------------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------------------| |------10---10---10---10------10----|-10---10---10---10---10-10h13p10---| |------10---10---10---10-13b15--b15-|---b15--b15--b15--b15-----------10-| |-12b14--b14--b14--b14--------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-10-13p10--------------------| |---------10------------------| |-----------12p10-------------| |----------------12p10--------| |---------------------12p10\8-| |-----------------------------|
High Solo Part (2:46) - Add some tremelo picking
|-22p0-22p0-22p0-22p0-22p0-21p0-22p0-21p0-| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-22p0-21p0-22p0-21p0-19p0-21p0-19p0-17p0-| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-19p0-15p0-15p0-14p0-12p0-10h12h14p12p10-| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-10h12h14-12-10-12-14-12-10----------------------------| |----------------------------8-10-12-10-8-10------------| |--------------------------------------------12-11-9-11-| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------| |-10-10~-----10-10~-----10~------|-10-----10-10------13---13----| |-10-10~-----10-10~-----10~------|-10-----10-10-12b14--b14--b14-| |-------12p10------12p10---12p10-|---12p10----------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------------|------------------------------| |---10-----------10-10-----10-10-----10--10-----------------| |-10--13p10-13b15-----13b15-----13b15-------13brb15--b15~~~-| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar during 'High Solo Part'
|---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------|---------5-----7--5b--------| |---------------2--4--|-5----7-----7--------7p5-7--| |-0--2--3--4~---------|----------------------------|
After solo, play Main riff 8 bars, similar to before
(3:25) Organ Part from Intro Resumes, Guitar 2 repeats this:
|-7h10h12-7h10h12-7h10h12-7h10h12-7h10h12-| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
"Oh baby, you're pushin too hard..."
Final Solo (3:50)
|----------------|------------------|-------------------| |----------------|------------------|----------------10-| |-15---12~~---12-|-15b16--12~~---12-|-15b16--12~~--12---| |-----------14---|-------------14---|------------14-----| |----------------|------------------|-------------------| |----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------10---10--------|----------------|------------------| |-10b12--b12--b12~~~--|-15---12~~------|-15b17~-----------| |---------------------|-----------14-12|-------12~~----12-| |---------------------|----------------|-------------14---| |---------------------|----------------|------------------| |---------------------|----------------|------------------| |-14b15~~~---------------|----------------------------7h12h15-| |----------------12------|-12-15----12------------------------| |---------12~~-14--14b16-|--------14--14-12-14-14~~~----------| |------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------------|
(4:05)
******* x6
|-7h12h15-----|-7h12T17-7h12T17-7h12h15-7h12T17-7h12T17-7h12h15-| |-------------|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------------------------------| |-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
*******x3 *******x3 *******x3
|-7h12T19----7h12T21---|-7h12T22----x\---22b24r-|-b24~~~-19h22TP-| |----------------------|------------x\----------|----------------| |----------------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------------------|------------------------|----------------| |----------------------|------------------------|----------------| |-19h22TP--22TP-19TP-17TP-15TP-|-12TP-10TP-9TP-7TP-6TP-5TP-| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |--5TP----0h5h7-0h5h7-0h5h7----|-6TP-5TP-----6TP-5TP-------| |-8----5-----------------------|---------8TP---------8TP---| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------------|
(4:22)
|-6TP-5TP----6TP-5TP----|-6TP-5TP----6TP-5TP-6TP-|-6TP-5TP-6TP-7h10TP-7h10TP-| |--------8TP--------8TP-|--------8TP-------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
******* x4
|-10h12-7h10h12------7h10-|-12-7h10h12-7h10h12-7h10h12-15TP-17TP-| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
All tremelo picking * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|-15-17-19-15-17-19-17-19-|-22-19-22-19-22-19-22-19-|--22brb24-24br22p19--| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------| |-22brb24~~~~\------------|-12h15h17------------------------------------| |----------------15-17-15-|---------12h15h17-12h15-12h15p12-------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------15p14p12--12-| |-------------------------|----------------------------------------14---| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
(4:42) **Play this 3x**
|--------------------------------|----------------|-15~~~~~---------------| |--------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------| |---------12---------------------|-15---12~~---12-|-----------------------| |-14p12-14--14p12----------------|-----------14---|-----------------------| |----------------14-12h14--12h14-|----------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
Ending
[Ab5] [Gb5] [Eb5]
|-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| Joe plays random Eb minor |--7----5---------------| pentatonic licks at the end |-------------7~~-------| |-----------------------|
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| NH natural harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| TP Tremelo picking
| T Right hand tapping
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