Nighttime In The Switching Yard tab

Nighttime In The Switching Yard

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                   Nighttime in the Switching Yard - Warren Zevon
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Tabbed by: Ravi

Tuning: Standard

Intro

Although this is a guitar tab, I will mention that the bassline is as follows for the 
majority of the song
(listen and play along for correct timing)

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------(5/6)------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--4-6---4-6---4-6-6--6--4-6------------------------------------------------|

This song is in the key of Bb minor, and there is a guitar playing Bb minor (688666) 
behind the chords played by the other guitar during the entirety of the verse.

Verse

Guitar 2 plays something along the lines of this
Nighttime in the switching yard...

e|---------------------------------------8----------------8------------------|
B|--9---8--9-----9--9---8--9------9---8--9-----9--9---8---9------------------|
G|--10--8--10----10-10--8--10-----10--8--10----10-10--8---10-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------11\----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Get it out on the mainline…         Listen to the train whistle by

e|--6--6-6----------------------6------------------------------------1-------|
B|--8--8-8----------------------6------------------------------------1-------|
G|--6--6-6----------------------8------------------------------------1-------|
D|--8--8-8-----6-6--8--6--------8------------------------------------3-------|
A|-------------8-8--10-8--------6------------------------------------3-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------1-------|
   (Eb7/Bb)                    (Ebsus2)                             (F minor)

Solo
The Bb minor arpeggio is played by a synth, but transposed to guitar it is as follows

e|-----6---------------------------------6-----------------------------------|
B|----6-6-------------------------------6-6----------------------------------|
G|---6---6-----------------6-----------6---6-----5b6-3-----------3---3-------|
D|--8-----8---------8---8----8--------8-----8----------6-5-6p5---------------|
A|----------------8---8----------------------------------------4---4---------|
E|--------6-----6---------------------------6--------------------------6-----|

e|-----6---------------------------------6-----------------------------------|
B|----6-6-------------------------------6-6----------------------------------|
G|---6---6-------------------5-6-5-----6---6---------6-----------------------|
D|--8-----8--8---6-5---6-5---------8--8-----8----8-----8---8p6---8------8---6|
A|-------------8-----8-----8-------------------8---8-----8-----8------8---8--|
E|--------6---------------------------------6----------------------6---------|

e|-----6---------------------------------6-----------------------------------|
B|----6-6-------------------------------6-6-------------------------11-------|
G|---6---6-----------------------------6---6------------------------13b15----|
D|--8-----8------8---6-8-----8--------8-----8------8-----6-------------------|
A|-------------8---8-------8---8-----------------8----8----------------------|
E|--------6---------------------------------6---------------6----------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------9p6---6---------6--------|
B|--9----9p6-9p6---6--6-9p6-----9-6---------------------6---9-6---6------6---|
G|---------------8----------6-8-------8p6-8p6-------------------8-----6h8-6b-|
D|--------------------------------------------8p6---------------------------8|
A|------------------------------------------------8--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

After this it's the Bb minor (688666) vamp till the Ebsus2 chord at 3:11, then
e|--6----1----6-6--8--8---8--8---8--8---6------------------------------------|
B|--6----1----6-6--9--9---9--9---9--9---6------------------------------------|
G|--8----1----8-8--10-10--10-10--8--8---6------------------------------------|
D|--8----3----8-8--10-10--10-10--10-10--8------------------------------------|
A|--6----3----6-6--8--8---8--8---11-11--8------------------------------------|
E|-------1----------------8--8----------6------------------------------------|
(Ebsus2)(F minor)    (Ebsus2) (F minor) (F minor/C) (Ab) (Bb minor)

FInally, Eb7/Bb(xx8686)is played during the "listen to the train, listen to the track" 
part as it fades out.

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