MAKING BELIEVE
Tabs by
David J. Stewart | March 2016
LLOYD GREEN MASTERPIECE TABS COLLECTION
(As played by Lloyd Green - Super Jam 1995, St.
Louis - Here's the
Here's the MP3 recording)
Lloyd Green uses
a standard E9th
setup. The only exception is that he doesn't lower string 4 a half tone.
Instead he uses string 2. I designate lowering string 2 with either "LL" for a
whole tone drop, or "L" for a half tone drop. I've done my best to tab out
Lloyd's beautiful playing. It seems to be very close, but hasn't been checked
by Lloyd. These tabs are invaluable if you desire to play more in the style of
Lloyd Green. This is one of my favorite instrumental songs for pedal steel
guitar. Lloyd's performance is awesome!
Listen along to
the original
1995 live recording of “Making Believe”, so you can hear what to play.
There's some interesting great new things in here to add to your repertoire.
Lloyd's performance begins at 00:09 seconds in the MP3. There's a second great
performance by Lloyd at the end of the song, which I hope to tab in the future.
F#__________________________________________________________5~~~~_________________________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#__________________________________________________________________0~~~~~~~~~___0B_______
E ______________________________________________________________5_________________________
B ___7~7A__7~7A~5A~5~~12~12A__12____________12_12~12A__12~5~~~5~~___7~7A~5A~3A___5A_______
G#____________________________12___12B_12B________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E ___7~~~__7~~~~5~~5E~12~~~~________________12_12~12___12~5E~~~~~_________________________
D ____________________________12__________________________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#__0B~~~~~__0B~~~__0B~~~~~~~_____________________________________________________________
E _________________________________________________7_0____________________________________
B __3A~2A~2__2~2A___2A~2~0~~~____~8A~7A~7~7A~8A_7A~~~~__7~7A__7A~5A__5A~5~~12~12A~13A__12_
G#_________________________0B__________________________________________________________12_
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E ____________________________7__~8F~7~~7~7~~8F_7~~~~~__7~~~__7~~5___5~~5E~12~12~~13F____
D ____________________________7________________________________________________________12_
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#______________________________________________0_________________________________________
E ________________________14~~~___12~~~~~~________________________________________________
B ________________________14~14A__12A~12~~___5~~~___7__7A__7A~8A__8A~7A~7~~~___7~7A~7_____
G#__12~12B_______12~12B___14~14B__12B~~12~________________________________7B___7B~~~~_____
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E __12~~~~__12___12~~~~______________________5E~~__________7~~8F__8F~~7~~~~~______________
D __________________________________________________7__________________________7~~~~~_____
B __12~12A__12A__12A~~~___________________________________________________________________
F#______________________________________________7_________________________________________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#________________________________________________________________________________________
E _________________________________________7~~~~~___7_____________________________________
B ___7______5A__7A__~8A~7A~7~7A__7A~7________7~~~_________________________________________
G#___7_________________________________7B___________7B____________________________________
F#_______5________________________________________________________________________________
E __________________~8F~7~~7~7___7~~~__7__________________________________________________
D ___7___5_________________________________7~~~~~_________________________________________
B _____________________________________7A___________7A____________________________________
F#______________________________________________________________________10________________
D#_________________________________________________________________________10LL~~_10LL____
G#________________________________________________________________________________________
E ___7~~___7~~_______7~~7~5C~__7__________________________________________________________
B ___7~7A__7A~7______7A~7~5~~__7___________7__7A~8A~7A__7A~5A__5~~5A~7A____10~10A~~~~_____
G#_______________7B__7B~7~5~~__7__________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E _________________________________6~7_____7__7~~8F~7___7~~5___5E~5~~7____________________
D _________________________________6~7____________________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#__8LL~8LL~7LL___________________________________________________________________________
G#________________________________________________________________________________________
E _______________7~~7_____________________________________________________________________
B __8A~~~~~~7A____7A~7____________________7~7A__~8A~~7A__7A~7~~5A~5__5__________5~5_______
G#______________________7~7B~7_____7______________________________________________________
F#______________________7~~~~~__7__7__________________________________________5~~~5_______
E ____________________________________7___7~~~__~8F~~7___7~~7~~5~~5__5E__5E~5~~~~~5E______
D ______________________7~~~~~_____7__7___________________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#___*BELOW: Pick close to the bridge to get this sound (listen to the recording).________
G#________________________________________________________________________________________
E _____________________12_________________________________________________________________
B _*7~7A__*7A~5A~5~3A__12__________12~12A__12~12A~12__________________12~12A__12__________
G#__7B~~___7B~5~~5~3_______12__12B_12~12B__12B~~~~~~__12~12B__12~12B__12~12B__12___~17____
F#_____________________________12_____________________12~~~~__12~~~~______________________
E __7~~~___7~~5~~5~3F__12__12______________12~~~~~~~__________________12~~~~__12___~17____
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B ____________________________________________________12A~~~__12A~~~_______________~17____
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#___________________________________7B___________________________________________________
E ________________________________________________________________________________________
B ________________________________7______7A~7_____7~7A~8A~4______5A~7A~8A~7A__7A~7________
G#__~15___12__~11~~10_____10__7B______________7B______________3_____________________7B____
F#_____________________10_________________________________________________________________
E __~15F__12__~11E~10E________7___________________7~7~~8F~4F_____5~~7~~8~~7___7~~~________
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B __~15A__12__~11~~10_________7A____________________________________________________7A____
*ABOVE: After the preceding section, Lloyd does some nifty harmonics as a fill. I wasn't
quite sure how he did them. When I use "Open Finger Harmonics" on the 12th fret, they work
fine, but I could tell that Lloyd is using "Closed Finger Harmonics." For closed finger
harmonics, place the tone bar on the 7th fret and then chime the notes on the 12th fret.
F#___________12________________________________________________________________________12_
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#__~12__~12_______~15___15~~~~___14B~12B____12~12B__14B__17__~14B__7B__~12__12~12B~12____
E _____________12_________________________12______________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
G#________________________________________________________________________________________
F#_______________________15~~~~___________________________________________________________
E __~12__~12_______~15F___________14~~~~~____12~~~~__14___17__~14___7___~12~~~~~~~~~~~____
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B __~12__~12_______~15A__15A~15___14A~12A____12~12A__14A__17__~14A__7A__~12~~~~~~~~~~~____
F#____________________7______________________________12~~~~~~~~~~_____________10_________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#______10~~9~~8___7_______~14B__12B~12__10~~12B__12~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~12_~11~10____15~14B___
E __12__________________7______________________________12~~~~~~~~_________________________
B _______________________________________________________12~~~~~~_________________________
G#_________________________________________________________12B~12_________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E ______10F~9F~8F__7_______~14___12~~~~__10F~12___12~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~12_~11~10____15~~14___
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B ______10A~9~~8___7_______~14A__12A~12__10~~12A__12~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~12_~11~10____15A~14A__
F#____________________________________________________12_____12___________________________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#__~15~~17~12B_______19__19~~17___15~~~12__12~7B__12B___12__________10~~12~~12B~7________
E ______________________________________________________________12________________________
B __________________________________________________________________________________~12___
G#__________________________________________________________________________________~12B__
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E __~15F~17~12___12___19__19~~17___15F~~12__12~7_____________________10F~12E~12E~7________
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B __~15A~17~12A__12A__19A_19A~17A__15A~~12__12~7A____________________10~~12~~12~~7________
F#_________________________________7______________________________________________________
D#____________________________7L__________________________________________________________
G#__10~~12~~12B~12___10~~7B_______________________________________________________________
E __________________________7________7~~~__7~~~~3F________________________________________
B ______________________________7____7~7A__7~7A~3A___7A~7__5~7A~7__7(finger block)________
G#_________________________________________7~7B~3____7B~7__5~7B~7__7~~~___________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E __10F~12E~12E~12E__10E~7_____________________________________________5(pick and then____
D _______________________________________________________________________thumb block)_____
B __10~~12~~12~~12___10~~7A_______________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#________________________________________________________________________________________
E ___________________________________________12~~~___12~8F~7___7~~8F~5___5~~5~4F~4________
B ___7~7A__~8A~7A__7A~5A__5__~7A_7A__________12~12A__12~8A~7A__7A~8A~5A__5A~5~4~~~________
G#___________________________________12__12B______________________________________________
F#_______________________________________12_______________________________________________
E ___7~~~__~8F~7___7_________________12___________________________________________________
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
*BELOW: Although Lloyd rarely uses effects in the recording studio, he does use a bit for playing in public.
One effect that every pedal steel guitarist must have, and will love to use (for slower songs mostly), is a
digital delay. I use a Boss DD-3, and I also have a DD-7. I like the DD-3 best. In the piece below you can
clearly hear the echo. The piece is only picked once, but you get that cool echo sound. You leave the
digital delay on throughout the song. If it's set correctly to the tempo of the song, it won't get in the way
of your playing. It's a tool. I have my effect level set to 12 o'clock. My feedback is set to 9 o'clock. My
delay time is set between 2-3 o'clock. My mode is set to 800 milliseconds. This is on my Boss DD-3 stompbox.
I run my effect pedal AFTER the volume pedal.
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#________________________________________________________________________________________
G#________________________________________________________________________________________
E __*2~~~_______________________________________0~~~__0~~~~~~~~~~__0___12~~~~_____________
B __*2A~2_______8A~7A~5A__5~5A~5__5__________5__7~7A_____7A~8A~7A______12~12A_____________
G#_________2B______________________________________________________7B__12~12B_____________
F#_________________________________________5______________________________________________
E ______________8A~7~~5___5~~~~~__5E__5E~5________________________________________________
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
F#____*BELOW: Use a forward bar slant. Make sure tip of bar is centered between__________
D#____strings 4 and 5. This is a popular lapsteel technique. Lloyd Uses it extensively.__
G#_______________________________________________________________________________________
E __12~12~~12~12~~12~~~~____________*14~14~~12~~~~__8F~7~~7~~~__7~~~__7~~7~3F_____________
B __12~12A~12~12A~12~~~~____________*14~14A~12~12A__8A~7A~7~7A__7A~7__7A~7~3A_____________
G#__12~12B~12~12B~12~12B__12B__12B__*13~13~~12B~~_________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E ________________________________________________________________________________________
D _______TIP: If your pedal steel doesn't have split-tuning capability on string 6, Lloyd's
B _______bar slant technique works great, giving you that missing G.______________________
*BELOW: This particular reverse bar slant is a real showmanship tool. I learned this trick long ago. It's an
eyebrow raiser! Just keep the AB pedals down the entire time on fret 7. Slide the rear end of the bar
up 2 frets on string 6 and then back down. It's a popular lap steel piece that was often done on the E9th.
Jerry Byrd's E9th tabs have many more cool stuff if you want to learn how to play non-pedal licks and runs
on your pedal steel. Jimmy Day very often used this reverse bar slant technique on his e9th neck.
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#____________*BELOW: Reverse bar slant___________________________________________________
G#______________________________________0B~~~~~~__________________________________________
E __3F~5~~7~~8F~7~~7__*7~~7~~7~~5~~3______________________________________________________
B __3A~5A~7A~8A~7A~7__*7A~8A~7A~5A~3A___2A~3A~2A____8A__8A~7A__7A~7~~5____________________
G#____________________*7B~9B~7B~5~~3B____________2B_____________________~14B__12B~12~12B__
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E __3F~5~~7~~8~~7~~7____________________________________8F~7___7~~7~~5E___________________
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
D#_______*BELOW: Do a forward bar slant___________________________________________________
G#________________________________________________________________________________________
E __*12C~14C~12C__12______________________________________________________________________
B _______________________END______________________________________________________________
G#___12B~13~~12B__12______________________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________________________
E ________________________________________________________________________________________
D ________________________________________________________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________________________________________
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LLOYD
GREEN MASTERPIECE TABS COLLECTION
 |
 I'm
an avid Lloyd Green fan and want to do what I can to help new steelers
learn quickly. These tabs are invaluable. If you'd like to learn Lloyd
Green's music style, then the most important thing to do is start
listening to lots of Lloyd's
Performances.
Get the sounds into your brain.
As time progresses, you'll
discover the sounds on your steel guitar. You can't play it
if you
haven't heard it. Become familiar with the sounds. Like
anything else in life, the more time
that you spend with something, the more you will get out of
it. My advice is to crank up your amplifier's volume so you
can FEEL your music. That's very important to developing
great tone. The best playing in the world is totally useless
if the tone is not there. Hopefully, these tabs will help
you by opening your perspective to new things on the steel
guitar. The possibilities are only limited by your mind and
desire to learn more.
Also, I use a great program called
MixCraft
regularly to change the pitch in songs (so I can play in
tune with the song), slow down riffs that I want to learn to
play, or my own steel guitar recordings, et cetera. It's
well worth the $89 for the basic version.
God bless! |
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MAKING BELIEVE
LOOK AT US
ONE HAS MY NAME, THE OTHER HAS
MY HEART
THE WHITE
LIGHT |
COLD, COLD, HEART
- SUPER JAM 1995
VARIATIONS OF A THEME
COLD, COLD,
HEART - AN EVENING OF E9th
SWEET MEMORIES
STORMS NEVER LAST |
  
Lloyd Green Page
More Lloyd Green Tabbed Masterpieces
(Lloyd Green uses
a standard E9th setup. The only exception is that he doesn't lower string
4 a half tone.
Instead he uses string 2. I designate lowering string 2 with either "LL" for a whole-tone
drop, or "L" for a half-tone drop.)
Great E9th Pedal Steel Tabs
(Tabs for short amazing pieces from Farwell Party,
Does Your Ring Hurt My Finger, Borrowed Angel,
Sweet Memories, Petals, Blue Bonnet Spring, Sleeping
Beauty, et cetera)
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