Song: "She Has Funny Cars"
Artist: Jefferson Airplane
Album: Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
Composer: Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin
Instrument(s): Six and Twelve String Electric Guitar
Tuning: Standard
I listened to the song and I hear three, yes 3, guitars. To me, they all sound like
except for Jorma's (or whoever decided to play a 6-string). But, this is what I transcribed.
please test and rate. If you get anything different on any part, please email me at
Thanks and enjoy!
Intro:
[Drums] (0:00-0:10)
Pre-verse:
Guitar 1 [6-string] (0:10)
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---7-5-4-2-0----7-5-4-2-0--|
E|-0 ----------0------------0|
Guitar 2 [12-string] (0:15)
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-9--7-6-4-2--9-7-6-7-9-|
D|-9--7-6-4-2--9-7-6-7-9-|
A|-7--5-4-2-0--7-5-4-5-7-|
E|-----------------------|
Verse: (0:20-0:37)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
e|-------------------------||---------------------------|
B|-------------------------||---------------------------|
G|-------------------------||-9-7-6-----------9-7-6-7-9-|
D|--------------2~---------||-9-7-6--9-7--x3--9-7-6-7-9-|
A|-7-5-4--------2~--7~-----||-7-5-4--9-7------7-5-4-5-7-|
E|-------7-5-0--0~--0~--0~-||--------7-5----------------|
e|-------------------------||-----------------|
B|-------------------------||-----------------|
G|-------------------------||-9-7-6-----------|
D|--------------2~---------||-9-7-6--9-7--x3--|
A|-7-5-4--------2~--7~-----||-7-5-4--9-7------|
E|-------7-5-0--0~--0~--0~-||--------7-5------|
Post-verse:(0:37-0:39)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
e|----------------------||----------------------|
B|----------------------||----------------------|
G|----------------------||----------------------|
D|-2~-------------------||------------14--------|
A|-2~-------------------||-7-9-12-14--12--------|
E|-0~-------------------||-5-7-10-12------------|
Pre-Chorus:(0:42-0:46)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
e|------------------2----||----------------------|
B|-3-3-3-2~---3-3-3--2~--||-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2------|
G|-----------------------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|
D|-----------------------||----------------------|
A|-----------------------||----------------------|
E|-----------------------||----------------------|
(0:46-1:13)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2: Guitar 3
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jefferson-airplane/81711.html ]
e|------------------2--||-----------------------||----------------------|
B|-3-3-3-2~---3-3-3--2~||-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2-------||----------------------|
G|---------------------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------||-4-4~-----------------|
D|---------------------||-----------------------||-4-4~-x12-------------|
A|---------------------||-----------------------||-2-2~-----------------|
E|---------------------||-----------------------||----------------------|
Chorus:(1:13-1:22)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
e|------------------------||--------------------|
B|------------------------||--------------------|
G|-4-2--------------------||-4-2----------------|
D|-4-2--2-4---------------||-4-2--2-4-----------|x2
A|-2-0--2-4---------------||-2-0--2-4-----------|
E|------0-2---------------||------0-2-----------|
e|------------------------||--------------------|
B|------------------------||--------------------|
G|-4-2--------------------||-4-2----------------|
D|-4-2--2-4--4~-----------||-4-2--2-4--4~-------|
A|-2-0--2-4--4~-----------||-2-0--2-4--4~-------|
E|------0-2--2~-----------||------0-2--2~-------|
(1:26-1:35)
Guitar 1 (1:26-1:30): Guitar 2(1:30-1:35):
e|----------------------||-------------------------|
B|----------------------||-------------------------|
G|-9-7-6-4-2------------||-9-7-6-------9-7-6-7-9---|
D|-9-7-6-4-2-x2---------||-9-7-6--9-7--9-7-6-7-9---|
A|-7-5-4-2-0------------||-7-5-4--9-7--7-5-4-5-7---|
E|----------------------||--------7-5--------------|
(1:36-1:53)
Both Guitars:
(Repeat verse)
(1:53-1:56)
Both Guitars:
(Repeat Post-verse)
(1:58-2:30)
All three guitars:
(Repeat pre-chorus)
(2:30-2:38)
Guitars 1&2:
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: 2:42-3:07
Lead Guitar (Gtr. 1)
Sorry I couldn't tab Jorma's solo!
Rhythm Guitar (Gtr. 2)
(2:42-2:56) (2:56-3:07)
e|---------------------------||-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------||-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------||-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------||-----------------------------|
A|-9-7-5-4-2--x6-------------||-9-7-5-4-2-0-2--9-7-5-4-2-0--|
E|---------------------------||-----------------------------|
^song starts to fade
Rhythm Guitar #2 (Gtr.3)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-4^~---4~--------------------------------4-|
D|-4^~---4~----2~----4^~---2~---4-4~---2---4-|
A|-2^~---2~----2~----4^~---2~---4-4~---2---2-|
E|-------------0~----2^~---0~---2-2~---0-----|
^song starts to fade here
