Iron Mic
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song: iron mic'
band: sugar ray
tabber: jacob wall
standard sugar ray tuning (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb)
riff 1 (intro riff: this is also played at weird parts like a couple
of seconds before the loud part of the chorus and after the chorus. *
= i dont know if he hammers on here, it doesnt really sound like it
but it would sound better if you did.)
eb||------------------------------------------------||
Bb||------------------------------------------------||
Gb||------1-1~~~~~-----1-1~~~-----1-1~~~~~-----1-2--||
Db||--0*2----------0*2--------0*2----------0*2------||
Ab||------------------------------------------------||
Eb||------------------------------------------------||
riff 2 (pre-chorus: palm mute the entire riff. this is my best guess)
eb||-----------------------------------||
Bb||-----------------------------------||
Gb||-----------------------------------||
Db||-----------------------------------||
Ab||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
Eb||-----------------------------------||
riff 3 (chorus riff) first chorus outro
eb||-----------------------------||-----------------||
Bb||-----------------------------||-----------------||
Gb||-----------------------------||-----------------||
Db||--7/9-9-9-9\7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9--||--5--4--5--4--2--||
Ab||--5/7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7--||--5--4--5--4--2--||
Eb||-----------------------------||--3--2--3--2--0--||
riff 4 (major distortion and do some miscellaneous
intro to riff 4 palm muting on some parts)
eb||--------------||----------------------------||
Bb||--------------||----------------------------||
Gb||--------------||----------------------------||
Db||--5--4--5--4--||--5-7---7---7--7-7-7-7-7-5--||
Ab||--5--4--5--4--||--5-7---7---7--7-7-7-7-7-5--||
Eb||--3--2--3--2--||--3-5---5---5--5-5-5-5-5-3--||
riff 5 (this is a bridge on some parts of the song that you only do
two times in the song. the first time you do this, do riff 5 once then
go into that ending fill, but the second time around do riff twice
then go into the ending fill)
eb||-----------------------------------------
Bb||-----------------------------------------
Gb||-----------------------------------------
Db||--7-9----7-9--------7-9------x-8----x-8--
Ab||--5-7----5-7--------5-7----x-x-8--x-x-8--
Eb||---------------------------x-x-6--x-x-6--
riff 5 continued outro
eb||-------------------------------------------||-----||
Bb||-------------------------------------------||-----||
Gb||-------------------------------------------||-----||
Db||--x-7-9----7-9--------7-9------x-8----x-7--||--2--||
Ab||--x-5-7----5-7--------5-7----x-x-8--x-x-7--||--2--||
Eb||-----------------------------x-x-6--x-x-5--||--0--||
riff 6 (last chorus) last chorus fill: 1 and 2
eb||-----------------------------------------------||-----||-----||
Bb||-----------------------------------------------||-----||-----||
Gb||-----------------------------------------------||-----||-----||
Db||--7/9-9-9-9\7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9---7/9-9-9-9\7-7-7--||--9--||-----||
Ab||--5/7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7---5/7-7-7-7\5-5-5--||--7--||--2--||
Eb||-----------------------------------------------||-----||--0--||
riff 7 (ending riff: before starting
this riff, pick scrape down strings) ending bit
eb||---------------------------------||-----||
Bb||---------------------------------||-----||
Gb||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7--------||-----||
Db||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-7--||--2--||
Ab||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-9-9-7--||--2--||
Eb||--------------------------7-7-5--||--0--||
How to play Iron Mic
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Eb. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.