YOU NEVER CAN TELL
(From the 1964 Album ST. LOUIS TO LIVERPOOL)

Words and Music by Chuck Berry

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Chuck Berry - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Johnnie Johnson - Piano'


Intro
Q=160
$
G7
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-----12----12----11----10-|-8-8------------|
|--------------------------|-8-8---6--6-6---|
|-/12----12----11----10----|-9-9---4--4-4---|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|-------5--5-5---|
|--------------------------|-------3--3-3---|


1st - 4th Verses
C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||------------------|-----------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


Piano Solo
1.,2.,3. 4.
To Coda
C G7 C
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E 4x E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|
|------------------|-6-6---6--6-6-6-o||-6-6---6--6-6-6-||-----------------|
|------------------|-4-4---4--4-4-4--||-4-4---4--4-4-4-||-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7--|-----------------||----------------||-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5---5--5-5-5-o||-5-5---5--5-5-5-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|------------------|-3-3---3--3-3-3--||-3-3---3--3-3-3-||-----------------|
|
| Gtr II (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
| W W 4x W H E E E E
|------------------|-----------------||----------------||-------------5-7-|
|------------------|----------------o||----------------||-----------8-----|
|------------------|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|
|------------------|----------------o||----------------||-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7--5--5-7-7-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q E E +W H E E E E
|-8---5-7-(7)-----5-|-(5)---------------|-------------------|-------------5-7-|
|---------------8---|-------5---8-----5-|-(5)---------------|-----------8-----|
|-------------------|---------------5---|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|


G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7--5--5-7-7-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-------------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q E E +W H E E E E
|-8---5-7-(7)-----5-|-(5)---------------|-------------------|-------------5-6-|
|---------------8---|-------5---8---7-6-|-(6)---------------|-----------8-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7--5--5-7-7-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q E E W H E E E E
|-7-----5-(5)-------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------5-6-|
|-----8---------5-8-|-(8)-------8---7-7-|-6---------------|-----------8-----|
|-------------------|-------7-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-5-5-7-7--5--5-7-7-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------|
|
| Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q E E +W
|-7-----5-(5)-------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----8---------5-8-|-(8)-------6---5---|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------7---------5-|-(5)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


Outro
D.S. al Coda &
G7 G7 C
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|
|-6-6---6--6-6-6--||-6-6---6--6-6-6-||-----------------|
|-4-4---4--4-4-4--||-4-4---4--4-4-4-||-----------------|
|-----------------||----------------||-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-5-5---5--5-5-5--||-5-5---5--5-5-5-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3---3--3-3-3--||-3-3---3--3-3-3-||-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W H E E E E
|-----------------||----------------||-------------5-7-|
|-----------------||----------------||-----------8-----|
|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|


E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7--5--5-7-7-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q E E +W H E E E E
|-8---5-7-(7)-----5-|-(5)---------------|-------------------|-------------5-7-|
|---------------8---|-------5---8-----5-|-(5)---------------|-----------8-----|
|-------------------|---------------5---|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|


G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-5-5-7-7--5--5-7-7-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-------------------*|
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--5--5-7-7-5-5-7-7-*|
|-------------------|-------------------|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*|
|
| Q E E +Q E E +Q Q Q E E +W
|-8---5-7-(7)-----5-|-(5)---------------|-------------------*|
|---------------8---|-------5---8---7-6-|-(6)---------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------*|


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