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Band: Scorpions
Album: Fly To The Rainbow
Song: Drifting Sun
Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1974)
Version 1.0 - (12/07/06)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
p - pre bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - harmonic
Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Guitar 1
[--------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[-8-8-8-8-8----6-6-6-6-6----4-4-4-4-4--------------|
[-9-9-9-9-9---\7-7-7-7-7---\5-5-5-5-5--------------|
[-9-9-9-9-9---\7-7-7-7-7---\5-5-5-5-5--------------|
[-7-7-7-7-7---\5-5-5-5-5---\3-3-3-3-3----2--3-/5-/-|
[Guitar 2
[---------19\----------17\----------15\------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 3
[--------------------------------------------------|
[---------12\----------10\----------8\-------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------| Rpt 4 X
Keyboard transcribed for guitar
|---------19---------/22--21-22--\19-----17-14-15------14-15p14-12--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4/----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15------\/12------\/12-------14-15----/17\14---10-12--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------9------------7------------5---------------|
|-7-7-x-7--x-x-5-5-x-5--x-x-3-3-x-3--x-x-2--3-/5--| Rpt many X
Verse lead fills
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----12-10fb---10------15fb---15-12--------------------------------|
|-/11--------------11-9--------------14-11--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------14-12-14---12------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------14--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
|-----------------14------15fb---r14----------------------------------|
|-----------12-15----1212------------17-15------15--------10fb-r------|
|--------12--------------------------------1414--------14-------11--\-|
|-----14--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/14-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10fb--10b--12p10----10b-10fb--12p10----15fb-15fb-15fb-15fbp12----|
|------------------11-----------------11------------------------14-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------|
|-12--------------------|
|----14-11-14b----------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
~~~ [-PM-] ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7----------pb9rp7-9-9------------|
|------9-7-9-----------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12fb-12-12b-12fb-12-12fb-12-12fb-12-12fb-12b-------14-15-15fb-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p14-15-17-17fb--17-15-14-15-17-17fb--17fb-----17-15-1414-15-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-16\14-14-14b-11-11-10br----9-b-----------------|
|-------------------------12---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~
|----10------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10b---10b----12-----------------------------------15-------------|
|-----------------14p11-14-14b-14b--14----14b-14-------16-14-16-14-|
|--------------------------------------16--------16----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----16-14----14-------------------|
|-16-------16----16-14-12-14-------|
|----------------------------14\---|
|----------------------------------|
Guitar solo
~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b-15-15b-15 15b--------------------------------------|
|-------------------1414----14br-------------------------|
|------------------------16------pb14r12-14----12-----\--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
h h h h
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7p5---5b--trem vibrato-----1212-12b--12-10-|
|------7p6p4-7--7-7-7------7-------------------14-----------------|
|-9---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
trem vibrato ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
|------------------12b-------12-10-9-b----------------------|
|-13fb-------12----------------------------14p12----10br7\--|
|---------------11-------------------------------14---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~
|-----141414-17-17b----14-17p14-17p14-19p14-------14-17-14-17p14-19p14-|
|-/17---------------------------------------17b------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~
|----------14-17p14-19fb-19b-19br-17-19p17-14-17p14-17p14---------|
|-17b-----------------------------------------------------17b-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~
|------------------------14-17p-19p-17p14-----------------------------|
|-17-15-17b-17-15-17----------------------17-15----15-17b-15----15----|
|-----------------------------------------------16-----------16----16-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-15-17-17fb----------to feedback------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
With wah
|---------------------------|
|-12-\----------------------|
|-11-\-xx-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-x--|
|-9--\-xx-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-x--|
|------xx-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-x--|
|------xx-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-x--| Rpt many times
~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------7----9b--7-------------------------------------------|
|-9p7-9-x---------------9p7-9-7-7-7----6-7p6-7p6-7p6--7-9---\--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------9fb-9fb-9fb-9fbr-------|
|---------------------------------------9--\--|
|-9-7\5-7-5-----------------------------------|
|-----------7-5-7----\------------------------|
ph ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ph ~~~~~~~~~~~ h ~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9fb------------r-7-----trem--9fb-----------r7-9--7------trem------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
pull up on trem ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6b---6b---6b---6b----7---trem-----6-----trem------7----trem-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
|------------------------------------------------15fb-r-------------|
|-10fb10fb-15---trem-------13fb-r11-12--trem-------------12--trem---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ pull up on trem
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9brp7-9p7-9b------------r-7---7---trem----6b---6b---6b---6b--|
|-----------------------------9--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
trem vibrato ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
|------------------------13p12-trill--------15fb---------17fb-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--9------trem dive-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
trem vibrato~~~~~ ~~~~~
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------12---------10-10--------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14------------------11----------------9-9p7\6-6----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0-trem dive------------x\------|
|--------------------------------------------------------x\------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-3-5/6\5-3-5-3-10fb--trem--------12-10---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------11-10-9----/9---trem------|
|-------------------------------------------------12----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---------5---5-7---------------------------------------------------|
|-35p3-5b---5-------5p3---------/10fb-----trem----------to feedback-|
|------------------------6p4-6--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
trem vibrato ~~ trem~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------4-----------------------7-8-9---dive---|
|-/8--/8---/8---\5-7-------------/8---/8---/8---8-------------------|
|--------------------5-7-7\-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------x-4--------------7-8-9----dive---|
|-/8--/8---/8---/5-/7------------------/8--/8---/8------------------|
|---------------------5-7----dive-----------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-12fb----------trem------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------x\------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------x\------------------|
Rpt intro with trem part below
trem vibrato throughout
|-17fb----------15fb-------------12fb-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------10fb----------|
|--------------------------------------------------0-dive---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
trem vibrato throughout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-17fb----------15fb-------------12fb-----------------------|
|--------------------------------12fb-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Rpt Verse
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------------------------12-12--14--|
|-12--12-------------12--12-----------14--14-------15-------15b15b-----|
|-14b-14b--trem-----14b-14b---trem----16b-16b-trem-17b-trem------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
|---------------------------------------9-10-9-12-10-12/14------\-|
|-10---------12----10b---12-10----10b-----------------------------|
|----9-dive-----11-------------11---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~
|-15fb--12--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------15-12---trem---------------------12-10--------12-10----|
|---------------------------------------11b-------11-11b-------11-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------7---------7------9-7-|
|-----12-10--------12-10--------12-10------10b---10-7b-7---10p7-----|
|-11b-------11-11b-------11-11b-------11-9--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|------10b-10fb-------------------|
|-10p7----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
~~~~ h~~~ ~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------12-10-12----10-7--------------------------------------------|
|-10b------------------9b-9b-r7-9---7-9---7------------------------|
|---------------------------------9---------9-7--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------9-7\5---5-7b--rp---|
|-----------------------------------------------------7------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
|-10\------------------12--------141414b-\--|
|-12\------15--trem----12--trem--141414b-\--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~ h ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--trem-----12-15--trem------12--trem------15fb15fb\--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------10--------------12------------14-15b15b--|
|-12------------12--trem--------15b--trem----------------|
|-14b--trem----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------| Rpt
Ending
Guitar 1
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[-9--------------------------------------------------------------9--|
[-9--------------------------------------------------------------9--|
[-7--------------------------------------------------------------7--|
[Guitar 2
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------7--|
[-0--dive---------------various trem effects to feed back--------7--|
[----------------------------------------------------------------9--|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
END
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