Chords for "Evil" by Cactus (Tab/Lesson)

_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey, I'm gonna be going over the song evil by cactus.
It's from their 1971 restrictions album sounds like this
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
[A] _ [C] _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
So it uses a three chord blues progression as you might have noticed.
It's D
_ [G] it's G _ [Em] [A] and
It _ _ _ _ _ starts off on the power chord of the fifth fret of a which is the [D] deep power chord _ _ _ _ slides back into it
_ _ _ _ First [F] fret of E _ third [G] fret of E _
[A] The threat of E _ [C] third fret of a _
pull off the fifth fret of a onto the third fret of a _ and
You're back at the [D] beginning of the riff
_ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ [A] _ [C] And [D] _ _ _ _
_ then the G chord [G] _
_ is _ the third fret of E
_ _ Third fret of E [F] second [B] fret of a _ _ [C] third fret of a _
[D] This right of a
_ [F] _ Third fret of D.
_ Pull off the fifth fret of D onto the third fret of D
_ back to the [D] D chord
_ [G] _ _ [B] _
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ Fifth fret of E _ fourth [C#] fret of a _ fifth [D] fret of a _ [E]
seventh fret of a
_ _ Fifth [G] fret of D.
Pull off the seventh fret of D onto the fifth fret of D _
[A] _ [C#] You [D] _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
play your your G _ riff again
_ [B] _
[C] _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _ You play your new D riff [D] again
[F] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ And then it does a little octave thing where it plays the exact same D riff, but it goes up _ _
Up the strings you start off on the fifth fret of [D] a
_ [F] third fret of
_ _ Fifth _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C] fret of G _ and pull off the seventh fret of _ G onto the fifth fret
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] That's pretty much all you need to know to do the riff
And then there's some solo stuff that I think you should probably figure it on your own
Something [D] _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ like that you basically play it in like a deep pentatonic a lot of it is big
Bends that he holds for a long time, and it's kind of got like an Octavia sound on it
I'm not exactly sure how to get that sound but
_ It really defines that solo for me
_ _ really really big bends and a lot of vibrato kind of [D] like _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ You
Something like that so that should pretty much give you a start on the song I intentionally didn't cover
Some of the more intricate stuff because it's a little harder for me to teach it and also
I think you should be using your ears to figure it out because
That's the best way to play something _
You're gonna know if you're playing it right or wrong when you play it yourself rather than just reading tabs or something like that
_ so good luck and
I'll see you next time