"Conviction Song"

Lyrics Written By:  moe.

Lyrics Transcribed By:   ~mindy reznk.

Earliest known performance: March 23, 2002
Official recording(s) (if any): none

•     "Conviction Song " Guitar Tabs    •

Oh tell my mother about her kid
Oh, won't you tell me about me
and about the things I've done

Don't tell my mother about her kid
I'm telling someone
When I'm dead and gone

And I will remain
Am I to blame?
Won't you tell him
About me

I was once a man of conviction
Now, a wanted man, once convicted

And I will remain
Am I to blame?
Won't you tell him
About me

Sometimes a man will do anything that is takes to be free
One time was all that it took
Take a look, to the book
About the things I've done

And I will remain
Am I to blame?
Won't you tell him
About me

And I will remain
Am I to blame?
Won't you tell him
About me

 

Conviction Song Guitar Tabs:
Transcribed by moegreene aka Erold Kroft

i used 12/31/05 for a reference, and have been listening to that whole show while doing this. what a killer focking show. :)

this is the main riff:

Aminor

C

G

Aminor

-----0----------0--------------------------------------------0-----
-----1----------1-----------------1--------------------------1-----
-----2----------2---2---4---2--0--0---------0---0------------2-----
-----2----------2-----------------2---0--2------0------------2-----
-----0----------0-----------------3-------------2---------3--0-----
----------0-------------------------------------3---3--5-----------

the cadence is more relaxed , and in a one and two and a one shuffle. there is a slide from the second fret(e) to the fourth fret(f#), and a little trill on the third fret(c) right before it goes back to the A minor chord.
subtleties, not necessary, but that is the way moe. plays it, so... do it.

the chorus;

--3------1-----0----------------------------------------------------
--0------1-----1---------------------------1------------1--------0--
--0------2-----0---------------------------2--2--4--2---0-0-2-0--0--
--0------3-----2-------------0---2---------2------------2--------0--
--2------3-----3----3--2--3------2---------0------------3--------2---
--3------1-----3-----------------0-----4-------------------------3---

then the little turn around lick:

-------------
-------------
-------------
-------------
---------3--0--
---3--5-------

again, third fret on the a string(c), bend it, shake it, trill it, paprika it, or just leave it plain...

the chords are G-F-C-E minor, a g# sharp passing note(4th fret on low E string)-A minor -C-G

A minor or A sus

G

----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
--------2-------2-------0------------0--0-----------------
------2---2---0---0---2----(2)-0--2-----0-----------------
----0-------2-------3-------------------2-----------------
----------------------------------------3---3--2----------

E7

-------------------------------------------0---------------
-------------------------------------------0---------------
-------0----------0-------0---------0------1-------------------
---------2----------0-------0---------0----0---------------------
-----2-----2---2--------2--------2---------2----------------------
---0---------2--------3--------2-----------0---------------------

A minor or A sus

C

----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------1-----------------------
-------2-------2------2-------2----0---------------------------
-----2---2--02---2--0---0-------0--2-------------------------------
---0-----------------------2-------3---3--5--------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

A Minor or A sus

F

----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
------2-------2-------2------2----------------------------
---02---2---0---0-------0------0---3--3--3--3-------------
-------------------3------2--------3--3--3--3----3--2-----
-----------------------------------1--1--1--1-------------

the F chord play twelve times, i showed just four of them, but this is tedious, so i didn't do a repeating pattern for ya'll.then do the turn around lick
(the C and B on the A string: 3rd and 2nd fret, respectively)
and repeat from the top , or,, you can figure out what i mean.