This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
instrumental
Well, Saturday nights she followed her brother
It was socks and stockings on the old gym floor
While everybody danced to garage band covers
She was checking out riffs and memorizing chords
She didn't care at all for the football heroes
She didn't even notice the basketball stars
Boys as a species were all a bunch of zeros
B B E E5 - G5 - A5 - E5 - G5 - Bb5-A5
Except for the ones that played that guitar [guitar break #2]
Ahh, girls with guitars (She wasn't any debutante)
Girls with guitars (She didn't go out for cheerleading)
Girls with guitars (Boys are kind of nervous 'round)
Girls with guitars
D D G G
She went off to college, she got her degree
A A E A
Her parents breathed a sigh of great relief
D D G G
Daddy's thinking law school, mother's thinking medicine
C C E E E E
Daughter's thinking how she's gonna break the news to them
A A D A A A E A
guitar solo
A A D A A A E A
guitar solo
Now there's an old Chevy van just sitting in the driveway
Filled to the gills with all her stuff
She cut a deal with her brother to drive it up the highway
Figures New York City is close enough
She gets the audition through a friend of a friend
Who's checking out her legs, saying this'll never work
She flips on her Boogie and turns to the band
B B E n.c. n.c.
Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk [guitar break #3]
Girls with guitars (Now everybody's rocking)
Girls with guitars (There oughta be a song about)
Girls with guitars (There's just no stopping those)
Girls with guitars
A A D A A A E A
Get your money for nothing and your guys for free
A A D A A A E A.
instrumental
RHYTHM:
[This is just a suggestion to give a feel
for the song:]
A D A
|----------------|----------------| |----------------|3---3-----------| |2---2---2---2---|2---4---2---2---| |2---4---2---4---|0---0---2---4---| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| |0---0---0---0---|--------0---0---|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
GUITAR BREAK #1:
E D A E
|----------------|2-2-----0-0-----|0-0-----| |----------------|3-3-----2-2-----|0-0-----| |----------------|2-2-----2-2-----|1-1-----| |----------------|0-0-----2-2-----|2-2-----| |----------------|0-0-----0-0-----|2-2-----| |----------------|----------------|0-0-----|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
...turned up
GUITAR BREAK #2 ("Smoke on the Water"):
E E5 G5 A5 E5 G5 Bb5 A5
|----------------|----------------|--------| |----------------|----------------|--------| |------------0---|2-2---4---0---3-|2-------| |--------2---0---|2-2---2---0---3-|2-------| |--------2-------|----------------|--------| |----------------|----------------|--------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
..that guitar
GUITAR BREAK #3 ("Sunshine of Your Love"):
[There are about a million different positions to play this in,
since it's probably the most well-known riff in rock music. I've
given a couple possibilities, but play it however you want:]
|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|--------8~~-----| |----------------|----------------| |9-9-7-9---------|------9-----9---| |2-2-0-2---------|--------5~~-----| |9-9-7-9---9---8-|--7-------------| |2-2-0-2---2---1-|--0---7-----7---| |----------9---8-|--7-------------| |----------2---1-|--0-------------| |----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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