Rollins Band – You Didnt Need tab

Rollins Band

" You didn't need "

album: The end of silence
year: 1992

translated by Michiel Hautus, february 02, The Netherlands
(more ROLLINS BAND tabs: http://ourworld-top.cs.com/HAUTUS/index.htm)

note: many riffs in this song return ever
in a little changed way but
not all the versions are written out

explanation signs:

7h8	= hammer-on
7p5	= pull-off
8b9	= bend 8th fret to 9th
7b8r7	= bend 7th fret to 8th and release to old position
~	= vibration
\	= slide down
/	= slide up
R	= rest

RIFF A

let ring everything, except first three notes

E --------------------------------------|B --------------------------------------|G --------------------------------------|D -6-5----------------------------------|A -----7------7---5---7---5---7---5---7-|E --------6-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|
RIFF B mute A5 chords slightly
E -----------------------------|B -----------------------------|G -----------------------------|D -7---------------------------|A -7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7h9-9-7-7-|E -5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-5-|
RIFF C
E ----------------------------------|B ----------------------------------|G ----------------------------------|D -6-5------------------------------|A -----7--5-5-7---5---7-5--7b8r7-5--|E --------------5---5---------------|
xxxxxxxxxxx|-let ring-----|xxxxxxxxx| RIFF D bass plays: D - C - Bb - A - G - F - E - rest let ring D5 chords a little with E tones
E ---------------------------------------------|----------------------7-R-|B --------3-5---5-3-5---5-3-5---5--5/6p3h5----5|-3-5---5--5/6p3h5---5-5-R-|G -1-0----2---2---2---2---2---2-------------2--|-2---2------------2---4-R-|D -----2------0-------0-------0-------------0--|-----0------------0-------|A ---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|E ---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
RIFF B2 mute slightly
E ----------------------------|B ----------------------------|G ----------------------------|D -7--------------------------|A -7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|E -5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
RIFF E
E ------------------|-------------------------|B ------------------|-------------------------|G ------------------|-------------------------|D ------------------|-------------------------|A -3--5-5--3-5-5--5-|--9-9-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|E -1--3-3--1-3-3--3-|--7-7-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
E -------------------------|-------------------------|B -------------------------|-------------------------|G -------------------------|-------------------------|D -------------------------|-------------------------|A --5-5-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--5-5-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|E --3-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
RIFF F mute single open E tone between A5/E chords 1.3. time
E ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|B ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|G -9-9------9----|---------------|-9-9------9----|---------------|D -7-7------7----|---------------|-7-7------7----|---------------|A -7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|-7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|E -0-0---0--0----|-----7-6-5-3~--|-0-0---0--0----|-----7-0-6~----|
2. time
E ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|B ---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|G -9-9------9----|---------------|-9-9------9----|---------------|D -7-7------7----|-----------5~--|-7-7------7----|---------8~----|A -7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|-7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|E -0-0---0--0----|-----7-6-5-----|-0-0---0--0----|-----7-0-------|
4. time
E ---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|B ---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|G -9-9------9----|---------------|-9-9------9----|-------------|D -7-7------7----|-----------5~--|-7-7------7----|-------6-5---|A -7-7------7----|-5-5-----------|-7-7------7----|-5-5-------7-|E -0-0---0--0----|-----7-6-5-----|-0-0---0--0----|-----7-------|
PART BEFORE FIRST SOLO: Riff A, B and C are played with more or less muted E-string However, Riff B is played like this: RIFF B3 let ring all notes
E -------------------------------| B -------------------------------| G -------------------------------| D -------------------------------| A -----7---5---7---5---7---5---7-| E -5-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
SOLO 1 bass plays two times: D - C - Bb - A - G - F - E
E -------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|B -------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|G -------|-------------------|--------------------|----------6/7--5-R-|D -6-5---|--------5-7/8--7~--|--------8-9/10--8~--|------5-8----------|A -----7-|----5-7------------|------8-------------|--5-8--------------|E -------|--6----------------|-8-10---------------|-------------------|
E -------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|B -------------------|----------10-10-8h10p8-|------------10-10-8h10p8--|G -10-10-9~--10/12~--|-9h10~9~--14-14--------|-/10-10-9~--14-14---------|D -------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|A -------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|E -------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
E -------------------|--------|B -10b11-10b11-10~---|-/12\---|G -------------------|--------|D -------------------|--------|A -------------------|--------|E -------------------|--------|
SOLO 2 is played over Riff F SOLO 3 basspart: low E - high E - D - Bb - low E - high E - D - high F RIFF F variation at the end
E --------------------------------------------|B --------------------------------------------|G -9-9----------------------------------------|D -7-7------7b8r7p5-R-7b8r7p5-R-7b8r7p5-------|A -7-7------7b8r7p5-R-7b8r7p5-R-7b8r7p5-------|E -0-0---0-------------------------------0-0--|
ENDRIFF basis:
E5 079xxx - E5 x79xxx - F5 x810xxxx - D5 x57xxx-- E5 079xxx - E5 x79xxx - F5 x810xxxx - G5 x1012xxx
END
E --------------------|B --------------------|G -9---------------9\-|D -9---feedback----9\-|A -7---------------7\-|E -0------------------|
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