Fly by Night: Tablature

By Jimmy Pena (jimmy@news.walrus.com)

Excerpted from Fretplay.

Some parts of the tab are old, some are new. The solo is not complete. Everything I have figured out is below. As for the rest, you are on your own. The key is D.

| – not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ – vibrato or held note
x – percussive note with no pitch; muted note
. – staccato; mute the note immediately after striking it
h – hammer on
p – pull off
s – slide
t – trill; play the note(s) indicated rapidly and repeatedly
/ – slide up from infinity
\ – slide down into infinity
– natural harmonic (or pinch harmonic)
3(b5) – bend note up from 3rd to 5th fret pitch
3(b5r3) – bend note from 3rd to 5th fret pitch, then return to 3rd fret
o \_
o / repeat sign (always look for these!)

[x35553] – fret box; this is a C chord – this is the same as standard
tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read.

[Riff 1]
D Dsus4 C G/B Gm/Bb A G A
e:-2–2—3–3-|————-3——-3———3——————–|
B:-3–3—3–3-|————-3——-3———3—2–0–2———-|
G:-2–2—0–0-|————-0——-0———0—2–0–2———-|
D:-0–0—2–2-|———-2——-0———-0—–2–0–2———-|
A:————-|–0–2–3——-2——-0–1——-0–0–0———-|
E:————-|—————————————————-|

[Riff 2]
G D G/D
e:–3–2–2———–|-7–7\—–3–2–2–2———————-|
B:–3–3–3———–|-8–8\—–3–3–3–3–2–2–0–2———-|
G:–0–2–2———–|-7–7\—–0–2–2–2–2–2–0–2———-|
D:–0–0–0———–|———–0–0–0–0–2–2–0–2———-|
A:–2——–3–2-0—|———–2———–0–0–0–0———-|
E:–3—————3-|———–3——————————-|

[Riff 3]
D F
e:-2—2—-5—5—-7–8–10—————–10\—————–|
B:–3—3—-6—6—8–8–10—-10—10—10———————|
G:—2—2—-5—5–7–9–11——11—11————————|
D:—————————————————————-|
A:—————————————————————-|
E:—————————————————————-|

[Riff 4]
Am Fmaj7 louder
e:-0—0—-0—0———————–7-7-7-7-7-7\————–|
B:–1—1—-1—1———————-8-8-8-8-8-8\————–|
G:—2—2—-2—2———————7-7-7-7-7-7\————–|
D:—————————————————————-|
A:—————————————————————-|
E:—————————————————————-|