"Mr Cab Driver" by Lenny Kravitz
From the album Let Love Rule

Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)



Notation

XhY     - hammer on
XpY     - pull off
XbY     - bend at fret X to pitch of fret Y
XrY     - release bent note at pitch of fret X to pitch of fret Y
X~~     - vibrato 
(X)     - ghost note
X/Y XY - slides from X up/down to Y
(...)   - hold previous note



INTRO - Main riff

  --5---------3-----------
  --5---------3-----------
  --6---------4------4----
  --7---7-7---5----5-5-5--
  --7---7-7---5----5-5-5--
  --5---5-5---3----0-3-0--


VERSE

  Mr Cab Driver won't stop to let me in

  --------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------------------------------
  --------------------------7--7--9--7--7--7--9--7--
  --7--7--9--7--7--7--9--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--
  --5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------------------------- (2x main riff)
    _______ A-riff _______  _______ D-riff _______

  Mr Cab Driver don't like my kind of skin

  (2x D-riff)

  Mr Cab Driver you're never gonna win

  --------------------------
  --------------------------
  --------------------------
  --9--9--11-9--9--9--11-9--
  --7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--
  -------------------------- (D-riff, 2x main riff)
    _______ E-riff _______


VERSE


PRE-CHORUS 1

  Here we go..

  (2x D-riff while bass plays this tab)

  --------------------------
  ------4---5---6----7-7-4--
  --5-----------------------
  --------------------------

  (2x A-riff)

  --------------------------
  --------------------------
  ------4---5---6----7-7-4--
  --5-----------------------

  (2x D-riff)

  --------------------------
  ------4---5---6----7-7-4--
  --5-----------------------
  --------------------------

  (*)

    B (x8) E (x8) E7#9 (x10)
  --7------7------0---------
  --7------9------8---------
  --8------9------7---------
  --9------9------6---------
  --9------7------7---------
  --7------0------0---------


CHORUS

  Mr Cab Driver

  (A-riff followed by main riff)


VERSE


PRE-CHORUS


PRE-CHORUS - Played from (*)

  Let me in (scat)


CHORUS


SOLO

  Based on the following tab. Easy enough to find out by
  yourself.

  -----------------------------------------
  ----------------------------(5h7)--------
  --7b8r7--5-------------------5h7---5-----
  -----------7---5---5h7---5-----------7--
  -----------------7---------7-------------
  -----------------------------------------


SECOND PART OF SOLO

    A (577xxx)                 C (x355xx)
  -----------------------------------------
  --8------8------8------7-----5-----------
  --10b12--10b12--10b12--9b11--7b9---------
  -----------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------

    A (577xxx)                 G (355xxx)
  -----------------------------------------
  --5------5------5------3-----1-----------
  --7b9----7b9----7b9----5b7---3b5---------
  -----------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------
  
  Repeat above once more
  

End song with A chord (577655)