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HEAVEN, HELL OR HOUSTON - ZZ TOP
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Tabbed by: damo_25 (Damien Madell)
E-mail: damo_25@live.com.au
Tuning: standard EADGBE
This version is tabbed from ZZ Top's 1981 studio album El Loco.
I love this quirky track, which is relatively easy to play and
is loaded with classic ZZ Top swagger.
I mainly tabbed this song to capture the solo, which I haven't
seen tabbed or taught before. The solo is super cool - it's very
simple, but played with amazing feel and great understatement.
It makes a tasty lesson in phrasing and spicy E blues licks.
ZZ Top perform this song live - check out youtube to see the
most Reverend Billy F Gibbons in action.
Play with mucho mojo :-)
Intro
C5 Bm5 Am G5
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------1-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-----------2--|--------0-----|
D|-----2-----2--|-----0-----0--|-----2--------|-----0--------|
A|--3-----------|--2-----------|--0-----------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--3--------2--|
F Em Dsus2 D
E|--------------|--------------|-----------0--|--2-----------|
B|--------1-----|--------------|--------3-----|--------------|
G|-----------2--|-----------0--|-----2--------|--------------|
D|-----3--------|--------2-----|--0-----------|--------------|
A|--------------|-----2--------|--------------|--------------|
E|--1-----------|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|
(let ring........)
Verse #1
E
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--2--------3--|--4--------3--|--2--------3--|--4--------3--|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--0--------1--|--2--------1--|--0--------1--|--2--------1--|
(telephone rings...) Hello darling... surprised?
E
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--2--------3--|--4--------3--|--2--------3--|--4--------3--|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--0--------1--|--2--------1--|--0--------1--|--2--------1--|
Yes, it's me again. I've just returned from the island of
A
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--2--------3--|--4--------3--|--2--------3--|--4--------3--|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--0--------1--|--2--------1--|--0--------1--|--2--------1--|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Chandeleur. What am I doing in town? Well, I'm glad you asked.
A G5 C5 F5 Bb5
E|--------------|--------------------------||
B|--------------|--------------------------||
G|--2-----------|-----------5-----------3--||
D|--------------|-----5-----5-----3-----3--||
A|--0-----------|-----5--3--------3--1-----||
E|--------------|--3-----------1-----------||
I'm just passing through in search of the ever elusive Thunderbird (wine).
Verse #2 lyrics (repeat tab from verse #1)
I got a job as a public relations man.
Passing out handbills on Austin Street.
Merely an effort to improve my... financial situation.
And ward off a case of the DTs.
Solo
E
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--3/5~~~~~~~~~~~------3---------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------------------\2--0--|--2b4---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------2~~~~~~~~~------0--------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------2--0--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------2~~~~~~~~~------0---------|--2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|
A|-------------------------2------|--------------------------------|
E|--3^------------------------3^--|--------------------------------|
A
E|--3^----------------------------|--3^----------------------------|
B|------5~~~~~~~~~------3--3--5~~-|------5~~~~~~~~~------3--3--5~~-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/z/zz-top/361481.html ]
E
E|------------------------0-------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------3^-----0----|---------------------3---3---3--|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------4----|
D|-----------2--------------------|------2-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--0---3^------------------------|--3^------0---------------------|
B7
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------3--3--3---------------3---|---------3----------------------|
G|-------------------2--2--2------|------2-----4---2--2--2--4------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------------|---2----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------3^--|
E
E|---------------------------3^---|--5------5b7--3-----------------|
B|------------3-------5~~~--------|-----5-----------5~~~~~~-/-x-\--|
G|---------4----------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--0-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
E
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--15b17~~~~~~~~~~~~-----12\x----|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------1------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------2------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------2------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----0---------------------------|
E
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------3--3--3^--5~~~~~--|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----0-----0---------------------|
D|------3-------------------------|----0--x--0--2------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--3^-----0----------------------|----------------------------3^--|
A
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----0---0--2------2---2--x-----|-----2----------4b6--4--2-------|
D|-----0---0--2------2---2--x-----|-----2---------------------4p2--|
A|--0----0-------x-----0----------|--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------3^--|--3^----------------------------|
(palm mute)
E
E|------------------------0-------|--------0-----------------------|
B|--------------------3^----------|---------------3^----5~~~~~~----|
G|--------------------------------|---0h1---------4--4---------4-4-|
D|-----------3--------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--0----3^-----------------------|--------------------------------|
B7
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------3---3---------------------|------3---3---------------------|
G|------4------4------2---2^--4---|------4-------4~~----2---2---0--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--3/5~~~~~~~~-----3-------------|--------------------------------|
G|----------------------4\2---0---|---2/3/4------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------2---------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G5 C5 F5 Bb5
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-------------5--------------3---|
D|-----5-------5-------3------3---|
A|-----5----3----------3---1------|
E|--3---------------1-------------|
Outro
C5 Bm#5/C Am G
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------1-----|--------1-----|--------1-----|--------0-----|
G|--------------|-----------0--|-----------2--|-----------0--|
D|-----2-----2--|-----0--------|-----2--------|-----0--------|
A|--3-----------|--2-----------|--0-----------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--3-----------|
So farewell, my darling Perhaps we'll meet again.
F Bb Cmaj7
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|
B|--------1-----|--------3-----|-----------0--|--------------|
G|-----------2--|-----------3--|--------0-----|--------------|
D|-----3--------|-----3--------|-----2--------|--------------|
A|--------------|--1-----------|--3-----------|--------------|
E|--1-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
(let ring..................
On some sin-infested street corner in Houston, Texas.
G5 C5 F5
E|--------------|--------------------------||
B|--------------|--------------------------||
G|--------------|-----------5--------------||
D|--------------|-----5-----5--3-----------||
A|--------------|-----5--3-----3-----------||
E|--------------|--3-----------1-----------||
...........)
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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