ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses (Guitar Tab)

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This song uses a dropped D on the 1st string. I learned this from Robert Baker's YouTube Channel. His lesson can be found here. All of this is evident if you watch Billy Gibbons on live recordings or have been lucky enough to see them in person. It's also evident if you listen to the song closely. The change to dropped first-D allows you to barre the first three strings to do the main signature riffs.

e|----------         d|--2/3------|
B|---5/6----         B|--2/3------|
G|---6/7----         G|--2/3------|
D|---7/8---- becomes D|-----------|
A|----------         A|-----------|
E|----------         E|-----------|

And

e|-8-----8---7-         d|--11----11-10--|
B|-10----10--9-         B|--11----11-10--|
G|-10----10--9-         G|--11----11-10--|
D|------------- becomes D|---------------|
A|-------------         A|---------------|
E|-------------         E|---------------|

   Rhythm guitar
d|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-------------0-0-----|
G|3----0-0-0-----------|
D|-------------1-3-----|
E|--1--3-3-3-3---------|

                          Repeat this measure over and over until
   Lead guitar            the lyrics come to the "Oh yeah"s
d|--2/3----------------|
B|--2/3----------------|
G|--2/3----------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

"Oh yeah" section
d|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|----------0-0-0------|
G|0-0-0-0--------------|
D|----------1-3-1------|
E|3-3-1-3-3------------|

    Then after the bass guitar leads you into the part before the solo:
d|-11----11-10-|--------------|-11----11-10-|-------------|
B|-11----11-10-|--------------|-11----11-10-|-------------|
G|-11----11-10-|---12b--------|-11----11-10-|---0--12b----|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
                                                        repeat again

[Solo]

d|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------8------|----------------------------------|
D|-----8-10--10----8-10---10-8-|-8h10-10----8-10-8h10--8----------|
A|--10-------------------------|---------10--------------10-9-8\6-|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|

d|-------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------------------|
G|--------------------8\7--|--------------10--------------|
D|----8-10--10--10-8-------|------------8-10-8------------|
A|-10----------------------|------8/10---------10-9-8\6---|
E|-------------------------|------------------------------|

e|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------|--------9---------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------6b--|---8b10---6---------6---|--------------------8------|
D|------6-8---8---------|-------------8-6--8---8/|10-----8-10-10-10-8--------|
A|----8-----------------|------------------------|----10---------------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|

d|-----------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------|---------------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------|---------------------------|
E|----3-5----3-5---|(5)h3-----3-5---3---3h5----|

d|-11----11-10-|--------------|-11----11-10-|-------------|
B|-11----11-10-|--------------|-11----11-10-|-------------|
G|-11----11-10-|---12b--------|-11----11-10-|---0--12b----|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
                                       repeat this again

More solo:

d|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---8b10--8--6-----8/10---|-8---8\6-8---8---8/10----|
E|--------------8-6--------|-------------------------|

d|---------------------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------|
D|-8----10p8------8--8-------------|---------------------|
A|---10------10-------10\8--6---8b-|--8--6-8---8b9b8\7---|
E|----------------------------8----|---------8-----------|

e|--------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
G|--------------------|---------------------------8-|------------------------|
D|------------6-8b9b8p|6h8-------6-8--8b9b8/10-10---|------8--10-------------|
A|--------6-8---------|------6h8--------------------|-8h10-----------8h10----|
E|------8-------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|

d|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-5--5---5----3----3---|--5--5-3--5-5---5-3---x------|
G|-5--5-3-5----3--5-----|--5--5-3--5-5---5-3-x-x------|
D|----------------------|--------------------x-x------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------------10\-|
    These two measure actually call for some weird bending
    you might want to experiment with.