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Boston
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

The Launch-by Boston (from the the album "Third Stage)

Tabbed by Jason Freeman (Jello6025)

Standard Tuning

Guitar comes in at 0:59

Bb C Eb D F Eb D C

E---------------|-------------|------------|-----------|---------|----------|
B---------------|-------------|------------|-----------|---------|----------|
G--3----5-------|--8---7------|--10----8---|-7----5----|--5------|-5--------|
D--3----5-------|--8---7------|--10----8---|-7----5----|--5------|-5--------|
A--1----3-------|--6---5------|--8-----6---|-5----3----|--3------|-3--------|
E--1----3-------|--6---5------|--8-----6---|-5----3----|--3------|-3--------|

Bb C Eb D F Eb D C C

E---------------|-------------|-----------|------------|---------|----------|
B---------------|-------------|-----------|------------|---------|----------|
G--3----5-------|--8-----7----|-10----8---|--7----5----|--/5-----|--5-------|
D--3----5-------|--8-----7----|-10----8---|--7----5----|---------|----------|
A--1----3-------|--6-----5----|-8-----6---|--5----3----|--/3-----|--3-------|
E--1----3-------|--6-----5----|-8-----6---|--5----3----|---------|----------|

D Eb D Eb Ab G Eb F Eb D C

       /E-----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------|
       |B-----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------|
Guitar1|G---7---8---|-7---8--13--|-12----8/-10\-8--8-|-----7-----5----------|
       |D-----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------|
       |A---5---6---|-5---6--11--|-10----6/--8\-6--6-|-----5-----3----------|
       |E-----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------|

| ~

       |E-----------|------------|-------------------|------------13--------|
Guitar2|B-----------|------------|----------------16-|-----15--13-----------|
       |G-----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------|
       |D-----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------|
       |A-----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------|
       \E-----------|------------|-------------------|----------------------|

C F Bb D C Bb Db

       /E-------------------|------------------------------|----------------|
       |B-------------------|------------------------------|----------------|
Guitar1|G---5---------------|-8----------------------7-----|-5------3--6----|
       |D---5----3----------|-8----------------------7-----|-5------3--6----|
       |A---3----3----------|-6----------------------5-----|-3------1--4----|
       |E---3----1----------|-6----------------------5-----|-3------1--4----|

|

       |E-13-15-16-15-13----|-16-15-13---------------------|----------------|
       |B----------------16-|----------16-18-16h18p16-15-16|--15p13---------|
Guitar2|G-------------------|------------------------------|--------15------|
       |D-------------------|------------------------------|----------------|
       |A-------------------|------------------------------|----------------|
       \E-------------------|------------------------------|----------------|

G F# G F# G C# D D# G# F# A# G#

       /E-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|
       |B-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|
Guitar1|G--12--11-11/12--12-|-11-11/12-12---|4--5--6---|-13---11--|--15--13-|
       |D-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|
       |A--10---9--9/10--10-|--9--9/10-10---|2--3--4---|-11---9---|--13--11-|
       |E-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|

|

       |E--19\-------14p15--|---------------|----------|----------|---------|
       |B-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|
Guitar2|G-------------------|---------------|-------9--|-13---11--|---------|
       |D-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|
       |A-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|
       \E-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|

G#

       /E----------|
       |B----------|

Guitar1|G-13--x\---|

       |D-----x\---|

|A-11--x\---|

       \E----------|

Good luck trying to reproduce that final pick scrape. Any comments or corrections please

email me at Jello685@aol.com

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