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Dirty City  Steve Winwood

 
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DIRTY CITY - Steve Winwood
 
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Tabbed by: Alan Beaulieu
Email: ajb0429@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
This is a basic interpretation of the distorted rhythm guitar part of the song.
Key: D
VERSE - Palm mute an open 'D' string, finish with various short fills ending in D.
Example:
D5 Short fill(*)
 
 e|----------------------------------------------------------------3-1--------|
 B|--------------------------------------------------------------------1-3----|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 pm ----------------------------------------------------------->let ring--->|

"A gangster came to see my boy....to pay one more bill"
(*) Other fills: Various D minor Penatonic riffs, ending in D. Go nuts. Open postion (below)
works best.
Dm Pentatonic Scale, D Shape ('open position') (D, F, G, A, C):
 
 e|--1---3----------|
 B|--1---3----------|
 G|0---2------------|
 D|0-----3----------|
 A|0-----3----------|
 E|--1---3----------|

CHORUS
[Bb5] [C5] [D5]  
 
 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 G|-3---------------|-5---------------|----7------------|
 D|-3---------------|-5---------------|----7------------|
 A|-1---------------|-3---------------|----5------------|
 E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"Dirty City, this is a dirty town"
[C5] [Bb5] [C5] [D5]  
 
 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
 B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
 G|-5----3----------|--------5--------|-----------------|---------7------|
 D|-5----3----------|--------5--------|-----------------|---------7------|
 A|-3----1----------|--------3--------|-----------------|---------5------|
 E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|

"Where's the pity, I can't move on up to higher ground"
That's the basic structure. Use your imagination to fill in the rest. - AJB

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