Author/Artist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
Title: Tin Pan Alley
Album: Couldn't Stand the Weather
Transcribed by: Sean Carey
Email: smcarey@pconline.com
I've been looking for this one for ages, and finally decided to
sit down and tab it out myself. I'm pretty sure most of this is correct,
but feel free to let me know if there are any changes.
The key is C minor, and the basic chords are Cm Fm Gm. The solos are
all basically in pentatonic minor.
e|-------8-8--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8---8----------------------------11--------------------------------------|
G|-10b-----8--8h10-8----------8-10-8-------10b-10-8h10-8------------------------|
D|-------------------8*10--10--------10------------------10-8h10-8--------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------10-9-8-------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------11-8--|
e|---------------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------8------8---11-8-----------11--------------------------------|
G|------------------8--10b----------10br-8-------10b-10-8h10-8b-8---------------|
D|-8*10-------8h10-10----------------------10---------------------10-8h10-8-10--|
A|-------8h10-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------13-16-16-----------------------------------------------|
B|--9-----------------------------13-------------------8------------------------|
G|-10--------------------10-13-13----15-13--------8-10---10-8----8--------------|
D|-10-------8-8----------------------------15-15--------------10---10-8----8-10-|
A|--8--8-11-----11-8-11-------------------------------------------------10------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------11-8-/14-13-13-11-8-8--11-8-------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------11-8--|
G|-8h10-10-10-8-----------------------11h13v------------------------------------|
D|--------------10-10--8--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------10-9-8-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------11-8--------------------------------------------|
e|-8---------------------------------------------------8-8---8-8----------------|
B|---8---------/8-------8---------8---------------------------------------------|
G|----\10---------8-10----10-8----8--------------------8-10--8-10----8-10-8-----|
D|--------8-10-----------------10---10-8------------10------------10--------10--|
A|---------------------------------------10-9-8---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------11------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------8-------8--8----------------------------|
B|-11-----------------------------------9-------8--8----------------------------|
G|----10b-10-8h10-8---------------------10------8------------10-----------------|
D|------------------10-10--8------------10-8-10-10------------------------------|
A|---------------------------10-9-8-----8-------10----8-9-10--------------------|
E|----------------------------------11----------8-------------------------------|
e|----11-13-11-13h14p13p11-13h14p13p11-13h14p13p11-13h14p13p11-13h14p13p11------|
B|-13---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-13h14p13p11-13h14p13p11-13-11-13h14p13p11-13-11-------11---------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------13-13----13-13p11h13-13-11---|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------10/11-11------------------8-11-----------------11----------------|
G|-13\12-------11/12-12--------8-10-8-10------8-10-11-10-8-------10br-8---------|
D|-------13-10-----------10-10-----------------------------10-----------10------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------8------------------------------------------------6-8--8------------|
B|---------8---11-8-------------11----------------------------------------------|
G|-8-10-11----------10br-8---------10br-8---------------------8-10-10-8------8--|
D|-------------------------10-8-----------10-10--8----------------------10-8----|
A|-------------------------------------------------10-9-8-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------11--------------------|
e|-------------8-----------------------------------13h14p13----13---------------|
B|-----------8-------------------------------13-16----------16----16-13----13---|
G|-------10b-----10b-10-10-8b-------------------------------------------15------|
D|-8*10-----------------------10-10-8-------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------10-9-8------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------14-13h14p13----13--------------------|
B|-16-13\11----11----------10/11-----13-16-------------16----16-13----13--------|
G|----------12----12-\10-8-11/12--15-------------------------------15-----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----13-16-13\11----13--------------10/11----10----8-----------------------11--|
G|-14-------------12----12-10brp8----11/12----10----8------/8-10-10b-8----------|
D|--------------------------------10-------10----10---8-10-------------10-8-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------8-8----15-15-15-15-15-15----------|
B|-------------------------------------8/10-8-8-8-------------------------------|
G|-10b-10b-8---------------------------8/10-8--------15-17/18\17-17-17-15-------|
D|-----------10-10--8-------------8*10------------17----------------------17-17-|
A|--------------------10-9-8----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------11-8-----------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------13--------------------13----------------|
B|-----------------------------------------13--------------------13-------------|
G|--------------------------------13-15-------15p13-----13-15-------15p13-------|
D|-15h17-15h17-15--------------15-------------------15--------------------15----|
A|----------------17-16-15------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------18---------------------------------------------------|
(these are *really* fast)
e|-------13-------------------13-------------------13---------------------------|
B|----------13-------------------13-------------------13------------------------|
G|-13-15-------15p13----13-15-------15p13----13-15-------15p13------------------|
D|-------------------15-------------------15-------------------15---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------8--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------8-----------------------11---------------7h8h10p8p7----------------|
G|----8-10-----10p8----10/11\10-8-------10h11p10-8---------------8--------------|
D|-10---------------10------------10---------------10--------------10-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------8-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------8---11-8-----------11-------|
G|-8h10h11p10p8----10-8-------------------------10b----------10br-8-------10br--|
D|--------------10------10-10-------------8-10----------------------10----------|
A|----------------------------10-9-8--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------11-8---------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------8------------------------x-------------x---------------------------|
G|-8----8h10---10p8----8---------------x--------10---x---------8----------------|
D|---10-------------10---10-8-----------x-------------x---8-10------------------|
A|----------------------------10-8-------8-9-10--------10-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------11-------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------8-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------8-10-----------8----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------10-8---------8----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------10-8-10-10---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Went down to Tin Pan Alley
e|-----------------------------8------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------8--------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------10b-----10br-8---------8-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------10-8-10---8*10--------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
see what was goin' on
e|-------------------------------------8----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------8-------------8----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------10b-----10br-8----8----------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------10------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
thangs was too hot down there couldn't stay very long
e|-8----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8--------------------10------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10\---------------10----10/12\10---------------------------------------------|
A|-10\---------11-11-------11/13\11---------------------------------------------|
E|-8----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
yeah.... Alley's the roughest place I've ever been
e|--------------------------8---------------------------------------------------|
B|-x----------------8-----8---11-8-------------8---------x---------11-----------|
G|--x---------------8-10b--------10b-10-8------8----------x--------10-----------|
D|---x---------8-10-----------------------10-8---10-8*10---x--------------------|
A|----15\-8-10----------------------------------------------8-9-10--------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------8--------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------8------------------10----10--------------------|
G|---------------------------10b-----10br-8-------8-10h12-10-8----8-------------|
D|------------------------------------------10-10--------------10---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
All the people down there
e|----------------------------------------------------13h14----13---------------|
B|-------------------------------------------13-16-13-------16----16------------|
G|----------------------------------------15-------------------------17-15------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------17---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Livin' for their whiskey whine and gin
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-17----------------15---------------------------------------------------------|
D|----17-17\15-13-------14h15-14h15-14h15-13b-------13-------------------15-----|
A|----------------15--------------------------15-15----15p13--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------15-13-14-15--------|
e|-------------------------------------7/8--------------------------------------|
B|-x----------8------------------------7/8--------------------------------------|
G|--x---------8----------------------------10-8---------------------------------|
D|---x---8-10-----------------------------------8*10----------------------------|
A|----10------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I heard a woman scream
e|--------------------------------------8---------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------8----------------8------------------------|
G|--------------------------------10b-----10br---------8------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------10-8-10--------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Yeah an' I beat it to the door
e|----------------------------------------------8-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------8---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------10b-----10br-8------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------10-8-10----------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Some cat was workin' that alley with a
e|----------------------x--------------------1----------------------------------|
B|------------------8----x-----------------1---1h3---1--------------------------|
G|------------------8-----x--------------1-----1h3---1--------------------------|
D|------------------10\----10\---------3-----------3----------------------------|
A|------------------10\---------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lord! With a 2x4 Yeah...
e|-------------------------------------------13\-----------------------8--------|
B|-------------------------------------------13\---------------8-----8---11-----|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------8-10b------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------8-10------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------8-10-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------6/8----------------------------|
Alley's the roughest place I've ever been
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8---------------------------8-------------11---------------------------------|
G|-10b10r-8----8---------------8-------------10---------------------------------|
D|----------10---10-8-10-10-10---10-8-------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------8-9-10------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------15\------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------15\------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------8-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------8-10---10-8------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------/8-11------------------------------------------|
All the people down there
e|---------------------------------------------11-------------------8-----------|
B|---------------------------------------11-13----13v-11-8----------8-----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------10b-10-8-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Livin' for their whiskey wine and gin
e|------------------------------------------------8-----------------------------|
B|------------x----------8------------------------8-----------------------------|
G|--------10---x---------8------------------------8-----------------------------|
D|--------------x---8-10--------------------------10--10*8----------------------|
A|-8-9-10-10-----10-------------------------------10----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------8-----------------------------|
I heard a pistol shoot
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------11-------------8----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------10b-8-10----8----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------10------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Yeah and it was a 44 Somebody killed a crap shooter 'cause
e|-----------------8-----------------------13\----------------------------------|
B|---------------8-------------------------13\----------------------------------|
G|-----------10b-----10br-8-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------10-8-8*10-------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
he didn't shake! rattle and roll. hey...
e|-----1-------------------------------------------------------13\--------------|
B|---1-------------1-------------------------------------------13\--------------|
G|-1-----3h5p3\1---1------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------3--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Alley's the roughest place I've ever been
e|-----------------------8------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------8-----8---11-8---------------------------x---------11----------|
G|---------------8-10b--------10b-10-8-----------8---------x--------10----------|
D|----------8-10-----------------------10-8------8----------x-------------------|
A|-----8-10---------------------------------10-8---8-8*10----8-9-10-------------|
E|-6/8--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------8--------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------8---------------8------------------------------|
G|---------------------------10b-----10br-8------8------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------10-8--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
All the people down there
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
killin' for their whiskey whine and gin (solo..)
e|-11-11-11---------------------------------6-8--8------------------------------|
B|-13-11h13-11-10-8---------x-------------------------------11------------------|
G|----------12-10-8-8--------x-----------8--8-10-10-10-8-------10b-10-8----8----|
D|------------------10--------x---8-10-8-----------------10-------------10------|
A|---------------------8*10----10-----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(trem picked......)
e|-----------------------------------------13h14p13\11-13-11----------11--------|
B|----8---------------------------13-16-13-------------------13-11-13-----------|
G|-10---8-------8--------------15-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------10-10---10-8----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------10-9-8---------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------8------------------6/8-----------------------------------------------|
B|-13p11\8---8--------------8-6/8-11-11-10-8---------11-------------------------|
G|-------------9/10-8----10------------------10-8-------10b-10-10-8-------------|
D|--------------------10--------------------------10----------------10-10-8-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------10--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------11------------------8------------------|
G|-----------------------8-10-11-10-8-------10b-10-8----8-10---8----------------|
D|------------------8-10--------------10-------------10----------10p8-----------|
A|-9-8-------8-9-10---------------------------------------------------10p8------|
E|------8-11--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------11------11----14-13-11h13-11-------11----------------------------------|
B|-11-13----13v-----13----------------13-13----13-11----13---------------11-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------12----12-11\10-8-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------10--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------8h11----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10br-8----8h10------10p8-10/11\10-8----10-8----------------------------------|
D|--------10---------------------------10------10-8h10-8-------------8*10-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------10-9-8-----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------11-8------------|
e|-------8--------8-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8---11-8-8-----------------------------------10--------------------------|
G|-10b--------------10/11\10-8----------------12-10----12-12h13p12-12p10--------|
D|-----------------------------10-8*10--10-12----------------------------12p10--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------1--------13----13----13-------|
B|------------------------------------------------1-----------------------------|
G|----10-11-12-12h13p12-10-12-10---------------------------13-13-15-13-15-13----|
D|-12----------------------------12-10-12-----------/15-15----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------15\-13\-------------------------------|
e|-13-------13------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------8--------------------------------------------|
G|-15h16-15-13h15-13-------------8---10-8b-8------------------------------------|
D|-------------------15-13*15-10-------------10-10--8---------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------10-9-8--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------11-----------------|
e|-/8-8-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/8-8-/8-8------------------x-------------------8-----------------------------|
G|------/8-8-/8-8-10-----------x--------10--------8-----------------------------|
D|-----------/8-8-10-10-8*10----x--------------10-10----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------8-9-10-----10----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------8---------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------8-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------10b---8v------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I saw a cop standin' with his hand on his gun
e|-------8-----------------------------------------------------8----------------|
B|-----8------------------8----------------------------------8-------------8----|
G|-10b-----10br-8---------8------------------------------10b-----10br-8----8----|
D|----------------10-8-10-----------------------------------------------10------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
said there's a raid boys now
e|------------------------------1-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1-------------1-----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------1---3/4\3-1---1-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------3-------------3-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lord! Nobody Run! Hey... Alley's the roughest place I've
e|-----------15\------------------------------8---------------------------------|
B|-----------15\--------------------8-------8---11-8---8----------8-------------|
G|----------------------------------8---10b--------10b-10r-8------8-------------|
D|---------------------------8-10-8-10-----------------------10-8---10-8-8h10---|
A|--------------------8-9-10----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------3-/8-----------------------------------------------------------|
ever been
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------8----8---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------8----8---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8h10-10-8h10-8---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------8-9-10--------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------3---------8----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------3-----------8----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------5b-----5br-3--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------5------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Yeah they took me away pan alley
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------8------------11-------------------8------|
G|-------------------------------------8-----8-10-8----10/11-8-10-8------8------|
D|-------------------------------------10-10------------------------10-8---10---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lord, took me right back to the pen
e|----------------------7-7/8--/20-20-\11-8---8-----------------------11--------|
B|----------------------7-7/8---------------8---11-8-11-8---------7/8----7/8----|
G|----------------------7-7/8-----------------------------10p8------------------|
D|-8-----------------------------------------------------------10---------------|
A|---10-9-8------8-8h10---------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------11-8----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-11-----11--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----7/8------------11-------------------11------------------------------------|
G|-----------10p8-------10b-10-8----8-10b----10r-8----10br-8----10-8------------|
D|----------------10-------------10----------------10--------10------10-8-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------10-8--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------8----10-8-----------------8*10------------------------------------------|
A|-8-10---10------10-9-8-9-8----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------11-8-----------------------------------------------|
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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