Elton John – Crocodile Rock (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by Elton John
(From the 1973 Album DON'T SHOOT ME I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER)
Words and Music by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Elton John - Synthesizer'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Davey Johnstone - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Elton John - Piano'
Intro
Q=154
G C F#sus2 G
4/4
Gtr III (Piano) Gtr I (Synth. arr. for Gtr.)
H H H H e e e e e Q E
|-----------|-----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-----------|-----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--|
|------0----|-0----0----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
|------0----|-2---------|-----------------|
|------2----|-3----4----|-----------------|
|-----------|------6----|-----------------|
EmG Em A Em
e e e E +H e e e e e Q E e e e E +H
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|
|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|
|-4-4-4-4-(4)----|-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-(4)----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C AmC D
e e e e e Q E e e e E +H e e e e e Q E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
BmD G
e e e E +H e e e e e Q E e e e E +H
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----||--3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----||o-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|
|-2-2-4-2-(2)----||--4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-(4)----|
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|
|----------------||o----------------|----------------|
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|
Bm BsBm4 C
e e e e e Q E e e e E +H e e e e e Q E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-(4)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
AmC D BmD
e e e E +H e e e e e Q E e e e E +H
|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-2-2-4-2-(2)----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G EmG Bm
e e e e e Q E e e e E +H e e e e e Q E
|-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4-4-(4)----|-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BsBm4 C
e e e E +H e e e e e Q E e e e E +H
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-3-3-3----|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|
|-3-3-5-3-(3)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|
|-4-4-4-4-(4)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-5-5-5-(5)----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus
$
D BmD E5 D5E5 D5
e e e e e Q E e e e E +H Q e e e e E e
|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-2-2-2-2-(2)------||------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)------||------5-5-3-5---3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-2-2-4-2-(2)------||------4-4-2-4---2-|
|----------------|------------------||------5-5-4-5---4-|
|----------------|------------------||------------------|
|----------------|------------------||------------------||
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.) | W H Q E E +Q Q E E E E |----------------|------------------||------------------| |----------------|------------------||------------------| |----------------|------------------||------9---7-9---7-| |----------------|------------------||------9---7-9---7-| |----------------|------------------||------7---5-7---5-| |----------------|----------------0-||-(0)--------------| E5 D5E5 D5E5 A5 E E e E E e E E H. Q W |-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-5---3-5-----3-5---|------------------|---------------------| |-4---2-4-----2-4---|-2----------------|---------------------| |-5---4-5-----4-5---|------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
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| Q E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E a E +E E E E |-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-9---7-9-(9)-7-9---|------------------|---2-2---------2-2-2-| |-9---7-9-(9)-7-9---|-2--2-----2-2-----|---2-2---------2-2-2-| |-7---5-7-(7)-5-7---|-0--0-3-4-----3-4-|---0-0---------0-0-0-| |-------------------|------------------|-------3s5-(5)-------|
D DsDs4 DsDs4 DsDs4 DsDs4
Gtr II
PM--------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------| |------8-7-----8-7-|-----8-7-----8-7-| |------7-7-----7-7-|-----7-7-----7-7-| |-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |------------------|-----------------|
G5 G Gsus4 E
\0.5 \0.5
PM----------------|
E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E Q. Q E E +E +E E +E |-----------------|-------3-(3)-3----|----------------------------| |-----------------|-------3-(3)-3----|----------------------------| |-----------------|-------4-(4)-5----|----------------------------| |-----------------|-------5-(5)-5----|----------------------------| |-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-(5)--------------|----------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)---3-(3)-3----|-0--0-0----(0)-(0)-0----(0)-| A5 \0.5 +E E E E +E +E +E E H. Q H +E E +Q |---------------------------|------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|------------|--------------------| |---------------------------|-2----------|-2----(2)-7pb9r(7)--| |---------------------------|-2----------|-2----(2)-----------| |---------------------------|-0----------|-0----(0)-----------| |-(0)-0-0-0-(0)---(0)-(0)-0-|------------|--------------------| D Csus4C Csus4 Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q. E +Q Q |----2-2----2-2-|----2-2----2-2-|----------------| |----3-3----3-3-|----3-3----3-3-|-6----5-(5)--6--| |----2-2----2-2-|----2-2----2-2-|-5----5-(5)--5--| |----0-0----0-0-|----0-0----0-0-|-5----5-(5)--5--| |---------------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------| Interlude To Coda C CsuC4 G Gtr I H Q Q W |-----------------||--7-------------------------------| |-----------------||----------------------------------| |-------------7/--||----------------------------------| |-----------------||----------------------------------| |-----------------||----------------------------------| |-----------------||----------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------------
| |-----5-----|
| +E Q. Q Q q T T T T T E E E E E
|-----------------||--------------------15------------|
|-(6)-5----6--5---||-----------------15------15----15-|
|-(5)-5----5--5---||--------------16------------16----|
|-(5)-5----5--5---||-----------17---------------------|
|-----------------||--------17------------------------|
|-----------------||-15--15---------------------------|
+H E E E E
|-(7)--------------------7--5-----5--|
|------------------------------8-----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------| | |-----5-----| | q T T T T T E E E E E |---------------------15---15----15--| |------------------15---------15-----| |---------------16-------------------| |------------17----------------------| |---------17-------------------------| |-15---15----------------------------| Em W |----------------------------------| |--5-------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|
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| PM-------------------------------
| |-----5-----|
| q T T T T T E E E E E
|--------------------12------------|
|-----------------12------12----12-|
|--------------12------------12----|
|-----------14---------------------|
|--------14------------------------|
|-12--12---------------------------|
C
+H E E E E W
|-------------------------7--5-----5-|---------------------------|
|-(5)---------------------------8----|-5-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------| | |-----5-----| |----5----| | q T T T T T E E E E E q T T T T T E E E E E |---------------------12----------12-|----------------8----------| |------------------12----12----12-12-|--------------8-----8---8--| |---------------12----------12-------|------------9-----9---9----| |------------14----------------------|---------10----------------| |---------14-------------------------|------10-------------------| |-12---12----------------------------|-8--8----------------------| 1. D +H E E E E W +H H |--------------------8-7-5-8-|--5-------------------|-(5)--------------|| |-(5)------------------------|----------------------|-----------------o|| |----------------------------|----------------------|------------------|| |----------------------------|----------------------|------------------|| |----------------------------|----------------------|-----------------o|| |----------------------------|----------------------|------------------||
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| PM----------------------| | |----5----| | q T T T T T E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q H |------------------8-------8-|----10------10-----10-|--------10--------|| |----------------8-----8---8-|----10------10-----10-|--------10-------o|| |--------------9-----9---9---|----11------11-----11-|--------11--------|| |-----------10---------------|-12------12-----12----|-----12-----------|| |--------10------------------|----------------------|-----------------o|| |--8---8---------------------|----------------------|------------------|| 3rd Verse 2. D G W e e e e e Q E e e e E +H |-------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-------| |-------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-5-3-(3)-------| |-------------------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-4-4-4-4-(4)-------| |-------------------||-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------||-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
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| PM--------------------------------|
| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------10-----10----||-----------------|-------------------| |------10-----10----||-----------------|-------------------| |------11-----11----||-----------------|-------------------| |---12-----12-------||-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------||-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5--5--5-7-5-| |-------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-| Bm C e e e e e Q E e e e E +H e e e e e Q E |-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-(2)-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----| |-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-5-3-(3)-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-4-4-4-4-(4)-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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| PM--------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| D e e e E +H e e e e e Q E e e e E +H |-3-3-5-3-(3)-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-(2)-------| |-5-5-5-5-(5)-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)-------| |-5-5-5-5-(5)-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-4-2-(2)-------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
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| PM----------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-5-5-7-5--5--5-7-5-|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7--7--7-7-7-| |-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| G Bm e e e e e Q E e e e E +H e e e e e Q E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| |-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-5-3-(3)-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-4-4-4-4-(4)-------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-----| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
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| PM--------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5--5--5-7-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-----------------| C e e e E +H e e e e e Q E e e e E +H |-2-2-2-2-(2)-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-3-3-5-3-(3)-------| |-3-3-5-3-(3)-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-------| |-4-4-4-4-(4)-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
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| PM----------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-4-4---4--4--4-4-4-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5--5--5-7-5-| |-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------| D.S. al Coda D e e e e e Q E e e e E +H |-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-(2)--------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)--------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-4-2-(2)--------|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------||
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| PM--------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-7-7-9-7--7--7-7-7--|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--|| |-----------------|--------------------|| Outro & G Gtr I W ||---7-------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------------
| |-----5-----|
| q T T T T T E E E E E
||---------------------15------------|
||o-----------------15------15----15-|
||---------------16------------16----|
||------------17---------------------|
||o--------17------------------------|
||--15--15---------------------------|
Em
+H E E E E W
|-(7)--------------------7--5-----5-|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------8----|--5-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| | |-----5-----| |-----5-----| | q T T T T T E E E E E q T T T T T E E E E E |---------------------15---15----15-|--------------------12------------| |------------------15---------15----|-----------------12------12----12-| |---------------16------------------|--------------12------------12----| |------------17---------------------|-----------14---------------------| |---------17------------------------|--------14------------------------| |-15---15---------------------------|-12--12---------------------------| +H E E E E |-------------------------7--5-----5-| |-(5)---------------------------8----| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|
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| PM---------------------------------
| |-----5-----|
| q T T T T T E E E E E
|---------------------12----------12-|
|------------------12----12----12-12-|
|---------------12----------12-------|
|------------14----------------------|
|---------14-------------------------|
|-12---12----------------------------|
C
W +H E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------8-7-5-8--|
|-5------------------------|-(5)-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------| PM-------------------------------| | |----5----| |----5----| | q T T T T T E E E E E q T T T T T E E E E E |----------------8-------8-|------------------8----------| |--------------8-----8-----|----------------8-----8---8--| |------------9---------9---|--------------9-----9---9----| |---------10---------------|-----------10----------------| |------10------------------|--------10-------------------| |-8--8---------------------|--8---8----------------------| D W +H. Q |--5-------------------|-(5)------------------|| |----------------------|---------------------o|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|---------------------o|| |----------------------|----------------------||
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| E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q |----10------10-----10-|--------10-----10-----|| |----10------10-----10-|--------10-----10----o|| |----11------11-----11-|--------11-----11-----|| |-12------12-----12----|-----12-----12--------|| |----------------------|---------------------o|| |----------------------|----------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths