Jerry Donahue (the Hellecasters)  -  The Beak & The Claw (intro)

By axehappy  -  axehappy at countrytabs.com


OK....this is bloody hard to play! lol
I've only put it up on here because I think the techniques used in it
are something every country player should have in their bag of tricks...
The tab might be kinda hard to follow cos there's lots of bends and stuff
in there, so I've submitted a soundbyte too...maybe it'll help you follow
the tab a bit easier...?
Who knows....GOOD LUCK!!

Oh, and with all the behind-nut bends....best to play this on a Telecaster
type guitar, or a Strat with the string tree for the high strings removed.


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h    =   hammer-on                                bh   =   bend & hold

r    =   release bend                             ~    =   hold note

p    =   pulloff                                  pb   =   pre-bend

\    =   slide down                               h    =   hammer-on

/    =   slide up                                 bnbh =   behind-nut bend & hold

bnbr =   behind-nut bend & release                !    =   natural harmonic

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                                                  rake   strum
E---------------9-7---0-----5p0--------------0------------------
B-------0-0-8bh--8-8r----------7pb~r------0---4\3---0-h1----2---
G--5h6-------------------7bh~~~~~~7r--5h6--5~~~\4--2~~~~---2----
D--5-------------------------------------7--4~~\3-0---h1--2-----
A--0-----------------------------------------------------0------
E---------------------------------------------------------------


E-------0h2p0------------------------------------------------0-------
B------1-----1-----------------1----0h1p0--------------0------7pb~r--
G--2--2-------2p0-0-------0h1/2----2-----2p0---2p0---5--5-7bh~~~~7r--
D--0-------------4------0---------0---------3/4---5/7-7--------------
A------------------0h2h3---------------------------------------------
E------------------------0~h1/2--------------------------------------


E-----------5-------7-10p7-9p7--7-------------------------------------
B----------5-7p5---8----------10-8-7----5-----------------------------
G--5h6--4/6-----7/9---------------9-7----7-------0-------------0~bnbr-
D--5---------------------------------9\7---5\4----7-0-----0bnbh~r-----
A--0------------------------------------------5/7--9--0--0~~~~~~------
E----------------------------------------------------7-3b--------h1br-

                                        rake
E---0--12!~~~~~~----------------------------------|
B------12!~~~~~~----------------------------------|
G----7!~~~bnbr~~----------------------0---0bnbr---|
D----7!~~~~~~~~~---------6---5---4-2p0---0--------|
A---------------------------------------0---------|
E--0------------------5/7-4/6-3/5-3---------------|