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Band: Allman Brothers Band
Album: Hittin' the Note
Song: Firing Line
Written by Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes

Tabbed by: fendercustomstrat

This song is awesome. It's a real hard rock song with tons of riffs that say Allman Brothers all over them.
 It also has two solos, one on slide by Derek Trucks with his Gibson '61 Reissue SG in Open E and one 
by Warren Haynes with his Gibson '58 Reissue ES-335. Sorry, I use standard tuning for slide, so you're 
going to have to figure out Derek's slide solo for yourself, but I have Warren's solo tabbed out. The song is in the key of E7.

Main riff (4x in intro)
E -3-0---0------------------------------------
B -----3---3p0--------------------------------
G ---------------2b2bp0----0h2p0------------
D ------------------------2--------0h2p0-----
A ---------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------3-----

Riff 1 for Guitar 2 (Derek plays this one many times throughout the verse) 
E -3-0--0---------
B -----3--3p0-----
G# ---------------
E ----------------
B ----------------
E ----------------

Riff 1 for Guitar 1 and Bass (Warren and Oteil create harmony by playing Riff 1 an octave lower than Derek)
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D -5-------------
A -- 7-5-7p5----
E ------------7--

Here's a riff that you can do in standard tuning to mimic Derek's slide in open E
(0:15, 1:16, 3:11)
E --------------------
B ----10-10br 8------
G -/9------------9---
D -------------------
A -------------------
E -------------------

Riff 2 - Pre-Chorus (0:40, 1:31, 3:19, ) Fingerpick this part! (Pick from the D string first!)
E ---------------------------------------------
B ---12--12--12--12\11--11--11--11\--10--------
G ---------------------------------------------
D -12--12--12--12\11--11--11--11\--10----------
A ---------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------

Chorus - Use Barre Chords for this part (0:51, 1:40, 3:29)

A                     C                 E          
Hey now baby, Don't you think it's high time?   
Riff 3 - Definitely an ABB Riff! (0:56, 1:45, 3:34)
 -----------------------------------------------
 --15b-----------------------------------------
 --------14br12 14br12-----------------------
 -------------------------14-14---12-14-12--
 ----------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------
 D                         A                 G      E       
To change your life's direction, Get off the firing line

Derek's Slide Solo starts at 1:59. Get out your slide and have some fun with it!

Interlude - Organ and Guitar 1 plays E7. Go back to Riff 1 after that.

At 3:48 Gregg says,"Get off the firing line!" Go directly into Warren's solo after that.

Warren's solo (3:49)

E -------------------12------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------12---15br12----12---------------------------------------
G -/9vv\0--------14b---------------14------12-14-14b14b-12h14p12-----12----12
D -------------------------------------14--------------------------14---14---
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


E -------------12--15b--12h15p12-----12-----------------------
B -------------12---------------- 15-----15b--12h15p12-----12-
G --------14b------------------------------------------14-----
D ------------------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------

E ------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------12h14h15----------
G -14b-14b-14b-14b--12h14p12-----12---12----------------------
D ----------------------------14---14-------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------------------
B -14h15p14\12/14-----12h14h15-12h14p12-----------12h14p12------
G ---------------------------------------14-12h14------------14-
D --------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------

E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G -12h14p12----------------------------------------------14br----
D ----------12h14p12----------------------------12h14------------
A --------------------12h14p12-----------12h14-------------------
E ------------------------------15p12----------------------------

E --------------------------------------17b--17p15h17b-----------15---
B -------------------------------15h17----------------------15h17-----
G -12h14p12-----12-----12---------------------------------------------
D ----------14------14------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------

E -17-17p15--17bp15----------------12---------------------12-------------
B ----------------------17--- 12h15-----15p12------12h15-----15p12-------
G --------------------------------------------14--------------------14---
D -----------------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------------

E ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G -16b--14b-14b-14b--12----------12------
D ---------------------------14----------
A ---------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------

Pre-Chorus 1x

Here is a harmony part with both guitars (I know one of them is in open E, but try both 
with standard first) Play around with them a little bit. It sounds nice with both played at once, 
but in the real song the pre-chorus is played then Guitar 1, the pre-chorus again, and then Guitar 2.

Guitar 1			Guitar 2
E ------------------------------	E ------------------9-10-12-14---
B -----------------7-8-10-12----	B ------7-8-10-12----------------
G -------4-6-7-9----------------	G -7-9---------------------------	
D -5-7--------------------------	D -------------------------------
A ------------------------------	A -------------------------------
E ------------------------------	E -------------------------------

The song fades out on the 2nd harmony part. I hope you enjoyed my first tab. Play around with it 
and have fun playing. Questions and comments about the Allman Brothers, my tab, guitars in general, 
jazz, blues, classic rock, and the origins of heavy metal are welcome. 
e-mail me at fendercustomstrat@yahoo.com

COMMENTS:

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Zack	July 7, 2003, 19:05
The Allman Brothers are playing their best in 20 years, even without Dickey Betts! I love this song! I'll have the slide solo tabbed soon.

JayP	September 24, 2003, 14:13
One thing, Warren's solo is first, Derek's is second. In the liner it states that Derek is panned right, and Warren is on the left.

Terry	October 30, 2003, 21:46
Cool, thanks for posting this. I just started tabbing this tune myself last week. Since I'm new to tabbing, I'm going to save this for later. I want to keep working it out on my own, then check against what you've got. I've also made some progress on Maydell and High Cost of Low Living. Man, this new album is the best thing they've done since Brothers and Sister! Every song's a winner.

Tyler P	January 7, 2004, 1:16
warrens solo isnt first because its all slide licks.warren switches from slide to pick throughout the solo.....that could be an error in the linear notes.....idk cause i have the album too

abb	January 11, 2004, 4:55
warren is first. he plays the slide on this and old before my time. derek plays the conventional break at the end

Tyler P	January 12, 2004, 23:10
nah dude im positive. Warren doesnt play slide the whole time on any song he just switches bak and forth. i hear it in my headphones on the right during the 1st solo and derek is panned right.

The Dude	January 22, 2004, 4:00
Who cares who's solo it is their both amazing guitarists. good job on the tab it sounds exact

abb

January 31, 2004, 0:28

it is derek. the left and right thing is only on old friend. warren plays slide on old before my time and old before my time. ive seen him do it 4 times. in guitar world lessons, warren explains his slide break on the song. in interivews they talk about deciding to let warren do the slide on those 2 songs. listen to any album or live show from 89-97 and you will hear warren's slid work, it sounds like the work on firing line. if you dont believe me, go to www.allmanbrothersband.com and ask anyone in the forum.

abb	January 31, 2004, 0:32
i meant derek does regular. warren takes the slide solo. anyway this is a good tab of the song

Dave	April 14, 2004, 15:26
Great job on this tab.One thing missing is the bridge after the slide solo. C7 E7 ( dual slide riff )notes are "G on second string 8th fret then E third string 7th fret then high E on 12th fret then A on second string 10th fret" play this twice C7 A7 B7#9 back to intro. I think I got this right let me know.Still need the bass tab for this song.Thnks

Rover	November 1, 2004, 11:57
Hey folks! Anyone please could tab OLD BEFORE MY TIME? Even DESDEMONA? It's a amazing song (both), but I never found any tabs or chords for it! It would be great...

john	March 9, 2006, 19:38
good tab, does anyone know the "old Friend" tab?

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