Lynyrd Skynyrd Tabs

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Fans with a passion for Southern Rock are always on the lookout for accurate Lynyrd Skynyrd tabs. This band is rightly hailed as one of the greatest and most popular exponents of the Southern Rock guitar band movement of the 1970s. With songs such as the legendary Freebird, Sweet Home Alabama and Saturday Night Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd continues to elicit a loyal following even many years after the tragic plane crash that robbed the band of its momentum, as well as its leader Ronnie Van Zandt. Skynyrd fans who are interested in the guitar riffs and melody lines of their greatest hits, as well as their lesser known songs, have many options to go to when seeking out tabs for their favorite band. Even non-fans will, at some point, attempt the distinctive opening riff of Sweet Home Alabama that is almost a rite of passage for those looking to study serious rock guitar playing.

Famous Lynyrd Skynyrd Songs and Tabs

Freebird

Along with Sweet Home Alabama, Freebird is probably the most recognized song in the Lynyrd Skynyrd discography. Although there is heavy use of piano and Hammond organ, the song is best know for its guitar solo which is over four minutes long. For this reason, it is one of the most popular Lynyrd Skynyrd tabs sought after by eager fans and budding rock guitarists alike. The solo is largely improvised and thus several versions can be found, often on live bootleg recordings. Sometimes, these improvisations brought the song to almost 14 minutes in length.

Places to go to find tabs for Freebird include:

Ultimate Guitar: Ultimate Guitar can claim a near-comprehensive list of tabs for Freebird, offering as it does no less than seven versions of the song in tablature.
Fret Play: Fret Play has a good tab layout of the song for two guitars and includes the slide guitar sections.
Tab Power: Tab Power's version of the tab gives brief background information on the song’s structure for guitar, including the fact that the solo is played in G Minor Pentatonic.

Sweet Home Alabama

Probably Lynyrd Skynyrd’s most famous song, the opening riff to this piece is unmistakable, having a kind of tumbling quality as it skips from phrase to phrase. The opening lyrics, repetitive chord structure and simplicity of the song lend it a sing-along quality that a lot of the great hits have. The song contains a piano solo that guitar players can find, although that challenge would probably only appeal to advanced guitarists. Any website that offers Lynyrd Skynyrd tabs will have a version, or several versions, of this song in its catalog.

A small selection of such websites includes:

GuitareTab: Guitare Tab contains two versions of the song, although it admits that there are sections missing from the tablature. These versions are very well tabbed and easy to use.
Magic Tab: Magic Tab is quite novel in that it contains a brief sound file of the opening riff coupled with the tab that allows the guitarist to follow along as the riff is played.

Other Sources for Lynyrd Skynyrd Tabs

There are many other Internet resources for more songs by Lynyrd Skynyrd. As well as tabs available on the Internet, there are songbooks available in music shops that contain the catalog of classic Skynyrd songs.

Some examples of these books are: