#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Subject: tab: cream's politician From: brain_of_j@my-dejanews.com Date: 1998/05/23 Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab politician by cream this one's off the Wheels of Fire album. written by Jack Bruce, lyrics by Pete Brown. my version is in G, but i think the recorded version is lower, either my guitar is tuned too high, or they are playing in drop-D. it's basic 12 bar blues, i have figured out the first two lines, the third line is some 2 powerchords, which i didn't bother to figure out - just play D5 and C5 or G5 or something. main riff the G riff - for the first line, and the end of the second (you know the routine). E------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------ D-----4-5---------------------------------------------- A-4-3-2-3-4-5-4-5-4-2---------------------------------- E-2-5-----2-3-2-3-2-0---------------------------------- or it could be E------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------ D-----4-5---------------------------------------------- A-4-3-2-3-4-5-4-5-2-4---------------------------------- E-2-5-----2-3-2-3-0-2---------------------------------- you should strum the first chord going down, then up, next down, then up, etc. the C riff E------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------ D------9-10-------------------------------------------- A-9-10-7-8-9-10-9-10-9-7------------------------------- E-7-8------7-8--7-8--7-5------------------------------- now, i could bet a lot of money this is way off, but it at least resembles the song a bit. i hope this will at least make somebody work out a decent version of this riff. so don't flame me too hard, because this is the first song i've ever worked out - if you could say that about my pathetic tab. if somebody is mad enough they could also try to work out the solo - that is just so 'way out', there's at least two guitars doing the lead, and then there are the wild fills in the verses, so i don't think anybody can repeat that on a single guitar. but it's a cool song anyway. clapton rules. tommy. OK, I made some modifications to this, the G riff goes: E------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------ D-----4h5---------------------------------------------- A-4h5-2h3-4h5p4h5p2h4---------------------------------- E-2h3-----2h3p2h3p0h2---------------------------------- and the C riff goes E------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------ D------9h10-------------------------------------------- A-9h10-7h8-9h10p9h10p7h9------------------------------- E-7h8------7h8-p7h8-p5h7------------------------------- It's most probably still wrong, but it does sound a bit more like the song. I'm unsure about the last 2 powerchords, they are probably even more wrong than the rest. Right now i'm preparing a tab for SWLABR, i hope to post it soon. Tommy.