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Animal Magnetism

Scorpions
Tab
★4.8(10)

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

Song

Band: Scorpions

Album: Animal Magnetism

Song: Animal Magnetism

Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1980)

Version 1.0 - (26/05/05)

Intro

Fade in with Reverb and feedback effects

These notes are probably played by plucking strings between

bridge and tail piece.

Cleanish guitar with flange effect/reverb

e|------------------------------------|
B|-12-----12-------------12--------12-|
G|----------------------------12------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------| Rpt 3 X

Full distortion.

This guitar fades in To feedback

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----------------------------(7)----------------------------------|
E|-0----------------------------(0)----------------------------------|

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

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------7-6-----------------------|
A|-7-----------------------7--7-7-7/8------------|
E|-0------------------(0)------------------------|

~~~~~~~ ~~~

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------7-6-----------------------------------|
A|-7-----------------------7--7-7-7/8------8-8-8-8/10--\8----|
E|-0------------------(0)------------------------------------|

Rpt

Main Riff

Guitar 1

(----------------PM-----------------)

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-------5---5-|
E|-------------------------------------5-7-8---8---|

Guitar 2

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-\---------------------9-\---------------------|
D|-9-\---------------------9-\---------------------|
A|-7-\---------------------7-\---------------5---5-|
E|-------------------------------------5-7-8---8---|

Guitar 1

(---------PM----------) h

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------10--10--10--10--10-|
D|---------------------------10--10--10--10--10-|
A|-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7p6-7-8---8---8---8---8--|
E|----------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-9-\-----------------------10--10--10--10--10-|
D|-9-\-----------------------10--10--10--10--10-|
A|-7-\-----------------------8---8---8---8---8--|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Rpt

Verse

Riff A

(----------------PM-----------------)

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-|
E|-------------------------------------|

Riff B

(-----------------------PM---------------------------)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------5---5-|
A|-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-5-7-8---8---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

(----------------PM-----------------)

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-|
E|-------------------------------------|

(----------------PM-----------------)

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------10--10--10--10--10-|
D|---------------------------------------10--10--10--10--10-|
A|-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7p6-7-8---8---8---8---8--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

Rpt Riffs A & B 2 X

Chorus

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-10-\9--/10-\7--/12----\9-/10-|
D|-10-\7--/10-\7--/12----\9-/10-|
A|-8--\7--/8--\7--/10----\7-/8--|
E|------------------------------|

Guitar 1

(----------------PM-----------------)

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-7-------5---5-|
E|-------------------------------------5-7-8---8---|

[Guitar 2

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-\---------------------------------------------|
D|-9-\---------------------------------------------|
A|-7-\---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-10-\9--/10-\7--/12----\9-/10-|
D|-10-\7--/10-\7--/12----\9-/10-|
A|-8--\7--/8--\7--/10----\7-/8--|
E|------------------------------|

Rpt Main Riff,

Rpt Verse

Additional Verse guitar appears halfway through 2nd verse.

~~~~~~

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-9----------7-------\5-------3-----5-5-4--|
D|-10---------9-------\5-------------5-5-5--|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

~~~~~

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-6-6-5-----5------/6-6-\5-----------------5-5\3-|
G|-5-5-4-----4------/5-5-\4-----4----\2\----4-4\2-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

Rpt Chorus

Rpt Main Riff

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------------------------(2)--------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------(0)--------------------------------|

Rpt Intro

Backing for guitat solo is Verse structure

Guitar solo

with delay

e|-------------|
B|-10fb-r10bf--|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------| Rpt 6 X

~~~~~~~~~~~

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12---(12)----12-13-13fb----13r--12-10-12--10fb----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

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

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-10fb---r10--8--10---------\7-8-7-----7-8-7-----|
G|--------------------------------------------9\--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

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

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13--12--13--12--13--12--13fb----12-13-13fb----13r-13-12-10fb-----|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10fb----r10--8--10--------6-/8-\6---6-/8-\6----8---\--|
G|---------------------------5-/7-\5---5-/7-\5----7---\--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Rpt Verse

Rpt Chorus 2 X

Rpt Main Riff

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-6-------------------------(6)-------------------------------------|
G|-9-------------------------(9)-------------------------------------|
D|-9-------------------------(9)-------------------------------------|
A|-7-------------------------(7)-------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------(0)-------------------------------------|

END

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| (n) Ghost note

| / Slide up

| ~ Vibrato

| \ Slide down

| PM Palm mute

| p Pull-off

| r Release

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