ZZ Top – Got Me Under Pressure (Guitar Tab)
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Tabbed by: axe victim
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It's mostly fifth chords ( chords with no 3rd ) or power chords. The
guitar solos are based on the Blues pentatonic scale in the key of E.
Billy likes to play pinch harmonics, practice playing them and it will
help you to play a bit like him.
Tuning: EADGBe
[Intro]
E5 e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|-----9---7-------9---9---7~~~~~~| D|-----9---7---9---9---9---7~~~~~~| A|--------------------------------| E|-0------------------------------| E5 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|-----9---7-------9---9---7~~~~~~| D|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--|-9---9---7---9---9---9---7~~~~~~| A|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--|-7------------------------------| E|-0------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
A few times then...
E D5/E E e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0-----------2~~~~~~| A|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0------------------| E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--h4----------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
E D5/E E e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0-----------2~~~~~~| A|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0------------------| E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--b4----------|
A few times then...
[Verse]
E
" She likes wearing lip - stick
she likes French cui - sine...........but she
won't let me use my pas - sion "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----------2--|-----2-------2-----------2~~~~~~|
A|---------2-------2-----------2--|-----2-------2------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--h4----------|| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
E
" unless it's in a lim - ou - sine she's got me un - der... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----------2--|--------------------------------|
A|---------2-------2-----------2--|--------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------0------|--------------------------------|[Chorus]
( use first finger as a barre across the seventh fret, D, G,
and B strings, and use 2nd and 3rd fingers to hammer-on/pull-off )
E Em7 (0x978x) A " pressure she's got me under... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|---------------------8--p7------|-7~~h8~~~-----------------------| G|--------------------------------|-----------------2-------2------| D|-------------7--h9-----------7~~~~~~~h9~~~--------2-------2------| A|--------------------------------|-----------------0-------0------| E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------| E Em7 (0x978x) " pressure " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|---------------------8--p7------|-7~~h8~~~-----------------------| G|--------------------------------|-----------------0-------2------| D|-------------7--h9-----------7~~~~~~~h9~~~--------0-------2------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat verse, more or less the same.
Repeat chorus.
Guitar solo 1:
E5 D5 (rhythm chords for solo...) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-9------------------------------|-7------------------------------| D|-9------------------------------|-7------------------------------| A|-7------------------------------|-5------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 (rhythm chords for solo...) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-9------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--| A|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Guitar solo 1:
E5 D5 01:20 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-----8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----0--| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|/9---------------------------7--|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
E5 e|---------0-------0~~~-----------|--------------------------------| B|-3b5-----0----------------------|-----3---0----------------------| G|--------------------------------|-------------0-2/4--------------| D|--------------------------------|---------------------2~~~-------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 D5 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-------------------------2------|---------2---------------2---2--| A|-------------2--h5--------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|---------2-------5^~~--------2--|---------2---2-----------0------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 D5 e|---------0-------0-------0---0--|---------0-------3-------5------| B|-3b5----------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 e|-5b7~~~~~~----------------------|-3--p0~~~-----------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------7--| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 D5 e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------3--| B|-----8~~~~~~~~~~~---------------|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|h9---------------------------7--|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 e|-----2--p0-------0--------------|-0-------0-------0--------------| B|-------------------------3^-----|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------0--| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 D5 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-2-------2-------2-----------2--|-----2-----------2-------5^~~---| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-----------------------------2^~~~--------0----------------------| D|---------2-------2--------------|-----------------2~~~-----------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 D5 01:52 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|---------2~~~------------0------|-2-------0-------2--p0----------| D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------2--| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-----2--p0-------2-------5^-----|-2-------2~~~-------------------| A|--------------------------------|-----------------------------2--| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E5 D5 01:59 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|---------2-------2--------------|--------------------------------| A|h5------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-------------------------0---0--------0-----------3-------3------|
E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|---------3-------3--p0---3--p0--|-----3--p0-------0-------0------| E5 D5 02:05 e|--------------------------------|-------------------------0------| B|-----------------------3/5~~~---|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-----------------2--------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-0-------3--p0------------------|--------------------------------| E5 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-2b4~~~~~----------------0------|--------------------------------| D|-----------------------------2~~~~-------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|---------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Em7 e|-------------------------x------|-x-----------15----------15\----| B|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----| G|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----| D|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|(0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)
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Em7
e|-----15----------15------15-----|-15------15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~x--|
B|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
D|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|(0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)Middle part:
A5
" I'm gonna give her a message and... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|
A|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
F#5 " here's what I'm gonna say it's all... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-4------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-4-------4---4---4-------4---4--|-4-------4---4---4-------4---4--| E|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--| E5 " over... " ( etc... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--| E|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|
Repeat middle part chord sequence.
Repeat chorus.
Guitar solo 2: ( same chord sequence as guitar solo 1. )
Solo to end...
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato or sustain
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b bend note
| ^ slight bend ( or quarter tone bend )
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