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Four Letter Word

Def Leppard
Tab
4.6(3)

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

Song

ARTIST: Def Leppard

TITLE: Four Letter Word

ALBUM: X

TABBED BY: Martin Kelly

INTRO RIFF

Repeat twice

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gb-----------------------------------------------------777--------------------------------
Db--2---2-2--0-0-----------------------------2-2--0-0--777--7-7---------------------------
Ab--2-------------2/5-5-5------------------------------555--7-7---------------------------
Eb--0---------------------5'3'5--5-5--3^-0------------------5-5---------------------------

VERSE RIFF

Repeat three times

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gb--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--7----7----2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--5----7----2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-------5----0---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORUS

Repeat twice

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gb--------0-------0--------0-----------0------------------------4-------------------------
Db-----4-------4--------4-----4-----4-----4---------------------4---------5-------22------
Ab--2-------3--------5-----------5------------------------------2---------5-------22------
Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------3-------00------

/guitar 1

/

/

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gb--4-------5--------7------------------------------------------4-------------------------
Db--4-------5--------7------------------------------------------4---------5-------22------
Ab--2-------3--------5------------------------------------------2---------5-------22------
Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------3-------00------

guitar 2

Repeat Intro Riff.

There's a little lick in between the second + third repeats of the VERSE RIFF in Verse 2.

It goes something like this.

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gb--12-10-9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db----------12-10-9-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Ab----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SOLO

Phil kicks it off... ...Then Vivian joins in with a Wah pedal

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb--------------------------------------------12-10------10[12]-10-----10[12]-10----------
Gb--9[12]-9[12]-7[9]-----11[12]-9-11[12]-11----------12-------------12-----------12-------

Db----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ab----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is possibly right, I could be wrong.

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb--12-12-12-12-13-13-13-14-14-14-15-14-15[17]--------------------------------------------

Gb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Db----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ab----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BRIDGE RIFF

Repeat three times

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gb-----------------10101010/9999----------------------------------------------------------

Db--5555/10101010--10101010/9999---------------------2------------------------------------
Ab--5555/10101010---8-8-8-8/7777---------------------2------------------------------------
Eb--3333/-8-8-8-8------------------------------------0------------------------------------

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gb--7[9]-[9]-[9]-7[9]-[9]-[9]-------------------------------------------------------------

Db-----------------------------5-5--5-----------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------5-5--5-----------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------3-3--3-----------------------------------------------------

ENDING [After CHORUS RIFF 7 times]

Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bb----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Gb--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--4----------5--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--2----------5--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-------------3--------------------------------------------------------------------------

For a list of tabs, contact martin.n.kelly@ntlworld.com

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