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Whiskey On Ice Guitar Tablature
Title:      Whiskey On Ice
Artist:     Hank Williams Jr.
Album:      Volume 8 - High Notes
Tabbed by:  Levi Garrett ([email protected])


This is my variation of the original tab for this song.  If you get the strumming patterns right,
it sounds exactly like Hank's version.  For the intro & Fill 1, simply move your 1st (index) finger
from the G string to the A string to play the variations on the D chord.  It's much easier to play
than the fingerpicked version and it sounds just like the song.  I've rewritten the song in Dropped-D
tuning for this variation;  simply mute the low E string with your thumb while strumming the D chords,
and you can mute it with your second finger by forming a normal G chord but not actually fretting the E string.
Use your first finger for the 0-2 (this is not a hammer on, listen to the song for the correct timing)
and your second (middle) finger for the 3B, then move your hand back into the D position.  Let me 
know your opinion on this tab.  Thanks!



Legend
------

----|-------------|
v   | strum down  |
----|-------------|
^   | strum up    |
----|-------------|
B   | bend        |
----|-------------|
D   | xx0232      |
----|-------------|
C   | x32010      |
----|-------------|
G   | x20033      |
----|-------------|
:   | repeat      |



Intro:

            D            
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----0-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3B-----------------------|
            v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^ 

                       
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----0-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3B-----------------------|
            v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^ 

                                   
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2------------------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3------------------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0------------------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
            v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^    v




The strumming pattern for the verse is the same as the intro.  Just listen to the
song and follow along with the chords.


Note:  Hank throws in a dsus4 (xx0233) after "on fire" so just listen for it.

Verse 1:

 D                   C                 G                     D
Woke up this morning tasting Jim Beam. Holdin' the answer to some ole’ boys dream, 

 D                         C                       G                    D            D  Dsus4  D
Got a bad reputation, yes I'm a live wire, like my Whiskey on ice and my women, on fire. 

 D                         C                    G                            D
From memphis to Mobil I've played all the dies, lord knows I'm lucky just to still be alive. Im

D                         C                       G                     D          D  Dsus4 D
an all around rebel and I won't be denied with my Whiskey on ice and my women on fire.


Chorus:

D                            C                        G                        D
I like my whiskey on ice, my women on fire, I like a good soundin guitar and I won't be called a liar. 

D                             C                     G                     D          D  Dsus4  D
Spent many long nights with a burning desire for my whiskey on ice and my women on fire.  


            D            
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----0-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3B-----------------------|
            v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^ 

                                   
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2------------------------------------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3------------------------------------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0------------------------------------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
            v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^    v


Verse 2:

 D                             C                            G                         D
Some folks talk about me, yes they always will, they think its been an easy ride and all been down hill, 

                                      C                     G                            D
what they dont think about. what they dont realize, is the shoes that I'm fillin' are a mighty big size. 

                             C                          G                          D
One night in Nashville tried to take my life, cause my friends had all left me and so had my wife 

                                C                       G                       D
but a fast ride to Florida made me realize, I had some whiskey on ice and some Florida women on fire!



Chorus X 2


Outro:

            D            
e|----------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2-----------------2---------------|
B|----------3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-----------------3---------------|
G|----------2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-----------------2---------------|
D|----------0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-----------------0---------------|
A|------------------------3--3-3-3-3----2--2-2-2-2----0-2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------3B-----------------------|
            v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^    v  v ^ v ^
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