Band: Scorpions
Album: Blackout
Song: Can't Live Without You
Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1982)
Version 1.0 - (30/06/06)



. - 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
p - pre bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - harmonic

Tuning E A D G B E


Intro

[-----------------------------PM------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
[--------------PM----------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
[-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[[--------------PM----------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
[---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Main Riff

Guitar 1
[PM] [------------PM----------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-----6-5-----6-5-----6-5---6-5-------------------------------|
[-----7-6-----7-6-----7-6---7-6-------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-0-0---------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ [PM] [PM] [PM] PM [------------PM----------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2---3-2-------------------------------|
[-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2---2-2-------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[-------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt 3 X

Guitar 1
[PM] [-----PM-----------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-----6-5-----6-5-----6-5---6-5-------------------------------|
[-----7-6-----7-6-----7-6---7-6-------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
[-0-0---------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ [PM] [PM] [PM] PM [-----PM-----------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2---3-2-------------------------------|
[-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2---2-2-------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
[-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

Guitar 1

[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-2---2---(2)-------2---2---(2)-------2---2---(2)------------------|
[-0-x-0---(0)---x-x-0-x-0---(0)---x-x-0-x-0---(0)---x--------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ t
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------4b-brp2p0---------4b-brp2p0---------4b-brp2-4b-11pr-4p2--|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
[--PM--]
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-2---2---(2)-------2---2---(2)-------2---2---(2)---------2-2-2-2--|
[-0-x-0---(0)---x-x-0-x-0---(0)---x-x-0-x-0---(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ ph ph t
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------4b-brp2p0---------4b-brp2p0---------4b-brp2-b-14pr----\--|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus Rpt Main Riff with lead fills.

ph ~~
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7b---r-6-7-6---------------|
|--------------7-5-----------|
|------------------7-6-5-3---|
|----------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------|
|-7-b7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|------------------7---7--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
ph~~~ ph
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------1010---1010---1010---1010--------------|
|-6-5-/9b-----9b-----9b-----9b-----7----p5------|
|------------------------------------------7-5--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

ph ~~
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-7b---r-6-7-6---------------|
|--------------7-5-----------|
|------------------7-6-5-3---|
|----------------------------|

Rpt Verse
Rpt Chorus with lead fills

h h h h t t t t
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-13p10-13p10-13p10-13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
t t
|-------------------|
|-18p13p10-17p13p10-|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|


|-----17----------17----------17---------17--------------|
|-/17----20p17-------20p17-------20p17------17-----------|
|--------------19b---------19b---------19b-----19b--fb---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------|
|-8---8---------7b-5-0--|
|-7b----7br-7br-7b-5-0--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

ph~~~phphphphph~~~~~~
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-3---3-3-3-5-3--------|
|----------------------|

Mid 8

~~
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-7-7-\5/7---2------2----|
|-5-5-\3/5---0------0----|
|-----------------3------| Rpt 3 X

Guitar 1
[----------------------------PM-----------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-5-------------------------------7---------------------------------|
[-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
[Guitar 2
[-3--------------(3)----------------------------------------------|
[-3--------------(3)----------------------------------------------|
[-0--------------(0)----------------------------------------------|
[-0--------------(0)--------------2---------------(2)-------------|
[---------------------------------0---------------(0)-------------|
[-3--------------(3)----------------------------------------------|


Backing for guitar solo

|------------3----------------------------------|
|------------3----------------------------------|
|-2----------0----------2-----------------------|
|-2----------0----------3-----------------------|
|-0---------------------3----------3---3----5---|
|------------3----------1----------1p0-1----3---| Rpt 3 X

|------------3------------------------------------|
|------------3------------------------------------|
|-2----------0----------2-------------------------|
|-2----------0----------3-------------------5--4--|
|-0---------------------3----------3---3----3--2--|
|------------3----------1----------1p0-1----------|

Guitar solo

~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
|-17--------\-17--------\-17--------\-22fb-r-22fbr22fbr22fb-------\-|
|-20fb--------20fb--------20fb--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~
|----20fb------r17-20p17----17-----17----------17---------------------|
|-17---------------------20----20b----20p17-------20p17-20b-20p17-----|
|-------------------------------------------19b-------------------19b-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~ ~~~ ~~~[-PM-]ph~~[PM] ph
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19p17-------19b---19p17-------7---------5-------5-----5---5-----|
|-------19-17-------------19--\-----7-5-7-----5-7---------7---5-7-|
|----------------------------------------------------/7-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

~~ ~~~~ h h h ~~~~ ~~~~ t
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-10p8-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9------9-9-9p7-5-----------------------5-7b---p5-7b----14p7p5-7br5-|
|------------------7p5-----------------5-----------------------------|
|----------------------7-3---0-0-5-6-7-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

ph ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---------------------------15fb-----------|
|----/15-15fb--r15p13-15-13----------------|
|-7b---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

Over mid 8
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
|-15fb-15fb-r-b-r-b-r-b-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------15fb-15-15fb------------------|
|---12------------------------------------------------14----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G
~~~
|----------------------------------------------12----|
|-----------------5---5-8p5-8/10p8-10-12p10-12-------|
|-----5-----7-5-7---7--------------------------------|
|-5-7---7-5------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

A C D
h h h h h h h ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
|-9-10-12p10p9-10-12p10p9-10-12p10p-15p12----12-13fb-----15fb------\-|
|-----------------------------------------15-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Rpt chorus to fade with lead fills


|------5-----5-----5-----8-----8-------10--|
|------------------------------------------|
|-/5-6---5-6---5-6--/8-9---8-9--/10-11-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
h
|----------------------------------|
|-------8b-5-8p5-------------------|
|-7b-7b----------7p5-7b-r7p5-7p5---|
|--------------------------------7-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|---------------------------|
|-0-------------------------|
|-0-1/----------------xx----|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
t t t t
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-7b---14pr7p5-14pr7p5-14pr7p5-14pr7p5-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-9-10p9p7-9-10p9p7-9-10p9p7-9-10p9p7-9-10p9p-7-9-10p9p-7-9-10p9p-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt

~~~~ ~~~~
|-/17-17171717171717171717171717171717-22fb--22fb-22fb-22fb-22fb----|
|-----17171717171717171717171717171717------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[PM] ~~~~~~~~~~[PM]~~~[PM]~~~~
|-22fb-22fb-22fb-22fb-22fb-\-------5---------------------------------|
|------------------------------5b----5-8----5-\4----------5------5---|
|----------------------------6-5b-----------5-\4----------5------5---|
|----------------------------------------xx--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------0-0----0-0-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

[PM] ~~~~~
|----------------------------|
|-----5-\4-------------------|
|-----5-\4----to fade--------|
|----------------------------|
|-0-0------------------------|
|----------------------------|

END