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Queen's Tattoos

Tabs by Stu Matthews

Stuart says:
This is pretty much the way I played this one for my band's cut on KillermontStreet.com's second tribute CD. It might not be note-for-note exact, but it's fun, anyway ... I've broken this down into two parts for two separate guitars: Guitar I plays the rhythm chords (different voicings can be used, as well). Guitar II, tabbed at the bottom, plays all the licks and soloes. I've probably been a little lazy on this tab, so e-mail me if you need any help. -- Stu


GUITAR I:
              E  A  D  G  B  E
A ----------- 5  7  7  6  5  5
Bb7 (I)       x 13 15 13 15 13
Bb7 (II) ---- x  x  8  7  6  6
B             x  x  9  8  7  7
B7 (I) ------ 7  9  7  8  7  7
B7 (II)       x 14 16 14 16 14
C ----------- 8 10 10  9  8  8
C7            8 10  8  9  8  8
C# ---------- x  x 11 10  9  9
D             x  5  7  7  7  x
D6 ---------- x  x  x  7  7  7
E (I)         x  x 14 13 12 12
E (II) ------ 0  2  2  1  0  0
E6            x  x  x  9  9  9 
E7 ---------- x  7  6  7  5  x
F             1  3  3  2  1  1
F# ---------- x  x 16 15 14 14
F#6           x  x  x 11 11 11
G ----------- x  x 17 16 15 15


INTRO:
(Guitar II plays Lick A)

E (I) -----------------------
A ----- B7 (I) ------ D ------ E7
A ----- B7 (I) ------ D ------ E7


VERSE 1:

A ------------------------ C --------
Here come a million Johnny Yens again

A ---------------------------------- C7
Hard pushed, hard bitten, that's the show

A ----------------------------------- C --------
They've got their tickets and they're spying out

A --------------------------- C7
Somewhere safe where they can go

F ------------------------------------- E (II)
Like a big black train they're a-comin' through


CHORUS:
(Guitar II plays Lick B)

------- A ----------- B ----- D6 -- E6
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos

------- A ----------- B ----- D6 -- E6
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos

A ----------- B ------------
You must have seen our scene

D6 -------------- E6
We've been on the news

------- A ----------- B ----- D6 -- E6
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos


VERSE 2:

A ---------------------------- C -----------
That kind of love gets all the biggest licks

A -------------------------- C7
From Cooks & Fry and Mills & Boone

A ------------------------------- C -------
But it's got no guts, it's got no big kicks

A ------------------------ C7
My love and I will kill it soon

F ---------------------------------------- E (II)
Better melt your guns, they're playing our tune


CHORUS:
(Guitar II plays Lick B)

------- A ----------- B ----- D6 -- E6
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos

------- A ----------- B ----- D6 -- E6
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos

A ----------- B ------------
You must have seen our scene

D6 -------------- E6
We've been on the news

------- A ----------- B ----- D6 -- E6
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos



KEY CHANGE, GUITAR SOLO:
(Guitar II plays Lick C)

B ----- C# ------ E (I) ------ F#
B ----- C# ------ E (I) ------ F#
B ----- C# ------ E (I) ------ F#
B ----- C# ------ E (I) ------ F#


PRE-CHORUS:
(Guitar II plays Lick D)

G ------------------------ F#
My love and I will kill it soon

G -------------------- F# ---------------- Bb7 (I) -- B7 (II)
Better melt your guns, they're playing our tune -------------


CHORUS:
(Guitar II plays Lick E)

------- B ----------- C# ---- E (I) -- F#
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos

------- B ----------- C# ---- E (I) -- F#
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos

B ----------- C# -----------
You must have seen our scene

E (I) ----------- F#
We've been on the news

------- B ----------- C# ---- E (I) -- F#
Singing hey we do the Queen's Tattoos


OUTRO:
(Guitar II plays Lick F)

B-----------------------
Bb7 (II) ------------- B



---------------------------------------------------------------------
GUITAR II licks and soloes:

Legend:
(/) = slide up
(\) = slide down
(h) = hammer on
(b) = bend


LICK A (INTRO):
    (E)
E | ----------12-----------12----------
B | -----------------------------------
G | 12 (h) 13----12 (h) 13----12 (h) 13
D | -----------------------------------
A | -----------------------------------
E | -----------------------------------

    (no chord)
E | 6 (/) 8 (\) 7 (\) 6 ---------------
B | -----------------------------------
G | 6 (/) 8 (\) 7 (\) 6 ---------------
D | -----------------------------------
A | -----------------------------------
E | -----------------------------------


LICK B (CHORUS):
    (A)               (B)
E | --------5---------------9---7------
B | -----------------------------------
G | 5 (h) 6---6 (/) 7 (h) 8 --8-------- 
D | -----------------------------------
A | -----------------------------------
E | -----------------------------------

    (D6)          (E6/E11)
E | --7-- 7-------12----9--------------
B | -----------------------------------
G | 7---7----------9----9--------------
D | -----------------------------------
A | -----------------------------------
E | -----------------------------------


LICK C (GUITAR SOLO):
    (B)                       (C#)
E | --------7 --------7----------------9----------9--------------
B | -------------------------------------------------------------
G | 7 (h) 8 --7 (h) 8 --8 (/) 9 (h) 10 --9 (h) 10---10----------- 
D | -------------------------------------------------------------
A | -------------------------------------------------------------
E | -------------------------------------------------------------

    (E)                       (F#)
E | ----------12 ----------12------------------14-----------14---
B | -------------------------------------------------------------
G | 12 (h) 13 ---12 (h) 13 ---13 (/) 14 (h) 15----14 (h) 15----15 
D | -------------------------------------------------------------
A | -------------------------------------------------------------
E | -------------------------------------------------------------


LICK D (PRE-CHORUS):
    (G)                      (F#)
E | ----------15 ---18-17-15-----------14----17-16-14---
B | ----------------------------------------------------
G | 15 (/) 16----16----------14 (/) 15----15------------ 
D | ----------------------------------------------------
A | ----------------------------------------------------
E | ----------------------------------------------------

    (G)                      (F#)                    (Bb)
E | ----------15 ---18-17-15-----------14----14---14-----
B | -----------------------------------------------------
G | 15 (/) 16----16----------14 (/) 15----15----15------- 
D | -----------------------------------------------------
A | -----------------------------------------------------
E | -----------------------------------------------------


LICK E (HIGH CHORUS):
    (B)               (C#)
E | --------7----------------11----9---
B | -----------------------------------
G | 7 (h) 8---8 (/) 9 (h) 10----10----- 
D | -----------------------------------
A | -----------------------------------
E | -----------------------------------

    (E)           (F/F11)
E | --9-- 9-------14----11-------------
B | -----------------------------------
G | 9---9---------11----11-------------
D | -----------------------------------
A | -----------------------------------
E | -----------------------------------


LICK F (OUTRO):
    (no chord)                   (Bb)  (B)
E | 10-7--------------------------6 (/) 7
B | -----10--7---------9 (b)------6 (/) 7
G | -----------9-7-9-7-9 (b)-7----7 (/) 9
D | ---------------------------9--8 (/) 10
A | --------------------------------------
E | --------------------------------------

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