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ZUGG ISLAND CONVICT
As recorded by John 5
(From the 2004 Album VERTIGO)
Transcribed by William Thorpe
Words and Music by John 5, JT Taylor
Arranged by John 5, JT Taylor
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2 (Outro)'
Intro
Q=160
N.C. G5 F#F5
4/4
Gtr I
PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------2---------------2-|---------------2-5-5-4-3-|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------5-5-4-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-3b3.5---0-0-0-0-3b3.5---|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5---3-3-2-1-|
N.C. G5 Bb5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------2---------------2-|---------------2-5-5-5-8--||
|---------------------------------|-----------------5-5-5-8-o||
|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5---0-0-0-0-3b3.5---|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5---3-3-3-6--||
Intro Solo
E5 E5
a Q a Q a H a Q a Q a H
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-11b12-12--11b12-12--11b12-12----|-11b12-12--11b12-12--11b12-12----|
|-12b13-13--12b13-13--12b13-13----|-12b13-13--12b13-13--12b13-13----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
N.C.
PM|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-/12-0-0-0-/12-0-0-0-/12-0-0-0-/12-0-0-0-|
|-7b9-7p5---7p5-----5-x-x-x-x-5-|-----------------------------------------|
|---------6-----6-6-------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-10-0-9-0-10-0-9-0-7-0-9-0-7-0-|-5-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
N.C.
E E E E E E E E a Q a Q a H
|-------7---------------|----------------------------------|
|-7b9-9---9pb11r7-5-7-5-|-------12--------12--------12\----|
|-----------------------|-11b12-13--11b12-13--11b12-13\----|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
Pre-Verse
N.C. G5 F#F5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------2---------------2-|---------------2-5-5-4-3-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------5-5-4-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5---0-0-0-0-3b3.5---|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5---3-3-2-1-|
N.C. G5 Bb5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------2---------------2-|---------------2-5-5-5-8-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------5-5-5-8-|
|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5---0-0-0-0-3b3.5---|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5---3-3-3-6-|
Verse
E5
PM----------------| PM----------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S +E E E S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---2p0---2p0---2p0---4b6==(4)r-2-|-2-2p0---2p0---2p0---4b6==(4)r--|
|---------------------------------|-2------------------------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|-0-----0-----0-----0------------|
PM----| PM----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S E Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----5-----4-----3-----5--|
|---------------------4---6b8-8-4-|-4S6---6S5---5S4---4S6----|
|-----2---4b6-6-2-4h6---4---------|--------------------------|
|-2h4---2-------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
G#m G#m N.C. G#m G#m N.C.
E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-/12-/12------------|-/12-/12-----------|
|-/13-/13--9-----9\--|-/13-/13--9-----9--|
|------------12------|------------12-----|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
a +E S S a +S S E a +E S S a +E S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5-5------------6-6------------7-7--------------8-8-|
|-7b9==(7)r-----8b10==(8)r-----9b11==(9)r-----10b12==(10)r-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
~
E E S S S S H
|----7-9S7----------|
|-/9-------9S7-5----|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
Chorus
E5
~~
a E E Q Q E E E E E E H
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-14b16==14-14r-14--12b12.5--------|-------------12----|
|----------------------------14-12-|-14-14-14-12-------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
E5/B D5/A E5/B D5/A E5 D5
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------|
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7---|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7---|
|----------------------|----------7-7-5---|
|----------------------|------------------|
N.C.
~~
a E E Q Q E E E E E E H
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-14b16==14-14r-14--12b12.5--------|-------------------|
|----------------------------14-12-|-14-14-14-14-12----|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
E5/B D5/A E5/B D5/A E5 D5
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------|
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7---|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7---|
|----------------------|----------7-7-5---|
|----------------------|------------------|
Verse
N.C.
a Q a Q a H +W +W +W
|------------------------------------|---------------|------------|--------|
|-------5----------5----------5------|-(5)-----------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|-7b9==(7)r--7b9==(7)r--7b9==(7)r----|-(7)b9=========|=(7)r=======|=(7)----|
|------------------------------------|---------------|------------|--------|
|------------------------------------|---------------|------------|--------|
|------------------------------------|---------------|------------|--------|
E5 E5
\3
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|---------<12>--<17>-<12>-|----------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2--------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2--------------|
|-0--12\------------------|-0--15\--3--7---|
E5
PM--------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E a E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------6-4-----7-5-----8-6-----|
|-2-2-----------------2h4p2---|-2-4S6-----6-4-----7-5-----8-6-|
|-2-2-2h4p2---2h4p2h4-------4-|-------------------------------|
|-0-0-------4-----------------|-------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/john-5/112407.html ]
~
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E Q S S S e S S S e S S S e S S S e
|-------------9------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-11b13--(13)---(13)-11-9--|--------9-------7-------6-------4-|
|--------------------------|-0h9h11---0h7h9---0h6h8---0h4h6---|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--|
S S S E S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S E E Q
|--------------------------------12----|-15S12-10S7-----------------|
|-5h7p5---7h9p7------12h14p12-------12-|------------9S7-------------|
|-------6-------9-13----------13-------|----------------8S6---------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------6S4-----|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------6\--|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Chorus
E5
~~
a E E Q Q E E E E E E H
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-14b16==14-14r-14--12b12.5--------|-------------12----|
|----------------------------14-12-|-14-14-14-12-------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
E5/B D5/A E5/B D5/A E5 D5
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------|
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7---|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7---|
|----------------------|----------7-7-5---|
|----------------------|------------------|
E5
~~
a E E Q Q E E E E E E H
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-14b16==14-14r-14--12b12.5--------|-------------------|
|----------------------------14-12-|-14-14-14-14-12----|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
E5/B D5/A E5/B D5/A E5 D5
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------|
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7---|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7---|
|----------------------|----------7-7-5---|
|----------------------|------------------|
Bridge
N.C. B5 A5B5
S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S E E h 4x
||----------------------------|---------------------||
||o---------------------------|--------------------o||
||----------------------------|---------------------||
||----------------------------|---------4b5r2-4-----||
||o---------------------------|---------2b3r0-2----o||
||--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-------------||
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Solo
E5
PM----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------3p0-----3p0-----3p0---|---------3p0-----3p0-----0--|
|-----0-------0-------0-------0-|-----0-------0-------0---0--|
|-0h1---1-------1-------1-------|-0h1---1-------1-------1----|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q a Q a Q a Q a Q
|---------3p0-----3p0-----0--|-------0----------0----------0----------0----|
|-----0-------0-------0---0--|-3b5==(3)r--3b5==(3)r--3b5==(3)r--3b5==(3)r--|
|-0S1---1-------1-------1----|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E
|-3pb5r3p0-3p0-----3p0-----3p0-----|-3p0--------------------------------|
|--------------3p0-----3p0-----3p0-|-----3p0----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------2p0------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------2p0-----------2--------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------2p0----------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------3b3.5---3b3.5--|
E5 B5/F# E5 E5/B
Q E a E +Q Q Q E a E +Q Q
|------------7--(7)---7--|------------------------|
|------7b9==(7)-(7)r--7--|------------5--(5)---5--|
|------------------------|------4b6==(4)-(4)r--4--|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-2----------------------|-2----------------------|
|-0--x-------------------|-0--x-------------------|
N.C. C#m/CmBm/D BbA5G#m/B
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-/9--8-7-(7)-6-5-4-|
|-5--4-3-(3)-2-1-0-|-/9--8-7-(7)-6-5-4-|
|------------------|-/9--8-7-(7)-6-5-4-|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
N.C.
a H a H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------4------------2------|-----5-----6-----7-----8-----9-|
|-7b9==(7)r----5b7==(5)r----|-3h4---4h5---5h6---6h7---7h8---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S E
|-----------------------------------|
|--------9--------8-------7-------6-|
|-9h11p9---8h10p8---7h9p7---6h8p6---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S E S S S E S S S E S S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------9----------10----------11----------12-|
|-9h11p9---10h12p10----11h13p11----12h14p12----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Chorus
E5
~~
a E E Q Q E E E E E E H
||-----------------------------------|-------------------|
||o----------------------------------|-------------------|
||--14b16==14-14r-14--12b12.5--------|-------------12----|
||-----------------------------14-12-|-14-14-14-12-------|
||o----------------------------------|-------------------|
||-----------------------------------|-------------------|
E5/B D5/A E5/B D5/A E5 D5
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10-------------|
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10-------------|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7----|
|----------------------|----------9-9-7----|
|----------------------|----------7-7-5----|
|----------------------|-------------------|
E5
~~
a E E Q Q E E E E E E H
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-14b16==14-14r-14--12b12.5--------|-------------------|
|----------------------------14-12-|-14-14-14-14-12----|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------|
E5/B D5/A E5/B D5/A E5 D5
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10-------------||
|-12-12-12-10----12-12-|-12-10------------o||
|----------------------|----------9-9-7----||
|----------------------|----------9-9-7----||
|----------------------|----------7-7-5---o||
|----------------------|-------------------||
Outro (gets faster)
E5 G5 F#F5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E 8x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------2---------------2-|---------------2-5-5-4-3--||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------5-5-4-3-o||
||--0-0-0-0-3b3.5---0-0-0-0-3b3.5---|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5---3-3-2-1--||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
