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Skywriter

Scorpions
Tab

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Song

Skywriter Schenker/Meine

Eye II Eye

Scorpions

Standard tuning

Intro

Elec. w/clean tone gtr 1

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------0----0-0-0------0----0-0-0------0-0-0---0-0-0-|
D|-------0----0----------0----0----------0-------0------|
A|------0----0----------0----0----------0-------0-------|
E|---1/3----1--------1/3----1--------1/3-------1--------|

Elec w/echo or some effect gtr 2 f1

e|-----6----------------------------------------6---7----6------------------------|
B|---9----------------------------------------9-------------9-/-5-----------------|
G|-8----------------------------------------8-------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE and SOLO

gtr 3 w/distor fig 1 end fig 1

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----|

Very heavy p.m. ............................................................

f2 clean tone gtr1

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------0-----------0-----------0--------0---------|
G|-----2--4-2------2----2-4----2--4-2---2----2-4---|
D|----2-------2---2----2-2----2------2-2----2-2----|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

p.m. .... ....

f2a

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------0------------0-----------0-----------------|
G|-----2----0-------2----2-4----2------0----0--(0)-|
D|----2----2-------2----2-2----2------2-----2------|
A|--------2--------------------------2------2------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

p.m. ....

f3

Acoustic guitar gtr 4

e|--^0--0--3--3--0--0--3--3-----------------|
B|--^1--1--0--0--1--1--0--0-----------------|
G|--^2--2--0--0--2--2--0--0-----------------|
D|--^2--2--0--0--2--2--0--0-----------------|
A|--^0--0--2--2--0--0--2--2-----------------|
E|--^------3--3--------3--3-----------------|

downstroke 1 per chord

Chorus

gtr 3

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4------------4-------------4------------4-----------------|
D|---4--4--6--2---4--4--6--2----4--4--6--2---4--4--6--2---6--4-|
A|---2--4--6--2---2--4--6--2----2--4--6--2---2--4--6--2---6--4-|
E|------2--4--0------2--4--0-------2--4--0------2--4--0---4--2-|

f4 gtr2

e|-----6----------------------------------------6---7----6---7------|
B|---9----------------------------------------9---------------------|
G|-8----------------------------------------8-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

f5 gtr2

e|-----6----------------------------------------6---7----6----------|
B|---9----------------------------------------9-------------9-------|
G|-8----------------------------------------8-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

gtr 5 w/flanger

e|----------------|
B|----------------| this fill goes at the end of f4 and f5
G|----------/9~---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

This is my interpretation of the mandolin in the chorus so don't take this seriously

e|-6--6---7--7---6----6--6---7--7---6--9--9---10-10--9----9--9---10-10--9--11-11--12-12--11--|
B|-7--7---7--7---7----7--7---7--7---7--10-10--10-10--10---10-10--10-10--10-12-12--12-12--12--|
G|-6--6---6--6---6----6--6---6--6---6--9--9---9--9---9----9--9---9--9---9--11-11--11-11--11--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--9--9---10-10--9----9--9---10-10--9-----9--9---10-10--9--|
B|--10-10--10-10--10---10-10--10-10--10---10-10---10-10--10-|
G|--9--9---10-10--9----9--9---10-10--9-----9--9---10-10--9--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-6--6---7--7---6----6--6---7--7---6--9--9---10-10--9---9--9---10-10--9--11-11--12-12--11--|
B|-7--7---7--7---7----7--7---7--7---7--10-10--10-10--10--10-10--10-10--10-12-12--12-12--12--|
G|-6--6---6--6---6----6--6---6--6---6--9--9---9--9---9---9--9---9--9---9--11-11--11-11--11--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--9--9---10-10--9----9--9---10-10--9-----9--9---10-10--9----9--9---10-10--9--|
B|--10-10--10-10--10---10-10--10-10--10---10-10---10-10--10--10-10---10-10--10-|
G|--9--9---10-10--9----9--9---10-10--9-----9--9---10-10--9----9--9---10-10--9--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

fills before solo and at 4:10 and 4:19 gtr 5

e|--------------------------------------|
B|-/11~---11-12-11-12--9----/11~--------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

after solo at 3:16

e|-----13-12-----------------------|
B|--14-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Fade out f6 gtr 3

e|---3--33--2---3--33--2-----------|
B|---3--33--3---3--33--3-----------|
G|---2--22--2---2--22--2-----------|
D|---0--00--0---0--00--0-----------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|-7--7-7--7---6--6-6--6--7--7-7--7---6--6-6--6-|
B|-7--7-7--7---7--7-7--7--7--7-7--7---7--7-7--7-|
G|-6--6-6--6---6--6-6--6--6--6-6--6---6--6-6--6-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

INTRO

fig 1 w/f1

fig 1 w/verse

fig 1 w/f2 and f3

fig 1 w/f4

fig 1 w/f2 and f3

Chorus

fig 1 w/f5

fig 1 w/f2 and f3

Chorus

SOLO w/fig 1 x2

fig 1 w/f2 and f3

Chorus out

f6

Now...there's a mandolin in the song and sounds pretty good also the rhythm and

actually all the guitars are hard to listen so maybe are wrong I got like two months

with this tab and I finally decided to share it with the world and now is

a better tab than two months ago so here it is, the most difficult tab

that I ever made just 75% of accuracy and even less in the chorus but always

with good intentions anyway the solo is kind of easy so very soon will be here

just a little fills in the song.

Mirsha mirsha_joker@hotmail.com metal-maniaco@the-scorpions.com

p.d. have you ever LISTEN the bass line of this song? really kick ass

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