Procol Harum – Conquistador (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Procol Harum (From the 1972 Album PROCOL HARUM LIVE: IN CONCERT WITH THE EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA) Words and Music by Gary Brooker & Keith Reid Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Ball - Electric Guitar w/ distortion' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Ball - Clean Electric Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Strings' Intro & Interlude Q=131 N.C. 4/4 Gtr III (Strings arr. for Gtr.) e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  $
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S   e e e e e e e e
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|

  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
  W                 W                 H       E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-4-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
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| Gtr III
| e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-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-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    N.C.
    H.      E E   H.      E E   +H.      E E   +H     +E  E E E
||--------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|
||o-------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|
||--------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|
||--5-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------5-7-|
||o---------5-4-|-3-------7-8-|-(8)------7-6-|-(6)----(6)-5-----|
||--------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|

  H.      E E   H.      E E   +H.      E E   +W
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------|
|-8-----------|-------------|--------------|--------|
|---------5-4-|-3-------7-8-|-(8)------7-6-|-(6)----|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------|

  G7                Cm                F                 Gm
  Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
  Q  E. S e E e E   Q  E. S e E e E   Q  E. S e E e E   Q  E. S S S S S S S E
|-3--3--3-3---3---|-3--3--3-3---3---|-1--1--1-1---1---|-3---------------------|
|-3--3--3-3---3---|-4--4--4-4---4---|-1--1--1-1---1---|-3---------------------|
|-4--4--4-4---4---|-5--5--5-5---5---|-2--2--2-2---2---|-3---------------------|
|-3--3--3-3---3---|-5--5--5-5---5---|-3--3--3-3---3---|-5-----3-5p3---3-5p3---|
|-5--5--5-5---5---|-3--3--3-3---3---|-3--3--3-3---3---|-5--5--------5-------5-|
|-3--3--3-3---3---|-----------------|-1--1--1-1---1---|-3---------------------|

  G7                Cm                F                 Gm
  Q  E. S e E e E   Q  E. S e E e E   Q  E. S e E e E   Q  E. S e E e E
|-3--3--3-3---3---|-3--3--3-3---3---|-1--1--1-1---1---|-3--3--3-3---3----||
|-3--3--3-3---3---|-4--4--4-4---4---|-1--1--1-1---1---|-3--3--3-3---3----||
|-4--4--4-4---4---|-5--5--5-5---5---|-2--2--2-2---2---|-3--3--3-3---3----||
|-3--3--3-3---3---|-5--5--5-5---5---|-3--3--3-3---3---|-5--5--5-5---5----||
|-5--5--5-5---5---|-3--3--3-3---3---|-3--3--3-3---3---|-5--5--5-5---5----||
|-3--3--3-3---3---|-----------------|-1--1--1-1---1---|-3--3--3-3---3----||
Chorus 1. To Coda N.C. Gtr I 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---3-5-(5)-4-3---|--------------------|-5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|
|---5-------------7-|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6--|---5-------------7-|
|-------------------|---6---------6------|-------------------|

                                     2.
  E E E E +E  E Q    H    E E E E     E E E E +E  E E E
|------------------|---------------||-------------------|
|------------------|--------------o||-------------------|
|------------------|---------------||-------------------|
|------------------|-5--------3-4--||-5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|
|-6---4-6-(6)---5--|--------5-----o||---5-------------7-|
|---6--------------|---------------||-------------------|

  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---3-5-(5)-4-3---|-------------------|
|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6-|---5-------------7-|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6-|
|---6---------6-----|-------------------|---6---------6-----|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|-------------------||
|---5-------------7-|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6-||
|-------------------|---6---------6-----||

 Guitar Solo
  N.C.
        ~
  a E E H    S S E   E   +E  Q      +E   E   +S  S E
|------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----3-3----5p3---|-5b6r(5)-5pb7===(5)r-5b7r(5)-3-5-|
|-3s5------------5-|---------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|

                                            ~
  S E S E S S +S  S E S S S S   e e S S e a Q  E S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-3-5p3-5-3-5-(5)-3-5-3-5p3---|-3-3------------3-5p3-|
|---------------------------5-|-----5-3-5-3h5--------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|

  a E S S +E  E +S  S E E E
|--------------------------------|
|-----6-6-(6)-------6---6-8b10===|
|-5s7---------7-(7)---7----------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

  E  E S S E S E S E E   E. S E E +E  S S E E      E E E E     +S  S S S E E
|--------------------6-|----6-------------6-8b10-|---6-8-8pb10r(8)p6-8p6---6-|
|-8r-8-8p6---6-6-6-8---|-8----8-8-(8)-8-8--------|-8---------------------8---|
|----------7-----------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|

  |-3-|
  S S S E E E     +E   Q     E
|-9p8p6---6-8b10==(8)r-8b10--8b10-|
|-------6-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

  E    +E  S S S S E E S S E   E E S S E +E  E E S S
|-8b10r(8)-6-8p6-6-8-8-8p6---|-6-6-----------6-------|
|--------------------------8-|-----8-6-8-(8)---8---8-|
|----------------------------|-------------------7---|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |--3--|
  E S S E S S S S S S S S S S     E  Q      E      +E    E  S  S  S  E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----13b15--13b15==(13)r-13-11h13p11----|
|-7-6p5p3-6p5p3-5p3---3-------|-/10---------------------------------12-|
|-------------------5---5p3---|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|

   E     S  S  S  S     S  S  S  S     S  S  S  S     E
|-------10-13p10-------10-13p10-------10-13p10-------13-|
|-13b15----------13b15----------13b15----------13b15----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--|
   Q      E      E   Q      E  S  S  S    E  E  E     E      +S   S  E   S      +S   E
|-13b15--13b15==13r-13b15--13-10h13p10-|-------------13b15==(13)-13-13r-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-13-11-13b15--------------------13pb15r(13)-11\-|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|-------------------|
|---5-------------7-|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6-|
|-------------------|---6---------6-----|

                          D.S. al Coda
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|-------------------||
|---5-------------7-|-6---4-6-(6)---5---||
|-------------------|---6---------------||

  &
  N.C.
  Gtr I
  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|-------------------|
|---5-------------7-|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6-|
|-------------------|---6---------6-----|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|--------------------|
|---5-------------7-|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6--|
|-------------------|---6---------6------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5---3-5-(5)-4-3-2-|-1-----------------|
|---5---------------|---1-4-6-(6)---4-6-|
|-------------------|-------------6-----|

   Organ Solo
                       1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.
    N.C.
    E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   8x
||--------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------|---------------------||
||--5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|---------------------||
||o---5-------------7-|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6--o||
||--------------------|---6---------6-------||

                      Out-Chorus
  8.
                       N.C.
  E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||-5---3-5-(5)-4-3---|
|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6-||---5-------------7-|
|---6---------6-----||-------------------|

  E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-5---3-5-(5)-4-3----|
|-6---4-6-(6)---4-6-|---5-------------7--|
|---6---------6-----|--------------------|

  E E E E +E  E Q    W          +W
|------------------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-6---4-6-(6)---5--|----------|--------*|
|---6--------------|----------|--------*|
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 Conquistador your stallion stands in need of company And like some angel's haloed brow You reek of purity I see your armour-plated breast has long since lost its sheen And in your death mask face There are no signs which can be seen And though I hoped for something to find I could see no maze to unwind Conquistador a vulture sits upon your silver shield And in your rusty scabbard now The sand has taken seed And though your jewel-encrusted blade has not been plundered still The sea has washed across your face And taken of its fill And though I hoped for something to find I could see no maze to unwind Conquistador there is no time I must pay my respect And though I came to jeer at you I leave now with regret And as the gloom begins to fall I see there is no aureole And though you came with sword held high You did not conquer, only die And though I hoped for something to find I could see no maze to unwind