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|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|--4-6---4-6---4-6-6--6--4-6-

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

This song is in the key of Bb minor,
 and there is a guitar playing Bb 
minor (688666)
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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|--------------------------------
B|--9---8--9-----9--9---8--9------
G|--10--8--10----10-10--8--10-----
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|-------8----------------8---------
B|9---8--9-----9--9---8---9---------
G|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-
B|--8--8-8----------------------6-
G|--6--6-6----------------------8-
D|--8--8-8-----6-6--8--6--------8-
A|-------------8-8--10-8--------6-
E|--------------------------------

E|-1-------| 
B|-1-------| 
G|-1-------| 
D|-3-------| 
A|-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--------------------------
B|----6-6-------------------------
G|---6---6-----------------6------
D|--8-----8---------8---8----8----
A|----------------8---8-----------
E|--------6-----6-----------------

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

E|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|--3-------| 
D|----------| 
A|4---------| 
E|----6-----| 


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

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

----------| 
----------| 
----------| 
-----8---6| 
---8---8--| 
6---------| 


E|-----6--------------------------
B|----6-6-------------------------
G|---6---6------------------------
D|--8-----8------8---6-8-----8----
A|-------------8---8-------8---8--
E|--------6-----------------------

E|-------6--------------------------
B|------6-6-------------------------
G|-----6---6------------------------
D|----8-----8------8-----6----------
A|---------------8----8-------------
E|----------6---------------6-------

E|---------| 
B|11-------| 
G|13b15----| 
D|---------| 
A|---------| 
E|---------| 


E|--------------------------------
B|--9----9p6-9p6---6--6-9p6-----9-
G|---------------8----------6-8---
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|------------------9p6---6---------
B|6---------------------6---9-6---6-
G|----8p6-8p6-------------------8---
D|------------8p6-------------------
A|----------------8-----------------
E|----------------------------------

E|6--------| 
B|-----6---| 
G|--6h8-6b-| 
D|--------8| 
A|---------| 
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---
B|--6----1----6-6--9--9---9--9---
G|--8----1----8-8--10-10--10-10--
D|--8----3----8-8--10-10--10-10--
A|--6----3----6-6--8--8---8--8---
E|-------1----------------8--8---

E|8--8---6------------------------------------| 
B|9--9---6------------------------------------| 
G|8--8---6------------------------------------| 
D|10-10--8------------------------------------| 
A|11-11--8------------------------------------| 
E|-------6------------------------------------| 

(Ebsus2)(F minor)    (Ebsus2) (F 
minor) (F minor/C) (Ab) (Bb minor)