Bunch of requests for this one! Cut The Brakes is slightly more advanced with the picking pattern, but if you can follow along slowly, you can speed it up once you’ve got the hang of it. I’ll get one going for the latest single Diminishing Returns next, which is more standard with first position chords.
Picking Pattern
This is steady throughout the entire song on the RIGHT hand, so it stays the same regardless of what chords the left hand is playing.. The x’s below indicate no strike, and the o’s indicate a strike.
x-x-x-x-x-x
x-x-x-x-x-x
x-x-x-x-x-x
x-o-x-x-x-o (middle on 4th string)
x-o-x-o-x-x (index on 5th string)
o-x-o-x-o-x (thumb on 6th string)
Chords
These chords are generally what’s being played, but it’s important to play them as noted in the tablature below to get it sounding like the recording. Once you get the hang of the progression, it repeats for the entire song.
E/B | E | C#m | D
E/B | E | Amaj7 | F#m
Tablature
E/B
x
x
x
6
7
7
E
x
x
x
6
7
0
C#m
x
x
x
6
7
9
D
x
x
x
7
9
10
Amaj7
x
x
x
6
7
5
F#m
x
x
x
4
5
2
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