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Cold Shot

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
TabTuningHalf-Step Down
★4.1(20)

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

Intro

Q=108(8=s8)

4/4

Gtr I

~ ~ ~

D#|-------|---------------7-5-||------------------7-5--||
A#|-x-x-x-|---0-----0---0-7-5-||o---0-------0---0-7-5-o||
F#|-x-x-x-|---0-----0---0-7-5-||----0-------0---0-7-5--||
C#|-x-x-x-|---0-5b6-0-7-0-----||--7-0-5b5.5-0-7-0------||
G#|-------|-0-----------------||o---------------------o||
D#|-------|-------------------||-----------------------||

~

5x

D#|-||--(5)-5-------------7-5--||
A#|-||o-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-o||
F#|-||--(5)-5-------0---0-7-5--||
C#|-||--------5b5.5-0-7-0------||
G#|-||o-----------------------o||
D#|-||-------------------------||

Verse

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

D#||------------------7-5-|-----------------7-5-|-----------------7-5-|
A#||o-----------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|
F#||------------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|
C#||----7-5b5.5-x-7-x-----|-7-x-5b5.5-x-7-x-----|-7-x-5b5.5-x-7-x-----|
G#||o-0-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D#||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

D#|-----------------7-5-|-----------------7-5-|-----------------7---|
A#|---x-------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7---|
F#|---x-------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7---|
C#|-7-x-5b5.5-x-7-x-----|-7-x-5b5.5-x-7-x-----|-7-x-5b5.5-x-7-x-----|
G#|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------0-|
D#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

Chorus

$

~~ ~~

D#|-5--------|---------||---------------------12-10-|
A#|-5--------|---------||----x---------x----x-12-10-|
F#|-5--------|---------||----x---------x----x-12-10-|
C#|----------|---------||-12-x-10b10.5-x-12-x-------|
G#|----------|---------||---------------------------|
D#|----------|---------||---------------------------|

~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~

D#|---------------------12-10-|-----------------7-5-|-----------------7-5-|
A#|----x---------x----x-12-10-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|
F#|----x---------x----x-12-10-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|---x-------x---x-7-5-|
C#|-12-x-10b10.5-x-12-x-------|-7-x-5b5.5-x-7-x-----|-7-x-5b5.5-x-7-x-----|
G#|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D#|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~

D#|----------------------12-10-|---------------------12-10-|---7---7-7---7---7-7-|
A#|-----x---------x----x-12-10-|----x---------x----x-12-10-|---8---8-8---8---8-8-|
F#|-----x---------x----x-12-10-|----x---------x----x-12-10-|---7---7-7---7---7-7-|
C#|-/12-x-10b10.5-x-12-x-------|-12-x-10b10.5-x-12-x-------|---6---6-6---6---6-6-|
G#|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
D#|----------------------------|---------------------------|-0---0-----0---0-----|

1.

To Coda

~ ~ ~ ~

D#|-----------------7-5-|-(5)-5-------------7-5-|-(5)-5-------------7-5-|
A#|---0-------0---x-7-5-|-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-|-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-|
F#|---0-------0---x-7-5-|-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-|-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-|
C#|-7-0-5b5.5-0-7-x-----|-------5b5.5-0-7-0-----|-------5b5.5-0-7-0-----|
G#|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D#|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Guitar Solo

2.

~ ~

D#|-(5)-5-------------7-5--||-(5)-5-------------7-5-||-----5--5-5-5-5-(5)-----|
A#|-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-o||-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-||-----5--5-5-5-5-(5)-----|
F#|-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5--||-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-||---7s8--7-5-7-5-(5)-----|
C#|-------5b5.5-0-7-0------||-------5b5.5-0-7-0-----||-0------------------7-5-|
G#|-----------------------o||-----------------------||-0----------------------|
D#|------------------------||-----------------------||------------------------|

~ ~

D#|---5--5---(5)-5-----|------------------------|-----------------------|
A#|---5--5---(5)-5-----|---7b8-(7)--7-5-7-5-----|-----5-----------------|
F#|---5--7b9r=7--5-----|---7b9-(7)--7-5-7-5-----|-----5-----------------|
C#|-7--------------7-5-|--------------------7---|-7-----7p5---5b5.5-7-5-|
G#|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
D#|--------------------|-5--------------------0-|---0-------0-----------|

~ ~~~~~~ ~

D#|------------7-----5---|-----5---------5---|-5-(5)--5--5--5---|
A#|---7b8-(7)--7--7----5-|-7---5---------5---|-5-(5)--5--5--5---|
F#|---7b9-(7)--7--7----5-|-7---5---------5---|-7s=8---7--7--5---|
C#|----------------------|-------7-(7)-------|----------------7-|
G#|----------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D#|-5--------------------|---0---------0---0-|------------------|
D#|-----------------5-----5---5-|
A#|-----------------5-8b9---5---|
F#|-------5-7b8-(7)-------------|
C#|-(7)-7-----------------------|
G#|-----------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------|

~ ~~

D#|-8b9-(8)-5---5----------------|---------10--10-10-------|
A#|-----------5------------------|---------10--10-10-------|
F#|---------------8s7p5----------|------12s13--12-10-------|
C#|---------------------7--5b5.5-|-7-7---------------12-10-|
G#|------------------------------|-------------------------|
D#|------------------------------|-------------------------|

~ ~ ~ ~~~~

D#|-----------------7-5-|---------------------|-----------------5---------|
A#|---0-------0---0-7-5-|---0-------0---------|---------------5---8-5-----|
F#|---0-------0---0-7-5-|---0-------0-----5-5h|=7-7-5---5-7b8---------7b8-|
C#|-7-0-5b5.5-0-7-0-----|-7-0-5b5.5-0-7-7-----|-------7-------------------|
G#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
D#|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|

~ ~

D#|-----------------------|---7---7-7---7---7-7-|-----------------7-5-|
A#|-------------5---------|---8---8-8---8---8-8-|---0-------0---0-7-5-|
F#|-7p5---5-7b8---5-5-7-5-|---7---7-7---7---7-7-|---0-------0---0-7-5-|
C#|-----7-----------------|---6---6-6---6---6-6-|-7-0-5b5.5-0-7-0-----|
G#|-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D#|-----------------------|-0---0-----0---0-----|---------------------|

~

D#|-(5)-5-------------7-5-|-----5-5-------5-8-5-------5---------|
A#|-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-|-----5-5-8b8.5-------8b8.5-----------|
F#|-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-|-7b8-------------------------8p7p5---|
C#|-------5b5.5-0-7-0-----|-----------------------------------7-|
G#|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|

~~~~~~

D#|--------------------------|
A#|--------------------------|
F#|-5-7-7pb9-5-------5-------|
C#|------------7-(7)---7p5-5-|
G#|--------------------------|
D#|--------------------------|
D#|---------5-------5-------5-5-------5-5-|
A#|-------5---8b8.5-5-8b8.5-5-5-8b8.5-5-5-|
F#|---7b8---------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------|
G#|-0-------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------|

~~

D#|-------5-8b8.5-5-------5-----5-5------8-|-------8----10b12-(10)-10-8h10-8--|
A#|-8b8.5-5-------5-8b8.5-5-----5-5-8-10---|-10-10---10------------10---------|
F#|-------------------------7b8------------|----------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D#|----8--------5-5-5---(5)-------|--------8-(8)(8)------------------------|
A#|-10---10p8s5-5-5-5---(5)-------|--------8-(8)(8)-8-8-8-8b10==8r8-8-8-8--|
F#|-----------------7b9-(7)-7p5---|-5-7b9=====7r=7--5-x-5-7-----7-7-7-5-x--|
C#|-----------------------------7-|-------------------7-----------------7--|
G#|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------|-----5---(5)-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
A#|---8-8-----------------|-----5---(5)-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
F#|-5h7-7-5-6-------5h7-5-|-7b9-7b9-(7)-7-5-7-7---5-7-|
C#|-----------7-7-7-------|---------------------0-----|
G#|-----------------------|---------------------0-----|
D#|-----------------------|---------------------------|

~ ~ ~ ~

D#|-5----5----(5)-(5)-5-5---5-5-5-5-|-----------------7-5-|-----------------7-5-||
A#|-5----5----(5)-(5)-5-5---5-5-5-5-|---0-------0---0-7-5-|---0-------0---0-7-5-||
F#|-7b9==7pb9r(7)-(7)-5-7-5h7-7-5-5-|---0-------0---0-7-5-|---0-------0---0-7-5-||
C#|---------------------------------|-7-0-5b5.5-0-7-0-----|-7-0-5b5.5-0-7-0-----||
G#|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
D#|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------||

Verse

D.S. al Coda

3x

D#||--5--------|------5-7----||-5--------|--------------||
A#||o-5--------|------5-7-0-o||-5--------|-----------0--||
F#||--5--------|------5-7-0--||-5--------|-----------0--||
C#||-----------|----------0--||----------|-----------0--||
G#||o----------|------------o||----------|--------------||
D#||-----------|-------------||----------|--15\---------||

Outro

&

~ ~

3x 8x

D#||--(5)-5-------------7-5--||-||--(5)-5-------------7-5--||
A#||o-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-o||-||o-(5)-5-------0---0-7-5-o||
F#||--(5)-5-------0---0-7-5--||-||--(5)-5-------0---0-7-5--||
C#||--------5b5.5-0-7-0------||-||--------5b5.5-0-7-0------||
G#||o-----------------------o||-||o-----------------------o||
D#||-------------------------||-||-------------------------||

2/4

4x

D#||----7---7-7---7---7-7--||-5--------|-----|
A#||o---8---8-8---8---8-8-o||-5--------|-----|
F#||----7---7-7---7---7-7--||-5--------|-----|
C#||----6---6-6---6---6-6--||----------|-----|
G#||o---------------------o||----------|-----|
D#||--0---0-----0---0------||----------|-----|

4/4

TP

D#|-12--------|-12--------|-12--------*|
A#|-13--------|-13--------|-13--------*|
F#|-12--------|-12--------|-12--------*|
C#|-11--------|-11--------|-11--------*|
G#|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
D#|-----------|-----------|-----------*|

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

- natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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