I would like to know the guitar chords for Rocks Off, and if it is in Standard tuning or open G? Thanks appreciate it....


Drummer_dude

intro:
3 times 2 times
E--------------------------------:||-----------------------:||
B---9--9--10--9------------------:||---9--9--9------9------:||
G---9--9--9---9------------------:||---9--9--9------9------:||
D---9--9--11--9------------9--9--:||---9--9--9--11-----11--:||
A-----------------9--9--9--9--9--:||-----------------------:||
E-----------------6--6--6--7--7--:||-----------------------:||


fill 1:

E-------------------------------------|
B---9--9--9------9-------9---10--9----|
G---9--9--9------9-------9---9---9----|
D---9--9--9--11-----11---9---11--9----|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|


chorus:
8 times
E---------------:||-------|-------|
B---4--4--5--4--:||---2---|---9---|
G---4--4--4--4--:||---2---|---9---|
D---4--4--6--4--:||---2---|---9---|
A---------------:||-------|-------|
E---------------:||-------|-------|


chorus fill: (Bobby Keys' and Jim Price's parts actually)

E--------------------|
B--------------------|
G---13--13--11--10---|
D---15--15--13--11---|
A--------------------|
E--------------------|



That is all tab I will supply you with. Now on to lyrics and chords


verse:
w/ fill 1 w/ fill 1
| A | B | E | E | A | B | E | E | A | A |

| A | A | B | B | B | B | A | E |


chorus:
w/ chorus part & fill when you feel like it
| B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | A | E |


bridge:

| F#/A# | F#/A# | F# | F# | C#m | C#m |
| F#/A# | F#/A# | F# | F# | C#m | C#m | B | B |

-----------------------------------------------------
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-02-21 22:08 by TeleK.

Not that it matters much, but the intro actually is:


E-----------------------------------:||-----------------------:||
B---9--9--10--9---------------------:||---9--9--9------9------:||
G---9--9--9---9---------------------:||---9--9--9------9------:||
D---9--9--9---9------------9--9-----:||---9--9--9--11-----11--:||
A-----------------9--9--9--9--9-----:||-----------------------:||
E-----------------6--6--6--7--7->-0-:||-----------------------:||

Mathijs is wrong (except for the low E string (the '0'), TeleK is right.

I am right. There is no C# in the second chord of the intro, it's not a sus chord. If you can't hear it, check out the video's.

Mathijs

E-----------------------:||
B---9--9--10--9-----------:||
G---9--9--9---9---------:||
D---9--9--11---9------------:||
A-----------------
E-----------------


that's what I meant: you can clearly hear Keith doing thát. Otherwise, check out the four flicks our nippon voodoo dvd.

mrrockandroll Wrote:
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> E-----------------------:||
> B---9--9--10--9-----------:||
> G---9--9--9---9---------:||
> D---9--9--11---9------------:||
> A-----------------
> E-----------------
>
>
> that's what I meant: you can clearly hear Keith
> doing thát. Otherwise, check out the four flicks
> our nippon voodoo dvd.

Sorry, no. It's:

> E-----------------------:||
> B---9--9--10--9-----------:||
> G---9--9--9---9---------:||
> D---9--9--9---9------------:||
> A-----------------
> E-----------------

Check out all 50-something bootlegs of the '72 tour.

Mathijs

Rolling Stones - Rocks Off Live Voodoo Lounge version





...just supplying the link

I can clearly hear him doing it on Exile On Main Str, Decca Unreleased Live Album 1972, Live Licks, and I can clearly SEE him doing it on Four Flicks and Nippon Voodoo!!! I've just checked it.

Mathijs Wrote:
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> I am right. There is no C# in the second chord of
> the intro, it's not a sus chord. If you can't hear
> it, check out the video's.
>
> Mathijs


what you're tabbing is a sus cord. Keith is just going to and A chord: C#-E-A (check out the scale of A major and E major).

not to chicane or to torture you, but it's just the truth !!

I'm just pluckin' around in open G to that youTube video and hey - there is no C# in the intro.

it doesn't come in handy at all.

It's a classic Keith intro, and in fact it is a lot smarter than you would think from a first listen. The intro is just an E with an added A on the B string. any normal guitarist (like you and me) would be a standard sus7 chord, because that's how keith Richards plays in our minds. But he doesn't. By adding only the A note, the intro remains angry and agressive, and very powerfull. The intro guitar on the left is Keith, the second rythm guitar on the right is keith, and the middle guitar, the one with the flowing chord pattern is Taylor. Taylor follows Keith in the first chord: he also only plays the added A on the E chord. If you would add the C# on the D string, the intro would become full, heavy and a bit "hard rock". It's the same trick he uses on the intro of Brown Sugar: he only plays the full sus7 chords on the G and C, but not on the F, Aflat and Bflat. This way he maintains the agressive push.

Mail me your Email address and I'll send you the original into isolated, and you'll hear he only plays the A note. And check out 4 Licks, you can hear it very clear.

Mathijs

Thanks to everyone with the chords and tab thank you

drummer_dude

Dammit, DD, look at all the trouble you've started. Now, back to those drums!

Mathijs, my emailadres is rolfverbaant@gmail.com -> I'm very curious!!!

FWIW,
I agree with Mathijs on this one. It's always intrigued me how much magic Keith can generate simply with subtleties of which of those two spare fingers he employs where !
Thing is though, it's hard to be "wrong" about this stuff... because you'll often find that Keith does himself, sometimes, play it way you or I thought it went ;^)

Mathijs;

You are the guru when it comes to Stones and guitars. Did I read right that you have the guitar track to "Rocks Off" isolated, and am I right to assume that this is an isolated track from "Exile"? If I have the info correct, please pardon my while I drool and please e-mail me at tommy@tommywomack.com

God bless,
Tommy

Mathijs Wrote:
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>
> It's the same trick he uses on the intro of Brown
> Sugar: he only plays the full sus7 chords on the G
> and C, but not on the F, Aflat and Bflat. This way
> he maintains the agressive push.
>

I never care too much to reproduce the original (deep down I'm too lazy) but on the F, Aflat and Bflat part of BS I also add the ... (? don't know what it is called ?)

So on the A flat it goes this way

1 2
1 3
1 1

Don't know if it is correct but it sounds good!

C

now I have to try and read these chords/tablature...

agree about how a simple guitarist (like myself) reckon it's a susp chord at the start....I knew it was something different...mine never sounded right.

thanks to all...

It's all about those little subtle differences - they make the sound

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Mathijs, i'm very interested. However, your email is hidden so here is my email: raas_@hotmail.com

Thanks!

Cheers,
Wuudy

liddas Wrote:
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> Mathijs Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > It's the same trick he uses on the intro of
> Brown
> > Sugar: he only plays the full sus7 chords on the
> G
> > and C, but not on the F, Aflat and Bflat. This
> way
> > he maintains the agressive push.
> >
>
> I never care too much to reproduce the original
> (deep down I'm too lazy) but on the F, Aflat and
> Bflat part of BS I also add the ... (? don't know
> what it is called ?)
>
> So on the A flat it goes this way
>
> 1 2
> 1 3
> 1 1
>
> Don't know if it is correct but it sounds good!
>
> C

On the intro of Brown sugar the varitions are:

G:
D---12-------------:||
B---12--13---------:||
G---12--12---------:||
D---12--14---------:||
G---12-------------:||

C:
D---5-------------:||
B---5--6----------:||
G---5--5----------:||
D---5--7----------:||
G---5-------------:||

Eflat:
D---9-------------:||
B---9--10---------:||
G---9--11---------:||
D---9-------------:||
G---9-------------:||

C:
D---5-------------:||
B---5--6----------:||
G---5--5----------:||
D---5--7----------:||
G---5-------------:||

Aflat:
D---1-------------:||
B---1--2----------:||
G---1-------------:||
D---1-------------:||
G---1-------------:||

Bflat:
D---3-------------:||
B---3--4----------:||
G---3--5----------:||
D---3-------------:||
G---3-------------:||

C:
D---5-------------:||
B---5--6----------:||
G---5--5----------:||
D---5--7----------:||
G---5-------------:||


First play the base chord, than the addition.

Mathijs

Allright Mathijs, I received you're mp3s. Virtually you sent me the "left" speaker and the "right" speaker apart from each other (balance left-right). Now it's definitely clear to hear that Keith's doing what I said!!! I trust my ears.

mrrockandroll Wrote:
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> Allright Mathijs, I received you're mp3s.
> Virtually you sent me the "left" speaker and the
> "right" speaker apart from each other (balance
> left-right). Now it's definitely clear to hear
> that Keith's doing what I said!!! I trust my ears.

Trust your ears as you like. But then tell me: why does't Keith play the F# note on any 1972 show, and not at the Baton Rouge shows, and not in 94/95, and not on Forty Licks, and not before my very own eyes from three feet distance?

Mathijs

Maybe he plays the F# on Exile, but later dropped it on live shows?

Just checked my Exile TAB book, and there it is indeed using a F#, and also six strings open G instead of regular tuning as stated above:

D-----------------------------------:||
B---9--9--10--9---------------------:||
G---9--9--9---9---------------------:||
D---9--9--11--9----4---4--4--4------:||
G------------------3---3--3--4------:||
D-----------------------------------:||

I guess in the end it doesn't really matter, they all sound right.

Mathijs Wrote:
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> mrrockandroll Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Allright Mathijs, I received you're mp3s.
> > Virtually you sent me the "left" speaker and
> the
> > "right" speaker apart from each other (balance
> > left-right). Now it's definitely clear to hear
> > that Keith's doing what I said!!! I trust my
> ears.
>
> Trust your ears as you like. But then tell me: why
> does't Keith play the F# note on any 1972 show,
> and not at the Baton Rouge shows, and not in
> 94/95, and not on Forty Licks, and not before my
> very own eyes from three feet distance?
>
> Mathijs

"From three feet distance"? Are you a photographer or Keith's roadie??? Please tell me/us something more about how you got your Keithguitarknowledge man!!! I / we're (I guess) very curious man!!

Koen Wrote:
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> Maybe he plays the F# on Exile, but later dropped
> it on live shows?
>
> Just checked my Exile TAB book, and there it is
> indeed using a F#, and also six strings open G
> instead of regular tuning as stated above:
>
> D-----------------------------------:||
> B---9--9--10--9---------------------:||
> G---9--9--9---9---------------------:||
> D---9--9--11--9----4---4--4--4------:||
> G------------------3---3--3--4------:||
> D-----------------------------------:||
>
> I guess in the end it doesn't really matter, they
> all sound right.

You clearly hear the open low E string and the E note on the A string ringing in the intro, so it can never be open G, and Keith simply doesn't play the F# note. Playing the F# note basically shift the E chord to the A chord, while the intro is E to B. There is no A chord in te intro.

Mathijs

This thing of the tuning of K's guitar on the exile version has always puzzled me.

Indeed on the tab book of exile, which generally I find quite accurate, it is in open G with the low E that remains an E.

On the other hand live it always has been in plain standard.

Yesterday I tried it both ways, and the thing is ... I still do not know. THe intro, and particularly the B part sounds very "fat", but my ears ain't good enough to say if this is a B played at the 4th fret of a G tuned guitar, or at the 7th of a standard.

But what still leaves me uncertain is the bridge part, that in open G (with the low E string in E) just sounds perfect, while in standard, something is missing. Plus the sound of the guitar on the exile version always sounded slightly "fuller" than the 72 live versions (standard), but this could be because of the odubbed guitars and production.

C

In any case:

a) I'm a crap guitar player
b) I have crap ears


C