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I'm trying to learn the intro as played on the 1967 Tammy Wynette version. I found a tab here,


http://users.interlinks.net/rebel/steel/apt9.html

but it's confusing me: I can definitely hear the 8th string in there, but it's not in the tab. I also hear a unison note later on that doesn't seem to be in the tab. Anyone know how this goes?

That was a great steel lick! I can tab it out tonight as part of my regular posts from memory if no one else gets it done by then. I seem to remember it being in F and using an open string for the unison part also. I used to play that lick over and over again when I practiced. It's incredible that anyone (Pete Drake?) could walk into a studio and lay down a riff like that with all the emotion and tone.

See my tab post for tonight. Hope it is close enought to use!


Greg

I play the Tammy version with the wide grip. Try using your 8,5,3 grip. I'm sitting at my cube right now at work and not at the steel so I can't tab it, but it is in the Key of F. The lick you're looking for comes from that wide grip.

Cheers!
Mark

I got the first couple bars figured out - it's played like the tab I linked to above, but with the 8th string added to the mix - the "wide grip" on the F... and then it goes to the IV chord. After that, though, I'm lost.

One of my favorite intros. I probably don't have it exact but I think i got the unison part. It's a cool open string thing, (beginning of the 3rd line)

I modified the tab to how i play it (if it doesn't format correctly try the link at the end).
[tab]
Apartment Number 9 Key of F

Steel Guitar Intro- E9
(D-lowers strings 4 and 8;)
[/tab]
[tab]
1:______________________________________
2:______________________________________
3:___8~8B___8~8B____6B~8B~6B_____6~~~___
4:______________________________________
5:___8~8A___8~8A____6A~8A~6A_____6~~~___
8:___8~8____8~8______6~~8~~6_____6~~~___
[/tab]
[tab]
1:______________________________________
2:______________________________________
3:______________________________________
4:___6A~~6~~5~~______________6~~6___6___
5:___6~~~6~~5B~______8~~8A___6~~6A__6A__
6:___________________8~~8B______________
[/tab]
[tab]
1:_______________________________1_______
2:_______________________________________
3:_________________________1B____________
4:____0~~~0~~1____1~_______1________1~~1_
5:____3A~~1~~1____1~_______1A_______1A~1_
6:________________1~________________1B~1_
[/tab]
I fixed the tab for you; pretty cool eh??
Ricky


http://www.geocities.com/martinvigesaa/apt_9_intro.txt

Try This:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum8/HTML/001249.html

Dan