Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells Part One (Guitar Tab)

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Okay folks, this is a HUGE song, about 25 minutes long, with many, many instruments, so I apologize if you're looking for something very specific it might not be in my tab. Anyway, have fun playing it, I hope you'll enjoy my work! - Thomas N. (The tab is incomplete, since it takes quite long to tab the whole thing, please be patient, I'll update it) (Any corrections to be mailed at [email protected]) <- This email is now down. -Chubs [0:00] Intro, piano tab for guitar: (yeah, whatever... Everyone wants it...)

e|-0-5-0-7-0-3h5-0-8-10-7h8-|-0-5-0-7-0-3h5-0-8-10-7h8-8-|
B|--------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------|

[0:50] The bass comes in:

G|------------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------2-0-5--|------5---0--------|
A|0-0---0----0h2h3--------|------------2-3----|
E|------------------------|-3-3------------3--|

[1:02] There's that piano playing an E, which you would play this way on a guitar:

e|---7---|
B|---9---|
G|---9---|
D|---9---|
A|---7---|
E|-------|

[1:38] Then there are some piano leaks...Well you'd better buy a piano for these. Keep playing that. [2:55] This is the guitar part that can be heard in the background, often mistaken for a flute.

e|--------------------10-10/12----|--------------------------|
B|---------------10h12---------10-|----13h15-13-12-----------|
G|-9-9---9h11h12------------------|-12------------12h14-14---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|

e|----------13-15--------15-|----------------------|
B|-13h15-13-----------------|-13h15-13-12----------|
G|----------------12-12-----|-------------12--9--9-| And repeat!
D|--------------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------|

[3:39] Two (telecasters) playing different harmonies the same time. This is how you play it: This is the first lower harmony

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------5---------10-8-5h8p5-------------------|
G|---4-5p4--4h5h7h---7-4p5--------------7-5\4-------------|
D|-7-------7---------------7------------------------------| And repeat!
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

And this is the second harmony

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------8-----------13-12-10h12p10----------|
G|----7-9p7----7h9h10---10-9p7-------------------12-9-7---|
D|-10-------10-----------------10-------------------------| And repeat!
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

[4:05] Played with a guitar and a mandolin: (To sound like a mandolin, pick really fast, it will do the trick)

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-12--10-12-10-12--14---12--14p12p10 12--14-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

 Then: (Same as above, one tone lower)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-10--8-10--8--10--12-10--12p10p8--8-10--12-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

 And there's that electric guitar coming in at 4:15:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4///16-16-16-16b18-16b18-|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

 And the mandolin goes:
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-14--12-14-12-14--16--14--16p14p12--14--16-|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

[4:46] Here comes the acoustic guitar:

e|-----------------------------5-- 4-4h5-5-5-5-5/9---7/11-11--------5---4----|
B|-------------4--5---5-5-5--7---7-----------------9----------7-7-7---7---5--|
G|-4-4-4--4--6---------------------------------------------------------------| And repeat...
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[5:18] I've found a nice way to play it with a guitar, so I'm posting it if you're interested: (You can play it sliding, it sounds quite good too)

e|--9h11--11p9--9h11--11h14-|--14p9--9p7--7h9--9h14--|--|
B|--------------------------|------------------------|  |
G|--------------------------|------------------------|  |
D|--------------------------|------------------------|  |
A|--------------------------|------------------------|  |
E|--------------------------|------------------------|  |

                                                        |(x2)
e|-14p11--11p9--9h11--11h14-|--14p11-----------------|  |
B|--------------------------|------------------------|  |
G|--------------------------|------------------------|  |
D|--------------------------|------------------------|  |
A|--------------------------|------------------------|  |
E|--------------------------|------------------------|--|

[6:07] [Solo]

e|-0--------------------0-----------0-------5--4h5p4-0-|----------|
B|---3-1-3-1-0---0--1--3------3-1-3---3-1-0------------|          |
G|-------------2---------------------------------------|          |
D|-----------------------------------------------------|          |
A|-----------------------------------------------------|          |
E|-----------------------------------------------------|          |    This is an alternative some may prefer:

e|-0------0------0------0---------------------------------------| |     e|------------------------------|
B|--4p1p0--4p1p0--4p1p0--4p1p0--3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-| |     B|-5p4---5p4---5p4---5p4--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------| |     G|----5p4---5p4---5p4---5p4-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------| |(x2) D|------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------| |     A|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| |     E|------------------------------|

e|-0---------0-0-5-5/7-7-|                                        |
B|---1-2-3-4-------------|                                        |
G|-----------------------|                                        |
D|-----------------------|                                        |
A|-----------------------|                                        |
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|

e|----------------------9-7--|---------------------13-12-10-13-12-10-| --|
B|---------------------------|--------8-8/10-10-13-------------------|   |
G|--------------------6----8-|-7-9-10--------------------------------|   |
D|-----1-2-4-4/6-6-9---------|---------------------------------------|   |
A|---4-----------------------|---------------------------------------|   |
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|   |

                                                                         |(x2)
e|-12b-16-12-12b--11b-15-11-11b--|-15-------------------20-20b-|         |
B|-15b-------16b--14b-------14b--|----16-17-18-19-17-18--------|         |
G|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|         |
D|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|         |
A|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|         |
E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| --------|