Band: Scorpions
Album: Love At First Sting
Song: I'm Leaving You
Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1984)
Version 1.0 - (02/08/06)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - harmonic
pb - pre bend
Tuning E A D G B E
~~~ ~~~~
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7/9---------------------9\--|
|---7p5------7-5---5-5/7---7p5------7-5----5-7\--|
|-0-----8--------8-------0------8--------8-------| Rpt 3 X
~~~ ~~~~
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7/9-----------------------|
|---7p5------7-5---5-5/7---7p5------7-5----5-5-|
|-0-----8--------8-------0------8--------8-----|
~~~~
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---7p5---------|
|-0-----8-----\-|
Intro solo
~~~~
|-22-\-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9-9-----9\----------------------12b--|
|------------------77/99-1212----------------------77/99-1212------|
|--------7-99-1010-----------------------7-99-1010-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ph ph h
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9----9\----------------------9-9----9\-------11-12-11-12p11-------|
|-------------------77/99-1212-----------12-14----------------14-12-|
|---------7-99-1010-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~
|----------------17-15p14----14-19-17-15----20b-r---19-20---------|
|-------------17----------17-------------17-----------------------|
|-14b-r-b-r-b---------------------------------------------16-16---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~ h ~~~~~~~~
|---------------22fb----r--19-20-19-20p19-17-15-14------------------|
|-17-19-20-17--------------------------------------17-15-17-------\-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Clean guitar
|---------------0-----0---|
|---3-----3-------0-1-1---|
|-----2-----2-------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------| Rpt 3 X
Distorted
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-----------------3---2--|
|-------------3---3---3--|
|-------------2---2---2--|
|-9---\5------0-x-0-x-0--|
|-7---\3----x------------|
|------------------------| Rpt with clean guitar 3 X
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------5-----|
|-5----3-----|
|-3----------|
Rpt Main Riff 2 X for chorus
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-9---\5-----|
|-7---\3-----|
|------------|
Rpt verse
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|-9---\5-----|
|-7---\3-----|
|------------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar solo
~~~~~~ h ph
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7-8-7-8p7-----10b-r-b-r-b-10\---|
|------------5-7-9p7-9b-----\-7-9-----------9-7-------------------|
|-2-4-/5-7/9------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
ph~~~~~ ph ~~~~~~~
|--------------------------------------------12-----------------|
|------------------------------7-8-7-8p7---7-12-12-15b-------\--|
|------------7-9-7-9-------7-9-----------9----------------------|
|-2-4-/5-7/9----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Mid 8
Guitar 1
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------8----------------|
[----------------------------------------7----------------|
[------------5--7----------5--5-------------7--9--7/9-\7--|
[-5----------3--5----------2--3-------------5--7--5/7-\5--|
[-3-------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ [---PM--] [---PM--] [---PM--]
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------8----------------|
[----------------------------------------7----------------|
[------------5--7----------5--5----------7--7--9--7/9-\7--|
[-5----------3--5--5-5-5-5-2--3--3-3-3-3----5--7--5/7-\5--|
[-3--3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------| Rpt 2 X
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/scorpions/53801.html ]
Guitar 1
ph~~~~
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------8----------------|
[----------------------------------------7----------------|
[--------------------------5--5----------7--7--9--7/9-\7--|
[-5----------3--5----------2--3-------------5--7--5/7-\5--|
[-3-------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ [---PM--] [---PM--] [---PM--]
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------8----------------|
[----------------------------------------7----------------|
[------------5--7----------5--5----------7--7--9--7/9-\7--|
[-5----------3--5--5-5-5-5-2--3--3-3-3-3----5--7--5/7-\5--|
[-3--3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
ph~~~~ ph~~~~
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------5--5----------5-----9--7/9-\7--|
[-5----------3--5----------2--3-------------5--7--5/7-\5--|
[-3-------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ [---PM--] [---PM--] [---PM--]
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------8----------------|
[----------------------------------------7----------------|
[------------5--7----------5--5----------7--7--9--7/9-\7--|
[-5----------3--5--5-5-5-5-2--3--3-3-3-3----5--7--5/7-\5--|
[-3--3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------|
Guitar solo
use pinch harmonics ~~~~ ~~~~~~
|--------------------------------12-15-22-17fb----222222fb-----r19--|
|------------------------8-12-15------------------------------------|
|--------------------7-9--------------------------------------------|
|-x\-2-4-4/5-5/7-7/9------------------------------------------------|
|-x\----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~[---PM----] ~~~ ~~~~
|-22fb--------------10------------14-------15-------17-14----17fb----|
|------------7-8-10----13--p12p10----15p12----15p12-------17---------|
|----------9---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/15-14-------15p14-------15-14----15b-14-12-------------------------|
|--------17-15-------17-15-------17-----------15-15-14-12-11----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------14-12----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-PM-] [-PM-] ~~~
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-/12-p10---------10bp8-------------------------------------|
|---------12-11-9-------12-11-9----------12-1212-9----9-----|
|-------------------------------12-10--------------12----9--|
|-------------------------------------12--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~ ~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------14-----|
|-12----12-12-----15bp12-------------------12-------------15----15--|
|-12----12-12------------14p12-14-12-------12-x---------------------|
|----14-------14---------------------14p12----x-14p12-14------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|----------------------------------15p12-15p12-17-19-22p19-22fb-----|
|----------------12----15p12-15p12----------------------------------|
|----12----12-14----14----------------------------------------------|
|-14----14----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
h ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-22fb--r-19-20-19-20p19-17\15-14-15--------------------------|
|------------------------------------17-15-17--------------\--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Rpt Verse
Rpt Chorus with lead breaks
Rpt mid 8 to fade with lead below
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-13p12-slow trill-13b---------------------------------------\---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
|-pb15-r----------------------------------------10-11-12-15-17fb--r-|
|----------12-15b------------------fb\------/12---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-15--17br17p15-17b-------17\-------22b--------22fb-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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