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Becks Bolero

Jeff Beck
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Song

Song: Beck's Bolero

Aartist: The Jeff Beck Group

Album: Truth

Tunning: Standard

Tabbed By: INDIE NATION

Music by Jimmy Page

A: x 0 7 6 5 0

C/A: x 0 10 9 8 0

Dadd9/A: x 0 12 11 10 0

G6/A: x 0 5 4 3 0

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Beck - Main Riffs - dist electric'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Beck - Rhythm - 12 string acoustic'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Beck - Lead w/tape echo'

Theme:

Moderate Bolero Q=133

Gtr II

|-Rhy Fig 1 (Rhythm slashes)

A C/A

4/4

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Gtr I

~

|----3-----|

W H a +Q +Q Q W

|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|----------8b10==(8)r==(8)---7---|-8------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|

Dadd9/A

|-3-| |--3---| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|----3-----|

+Q Q a +Q Q Q W

|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(8)--------10b12==(10)r---10---8---|-10-----------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------|

|-3-| |--3---| |-3-|

Q E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / /

~~~~~~

|-----3-----|

+H a +Q +Q Q

|--------------------------------------|
|-(10)--------10b12==(10)r==(10)---8---|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

A G6/A

|-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3---| |-3-|

Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-----3-----|

W Q. E a +Q +Q Q

|-------------------|--------------------------------------|

|-9p================|=8-----------10b12==(10)r==(10)---8---|

|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------------|

A G6/A end Rhy Fig 1-|

|-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3---| |-3-|

Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

~~

|-----3-----|

W Q. E a +Q +Q Q

|-------------------|--------------------------------------||

|-9p================|=8-----------10b12==(10)r==(10)---8---||

|-------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------------------------||

$

w/Rhy Fig 1

~~ ~

|----3-----|

W +Q Q a +Q +Q Q W

|--------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-10-----------------|-(10)--------8b10==(8)r==(8)---7---|-8-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|

|-Riff A

~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|----3-----|

+Q Q a +Q Q Q W

|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(8)--------10b12==(10)r---10---8---|-10-----------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------|

~~~~~~

|-----3-----|

+H a +Q +Q Q

|--------------------------------------|
|-(10)--------10b12==(10)r==(10)---8---|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-----3-----|

W Q. E a +Q +Q Q

|-------------------|--------------------------------------|

|-9p================|=8-----------10b12==(10)r==(10)---8---|

|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------------|

To Coda

>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

W W

|-------------------|------------------------||
|-9p================|=8----------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||

end Riff A-|

w/Rhy Fig 1

Gtr III

W +H E E E E

|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------15s==14-------------|
|-/14-----------------|-(14)------------------14--------|
|---------------------|----------------------------14---|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|

E E E E +H

|-----------------------------|
|-14s12-----------------------|
|-------12--------------------|
|------------12---(12)--------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
               |----3----|      |---3---|

+H Q Q Q Q Q Q H

|----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------12---|-20s19------------------|
|------------------12--------|---------19-------------|
|-(12)--------12-------------|--------------19--------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|

+H E Q.

|-------------------------------|
|-------------20---19-----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-(19)--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

|----3----|

E E E E H +H Q Q Q

|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-19-17-----17---17--------|-(17)--------15---17---19---|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|

|----3----|

a W +Q Q Q Q Q D.S. al Coda

|-----------------------|------------------------------||
|-15s17-----------------|-(17)--------15---17---19-----||
|-----------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------------||

&

w/last bar Rhy Fig 1 |w/Rhy Fig 1

Gtr III

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

W E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------------------------||--9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-|
|--------------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------||--------------------------|

| |-Riff B

| Gtr I

|

| |-----3-----|

| Q. E a +Q +Q Q

|--------------------------------------||
|-8-----------10b12==(10)r==(10)---8---||

|--------------------------------------|| w/Riff A

|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

|-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

|---9p=5p0-9p5p0--------9p=5p=0--9p5p0-|-10p7p0-10p7p0-10p7p0-10p7p0-|

|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-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

|-10p=7p0-10p7p0---------10p==7p=0-10p7p0-|-12p9p0-12p9p0-12p9p0-12p9p0-|

|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-3--| |-3-| |--3---| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--12p=9p0-12p9p0---------12p=9p==0--12p9p0-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-|

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
  |-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

|-7p5p0-7p5p==0----------7p=5p==0--7p5p0-|-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-|

|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|

G6/A A

|--3--| |--3---| |-3-|

Q E E E E E E E E E W W

| | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / /

|-3-| |--3--| |--3---| |-3-| |3|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +H. +Q Q H

|-7p5p0-7p5p==0----------7p=5p==0--7p5p0-|--7h9-(9)------|--(9)----------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||

| end Riff B-|

| ~~ ~~~

| |-----3-----|

| Q. E a +Q +Q Q W +Q Q H

|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||
|-8-------------10b12==(10)r==(10)---8---|-10------------|-(10)----------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------||

Interlude:

Gtr I

Q E. S a +E E E E +Q E E a +E +E Q Q E. S a +E E E

|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------3b4==(3)r-------|----------5b7==(5)r(5)-3--|---------3b4==(3)r-------|
|-5--5--5-----------5-4-3-|-(3)--3-3-----------------|-5--5--5-----------5-4-3-|

+Q. E a +E +E Q a Q E. S a +E E E E

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------5b7==(5)r(5)-3--|-----------8b9==(8)r-------|
|-(3)---3-----------------|-6s8--8--8-----------8-7-6-|

+Q E a +E +E +E Q

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--------8b10==(8)-(8)r(8)-6---|
|-(6)--6-----------------------|

a Q E. S a +E E E E

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-----------6b7==(6)r-------|
|-6s8--8--8-----------8-7-6-|

+Q E a +E +E +E Q a Q E. S E E E E

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------8b10==(8)-(8)r(8)-6--|--------------/9---------|
|-(6)--6----------------------|-8s10--10--10----10-9-8--|

+Q E a +E +E +E Q a Q E. S E E E E

|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8--|--------------/9--------|
|-(8)--8--------------------------|-8s10--10--10----10-9-8-|

+Q E a +E +E +E Q H H

|---------------------------------|-9---------|
|---------------------------------|-9---------|
|---------------------------------|-9---------|
|---------------------------------|-9----9----|
|--------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8--|-7----7----|
|-(8)--8--------------------------|------0----|
  |-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 E E E E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||

w/Rhy Fig 1 & Riff B

Gtr I

|----3-----|

W +H a +Q +Q Q

|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------8b10==(8)r==(8)---7---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-(0)---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|

~~~

W

|------------------------------|
|--8---------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-----3-----|

+Q Q a +Q Q Q W

|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(8)------------10b12==(10)r---10----8---|-10--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

~~~~~~

|-----3------|

+H a +Q +Q Q

|-------------------------------------------|
|-(10)------------10b12==(10)r==(10)----8---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-----3-----|

W Q. E a +Q +Q Q

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|-9p======================|=8-------------10b12==(10)r==(10)---8---|

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

W W

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9p======================|=8-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Outro:

A

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |---3---|

Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q Q Q

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

  |-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

|-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-|-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-9p5p0-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|

| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |---3---|

| Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q Q Q

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0---0---0---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-Rhy Fig 2 (Rhythm slashes) end Rhy Fig 2-|

G6/A

|-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |----3----|

Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

|-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E H W

|-----9p5p0-9p5p0-------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|

|

| a H. +Q H. +E +E

|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-12s14--------------(14)s====|=12---------------(12)---(12)s====|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|

w/Rhy Fig 2 x6

Gtr I

W H. +E +E

|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|-14-----------------|-12---------------(12)---(12)s==|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|

H. +E +E W

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-14------------(14)---(14)s==|=16----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

H. +E +E W

|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-14------------(14)---(14)s==|=12--------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|

~~~

Q Q +Q Q H. Q

|----------------------17-----|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|----16b18======(16)r---------|-14---------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|

a +Q H a +E +E

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|-19b21==(19)r--19--------19b21==(19)r==(19)---|

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

~~~~~ ~~

|--3--|

Q a +H E E a +Q H E E E

|-------------------------------------------|-20b22==(20)r--20--------17--------|
|----------20b22==(20)r-----------20---17---|----------------------------20p17--|
|-17b17.5-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

A

q Q H

|

/

Q. E +E +E +E +E a +q Q H

|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------*|

|-20-------19b20====(19)r==(19)b20====(19)r==(19)---|-20b22==(20)r----------*|

|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------*|

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