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This is guitar tablature for "Rough Boy" off the Afterburner album by
ZZ Top
Here is the lead guitar to "Rough Boy"
Wherever I have not indicated where to bend to, bend one half fret.
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-----5---------|-----5-----|
-4/6---4-----2-|-4/6----/4-|
---------------|-----------|
---------------|-----------|
Keep repeating those two measures like on the recording (about 4X)
Then
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
---------------------|-----------------|-----4--------|--------4-----|
---------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
-6b-------4-------2--|-6b------4-------|-2------------|-2------------|
---------------------|-----------------|-2------------|-2------------|
---------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
Then the first verse is sung
Then play those first two measures for "I'm a Rough boy , I 'm a rough boy"
Solo after verse 2 and before verse 3
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--------------------------9-------------|---------------------------------|
-12b14---------------------12-9---------|---------9----9--------------9-9-|
--------------------------------12-11-9-|---------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|11-11-11---11---11---------------|
----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
-9h10p9----9-------------------------------|----------------------------|
--------11---11---------------9------------|-11-9/11---------------(11)\|
--------------------------------11------11-|----------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
-------------7----------------|-------7-----------------------------|
-10b12---------10-7-10b12-----|---------10-7------------------------|
------------------------------|--------------9-7-------------7-9b11p|9
------------------------------|------------------9-9----------------|
------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|-0---------
--------------------------------|-----------
(9)-----------------7p6-------7-|-----7-----
------------------------9-------|-----------
--------------------------7-----|-----------
----------------------------0---|-----------
Then the third verse is sung
And the final solo
-12-9----------9------------------------------------------|
------9-12B14-----12-9------------------------------------|
-----------------------11b13-11-9-----11----9-11-11b13b11h|
-----------------------------------------11---------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
-----------------------------------|----7/9-------------------------9---------|
-------------9------------------10-|-12-----12-10-12b14b10------------10----14|
9----11----9---9-------------11----|-----------------------11-11-11-----11----|
--11----11-------11----------------|------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
-14-------------14----------------------------10b12----|
----17b19----------17-14----------------------10b12-10-|
------------------------16-14-------------14-----------|
------------------------------16-16--------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
--------------7------------------|--7-----------------------------------------|
-10b12----------10-7-10b12-------|----10p7-10b12----10-7----------------------|
---------------------------------|-----------------------10p9p7-10p9p7---7----|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------9---9--|
---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
-12--------------------------------12------------------|
---14b12h10-----------10-----12-------14B12H10---12P10-|
------------11-9-11-11------------------------11-------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
-----------9------(9)H11|-----------------5----------|
---10-12B14-------------|-8B10-8------------5--------|
-11---------------------|---------------------5B7-7--|
------------------------|----------------------------|
------------------------|----------------------------|
------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~
--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
--------------------|-------------------------|-------10-------10--12-10-12b14|
----5b----------6---|------------9-11p9-11----|---9-11--11-9-11---------------|
------7-7-----7-----|-11-11p9-11--------------|-------------------------------|
--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
-12--------------------------------|-12--------------------------------|
----14b12------10--10-----10-12b14-|---12b13--12b14---12--(12)-----10--|
-----------------11----------------|-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
<-this measure repeats once->
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
---------12-----------------5-|-5---------8b-----------|
-12b14-----(12)------(12)\5---|------------------------|
------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------------|----------------7\--0-0-|
------------------------------|------------------------|
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
------------5-----5--5-----|-2------------------2---------|
-7b9---------9b7-5--5--5---|----2--5b7-------------5----2-|
-------------------------6-|------------------------4b5---|
---------------------------|------------------------------|
---------------------------|------------------------------|
---------------------------|------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~
-----------------------------------|------------------------|
------------------5---5------------|------------------------|
-4-2-4---2-4b6-----4b6b4--2-4--2-4-|-4b6b4---2----------2-4-|
-------4---------------------------|-----------------2h4----|
-----------------------------------|------------------------|
-----------------------------------|------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
-4b6p2-----4-2-------2-4-4b6-|--4--------------------2-4---2-|
-------4-2-----4-------------|-------------------2-4-----4---|
-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
----------------------------------|-------------------------|
------5-------------------/5--5-5-|-/5--5-5-5---5---5---5---|
-4b6----4-(4)-------------/6--6-6-|-/6--6-6-6-6---6---6---6-|
----------------------------------|-------------------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~
---------------------------|-------------------------|
-5-5-----5---5---5---5-5-5-|-5H7---------------------|
-----6-6---6---6---6-------|-----6---------4-2-4--4b6|
---------------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
------2-2----------------------2h4-|-4-4-4---2h4-4---2--------|
-------------------------4-4-4-----|-----4---------4---4-4----|
---------------------/4-4----------|--------------------------|
-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~
-------------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
-------------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
-2-4-4-4-2-2-------------------|------------------|-----------------0-|
-----4-------4---------4---2h4-|-4p2------0-2-2p0-|-2/4-2--(2)/-------|
-------------------------4-----|------------------|-------------------|
-------------------------------|------------------|-------------0-----|
~~~~~~~~~
-----------------------|----------------------------|-----4-------4--4--------|
-/2-------2-5-5----5\0-|-/2-----------5-5---5---5---|----------------------7--|
-/2--------------------|-/2-------------------------|-4/6-----------6-------6-|
-----------------------|-----------/6-----6---6---6-|-------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
-4/5-5--------------0-|/2------0------------|-2---------------------|
--------7-------------|----------0-3--------|-----5---3---2---2p0-0-|
----------------------|/4---------------4-4-|---4----4---4---4------|
----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
-0----------2------4-----5-----7-|-----5-----4----2------0-|
---0-0---0----0------0-0---0-0---|---0---0-----0-0---0-0---|
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fade...
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