Sway The Riff You Can't Play — Drop B riff by PokyRainDrop

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Tab · Drop B (B F# B E G# C#).gp file.mid file

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C#|15----------------22-19-15----------|
G#|---17----------17----------17-------|
 E|------16----16----------------16----|
 B|---------17----------------------17-|
F#|------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------|

C#|---------------11-14-12-11-17-15-14-|-----------------11-12-14-15-14-12-|
G#|---------12-13----------------------|--------10-12-13-------------------|
 E|---11-14----------------------------|---9-12----------------------------|
 B|13----------------------------------|10---------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

C#|---------------------------------|15----------------22-19-15----------|
G#|---------------------------------|---17----------17----------17-------|
 E|--8-11----9-12----11-14----16-17-|------16----16----------------16----|
 B|9------10------13-------14-------|---------17----------------------17-|
F#|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|

C#|---------------11-14-12-11-17-15-14-|-----------------11-12-14-15-14-12-|
G#|---------12-13----------------------|--------10-12-13-------------------|
 E|---11-14----------------------------|---9-12----------------------------|
 B|13----------------------------------|10---------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

C#|---------------------------------|15----------------22-19-15----------|
G#|---------------------------------|---17----------17----------17-------|
 E|--8-11----9-12----11-14----16-17-|------16----16----------------16----|
 B|9------10------13-------14-------|---------17----------------------17-|
F#|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|

C#|---------------11-14-12-11-17-15-14-|-----------------11-12-14-15-14-12-|
G#|---------12-13----------------------|--------10-12-13-------------------|
 E|---11-14----------------------------|---9-12----------------------------|
 B|13----------------------------------|10---------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

C#|---------------------------------|15----------------22-19-15----------|
G#|---------------------------------|---17----------17----------17-------|
 E|--8-11----9-12----11-14----16-17-|------16----16----------------16----|
 B|9------10------13-------14-------|---------17----------------------17-|
F#|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|

C#|---------------11-14-12-11-17-15-14-|-----------------11-12-14-15-14-12-|
G#|---------12-13----------------------|--------10-12-13-------------------|
 E|---11-14----------------------------|---9-12----------------------------|
 B|13----------------------------------|10---------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

C#|---------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------|
 E|--8-11----9-12----11-14----16-17-|
 B|9------10------13-------14-------|
F#|---------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------|

Why it works

Someone should care because I'll pay you to teach me how to play it.

After goofing around with the same sweep that I've done 10,000, I thought I'd spice it up a notch and a tapped note (I know what you thinking, and yes, I'm Tosin Abassi in white face).

After getting that down, I moved the hand down the neck to see if I could squeeze anything else of this.

Finding some cool notes, and making a backing "heavy end of song" part to go with it, I cranked the BPM to make sure that I'd never play it again.

— PokyRainDrop, who wrote and played it

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