Tonight The Heartache's On Me

Boo Bernstein · Post by **Boo Bernstein** » 4 Feb 2002 12:56 pm

In the Dixie Chicks's version of this song, on (I believe the second chorus), there is a great lick where there are notes moving up as the bar decends. I know a number of these licks (like the famous Emmons one on strings 9,8 and 7) but I can't seem to find this particular one. Has anyone taken the time to figure it out? Thanks in advance. Boo

Jeff Lampert · Post by **Jeff Lampert** » 4 Feb 2002 1:19 pm

What's the time of the lick?

Boo Bernstein · Post by **Boo Bernstein** » 5 Feb 2002 9:37 am

The time is about 1:53. Thanks, Boo

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 12 Feb 2002 8:31 am

1:53 <pre>
1____________________________________________________________
2____________________________________________________________
3____________________________________________________________
4___________________________________________18D____18D___17D_~_16D__
5_______________________________18____18A__________18____17__~_16___
6_________________________18B___18B_~_18B_______________________
7_______________20____19______________________________________
8____20_~_20D___________________18D_~_18D_______________________
9_______________________________________________________________
10______________________________________________________________
</pre>
Standard E9, D lowers strings 4 and 8 a half step.

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Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 14 Feb 2002 2:11 pm

This is cool! The band I'm paying with just put this song on my plate to learn!

Boo, what is the Emmons lick you are refering to and can you provide the tab?

Thanks,

Terry

John Steele (deceased) · Post by **John Steele (deceased)** » 20 Feb 2002 2:25 pm

This lick, at 1:53, to me sounds suspiciously like a lick I copped from Lloyd Maines' steel work on Dale Watson's album "I hate these songs". In the cut "I think of you", which is in "C", at about the 1:30 mark, Lloyd does something like this:
G7
1------------------|---------
2------------------|---------
3------------------|---------
4---------1~~~~3---|-10~~10--etc
5------3~~1(a~~3---|-10~~10a-
6------3~~~~~~~3---|---------
7------------------|---------
8--7~~~3-----------|---------
9------------------|---------
10-----------------|---------

I think the Dixie Chick Lick is some variation of that, although their tune is in F, and Lloyd uses it to go from I-IV, so
it would be the same strings/levers, but start on fret 17 instead of 7.
I could be wrong. What do you think ?
Joe? Boo ?
Another thing I've noticed, imho, Lloyd Maines has consistently great tone, to my ears. uh huh!
Terry, check out buddy's accompaniment to Judy Collins "Someday Soon", and you'll hear the mind-bending lick.
-John [This message was edited by John Steele on 20 February 2002 at 02:31 PM.]