Band: Alice Cooper
Song: Muscle Of Love
Album: Muscle Of Love
Year: 1973
Tabbed by DoteStudios
Email is manbearpigisreal@gmail.com
Keys
b = bend
r = release
\ = slide up neck
/ = slide down neck
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = hold note
w = whammy bar
v = vibrato
t = trill (very fast hammer-ons)
The intro starts with a slide on the 5th string (A) from the 12th fret up to the top of the neck.
Muscle Of Love
Lead Guitar (Glen Buxton)
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G---4--4p2---2-4p2----------------4-4p2----2t4-----|
D----------4-------4p0-4p0--------------4------2t4-|
A-2------------------------5---2-------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar (Michael Bruce)
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------7---9----|
D-----------------------------------------7---9----|
A-----------------------------------------5---7----|
E--------------------------------------------------|
Repeat the above two riffs 2x
Lead Guitar
E------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G---4--4p2---2-4p2----------------4-4p2----------------|
D----------4-------4p0-4p0--------------4--------------|
A-2------------------------5---2-----------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E----------------------------------------------5-------|
B-------------------------------------------/7---7p5-3-|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
Lead Guitar
E-------------------------------------------------|
B-2---2------2---2------7----7----------------7---|
G-4b6-4b6~~--4b6-4b6~~--9b11-9b11~~--11p9p7-----7-|
D-------------------------------------------9-----|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-------------9\7--4-4---4-4--------|
D-4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4---9\7--|
A-4-4---4-4---7\5--2-2---2-2---9\7--|
E-2-2---2-2--------------------7\5--|
“Aw, who's the queen of the locker room
Who's the cream of the crop
Well Joey took her to the matinee
Said, "God, she wouldn't stop!"”
Lead Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9---9\7--4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9--|
A-4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9---9\7--4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9--|
E-2-2---2-2---2/5--7-7---7-7---7\5--2-2---2-2---2/5--7-7---7-7--|
Rhythm Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------9\7--4-4---4-4--------------------9\7--4-4---4-4--|
D-4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4--|
A-4-4---4-4---7\5--2-2---2-2---9\7--4-4---4-4---7\5--2-2---2-2--|
E-2-2---2-2--------------------7\5--2-2---2-2-------------------|
Lead Guitar
E-7------------------------|
B---10-7-------------------|
G--------10-9-7-8p7---9b11-|
D-------------------9------|
A--------------------------|
E--------------------------|
“Holy muscle of love
My heart's a muscle”
Lead Guitar
E-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-----------7--5-7-5--7--5-7-7b9~~--------|
A-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G-5--7--9~~-------------------------------|
D-5--7--9~~-------------------------5--7--|
A-3--5--7~~-------------------------5--7--|
E-----------------------------------3--5--|
“Well, I must have come to that crazy age
Where ev'rything is hot
'Cause I don't know if the things I'm thinking
Are normal thoughts or not”
Lead Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9---9\7--4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9--|
A-4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9---9\7--4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9--|
E-2-2---2-2---2/5--7-7---7-7---7\5--2-2---2-2---2/5--7-7---7-7--|
Rhythm Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------9\7--4-4---4-4--------------------9\7--4-4---4-4--|
D-4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4--|
A-4-4---4-4---7\5--2-2---2-2---9\7--4-4---4-4---7\5--2-2---2-2--|
E-2-2---2-2--------------------7\5--2-2---2-2-------------------|
Lead Guitar
E----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G-7h9p7---7-9--7-9--7-9-9b11-|
D-------9--------------------|
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------|
“Holy muscle of love
Well, I got a muscle of love
Yeah
Ooh”
Lead Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------8-10-8--10--8-10-8-10-10b12---------|
G-----------7/9-------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G-5--7--9~~-----------------------------------------|
D-5--7--9~~-----------------------------------5--7--|
A-3--5--7~~-----------------------------------5--7--|
E---------------------------------------------3--5--|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/cooper-alice/3955.html ]
Lead Guitar
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G---4--4p2---2-4p2----------------4-4p2----2t4-----|
D----------4-------4p0-4p0--------------4------2t4-|
A-2------------------------5---2-------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------7---9----|
D-----------------------------------------7---9----|
A-----------------------------------------5---7----|
E--------------------------------------------------|
Repeat the above two riffs 2x
Lead Guitar
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G---4--4p2---2-4p2----------------4-4p2------------|
D----------4-------4p0-4p0--------------4----------|
A-2------------------------5---2-------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E---------------------------------------------5------|
B------------------------------------------/7--7p5-3-|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
Solo
Lead Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-4b6~~~~~--2-2-2-4-4b6-2-2-4-4b6-2-2-4-4b6-2-4p2---2-2-2-4-4b6-2-2-4-|
D-------------------------------------------------4-------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------2------------------------------------------|
B----------------------2---5-2-5-5b7-2-2-5-5b7-2-2-5-5b7-2-5p2---2--|
G-4b6-2-2-4-4b6-2-4b6------------------------------------------4----|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------2------------------------------------|
B--------2---5p2----2-5p2---2-------------------|
G-2-4b6----------5--------5---4p2---2---2-4b6~~-|
D---------------------------------4---4---------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-------------------------------|
A-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-(repeat this till end of solo)|
E-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------------------------------|
After solo…
Lead and Rhythm Guitar
E---------------------------------7\-|
B-------------------------------9----|
G---------------------------7-9------|
D---2-3-5----4-5-7----6-7-9----------|
A-3--------5--------7----------------|
E------------------------------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-------------------------------|
A-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-(repeat this till end of solo)|
E-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-------------------------------|
“I read Dad's books like I did before
Now things are crystal clear
Lock the door in the bathroom now
I just can't get caught in here”
Lead Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9---9\7--4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9--|
A-4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9---9\7--4-4---4-4---4/7--9-9---9-9--|
E-2-2---2-2---2/5--7-7---7-7---7\5--2-2---2-2---2/5--7-7---7-7--|
Rhythm Guitar
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------9\7--4-4---4-4--------------------9\7--4-4---4-4--|
D-4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4---9\7--4-4---4-4--|
A-4-4---4-4---7\5--2-2---2-2---9\7--4-4---4-4---7\5--2-2---2-2--|
E-2-2---2-2--------------------7\5--2-2---2-2-------------------|
Lead Guitar
E-------------------10--12b14-|
B-----10-12-10--12------------|
G-/12-------------------------|
D-----------------------------|
A-----------------------------|
E-----------------------------|
“Holy muscle of love
Well, I got a muscle of love”
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-5--7--9~~--------4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---------------|
D-5--7--9~~--5--7--4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---------------|
A-3--5--7~~--5--7--2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---------------|
E------------3--5--------------------------------(pickscrape)-|
“Holy muscle of love
I got a muscle of love
Holy muscle of love
My heart's a muscle of love
Holy muscle of love
Well, I got a muscle of love
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Must be a gift from above
Yeah, yeah, yeah”
E---------------------------------7\------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------9-------------------------------------7\|
G---------------------------7-9-------------------------------------8---|
D---2-3-5----4-5-7----6-7-9-------------------------------------7-9-----|
A-3--------5--------7-------------------2-3-5----4-5-7----6-7-9---------|
E-------------------------------------3--------5--------7---------------|
Repeat 8x but don’t play the second riff the 8th time
Lead Guitar
E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G---4--4p2---2-4p2-----------------------------------|
D----------4-------4p0-4p0---------------------------|
A-2------------------------5--2--0-------------------|
E-----------------------------------2--0-------------|
Rhythm Guitar
E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------7--9--4-4-|
D------------------------------------------7--9--4-4-|
A------------------------------------------5--7--2-2-|
E----------------------------------------------------|
