10cc – Life Is A Minestrone (Guitar Tab)
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Tuning: EADGBe
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| s slur - very rapid slide, sounds like one note
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato or sustain
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b bend
| r relax bend
| pb pre-bend
| ^ quarter tone bend
|(x7678x) chord shape
|(02:10) time marker
| t = thumb ( fretting hand )
| i = index finger ( fretting hand )
| m = middle finger ( fretting hand )
| r = ring finger ( fretting hand )
| p = pinky ( fretting hand )
Quirky number from The Original Soundtrack album.
Intro:
___D_______________________________________________________________
e|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| B|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| G|-11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| D|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| t
___Cadd9___________________________________________________________
e|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| B|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| G|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| D|-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| t
Verse:
___Bb______________________________________________________________ " I'm dancing on the White House lawn sipping... " e|-6-------6-----------6---6------|-6-------6-----------6---6------| B|-6-------6-----------6---6------|-6-------6-----------6---6------| G|-7-------7-----------7---7------|-7-------7-----------7---7------| D|-8-------8-----------8---8------|-8-------8-----------8---8------| A|-8-------8-----------8---8------|-8-------8-----------8---8------| E|-6-------6-----------6---6------|-6-------6-----------6---6------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
( Same strum pattern )
___Ab_(466544)_____________________________________________________
" tea by the Taj Ma-hal at dawn... "
___Gm_______________________________D7__________Eb7________________
" Hanging round the gardens of Bab - y - lon... "
e|-3-------3-----------3---3------|--------------------------------|
B|-3-------3-----------3---3------|-3-----------4------------------|
G|-3-------3-----------3---3------|-5-----------6------------------|
D|-5-------5-----------5---5------|-4-----------5------------------|
A|-5-------5-----------5---5------|-5-----------6------------------|
E|-3-------3-----------3---3------|--------------------------------|
___Eb7______________________________________________________E7_____
" Minnie Mouse has got it all sewn up... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---7------|
D|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|-8---8---8---8---8---8---9------|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6---6---6---7------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___Eb7______________________________________E7______Eb7_____E7_____
" She gets more fan mail than the pope... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6-------7-------6-------7------|
D|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|-8-------9-------8-------9------|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6-------7-------6-------7------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___Ab7______________________________A7______Ab7_____A7______Ab7____
" She takes the mickey out of all my pho - bias... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-5---5---6-------5-------6------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---5-------4-------5------|
A|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|-6---6---7-------6-------7------|
E|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---5-------4-------5------|
___B5_______________________________G5_____________________________
" Like signing cheques to ward off double pneumonia... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
A|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
E|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|Chorus:
___E_(022100)______________________________________________________
" Life is a mi - nestrone... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------12b14r12-10-------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------13--11--9--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___E_(022100)______________________________________________________
" Served up with parmesan cheese... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------12b14r12-10-------------|
G|-13-----------------------------|---------------------13--11--9--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___E_(022100)______________________________________________________
" Death is a cold lasagne... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------12b14r12b14r12b14r12b14r12~
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-11-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___E_(022100)________________________________________________________G_
" Suspended in deep freeze... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---
B|--------------------------------|--------12b14r12-10-------------|---
G|--------------------------------|---------------------13--11--9--|-12-
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---Instrumental part:
___G_______C/G______G__C/G_____G___________________________________ ( piano arranged for guitar ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-0-------1-------0---1-------0--|--------------------------------| G|-0-------0-------0---0-------0--|--------------------------------| D|-0-------2-------0---2-------0--|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-3-------3-------3---3-------3--|--------------------------------| ( lead guitar... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------| G|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------| D|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______C/G______G__C/G_____G____________________G_____Am7__G/B_ ( piano arranged for guitar ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-0-------1-------0---1-------0--|-----------------0-----1-----3--| G|-0-------0-------0---0-------0--|-----------------0-----0-----0--| D|-0-------2-------0---2-------0--|-----------------0-----2-----0--| A|--------------------------------|-----------------x-----0-----2--| E|-3-------3-------3---3-------3--|-----------------3--------------| ( lead guitar... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------| G|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------| D|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___C_______F/C_____C___F/C_____C____________________C_____G/B__Am7_ ( piano arranged for guitar ) e|-0-------1-------0---1-------0--|-----------------0--------------| B|-1-------1-------1---1-------1--|-----------------1-----3-----1--| G|-0-------2-------0---2-------0--|-----------------0-----0-----0--| D|--------------------------------|-----------------------0-----2--| A|-3-------3-------3---3-------3--|-----------------3-----2-----0--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ( lead guitar... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| G|-17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| D|-17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______C/G______G__C/G_____G___________________________________ ( piano arranged for guitar ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-0-------1-------0---1-------0--|--------------------------------| G|-0-------0-------0---0-------0--|--------------------------------| D|-0-------2-------0---2-------0--|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-3-------3-------3---3-------3--|--------------------------------|
Repeat Intro.
Repeat verse.
Repeat chorus.
8 bar section:
___________A6__________A_______A6_______A_______A6______A__________
" Love is a fire of fla - ming bran - dy... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------7---7---7---5-------7--|-----5-------7-------5----------|
G|---------6---6---6---6-------6--|-----6-------6-------6----------|
D|---------7---7---7---7-------7--|-----7-------7-------7----------|
A|-0-------0---0---0---0-------0--|-----0-------0-------0----------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
___________A6__A___A6______A___A6__________________________________
" U - pon a crepe suzette... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------7---5---7-------5---7--|--------------------------------|
G|---------6---6---6-------6---6--|--------------------------------|
D|---------7---7---7-------7---7--|--------------------------------|
A|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___C9_(x32333)_____________________________________________________
" Let's get this romance coo - king, ho - ney... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-8-------8---8---8---8-------8--|-----8-------8-------8----------|
G|-7-------7---7---7---7-------7--|-----7-------7-------7----------|
D|-8-------8---8---8---8-------8--|-----8-------8-------8----------|
A|-7-------7---7---7---7-------7--|-----7-------7-------7----------|
E|-8-------8---8---8---8-------8--|-----8-------8-------8----------|
t t t t t t t t t
___C9_(x32333)_________________B9_(x21222)_________________________
" But let us not for - get.... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-8-------8---8---8---8-------7--|---------7---7---7---7---7---7--|
G|-7-------7---7---7---7-------6--|---------6---6---6---6---6---6--|
D|-8-------8---8---8---8-------7--|---------7---7---7---7---7---7--|
A|-7-------7---7---7---7-------6--|---------6---6---6---6---6---6--|
E|-8-------8---8---8---8-------7--|---------7---7---7---7---7---7--|
t t t t t t t t t t t t Repeat chorus.
Repeat instrumental part.
Repeat chorus.
Repeat 8 bar section.
Repeat chorus to end.
Words and music by 10cc