Beggars And Hangers-On Tab

Beggers and Hangers On
Slash's Snakepit
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
1995
 
Tuning: Drop C#
THIS IS THE CORRECT TUNING - just a half step down from Drop D
C# G# C# F G# C#
 
Intro (w/slide, Bridge Pickup, Clean)
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------3/5---|
|-3/2-0-------0--0----0--0------0-||-3/2-0-------0--0----0--0--3/5---|
|---------0-2/3---0-2/3---0-2/3-0-||---------0-2/3---0-2/3---0-------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
 
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3/2-0-------0--0----0--0------0-|
|---------0-2/3---0-2/3---0-2/3-0-|
|---------------------------------|
 
 
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----3/2-0--------0-5-5/3-0---2/3-0-2/3-0------|
|-2/3-------0--2/3-0---------0-2/3-0-2/3-0------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
 
Main Riff (No slide, Bridge Pickup, Distortion)
*Now for live performances, which I’ve been front row to; Slash wears his slide on his
ring finger for the whole song. In the music video you can see him at this point throw
his slide up in the air and switch to playing it with his fingers. If you choose to play it
with the slide, then just play the intro again with distortion. I prefer playing it
without because it sounds a little more aggressive.
 
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|-3-2-0-----0-----0----------||-3-2-0-----0-----0----3-/-5-|
|-------0-2---0-----0--------||-------0-2---0-----0--3-/-5-|
|---------------3-----1/3-0--||---------------3------------|
 
|----------------------------||--------------------------------|
|----------------------------||--------------------------------|
|----------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-3-2-0-----0-----0----------||----3-2-0-----------5/3-0-3/2-0-|
|-------0-2---0-----0--------||----------0-2/3-0---------------|
|---------------3-----1/3-0--||1/3---------------5-------------|
 
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------|
|-3-2-0-----0-----0----------||-3-2-0-----0-----0----3-/-5-|
|-------0-2---0-----0--------||-------0-2---0-----0--3-/-5-|
|---------------3-----1/3-0--||---------------3------------|
 
|----------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|-3-2-0-----0-----0----------||----3-2-0-----------5/3-0-3/2-0-------0-|
|-------0-2---0-----0--------||----------0-2/3-0---------------0-2/3-0-|
|---------------3-----1/3-0--||1/3---------------5---------------------|
 
Verse/chords parts (no slide, neck pickup, clean)
*It’s pretty tough to play this part (mainly Part III) if you keep the slide on your
hand, but from what I’ve seen myself and on videos, he just sucks it up and stretches. Must
be why he’s the best and I’m not.
 
Part I
|-2/4--2-4-5-4-4/2-|-----------2-----2-----|----5-------|-0----0------|
|------------------|---4---------------4---|--5--5--5---|-0--0--0-0---|
|------------------|-----3---3---3-------3-|---5--5--5--|-0---0--0-0--|
|-2/4--2-4-5-4-4/2-|-0-----0-------0-------|-5-----5--5-|-0-0-------0-|
|------------------|-----------------------|------------|-------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|------------|-------------|
 
Part II                 Part III        (“God Help me...”)
|-55-55-55-55-50-00-|   |-------5--5--5-|
|-55-55-55-55-50-00-|   |----5--5--5--5-|
|-56-66-65-55-50-00-|   |-8--8--5--6--5-|
|-55-55-55-55-50-00-|   |-7--7--5--5--5-|
|-57-77-75-55-50-00-|   |-5-----5--7--5-|
|-55-55-55-55-50-00-|   |-------5--5--5-|
 
Post-Chorus (bridge pickup, distortion)
Part II (w/slide)       OR Part II with distortion
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
|--11--6--0--|
 
Riff in second verse (w/slide, bridge pickup, distortion)
|-7/13----------------------|
|-7/13----------------10/12-|
|-7/13-13-13-13/12----10/12-|
|-7/13-------------12-10/12-|
|-7/13----------------10/12-|
|-7/13----------------------|
 
Solo (over Part I 2x) (neck pickup, distortion, with a little boost)
*a bit tricky to write out because of the timing, but you get it.
|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------10|-9-7-5-7-5--------10|-9-7---7h9/10-----10|-9-7-5-7/9--7b8-7-7b8r|
|------------|----------5---------|-----8--------------|----------------------|
|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
 
|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-5---7/9---10-|-9-7/5-7--15b17-15-15b17-|-15b17r-12----7b9r|-5----7/---------|
|---5----------|-------------------------|----------13------|--5—--7/---------|
|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|------7/---------|
|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|------7/---------|
|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
 
 
Outro Solo (bridge pickup, distortion, w/slide)
*Might have to tinker with this part a bit
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-/15-13/15\13-13-11-11-|------------------11/13-13-11/10-11-|
|-----------------------|-14/12-14/12------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------12-12-------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------| x3
 
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-/15-13/15\13-13-11-11-|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-14/12-12-14/12-12-14/12-14/12-12---|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
 
Play with the next two bars and then the final one goes like this:
 
|-----------------------|---------------------11/13-----------|
|-/15-13/15\13-13-11----|--11/10—11/10—11/10—-11/13-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------11/13-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------11/13-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------11/13-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------11/13-----------|
 
 
Order
Intro           2x
Main Riff       2x
Part I  3x
Part II 2x
Part III        1x
Main Riff       2x
Post Chorus     2x
Part III(dis.) 1x
Part II 1x
Part I          2x
Part II 1x
Solo
Post Chorus     4x
Main Riff       3x
Post Chorus     6.5x OR Outro solo
 
Killer Song by Slash that not a lot of people know very well. I noticed there is
basically no good tabs for this song on the internet so I hope this helps a lot of
people. I
put a lot of time into it, so let me know if you see anything that I’m not.
 
***10/13 finally fixed the intro! Was a bit wack all this time!!!
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