CLUTCH - "Smoke Banshee" Tablature

Smoke Banshee
By Clutch
From the album ‘Pure Rock Fury’

Here’s another great song by Clutch. This one is very easy to play, although this tab does not show timings so you’ll have to listen to the song for exact timings.

Intro – riff 1:

D|-7-9-7--7-9-7--7-7-9--7-9-7-
A|-7-9-7--7-9-7--5-7-9--7-9-7-
E|-5-7-5--5-7-5--5-5-7--5-7-5-

Next it’s the song’s main riff – riff 2:

D|-5-5-----------------
A|-5-5-5---5-7-5-5----- x4
E|-7-7---7---------7-5-

Verse – riff 3:

D|-9---12-9-
A|-9---12-9- x4
E|-7---10-7-

Chorus – play the riff 2 12 times

Verse – same as before
Chorus – same as before

Next another riff comes in – riff 4:

D|-9-9-9-9-12-9-9-9-9-7/9-9-
A|-9-9-9-9-12-9-9-9-9-7/9-9- x6
E|-7-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7-5/7-7-

A bit of tremolo picked lead comes after it:

e|-----------------------
B|-----------------------
G|-11-11-11-11-11-9------
D|------------------12-9-

Play riff 4 another 8 times, then there’s some more lead.
Note – some notes are tremolo picked – listen to the song to find out which:

e|---------------------------------------------------10---10----10-
B|------------------------------------------------12----12----12---
G|------9-9b10r9-9-9-9-9--------------9-9b10r9-9-------------------
D|-9-12------------------12-9----9-12------------------------------
A|----------------------------12-----------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

e|---10--------------------------------------------------------------
B|-12--12-10---------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------11-------9-9b10-9-9b10-11-9b10-11-9b10-11-9b10-11-9-----
D|---------------9-12--------------------------------------------12-9
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------------10--10--10---10------------
B|---------------------12---12--12---12---12-10------
G|------9-9b10r10-9-----------------------------11-9-
D|-9-12-------------12-------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------

Like most Clutch leads, this solo is mostly a tremolo picked mess, so use fast alternate picking along the lines of the above really.

Play the intro again

Then play riff 2 8 times.

Finish on

D|-7-9-7-
A|-7-9-7-
E|-5-7-5- and you’re done.

Tab key:
b = bend to next note to pitch of next note
r = release bent note to pitch of next note
/ or \ = slide to next note

Email me with any corrections / suggestions - metruccai@hotmail.com
JK