Iron Clad Lou Tab

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From: "Jeremy Styron" 
Subject: h/hum/iron_clad_lou.tab
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 23:46:23 GMT



Band: Hum
Song: Iron Clad Lou
Album: Electra 2000

Transcribed by Jeremy Styron 

Ok, this song starts with a bass, but to account for the 
lack of me having a bass and I’m sure a lot of you likewise, 
this intro is tabbed for guitar. The bass part that is 
tabbed for bass is this thing...(5-8-5-2-0)...the other 
parts are played on guitar.

(clean)
D |----------------------------------------|
A |--5-7-5-2-0---7-h-9-9-h-7-7-5-5---------|

D |----------------------------------------|
A |-(-5-7-5-2-0-)—7-h-9-9-h-7-7-9-9--------|
  ||==you can hit this bass note open if===||
  ||=you want to have low note to make=====||
  ||==it sound bassy=======================||

D |---------------------------------------------|
A |--(-5-7-5-2-0-)-7-h-9-9-h-7-7-5-5------------|

D |---------------------------------7---lightly-|
A (-5-7-5-2-0-)-7-h-9-9-h-7-9-9-(9)-------------| 
D |-0----just for a bassy effect----------------|
  ||================================ring========||

B |-----(7)-----------------------------------------|
G |-----(7)-----------------------------------------|
D |-----9—9-9-9-9-----------------------------------|
A |-----7---hold this out--------0----0-0-----------|
D |-0-------let ring-------------0----0-0-----------| 
 ||==ad lib this, play various notes in this chord==||
 ||=================lightly=========================||
 ||====very strummy, get quieter and quieter========||

now the bass starts playing the main line…
A |---7-h-9-9-h-7-5-5-----------------------|

...while that goes on the guitar strums this along under
     the bass line...
    {riff 1}
E |------------------------------------0-0-0-------|
B |----------------3---5---------3--5---3-3--------|
G |--------(2)----2-2-2-4-4-4----4-----------------|
D |-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0----4-----------------|
A |-0-0-0----(4x)-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------|
D |-0-0-0------------------------------------------|

B |--3--3-------------------|
G |--4--4-------------------|
D |--4--4--0-0-0------------|
A |--------0-0-0---hold out-|
D |--------0-0-0------------|
	(hold this open chord 
         out until the rocking part)

for all of riff 1 just ad lib and play around 
with it, it sounds ad libbed on the album
the whole riff is repeated while that bass line
is played.

...feedback...

now the main riff...distorted...
    fig. 1
G |------------------------5---5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
D |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0---5---5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7---0-X-|
A |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0---3---3---5---5-5-5-5-5-5---0-X-|
D |--(0)---2---(0)-0---0-----------------------------0-X-|
    "Now he’s alive and while he sees he knows..."

now play this...
    fig. 2
D |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------|
A |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------|
D |---0-0---2-2---h-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2------------------|
 
then fig.1 again and the 2nd verse starts...
then fig.2...then

E |----0----0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-0-0--|
B |----0----0-0---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G |----0----4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-4--|
D |-0----------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-----hold throughout--------------------------------|
D |-0----------------------------------------------------|
    still distorted

    play with the above notes and chords in the 
    "It sure gets lonely at the top" part

    "I win  I win I win..."
    
    Bass plays this clean first…
A |---------------------------------|
D |----10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12----|

    then the distorted guitar comes in with
D |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---|
A |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---|
D |---10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12---|
    ||===repeated many a time===||

there’s some lead parts during the 8 10 stuff…

G |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-17-17-17~~-|

B |--17-17-17-17-17-b-17-b-15-b-15-b-15-b-15~~~--|

B |--(17)------------------------------------------------|
G |------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-~~s--|

E |----------------------------------------|
B |-17-17-17-17-b-17-b-17-b-18-18-18-18-b--|

E |-------------------------|
B |-19-19-20-20-21-21-b~~~~~|

B |---------------------------------------|
G |-7--7--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-9-9-7-7--------|
D |-----------------------------------0---|
A |-5--5--7-7-7-7--9--9--9-7-7-5-5----0---|
D |-----------------------------------0---|


Now he's alive, while he sees he knows 
He don't need a word from his f***ing tease 
He just needs some space and a lot of trees 
A place to sleep , place to breathe 
Cruising out of third and strapped to the mountain side 
Reaching for the sun, it tells him something's right 
Got into my mind where I can feel you 
The cat is in my head and I'm f***ing wide awake 
Image in the sky tells me I'm not alive 
Smashing suns, and you smashing out his brains 
Got into my mind where I can feel you 
The cat is in my head and I'm f***ing wide awake 
I win, I win, I win 
It sure gets lonely at the top 
Sure feels weird if falling out 
It sure gets lonely at the top 
I win, I win