Midnight Oil – Powderworks (Guitar Solo Tab)

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Chords

Play the whole song pretty fast

[Intro]
                                      repeat over solo
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--5-3------3-------5--3---3------------------------|
A|-3--3-1--0-3-1--0-3--3--1-0-1------------------------|
E|-----------1------1----------------------------------|

[Solo 1]

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10b12-----10--8--10--8-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------10--8--10--8--10-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-10p8---11-10p8---11-10p8---11-10p8---11-10p8--------------|
G|--------10--------10--------10--------10--------10------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8--10--8-------------8--10--8--10--10--8--10--8--8--10--------|
G|----------10--8--10---8--10--8--10--10--8--10--8--8--10--8-10--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------8-8---8-10/12-8-10------|
B|-8-11-11-10-10-8-8--------------8-8/10------10-------------10---|
G|-------------------8-10b12--8---8-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------10--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-10/13--8-10----8-------5----------------------------------------|
B|-------------10------------8p5-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------7b9----------7p5-3---5b7----3----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------5-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

        Repeat this a few times with ad-libs.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-0-0-6-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-7-0-0-6-0-0--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

[Pre-verse]

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2---------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
E|---4-0---4-0---4-0---4-0---4-0-------4-----4-----4-----4-----4---|

[Verse]

e|-0-----0-0-0-0-2-2--3--------------------------------------------|
B|-1-----1-1-1-1-3-3--3-------8--7---------------------------------|
G|-2-----0-0-0-0-2-2--0-------8--7---------------------------------|x4
D|-2-----2-2-2-2-0-0--0-------7--6---------------------------------|
A|-0-----3-3-3-3------2-------8--7---------------------------------|
E|--------------------3--------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------0--0-----------------0--0-----------------|
G|-------0--------0-----------0--------0--------------|
D|----4--------------4-----4--------------4-----------|
A|-2--------------------2-----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------2--2----------------------3--3-----------|
B|--------1--------1----------------0--------0--------|
G|-----2--------------2----------0--------------0-----|
D|--1-------------------------2-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|----------0--0-----------------0--0-----------------|
B|-------1--------1-----------1--------1--------------|
G|----3--------------3-----2--------------2-----------|
D|-3--------------------0--------------------0--------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|----------0--0--------------------------------------|
B|-------0--------0----------5---------3--------2-----|
G|----2--------------3----------4---------4-----------|
D|-4--------------------2----------5---------5--------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

[Verse] [Chorus] [Solo 2]

e|-10--10--10h12--~~---10--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------10-------------------10---------------10---------------|
G|---------------------------12-11----/9-11/12----12----9-11/12----12------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------14---------------14---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Hard to work out, but something like this!
                                            repeat this a lot played fast
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8p7-8p7---10-8p7---10-10------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------9--------9------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------12-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------12----15-12-----------------------|
G|-12-12-9----9----11-12--9----9-12-9-12-14b16-------------14p12----12h14p12-----|
D|---------12---12----------12-----------------------------------14--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------15b16-16-16-16-16----|
B|-------------------------------------------------12-15b17----------------------|
G|----12-14b15-14b15-15-14-12----12-14-12----12-14-------------------------------|
D|-14-------------------------14----------14-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-15p12-------12----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------15p12----15-12----12----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------14----15-14-12-14-12----12-15-14-12-14b15-12-------12~~--|
D|-------------------------------------------14----------------------14-12-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------15----------------12-15-12-15-12-15b19-15b19-15b19-15b19-19-|
G|----------12-14b16----14b16-14b16-14-------------------------------------------|
D|-14-12-14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-14b15-14b15-14b15-14b15-14b15-14b15-14b15-14b15-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b18-18-|
B|-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-6-7-6-5-8-6-5-9-6-5-10-6-5-11-6-5-12-6-5-13-6-5-14-6-5-15-6-5-16-6-5-17-6-5-| etc...
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro x4 + over solo [Solo 3]

e|---------------------------------------------15--------------------------------|
B|-15b17------13-13-13-15b17r15p13-15-13-15b17----15b17r15-----------------------|
G|---------14----------------------------------------------14b15-14-12----14b15--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------14--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------13---------------------------------14b15--------|
G|-11-10----10-------------12-15----15-14-14-14h15p14-\-12h15-12-15--------------|
D|-------13----13-10----10-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------13----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------6-5h6p5--------------------------------------------|
G|-15-14-12-15--7b9-7-5---5-----------7-5----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7---7-------------7--5~----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

then:

e|-------------------------------------------------1-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------3-0-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------1-------1-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------0-----0-----0-3-----------3-0-------------------|
A|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------2-----2---------------------------------------|
E|---4-0---4-0---4-0---4-0---4-0-----4-----4-------------------------------------|