Dr Feelgood 'Roxette'

[Deeper and down]

Hi,  Dr Feelgood's Roxette seems to be a simple enough song for a beginner but I can't figure it all out.  All the tabs that I've found online are 

either nonsense or just plain wrong.  Can anyone help?

Thanks,  Paul.

[Hobbayne]

Isn't it just a 12 bar in G?

[Deeper and down]

Perhaps it is, but I'm a beginner.

 

 

[T-Bay]

Tabs here:

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/dr_feelgood/roxette_bass_1500939

[nilebodgers]

42 minutes ago, T-Bay said:

Tabs here:

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/dr_feelgood/roxette_bass_1500939

Yes, that looks right. The 3-note pattern never lets up. It must have been quite hard playing live to resist going off on a double-time walking outro.

[T-Bay]

I have used them in the past and it works ok. It is relentless and I learnt it as a newish player and by the end I was always ready for it to stop!

[Steve Browning]

If I remember correctly the live version had the last note of the 3 note pattern doubled (at the end) - D F GG   D F GG D F GGGGGGGGGeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Crash!!

Used to love playing that song. The timing can seem odd at first but it's one of those songs that is simple once you've cracked it. Another great one for that is She Likes To Boogie Real Low by Johnny Winter (his version). That's a 13 bar blues in the same space as a 12 bar. It has two 2 beat bars which switch round the timing. Simple but absolute genius.

[Deeper and down]

Thanks everyone,  I'll give it a go.

[Deeper and down]

Wow,  relentless it is...  I've got it boxed off at about 2 thirds speed but Sparko-speed is beyond my 60 year old beginner's fingers for now.

Proud to say that I saw them play it live from the front of the stage at the Reading festival in 1975.  Happy days...

[skankdelvar]

18 hours ago, Deeper and down said:

Sparko-speed is beyond my 60 year old beginner's fingers for now.

If you mean the right hand ... Sparko used a pick on Roxette. Various shots of him here:

 

Edited February 1, 2018 by skankdelvar