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Song
"What She Said" by The Smiths (from the album "Meat Is Murder")
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Transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)
Notations :
e3 : triplet 8th h : half q : quarter
q3 : triplet quarter
/ : slide up h : hammer on
Intro
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e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 q q q q q q q q
G-|-------------------------------------|----------------|----------------| D-|-------------------------------------|-------7--6-----|-------6--7-----| A-|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-0-h9--------9--|-0-h7--------7--| E-|-------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
q3 e3 q3 e3 h e3 q3 e3 q3
G-|-------------------------------------|-------------------| D-|-------------4-----4-----------------|-------------------| A-|-0-h2-----2-----------2--------------|-5--5-----4--4-----| E-|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
q3 e3 q3 e3 q3 e3 q q3 e3 q3 e3 q3 e3 q
G-|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| D-|----------2-----2-------------------|----------4-----4-------------------| A-|-0-----0-----------0-----0--0-------|-2-----2-----------2-----2--2-------| E-|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
q3 e3 q3 e3 q3 e3 q q3 e3 q3 e3 q q
G-|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| D-|----------7-----7-------------------|--------------------------------------| A-|-5-----5-----------5-----5--5-------|-7-----7--7-----7--/12-------11-------| E-|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Main Riff
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q3 e3 q3 q e3 q3 e3 q3 e3 q3 q e3 q3 e3
G-|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| D-|----------7---------------------------|----------6---------------------------| A-|-9-----9--------9--------0--h9-----9--|-7-----7--------7--------0--h7-----7--| E-|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
q3 e3 q3 e3 h e3 q3 e3 q3
G-|-------------------------------------|-------------------| D-|-------------4-----4-----------------|-------------------| A-|-0-h2-----2-----------2--------------|-5--5-----4--4-----| E-|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
q3 e3 q3 e3 q3 e3 q q3 e3 q3 e3 q3 e3 q
G-|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| D-|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| A-|-0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-------|-2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--2-------| E-|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
q3 e3 q3 e3 q3 e3 q q3 e3 q3 e3 q q
G-|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| D-|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| A-|-5-----5--5-----5--5-----5--5-------|-7-----7--7-----7--/12-------11-------| E-|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
variant for last bar :
q3 e3 q3 e3 q q
G-|-----------------------------------| D-|-----------------------------------| A-|-7-----7--7-----7--7-------8-------| E-|-----------------------------------|
Break Riff
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q3 e3 q3 e3 q3 e3 q e3 q3 e3 q3 q q
G-|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D-|----------4--------4--------4-------|-4--h7-----0--h7-----------------------| A-|------------------------------------|---------------------0--------2--------| E-|-2-----2--------2--------2----------|---------------------------------------|
three times then :
e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3
G-|-------------------------------------| D-|-------------------------------------| A-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--5--| E-|-------------------------------------|
e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 q q
G-|--------------------------------------| D-|--------------------------------------| A-|-7--7--7--7--7--7--/12-------11-------| E-|--------------------------------------|
On the outtro, play following variant for the last bar :
e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 e3 q q
G-|-----------------------------------| D-|-----------------------------------| A-|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------8-------| E-|-----------------------------------|
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| Tab generated with GnTabber (http://gvelay.free.fr/tools/gntabber) |
| on Sat Jan 6 21:20:25 2001 |
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