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Midnight Rambler

The Rolling Stones
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Tab2

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

Verse Riff 1

(two variations)

e|-------------2-0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3-3---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2-2---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------0-0------2-2-4-2--5-2-4-2-----------------------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2--------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------2-0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3-3---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2-2---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------0-0------2-2------2-2-4-2-----------------------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2--------------0-0-3-4--0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse Riff 2] (“Sighing down the wind so sadly”)

e|---------2-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------2-2-------2--0--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------0-0-------2--0--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------2-2-4-2--2-2-4-2-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------------|

Long E riff and variations (straight feel)

e|----------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
A|-------2----2---------------||----------2--4--5--------------------------|
E|---0---0----0----0--3--4----||-------0--0--0--0--------------------------|

(“Don’t do that”)

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

[Breakdown] (swing feel)

(Keith) (Mick)

e|----------------------------------------------4---------------------------|
B|----------2---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------2-----------0h1-----------------/4------------------------------|
D|----------2-----------2---------------------------------------------------|
A|----------0-----------2---------------------------------------------------|
E|-----0----------0---------------------------------------------------------|

(Keith) (Mick)

e|-------------------------------------------4--3--2--0---------------------|
B|----------2--------------------------------3--2--1--0---------------------|
G|----------2-----------0h1-----------------/4--3--2--1---------------------|
D|----------2-----------2---------------------------------------------------|
A|----------0-----------2---------------------------------------------------|
E|-----0----------0---------------------------------------------------------|

(Keith)

e|--------------3p0-------4p0----------------3p0-------4p0------------------|
B|--------------2----2----3------------------2----2----3--------------------|
G|----------3-------------4--------------3-------------4--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------x-------2-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------x-------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------x---3---------|

(Keith) (Mick)

e|------------------------------------------3--4----------------------------|
B|----------2-------------------------------2--3----------------------------|
G|----------2-----------0h1-----------------3--4----------------------------|
D|----------2-----------2---------------------------------------------------|
A|----------0-----------2---------------------------------------------------|
E|-----0----------0---------------------------------------------------------|

(“Well you heard about…”)

>

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

(“Everybody got to go”) (straight feel)

e|-----2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------|
D|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-4-2-4--5-5-5-4-2-4-----------------|
E|---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----2-2-2-4-2-4--5-5-5-4-2-4--2-2-2-4-2-4--5-5-5-4-2-4-------------------|
E|-----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|

Keith’s rhythm part under Mick’s guitar solo (swing feel)

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------2--2----------2-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------2--2----------2-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------0--0--0---0—3h4----------------------------------------------------|

[Verse Riff 1] (swing feel)

e|-------------2-0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3-3---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2-2---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------0-0------2-2-4-2--2-2-4-2-----------------------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2--------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 2

e|---------2-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------2-2-------2--0--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------0-0-------2--0--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------2-2-4-2--2-2-4-2-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-------------------------|

(“…And it hurts!”)

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

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| h Hammer-on

| / Slide up

| p Pull-off

| x Dead note

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