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Drifting Sun

Scorpions
Tab
★4.2(6)

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

Song

Tuning : -1/2

Intro:

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G A

Gtr1|----------7\------------5\-----------3\---------------------|
    |------------------------------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------------------------------|
    |-9-9-9-9------7-7-7-7-------5-5-5-5-------4-4-x-5-7---------|
    |-9-9-9-9------7-7-7-7-------5-5-5-5-------4-4-x-5-7---------|
    |-7-7-7-7------5-5-5-5-------3-3-3-3-------2-2-x-3-5---------|

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| B5 A5 G5 F#5 G A

Gtr2|----/7----10-9-10\7--------------------------------------------------|
    |------------------------10-7-8--7---7--------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------9---7-------------7----------------|
    |-------------------------------------------/9-11-12---11-9----9------|
    |-----------------------------------------------------------12--------|
    |---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G A

Gtr1|----------7\------------5\-----------3\---------------------|
    |------------------------------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------------------------------|
    |-9-9-9-9------7-7-7-7-------5-5-5-5-------4-4-x-5-7---------|
    |-9-9-9-9------7-7-7-7-------5-5-5-5-------4-4-x-5-7---------|
    |-7-7-7-7------5-5-5-5-------3-3-3-3-------2-2-x-3-5---------|

I'm sitting on a stone, sitting all alone...

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G A

Gtr2|---------------------7------7------12b---7------------------|
    |-----------------7-7---10b----10-7---------10-7-------------|
    |------------------------------------------------10-9v-7-----|
    |---------------------------------------------------------9--|
    |------------------------------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------------------------------|

Daisies are rolling...

Chorus:

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G A

Gtr1|----------7\------------5\-----------3\---------------------|
    |------------------------------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------------------------------|
    |-9-9-9-9------7-7-7-7-------5-5-5-5-------4-4-x-5-7---------|
    |-9-9-9-9------7-7-7-7-------5-5-5-5-------4-4-x-5-7---------|
    |-7-7-7-7------5-5-5-5-------3-3-3-3-------2-2-x-3-5---------|

Shine on...

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G A

    |-----------------------------7------12b-12b-12b---7-------------------|
    |-10b---10b---10b+r-10b-10b-----10-7-----------------10-7h10p7-10-10b--|
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

so cold right here...

Play similar leads(gtr2) in the whole verse, with the same rhythms (Gtr1)

Bridge:

Bm

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

One day baby told you sun just fades away...

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