Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Jefferson Airplane (From the 1969 Album VOLUNTEERS) Words and Music by Marty Balin & Paul Kantner Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Kantner - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jorma Kaukonen - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=102 G Fadd9 C G Fadd9 4/4 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.) Q E S S S S E Q S S S S E E S S E Q Q E S S S S E Q

|-3--3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3----3-3-3-x-3-3-3---|
|-0--0-0-0-x-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-0-0-0--|-0----0-0-0-x-1-1-1---|
|-0--0-0-0-x-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-0-0-x-0-0-0--|-0----0-0-0-x-2-2-2---|
|-0--0-0-0-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-2-2-x-0-0-0--|-0----0-0-0-x-3-3-3---|
|-2--2-2-2-x--------|---------3-3-x-2-2-2--|-2----2-2-2-x---------|
|-3--3-3-3-x--------|---------------3-3-3--|-3----3-3-3-x---------|

| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
| W                   W                      W
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-5b7------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

              C             G                           Fadd9
  S    S  S S E       E   S S E Q      Q       E  S S S S E Q
|-3----3--3-3-3-------3---x-3-3-3---|--3-------3--3-3-x-3-3-3---|
|-1----1--1-1-1-------1---x-0-0-0---|--0-------0--0-0-x-1-1-1---|
|-2----2--2-2-0-------0---x-0-0-0---|--0-------0--0-0-x-2-2-2---|
|-3----3--3-3-2-------2---x-0-0-0---|--0-------0--0-0-x-3-3-3---|
|-------------3-------3---x-2-2-2---|--2-------2--2-2-x---------|
|---------------------------3-3-3---|--3-------3--3-3-x---------|

| S   +S  E   S   +S  S S E   Q   E   +E  S S +E  E   S S E E E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5b7r(5)p3---5b7r(5)p3-5-----3-----|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------5-|-(5)-5-5-(5)-5---x-3-3-3---|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|

          C         G
  S S S S E E    S  S E       Q
|-3-3-3-3-3-3----x--3-3-------3------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1----x--0-0-------0------||
|-2-2-2-2-0-0----x--0-0-------0------||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2----x--0-0-------0------||
|---------3-3----x--2-2-------2------||
|-------------------3-3-------3------||

| S E   S E S S +S  S S   +S  E S S
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|---------------------5b7r(5)-3------||
|---3-----3---3-(3)-------------5p3--||
|-5-----5---5-------5----------------||
|------------------------------------||

 1st Verse
  G           Fadd9            C     G                   Fadd9
  Q   E S S S S E Q    S S S S E E S S E Q    Q  E S S S S E Q
|-3---3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|
|-0---0-0-0-x-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-x-1-1-1--|
|-0---0-0-0-x-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-0-0-x-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-x-2-2-2--|
|-0---0-0-0-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-2-2-x-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-x-3-3-3--|
|-2---2-2-2-x--------|---------3-3-x-2-2-2--|-2--2-2-2-x--------|
|-3---3-3-3-x--------|---------------3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-x--------|

| H.              q    Q       q   Q     q    Q  q     Q     q
|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------1--|---------1---------3--|----3-----------1--|
|-----------------2--|---------2---------4--|----4-----------2--|
|-5---------------3--|---------3---------5--|----5-----------3--|
|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------|

          C     G                    Fadd9            C         G
  S S S S E E S S E Q    Q   E S S S S E Q    S S S S E E    S  S E Q
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3----x--3-3-3---||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-x-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1----x--0-0-0---||
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-x-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-x-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-0-0----x--0-0-0---||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-x-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-2-2----x--0-0-0---||
|---------3-3-x-2-2-2--|-2---2-2-2-x--------|---------3-3----x--2-2-2---||
|---------------3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-x--------|-------------------3-3-3---||

| Q       q   Q     q    Q   Q     H          S S S S E S S +S  S E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------||
|---------1---------3--|--------------------|---------------------------||
|---------2---------4--|--------------------|---------------------------||
|---------3---------5--|--------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|-5\-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-5-5-5---||
|----------------------|-3\-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-3-3-3---||

 Pre-Chorus
  G             F             G             Fadd9  F   G
  H.      e E   H.      e E   H.      e E   H    S S E E E
|-3-------3---|-1-------1---|-3-------3---|-3----3-1-1-3-3-||
|-0-------0---|-1-------1---|-0-------0---|-1----1-1-1-0-0-||
|-0-------0---|-2-------2---|-0-------0---|-2----2-2-2-0-0-||
|-0-------0---|-3-------3---|-0-------0---|-3----3-3-3-0-0-||
|-2-------2---|-3-------3---|-2-------2---|--------3-3-2-2-||
|-3-------3---|-1-------1---|-3-------3---|--------1-1-3-3-||

| W             W             W             W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-4-----------|-2-----------|-4-----------|-2--------------||
|-5-----------|-3-----------|-5-----------|-3--------------||
|-5-----------|-3-----------|-5-----------|-3--------------||
|-3-----------|-1-----------|-3-----------|-1--------------||

 2nd Verse
  G                 Fadd9             C         G
  Q       E S S  S  S E Q     S S S S E E    S  S E Q
|-3-------3-3-3--x--3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3-3-3----x--3-3-3---|
|-0-------0-0-0--x--1-1-1---|-1-1-1-1-1-1----x--0-0-0---|
|-0-------0-0-0--x--2-2-2---|-2-2-2-2-0-0----x--0-0-0---|
|-0-------0-0-0--x--3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3-2-2----x--0-0-0---|
|-2-------2-2-2--x----------|---------3-3----x--2-2-2---|
|-3-------3-3-3--x----------|-------------------3-3-3---|

| S S S S E S S +S  S E E E   S S S S E S S +S  S E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-5-5-5---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-1-1-1---|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-3-3-3---|

                    Fadd9
  Q       E S S  S  S E Q
|-3-------3-3-3--x--3-3-3----|
|-0-------0-0-0--x--1-1-1----|
|-0-------0-0-0--x--2-2-2----|
|-0-------0-0-0--x--3-3-3----|
|-2-------2-2-2--x-----------|
|-3-------3-3-3--x-----------|

| S S S S E S S +S  S E E E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-3-3-3----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-1-1-1----|

          C         G                    Fadd9            C         G
  S S S S E E    S  S E Q     Q  E S S S S E Q    S S S S E E    S  S E Q
|-3-3-3-3-3-3----x--3-3-3---|-3--3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3----x--3-3-3---||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1----x--0-0-0---|-0--0-0-0-x-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1----x--0-0-0---||
|-2-2-2-2-0-0----x--0-0-0---|-0--0-0-0-x-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-0-0----x--0-0-0---||
|-3-3-3-3-2-2----x--0-0-0---|-0--0-0-0-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-2-2----x--0-0-0---||
|---------3-3----x--2-2-2---|-2--2-2-2-x--------|---------3-3----x--2-2-2---||
|-------------------3-3-3---|-3--3-3-3-x--------|-------------------3-3-3---||

| S S S S E S S +S  S E E E   W                   S S S S E S S +S  S E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-5-5-5---|-5-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-5-5-5---||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-3-3-3---|-3-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-3-3-3---||

 Chorus
  G           F                G                F                 G
  Q  Q  S S E Q    Q  Q  S S E Q    Q  Q  S S E Q    Q   Q  S S E Q
|-3--3--3-3-3-1--|-1--1--1-1-1-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-1--|-1---1--1-1-1-3-------||
|-0--0--0-0-0-1--|-1--1--1-1-1-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-1--|-1---1--1-1-1-0-------||
|-0--0--0-0-0-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-2--|-2---2--2-2-2-0-------||
|-0--0--0-0-0-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-3--|-3---3--3-3-3-0-------||
|-2--2--2-2-2-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-3--|-3---3--3-3-3-2-------||
|-3--3--3-3-3-1--|-1--1--1-1-1-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-1--|-1---1--1-1-1-3-------||

| W                W                W                H.           E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------8b10==||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------||
|-4--------------|-2--------------|-4--------------|-2--------------------||
|-5--------------|-3--------------|-5--------------|-3--------------------||
|-5--------------|-3--------------|-5--------------|-3--------------------||
|-3--------------|-1--------------|-3--------------|-1--------------------||

 Guitar Solo
  G                       Fadd9
   Q    E        S S S    S E  Q
|--3----3--------3-3-x----3-3--3--|
|--0----0--------0-0-x----1-1--1--|
|--0----0--------0-0-x----2-2--2--|
|--0----0--------0-0-x----3-3--3--|
|--2----2--------2-2-x------------|
|--3----3--------3-3-x------------|

|                           ~~
| +Q   +S   E.       E      Q.
|-(8)--(8)r-8b10-----8b10---8-----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

           C           G                                            Fadd9
  S S  S S  E    E   S S     E    Q                  Q      E S S S S E Q
|-3-3--3-3--3----3---x-3-----3----3---------------|--3------3-3-3-x-3-3-3---|
|-1-1--1-1--1----1---x-0-----0----0---------------|--0------0-0-0-x-1-1-1---|
|-2-2--2-2--0----0---x-0-----0----0---------------|--0------0-0-0-x-2-2-2---|
|-3-3--3-3--2----2---x-0-----0----0---------------|--0------0-0-0-x-3-3-3---|
|-----------3----3---x-2-----2----2---------------|--2------2-2-2-x---------|
|----------------------3-----3----3---------------|--3------3-3-3-x---------|

|                                                           ~           ~
| E    E   +S  S S S S S    +S  S S    +S  S S      +S  S e Q     E   e Q
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------6-8p6---8b10r(8)p6-8b10r(8)p6-8b10r|=(8)p6-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------5-3---------5-5---|
|-----/7---(7)------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|

            C           G                        G
    S S S S E E      S  S E Q      Q     E S S S S E Q
|---3-3-3-3-3-3------x--3-3-3----|-3-----3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|
|---1-1-1-1-1-1------x--0-0-0----|-0-----0-0-0-x-1-1-1--|
|---2-2-2-2-0-0------x--0-0-0----|-0-----0-0-0-x-2-2-2--|
|---3-3-3-3-2-2------x--0-0-0----|-0-----0-0-0-x-3-3-3--|
|-----------3-3------x--2-2-2----|-2-----2-2-2-x--------|
|-----------------------3-3-3----|-3-----3-3-3-x--------|

|                                                    ~
| a S E   S E S a S +S  S E E E    E S S E S S e   E Q
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----6-----8-6------------------|----------------------|
|-5s7-----7-----7s5-(5)-3-5-3----|-------------------3--|
|-----------------------------5\-|---5-5---5-5-5---5----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|

          C         G
  S S S S E E    S  S E   Q
|-3-3-3-3-3-3----x--3-3---3------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1----x--0-0---0------------|
|-2-2-2-2-0-0----x--0-0---0------------|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2----x--0-0---0------------|
|---------3-3----x--2-2---2------------|
|-------------------3-3---3------------|

|                               ~~~~
| E   E   E S S +S  S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---------3---3-(3)-6p5p3-5p3---5b7====|
|-----5-----5-----------------5--------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

                      Fadd9
   Q    E     S S S    S  E      Q
|--3----3-----3-3-x----3--3------3------|
|--0----0-----0-0-x----1--1------1------|
|--0----0-----0-0-x----2--2------2------|
|--0----0-----0-0-x----3--3------3------|
|--2----2-----2-2-x---------------------|
|--3----3-----3-3-x---------------------|

|  ~~~~
| +Q    S S   E   S   +S  S S   +S  S E
|-------------3-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-(5)r----5b7-----5b7r(5)-3-5b7r(5)-3---|
|-------------------------------------5-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

                              3rd Verse
          C         G          G           Fadd9
  S S S S E E    S  S E Q      Q   E S S S S E Q
|-3-3-3-3-3-3----x--3-3-3---||-3---3-3-3-x-3-3-3----|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1----x--0-0-0---||-0---0-0-0-x-1-1-1----|
|-2-2-2-2-0-0----x--0-0-0---||-0---0-0-0-x-2-2-2----|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2----x--0-0-0---||-0---0-0-0-x-3-3-3----|
|---------3-3----x--2-2-2---||-2---2-2-2-x----------|
|-------------------3-3-3---||-3---3-3-3-x----------|

| S E   S E S S +S  S E E E    H.              q
|---------------------------||----------------------|
|---------------------------||-----------------1----|
|---------------------------||-----------------2----|
|-----------------------3h5-||-5---------------3----|
|---5---x-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-----||----------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------|

          C     G                   Fadd9            C     G
  S S S S E E S S E Q    Q  E S S S S E Q    S S S S E E S S E Q
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-x-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-0-0-0---|
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-x-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-x-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-0-0-x-0-0-0---|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-x-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-2-2-x-0-0-0---|
|---------3-3-x-2-2-2--|-2--2-2-2-x--------|---------3-3-x-2-2-2---|
|---------------3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-x--------|---------------3-3-3---|

| Q       q   Q     q    Q  q     Q     q    Q       q   Q     q
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|---------1---------3--|----3-----------1--|---------1---------3---|
|---------2---------4--|----4-----------2--|---------2---------4---|
|---------3---------5--|----5-----------3--|---------3---------5---|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|

                                                    Chorus
              Fadd9            C         G           G           F
  Q   E S S S S E Q    S S S S E E    S  S E Q       Q  Q  S S E Q
|-3---3-3-3-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3----x--3-3-3---||--3--3--3-3-3-1--|
|-0---0-0-0-x-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1----x--0-0-0---||o-0--0--0-0-0-1--|
|-0---0-0-0-x-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-0-0----x--0-0-0---||--0--0--0-0-0-2--|
|-0---0-0-0-x-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-2-2----x--0-0-0---||--0--0--0-0-0-3--|
|-2---2-2-2-x--------|---------3-3----x--2-2-2---||o-2--2--2-2-2-3--|
|-3---3-3-3-x--------|-------------------3-3-3---||--3--3--3-3-3-1--|

| Q   Q     H          S S S S E S S +S  S E E E     W
|--------------------|---------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------||o----------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------||--4--------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------||--5--------------|
|-5\-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-5-5-5---||o-5--------------|
|-3\-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-3-3-3---||--3--------------|

                                   1.                 2.
  F           G                F                G      F            G
  Q  Q  S S E Q    Q  Q  S S E Q    Q  Q  S S E Q      Q   Q  S S E Q
|-1--1--1-1-1-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-1--|-1--1--1-1-1-3---||-1---1--1-1-1-3-------||
|-1--1--1-1-1-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-1--|-1--1--1-1-1-0--o||-1---1--1-1-1-0-------||
|-2--2--2-2-2-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-0---||-2---2--2-2-2-0-------||
|-3--3--3-3-3-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-0---||-3---3--3-3-3-0-------||
|-3--3--3-3-3-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-2--o||-3---3--3-3-3-2-------||
|-1--1--1-1-1-3--|-3--3--3-3-3-1--|-1--1--1-1-1-3---||-1---1--1-1-1-3-------||

| W                W                W                  H.           E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||----------------8b10==||
|----------------|----------------|----------------o||----------------------||
|-2--------------|-4--------------|-2---------------||-2--------------------||
|-3--------------|-5--------------|-3---------------||-3--------------------||
|-3--------------|-5--------------|-3--------------o||-3--------------------||
|-1--------------|-3--------------|-1---------------||-1--------------------||

 Outro
  G
   W
|--3---------------------------|
|--0---------------------------|
|--0---------------------------|
|--0---------------------------|
|--2---------------------------|
|--3---------------------------|

|                      ~~
| +E   E     +S   E.   Q.   E
|-(8)r-8b10==(8)r-8b10-8----8\-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

  F                                          G               F
  H.                                  e E    H                S  S E Q
|-1-----------------------------------1----|-3----------------1--1-1-1-----|
|-1-----------------------------------1----|-0----------------1--1-1-1-----|
|-2-----------------------------------2----|-0----------------2--2-2-2-----|
|-3-----------------------------------3----|-0----------------3--3-3-3-----|
|-3-----------------------------------3----|-2----------------3--3-3-3-----|
|-1-----------------------------------1----|-3----------------1--1-1-1-----|

| | ~~ | |--3---| |---3----|

| S  S     +S  +S  S S    +S  S E Q.    E    S a E. a E. a S +E    E E S S
|----8b10==(8)r(8)p6-8b10r(8)p6------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------8-8-----8\-|---5s6--5s6--5s6-(6)-----------|
|------------------------------------------|---6s7--6s7--6s7-(7)---5-3-----|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------5p3-|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

          C   G
  S S S S E E S S E Q    +W
|-1-1-1-1-0-0-3-3-3-3--|-(3)----*|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0--|-(0)----*|
|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-(0)----*|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2-0-0-0-0--|-(0)----*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|-(2)----*|
|-1-1-1-1-----3-3-3-3--|-(3)----*|

|                   ~~~~~~~~~
| S E   S E E E   E Q    +W
|----------------------|--------*|
|----------------------|--------*|
|----------------------|--------*|
|-----------3-5---2-5--|-(5)----*|
|---5p==3-5------------|--------*|
|----------------------|--------*|

Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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