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Shiek

ZZ Top
Tab
★4.6(9)

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Song

Shiek - ZZ Top

Verses 1 and 2

(1) (2)

E----------¦-------------¦¦---------¦-----------¦

B--4/6-6---¦-------------¦¦-----6---¦-----------¦
G--5/7-7-0-¦-0-3-5-------¦¦-----7-0-¦-3-5-------¦
D--------0-¦-0-3-5-------¦¦-------0-¦-3-5-------¦
A----------¦-------1-3-3-¦¦---------¦-----1-3-3-¦
E----------¦-------------¦¦-1-3-----¦-----------¦

Play this section once at¦¦repeat this section ¦

the Beginning of the song¦¦for the rest of verse¦

and start of each verse

Chorus

(3)

E----6------4--¦-----3--¦----6------4--¦-----3\2/3-¦-------3\2/3\2/3-¦
B----8------6--¦-----3--¦----8------6--¦-----3\2/3-¦-------3\2/3\2/3-¦
G----5------3--¦-----3--¦----5------3--¦-----3\2/3-¦-------3\2/3\2/3-¦

D--------------¦--------¦--------------¦-----------¦-----------------¦

A--5------3----¦--------¦--5------3----¦-----------¦-3---------------¦
E--------------¦-1-3----¦--------------¦-1-3-------¦---1-3-----------¦

E-------3\2/3-¦-------3\2/3\2/3-¦

B-------3\2/3-¦-------3\2/3\2/3-¦

G-------3\2/3-¦-------3\2/3\2/3-¦

D-------------¦-----------------¦

A-3-----------¦-3---------------¦
E---1-3-------¦---1-3-----------¦

1st time through return to the verse section (1) and (2) above

2nd time go to Lead Break (4)

Lead Break - Rhythm/bass

(4) (5)

E----------¦                           ¦-------------¦-5-------¦
B----------¦                           ¦-------------¦-8-------¦
G----------¦ Repeat(4) 36 times then   ¦-------------¦-5-------¦
D----------¦ go to (5)                 ¦-------------¦-7-------¦
A-----1----¦                           ¦-----1-------¦-5-------¦
E-1-3------¦                           ¦-1-3---3-1-3-¦---------¦

¦With wah ¦

¦Let ring ¦

3rd Verse (1) and (2)

Go to Chorus (3)

After last chorus, play Lead Break Rhythm part (4) twice then part (5)

Note - 2nd measure of part (5) above is 1st measure of outtro (6) below

Outtro (with Wah - let chords ring)

(6)

E-5-------¦-3------¦-8------¦-6---3---¦-5------¦-3------¦-8------¦
B-8-------¦-6------¦-11-----¦-9---6---¦-8------¦-6------¦-11-----¦
G-5-------¦-3------¦-8------¦-6---3---¦-5------¦-3------¦-8------¦
D-7-------¦-5------¦-10-----¦-8---5---¦-7------¦-5------¦-10-----¦
A-5-------¦-3------¦-8------¦-6---3---¦-5------¦-3------¦-8------¦

E---------¦--------¦--------¦---------¦--------¦--------¦--------¦

E-6---3---¦-6---3---¦-6---3---¦
B-9---6---¦-9---6---¦-9---6---¦
G-6---3---¦-6---3---¦-6---3---¦
D-8---5---¦-8---5---¦-8---5---¦
A-6---3---¦-6---3---¦-6---3---¦

E---------¦---------¦---------¦

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