Golden Earring – Back Home (Guitar Solo Tab)
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Tabbed by: Peter van der Wiele E-mail: [email protected]
Last revision no.: 07 (June 3rd 2021) First submitted: May 23rd, 2021
Tuning: E A D G B E (standard) Difficulty: intermediate
TAB is based on the single (studio) version performed by Golden Earring in 1970
This version contains: song structure, lyrics, chords and tabs for all guitar riffs and non-
standard chords
How to play chorus chords correctly, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmz75SpyE-Q&t=6sCHorus
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1. SONG STRUCTURE:
[Intro 1]
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Bridge] [Bridge repeat]
[Intro 2/guitar solo riff]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Bridge] [Bridge repeat]
[Interlude 1/flute solo]
[Interlude 2/guitar riffs]
[Outro/guitar riffs]
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2. TAB & LYRICS:
Notes:
- Originally all chords in intro 1 and 2 are played at the 5th fret; the C chord is played as a C/A
chord, but might sound better/tighter when played as a C power chord or as a C5 chord; C chords
are never played as an open chord.
- In this tab a "C" chord is used to represent all of the aforementioned C chord variations.
[Intro 1]
(rock rhythm)
A A A-A A A-A-A C-C C-C C-C
drum starts on 1 and 3
A A A-A A A-A-A C C C
flute solo starts
A A A-A A A-A-A C C C
A A A-A A A-A-A C-C C C
A A A-A A A-A-A C-C C C
A A A-A A A-A-A C C D
[Verse 1]
A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A D -
Goin' back right through the city
A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A D -
through the country, rivers so pretty
A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A D -
People wonder why I'm going back home
A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A
Just the place where I belong
[Chorus]
G5 - D Dsus-Dsus-D G5 - D Dsus-D (G5 -)
Back home, back home,
D A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A
back home,
D A A-A-A A-A-A @ A-A-A A
back home
@ riff-1: e|-----------------| B|---------2-0-----| G|-------------2-0-| D|---0h2h4---------| A|-4---------------| E|-----------------|
[Bridge]
Am(add11)* G/D* D C5/G – D5 (* hit this chord twice; bass just plays D)
Well I'm a round the world rambler
C5/G - Em/A** D(add9,11)/A** A Asus - A (** hit this chord twice; bass just plays A)
Just a fortune gambler
A6 - E-stroke D-stroke
It's always good to be back -
A A-A-A A-A-A @@ A-A-A A
home...
@@ riff-2: e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-----------2-0-----| D|----0h2h4------4-2-| A|-/4----------------| E|-------------------|
[Bridge repeat]
Am(add11)* G/D* D C5/G – D5 (* hit this chord twice; bass just plays D)
Well I'm a round the world rambler
C5/G - Em/A** D(add9,11)/A** A Asus - A (** hit this chord twice; bass just plays A)
Just a fortune gambler
A6 - E-stroke D-stroke
It's always good to be back -
[Intro 2/guitar solo riff + flute solo]
A A A-A A A-A-A C C C A A A-A A A-A-A C C C A A A-A A A-A-A A-A-A C-stroke D - home.... e|-----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------|---------| B|-7b8------5------|-7b8------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------|---------| G|-7b9--5---5-—5h7-|-7b9-5----------|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------|---------| D|--------7--------|-------7-7--5h7-|-5~~-----------|--------------|---------------|----------|---------| A|-----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------|---------| E|-----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------|---------| flute solo takes over until last bar
[Verse 2]
A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A D -
'round and 'round, the world goes 'round
A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A D -
Got my friends in every town
A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A D -
From border to border, every place I've been
A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A
I've gotta be back if you know what I mean
[Chorus]
G5 - D Dsus-Dsus-D G5 - D Dsus-D (G5 -)
Back home, back home,
D A A-A-A A-A-A A-A-A
back home,
D A A-A-A A-A-A @ A-A-A A
back home
@@ riff-1: e|-----------------| B|---------2-0-----| G|-------------2-0-| D|---0h2h4---------| A|-4---------------| E|-----------------|
[Bridge]
Am(add11)* G/D* D C5/G – D5 (* hit this chord twice; bass just plays D)
Well I'm a round the world rambler
C5/G - Em/A** D(add9,11)/A** A Asus - A (** hit this chord twice; bass just plays A)
Just a fortune gambler
A6 - E-stroke D-stroke
It's always good to be back -
A A-A-A A-A-A @@@ A-A-A A
home...
@@@ riff-3: e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|----------4b6r4-2-0-| D|----0h2h4-----------| A|-/4-----------------| E|--------------------|
[Bridge repeat]
Am(add11)* G/D* D C5/G – D5 (* hit this chord twice; bass just plays D)
Well I'm a round the world rambler
C5/G - Em/A** D(add9,11)/A** A Asus - A (** hit this chord twice; bass just plays A)
Just a fortune gambler
A6 - E-stroke D-stroke A-stroke
It's always good to be back home
[Interlude 1/flute solo]
N.C.
[Interlude 2/guitar riffs] + bass notes
N.C. A A G A A G A C A A G A A E G e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| (x2) D|-5/7-5---------------------------|-5/7-5-------------------------| A|-------7p5-3------------------3~-|-------7p5-3-------------------| E|-------------5--5-3-5-—5-3-5-----|-------------5--5-3-5--5-0-3~~-| N.C. D D C D D C D F D D C D D A C e|----------------------------------|-------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|-------------------------------| G|-5/7-5----------------------------|-5/7-5-------------------------| D|-------7p5-3------------------3~--|-------7p5-3-------------------| A|-------------5--5-3-5--5-3-5------|-------------5--5-3-5--5-0-3~~-| E|----------------------------------|-------------------------------| N.C. A A G A A G A C A A G A A E G e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| D|-5/7-5---------------------------|-5/7-5-------------------------| A|-------7p5-3------------------3~-|-------7p5-3-------------------| E|-------------5--5-3-5-—5-3-5-----|-------------5--5-3-5--5-0-3~~-|
[Outro/guitar riffs]
C/A- A-
stroke break
e|-------------------------|
B|----------------5--------|
G|----------------5-----2- | (x3)
D|-5/7-5----------5-----2--|
A|--------5p3-----0-----0 |
E|------------5------------|
C/A- 2 measures A5-
stroke drum fill break
e|--------------------------------------|
B|----------------5---------------------|
G|----------------5------------------2--|
D|-5/7-5----------5------------------2--|
A|--------5p3-----0------------------0--|
E|------------5-------------------------|***************************************************************************************************
3. NON-STANDARD CHORDS:
G5 Am(add11) G/D Em/A D(add9,11)/A D(add11) C5/G D5 A6 e|----x------5-------3-------0--------0-----------2--------x--------x-------x---| B|----x------3-------3-------5--------3-----------3--------1--------3-------x---| G|----0------5-------4-------0--------0-----------0--------0--------2-------x---| D|----0------0-------0-------5--------4-----------0--------x--------x-------4---| A|----x------x-------x-------0--------0-----------x--------x--------x-------0---| E|----x------x-------x-------x--------x-----------x--------x--------x-------x---|
N.C. = no chord
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4. TAB LEGEND:
| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
| r Release
| p Pull-off
| x Dead note
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