Irish Guitar Tabs by Tonic

Tonic - "Irish"
From "Head On Straight" Album
Drop-D tuning
tabbed by jjhand at Ultimate-Guitar.com

This song has two Electric parts and an Acoustic part


Intro (2 guitars): Repeat until Verse

e|-0h2--2---2-2h3--0----|-0h2--2---2-2h3--3---|
B|-3----3---3-3----3----|-3----3---3-3----3---|
G|-2----2---2-2----2----|-2----2---2-2----2---|
D|-0----0---0-0----0----|-0----0---0-0----0---|
A|----------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------|



Verse (0:20) - Repeat until 1:13

e|------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------7--7--------7--7-|-------7--5-(5)-5-(5)----| <- notes in () are 
A|-5--5--------5--5-------|-5--5--------3-----2-----|    held or lightly played
D|------------------------|-------------------------|



Loud Verse Lick - Guitar 2
e|-----------|----------------|
B|-----------|----------------|
G|-5---------|----------------|
D|-5----5----|-0--------------|
A|-3----5----|-0--------------|
E|------5----|-0--------------|



Loud Chorus (1:13)
e|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|-----------5---------| play 4x
D|-0----0----0----0----|-0----0----5----5----|
A|-0----0----0----0----|-0----0----3----5----|
D|-0----0----0----0----|-0----0---------5----|
   'Not For England!'

End with the Loud Verse Lick 2x




Verse 2 (1:33)- Original Guitar Repeats Verse Riff with:

Acoustic plays along (strums indicated)
e|-2---strum-----------|-2--strum---3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B|-3----x12------------|-3---6x-----3-3-3-3-3-3--|
G|-2-------------------|-2----------0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-0-------------------|-0----------x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|---------------------|------------3-3-3-2-2-2--|
D|---------------------|-------------------------|


Lead adds to Verse (at 1:57)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------5---------|
D|-7-5-4-------5-7-5-4~----5--5--0---|
A|-------------------------3--5--0---|
D|----------------------------5--0---|


Lead Adds this lick twice (at 2:10, 2:17)

e|-5-2-----5-------5---2-5-2--------|
B|-----5-3---3-5-3---5-------5-3----|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|




Play Verse Riff until Chorus
Play Chorus (2:26)



Bridge (2:40)

play this line 2x
e|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
B|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
G|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
D|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
A|-3----2----|-0---------|----------|--------0h2-|
D|-----------|------5----|-(5)------|-(5)--------|

continue:
e|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
B|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
G|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
D|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|
A|-3----2----|-0----5----|-(5)------|-(5)--------| hold out
D|-----------|-----------|----------|------------|




Build-Up Rhythm (~3:01)  play this through orchestra section 
e|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-------0--0--------|-------0--0---------|
D|-0-0-0-0--0--------|-0-0-0-0--0---------|
 PM* * *               * * * 



Play Chorus Again at (3:40) and keep repeating 

after 4:20 it speeds up drastically but is same chords

End on D chord




key
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| x   Mute note
| PM  palm mute
| ()  hold note from previous bar

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