Artist:  Taproot
Song:    I
Album:   Gift
Tuning:  A Standard (ADGCFA)
Author:  Mike Smith ([email protected])

Ok I finally fixed my tab.  This is the way I play it with my band.  I also
managed to catch a Taproot concert & Mike DeWulf plays this song the same way on
most parts of the song.  I changed a few things that I think sound better.


Notation Key:
v - Downstroke
^ - Upstroke
h - Hammer On
p - Pull Off
~ - Let Ring
/ - Slide Up
 - Slide Down
x - Muted String
p.m. - Palm Mute



Intro (Clean with thick chorus/echo): 

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|------------11-----------------------------------------------------||
G|------7-------------7~---------------------------------------------||
D|---9-----9------9--------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||

                                * Put some funk on these two chords
                                  bend the 9 slightly (not even a half step)
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|------------11-----------------------------------------------------||
G|------9-------------9~~~----9b-9b----------------------------------||
D|---7-----7------7-----------0--0-----------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||

Intro continued:

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|------------11------------------------------11---------------------||
G|------7-------------7-----9b-9b-------9-------------9---9b-9b------||
D|---9-----9------9---------0--0-----7-----7------7-------0--0-------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|| x3

Last time play this:

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|------------11-------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11--||
G|------7-------------7-----9b-9b-------9------9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
D|---9-----9------9---------0--0-----7-----7------7--7--7--7--7--7---||
A|---------------------------------------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x---||

Pre-Verse:
     V  ^  V  ^  V  ^  V  ^  V  ^     *continue this picking pattern
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
G|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
D|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---||
A|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|| x2

1st Verse:

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|------------11------------------------------11---------------------||
G|------7-------------7-----9b-9b-------9-------------9---9b-9b------||
D|---9-----9------9---------0--0-----7-----7------7-------0--0-------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|| x3

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|------------11-------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11--||
G|------7-------------7-----9b-9b-------9------9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
D|---9-----9------9---------0--0-----7-----7------7--7--7--7--7--7---||
A|---------------------------------------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x---||

Pre-Chorus:
                                     * all upstrokes on the octaves
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|-----11-11-11-11-11-11-------------14--14--14--14--14--------------||
G|-----11-11-11-11-11-11-------------x---x---x---x---x---------------||
D|-----9--9--9--9--9--9--------------12--12--12--12--12--------------||
A|-----9--9--9--9--9--9----------------------------------------------||

                                     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|-----9--9--9--9--9--9--------------13--13--13--13--13--------------||
G|-----9--9--9--9--9--9--------------x---x---x---x---x---------------||
D|-----7--7--7--7--7--7--------------10--10--10--10--10--------------||
A|-----7--7--7--7--7--7----------------------------------------------|| x2

1st Chorus:
     V  ^  V  ^  V  ^  V  ^  V  ^     *continue this picking pattern
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
G|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
D|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---||
A|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|| x2

1st Verse (Same as 1st Verse except the 2nd time through
           when the drum beat changes, hold the last 9
           instead of playing the 0-9b's)

Pre-Chorus (Same as above)

2nd Chorus (Same as 1st Chorus)

Breakdown:

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|-----11~~~~~-----------------------9~~~~~--------------------------||
G|-----11~~~~~-----------------------9~~~~~--------------------------||
D|-----9~~~~~~-----------------------7~~~~~--------------------------||
A|-----9~~~~~~-----------------------7~~~~~--------------------------|| x 6

Oversampling begins here but this is the lead riff
while the chorus riff is played behind it.  Also, listen to the
CD because I didn't tab out exactly how many times to hit each
chord:

A|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|-----11-11-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-------------||
G|-----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--------------||
D|-----9--9--9--9--9--9--12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x 5

Final time play:

A|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
C|-----11-11-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14----9----9----9~~~--------------------||
G|-----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----9----9----9~~~--------------------||
D|-----9--9--9--9--9--9--12-12-12-12----7----7----7~~~--------------------||
A|--------------------------------------7----7----7~~~--------------------||

-Fin-