747
As recorded by Saxon
(From the 1980 Album WHEELS OF STEEL)
Music by Saxon
Transcribed by MaggaraMarine
The tuning is between 1/2 step down and whole step down.
E5 C5 D5 A5
x 7 9 9 x x x 3 5 5 x x x 5 7 7 x x x 0 2 2 x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Graham Oliver' (left channel)
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Paul Quinn' (right channel)
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Graham Oliver (clean)' (left channel)
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Paul Quinn (clean)' (right channel)
Paul Quinn's Solo
E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5
4/4
Gtr II
~~ ~~
Q E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q H
|----15b17---15----|-12------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|----15-12------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|----------14b16r(14)-12-14b16-12-|-14----12b14r=12----|
|------------------|---------------------------------|----14--------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
D5 E5
~~~~~~~~
+Q. E E E Q
|---------------------------|
|-------------15----15b17===|
|-(12)\---/16----16---------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
E5 C5 D5 A5
~~~~~~~
+Q E E Q Q +Q E E Q E E
|--------15b17------17b19r=|=(17)--15-17b19-15--12----|
|-(15)r--------------------|-----------------------15-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E5 C5 D5 E5 E5 C5
~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~ PM ~~~
E E H E E a E. S E E +H E E Q Q Q
|-12---12b15----12----|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------15-|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-16s14--(12)-14-12-(12)\----|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------14\-----|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---14-17b19----------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
D5 A5 E5 C5
PM ~~~
E E H. E E E. E. E. E.
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|-----------14--[14]b16--14--|
|-14-17-14\------|-14-16-17-------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
D5 E5 E5 C5
~~~~ ~~
E. S +H E E E E +Q Q E E
|-------------------12-14-|-15h17--(17)pb19r=17--15p14-|
|-----15b17-(15)----------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-17----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
D5 A5
~~~~
E E E E +Q S S E
|-15p14----------------------|
|-------15p14-(14)--14h15p14-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
E5 C5 D5 E5
~~~~~
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-12----------------------|
|-16-14-16-12b12.5-----------|-12----12----------------|
|------------------14-12-14--|----14-12----------------|
|----------------------------|----------14-13-12-------|
|----------------------------|-------------------15-12-|
E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5 D5 A5
Gtr I Gtrs I, II
PM|
a Q E E H E E S S E +H Q E E H E E E E +Q E E
|--------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------||
|-----------9---5----|-7-7-x-x-2-(2)----|----9---5----|-5-7---9-(9)--------||
|-----------9---5----|-7-7-x-x-2-(2)----|----9---5----|-5-7---9-(9)--------||
|-----------7---3----|-5-5-x-x-0-(0)----|----7---3----|-3-5---7-(7)--------||
|-(12)s15\-----------|------------------|-------------|--------------3-2---||
Verse
E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM----|
Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H
||--------------|------------------|-------------|
||o-------------|------------------|-------------|
||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|
||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|
||o----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|
||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|
*
*don't play this note on the 1st time of the 2nd and 3rd verse.
1.,2.,3. 4.(The 4th time ending.)
D5 E5 D5 E5
PM|
E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------||----------------||
|------------------o||----------------||
|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----||
|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----||
|-5-5---7-(7)------o||-5-5---7-(7)----||
|--------------3-2--||----------------||
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/saxon/262488.html ]
Chorus
(Dm)
Gtr IV
E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E
||------1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)-|
||o------------------|------------------|
||----2--------------|---2--------------|
||--0----------------|-0----------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q
||--------0----------|-------0----------|
||o-----3----3-------|-----3----3-------|
||----2--------2-----|---2--------2-----|
||--0----------------|-0----------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
(Dm/C)
E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E 4x
|-----1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)---||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|---2--------------|---2----------------||
|-0----------------|-0------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q 4x
|-------0----------|-------0------------||
|-----3----3-------|-----3----3--------o||
|---2--------2-----|---2--------2-------||
|-0----------------|-0------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
Graham Oliver's Solo
E5 C5 D5 A5
Gtr I
~~~~~~ ~~~
Q E E H +E +E E E +E. +E S E
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----14b16----14b16=====|=(14)r(14)-12-14b16==(14)r(14)-12----|
|------------------------|----------------------------------14-|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E5 C5 D5 E5
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q E E +Q E E +E E H.
|-----------12b14==(12)r=12--12b14==|=(12)r12--12b14r====|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(14)------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------14--------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
E5 C5 D5 A5
+Q E E +H +Q. Q +E. S E
|-(12)--15-17b19==(17)----|-(17)r==17b19r=(17)-15-12-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Verse starts here
E5 C5 D5 E5 |
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ |
~~~~~ |
+Q E E +H E Q +E +E +E +E +E | +Q
|-(12)---------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|-------12-----------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|-----------14b16=(14)r----|-12-14--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--||-(14)\-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
Main Riff
E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM----|
Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H
||--------------|------------------|-------------|
||o-------------|------------------|-------------|
||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|
||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|
||o----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|
||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|
1. 2.
D5 E5 D5 E5
PM|
E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------||----------------|
|------------------o||----------------|
|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----|
|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----|
|-5-5---7-(7)------o||-5-5---7-(7)----|
|--------------3-2--||----------------|
Riff behind the solos:
E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5 D5 E5
PM PM----| PM|
Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H E E E E +Q E E
|--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|-7-7---9-(9)-------|
|-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|-7-7---9-(9)-------|
|-----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|-5-5---7-(7)-------|
|--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|--------------3-2--|
The song goes like this:
Paul Quinn's Solo
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Graham Oliver's Solo
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff
Chorus
Paul Quinn's Solo (continue until fade out)
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
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
