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Got Me Under Pressure - ZZ Top
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Tabbed by: axe victim
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It's mostly fifth chords ( chords with no 3rd ) or power chords. The
guitar solos are based on the Blues pentatonic scale in the key of E.
Billy likes to play pinch harmonics, practice playing them and it will
help you to play a bit like him.
Tuning: EADGBe
[Intro]
E5
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----9---7-------9---9---7~~~~~~|
D|-----9---7---9---9---9---7~~~~~~|
A|--------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|
E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----9---7-------9---9---7~~~~~~|
D|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--|-9---9---7---9---9---9---7~~~~~~|
A|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--|-7------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
A few times then...
E D5/E E
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0-----------2~~~~~~|
A|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--h4----------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
E D5/E E
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0-----------2~~~~~~|
A|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--b4----------|
A few times then...
[Verse]
E
" She likes wearing lip - stick
she likes French cui - sine...........but she
won't let me use my pas - sion "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----------2--|-----2-------2-----------2~~~~~~|
A|---------2-------2-----------2--|-----2-------2------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--h4----------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
E
" unless it's in a lim - ou - sine she's got me un - der... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----------2--|--------------------------------|
A|---------2-------2-----------2--|--------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------0------|--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
( use first finger as a barre across the seventh fret, D, G,
and B strings, and use 2nd and 3rd fingers to hammer-on/pull-off )
E Em7 (0x978x) A
" pressure she's got me under... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------8--p7------|-7~~h8~~~-----------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------2-------2------|
D|-------------7--h9-----------7~~~~~~~h9~~~--------2-------2------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------0-------0------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E Em7 (0x978x)
" pressure "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------8--p7------|-7~~h8~~~-----------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------0-------2------|
D|-------------7--h9-----------7~~~~~~~h9~~~--------0-------2------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat verse, more or less the same.
Repeat chorus.
Guitar solo 1:
E5 D5
(rhythm chords for solo...)
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-9------------------------------|-7------------------------------|
D|-9------------------------------|-7------------------------------|
A|-7------------------------------|-5------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5
(rhythm chords for solo...)
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-9------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--|
A|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Guitar solo 1:
E5 D5
01:20
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----0--|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|/9---------------------------7--|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
E5
e|---------0-------0~~~-----------|--------------------------------|
B|-3b5-----0----------------------|-----3---0----------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------0-2/4--------------|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------2~~~-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5 D5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2------|---------2---------------2---2--|
A|-------------2--h5--------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-------5^~~--------2--|---------2---2-----------0------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5 D5
e|---------0-------0-------0---0--|---------0-------3-------5------|
B|-3b5----------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5
e|-5b7~~~~~~----------------------|-3--p0~~~-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------7--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5 D5
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------3--|
B|-----8~~~~~~~~~~~---------------|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|h9---------------------------7--|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5
e|-----2--p0-------0--------------|-0-------0-------0--------------|
B|-------------------------3^-----|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5 D5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2-------2-------2-----------2--|-----2-----------2-------5^~~---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------2^~~~--------0----------------------|
D|---------2-------2--------------|-----------------2~~~-----------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5 D5
01:52
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------2~~~------------0------|-2-------0-------2--p0----------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------2--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-----2--p0-------2-------5^-----|-2-------2~~~-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------------2--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5 D5
01:59
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-------2--------------|--------------------------------|
A|h5------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0---0--------0-----------3-------3------|
E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|---------3-------3--p0---3--p0--|-----3--p0-------0-------0------|
E5 D5
02:05
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------0------|
B|-----------------------3/5~~~---|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------2--------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0-------3--p0------------------|--------------------------------|
E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2b4~~~~~----------------0------|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2~~~~-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Em7
e|-------------------------x------|-x-----------15----------15\----|
B|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----|
G|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----|
D|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|(0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
Em7
e|-----15----------15------15-----|-15------15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~x--|
B|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
D|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|(0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)
Middle part:
A5
" I'm gonna give her a message and... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|
A|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
F#5
" here's what I'm gonna say it's all... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-4-------4---4---4-------4---4--|-4-------4---4---4-------4---4--|
E|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|
E5
" over... " ( etc... )
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|
E|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|
Repeat middle part chord sequence.
Repeat chorus.
Guitar solo 2: ( same chord sequence as guitar solo 1. )
Solo to end...
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato or sustain
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b bend note
| ^ slight bend ( or quarter tone bend )
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