The Stroke Tab

by Billy Squier
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author t-struck1065 [a] 62. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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OK now theres a handful of billy squier's the stoke tabs and theyre all
 pretty close but not completely correct. This is very very close. Enjoy playin
one of the greatest
 classic rock songs of the 80's.
 
Thanks,
       T-Struck1065
 
p= pulloff
/=slide up
x=play muted strings
 
Vocal and drum intro (0:00-0:15)
 
Guitar Intro (0:16-0:26)
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G--10/12-12-12-12-------------------10/12-12-12-12----------|
D--10/12-12-12-12---10/12-12-12-12--10/12-12-12-12--7-5-3-2-|
A---8/10-10-10-10---10/12-12-12-12---8/10-10-10-12--7-5-3-2-|
E--------------------8/10-10-10-10------------------5-3-1-0-|
 
Main Riff (0:27-0:36)
e--------------------------------|
B----6-6p5----6-6p5---6-6p5------|
G--7-5-5----7-5-5---7-5-5----5---|    2x
D--7--------7-------7--------5-5-|
A--5--------5-------5--------3-5-|
E------------------------------3-|
 
Verse 1 (0:37-0:55)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--7--77--7-------7--77--7--------------------------5/7-7-7-7-10/12-12-12-12-|
D--7--77--7--5-3--7--77--7------------3---3/5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-10/12-12-12-12-|
A--5--55--5--5-3--5--55--5--3-5-3-5-3---5-3/5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5-5--8/10-10-10-10-|
E------------3-1--------------------------1/3-3-3-3--------------------------|
                            [palm mute---]
 
Chorus 1 (0:55-1:18)
e------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------5-7--77------5-7--77-7-x---------5-7--77------5-7--77---|
D--7-5-3-2-5-7--77--5-3-5-7--77-7-x-5/7-5-3-5-7--77--5-3-5-7--77---|
A--7-5-3-2-3-5--55--5-3-3-5--55-5-x-5/7-5-3-3-5--55--5-3-3-5--55---|
E--5-3-1-0----------3-1-------------3/5-3-1----------3-1-----------|
 
                  Main Riff (1:19-1:28)
e--------------- [-------------------------------|
B--------------- [---6-6p5----6-6p5---6-6p5------|
G--------------- [-7-5-5----7-5-5---7-5-5----5---|    2x
D--3-0---------- [-7--------7-------7--------5-5-|
A------3p0-3p0-- [-5--------5-------5--------3-5-|
E--------------1 [-----------------------------3-|
 
Verse 2 (1:29-1:47)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--7--77--7-------7--77--7--------------------------5/7-7-7-7-10/12-12-12-12-|
D--7--77--7--5-3--7--77--7------------3---3/5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-10/12-12-12-12-|
A--5--55--5--5-3--5--55--5--3-5-3-5-3---5-3/5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5-5--8/10-10-10-10-|
E------------3-1--------------------------1/3-3-3-3--------------------------|
                            [palm mute---]
 
chorus 2 (1:48-2:12)
e------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------5-7--77------5-7--77-7-x---------5-7--77------5-7--77---|
D--7-5-3-2-5-7--77--5-3-5-7--77-7-x-5/7-5-3-5-7--77--5-3-5-7--77---|
A--7-5-3-2-3-5--55--5-3-3-5--55-5-x-5/7-5-3-3-5--55--5-3-3-5--55---|
E--5-3-1-0----------3-1-------------3/5-3-1----------3-1-----------|
 
                      Main Riff (2:22-2:32)
e------------------ [-------------------------------|
B------------------ [---6-6p5----6-6p5---6-6p5------|
G----------------5- [-7-5-5----7-5-5---7-5-5----5---|    2x
D--3-0-----------5- [-7--------7-------7--------5-5-|
A------3p0-3p0---3- [-5--------5-------5--------3-5-|
E--------------1--- [-----------------------------3-|
 
Verse 3 (2:33-2:56)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--7--77--7-------7--77--7--------------------------5/7-7-7-7-10/12-12-12-12-|
D--7--77--7--5-3--7--77--7------------3---3/5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-10/12-12-12-12-|
A--5--55--5--5-3--5--55--5--3-5-3-5-3---5-3/5-5-5-5-3/5-5-5-5--8/10-10-10-10-|
E------------3-1--------------------------1/3-3-3-3--------------------------|
                            [palm mute---]
                  chorus 3 (3:13-3:30)
e--------------  -----[---------------------|
B--------------  -----[---------------------|
G----------5-7-  -5---[-5-7--77-7-x---------|
D--7-5-3-2-5-7-  -5-5-[-5-7--77-7-x-5/7-5-3-|   3x
A--7-5-3-2-3-5-  -3-5-[-3-5--55-5-x-5/7-5-3-|
E--5-3-1-0-----  ---3-[-------------3/5-3-1-|
 
(3:31-end of the song
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G--5-7--77----------------|
D--5-7--77--3-0-----------|
A--3-5--55------3p0-3p0---|
E-----------------------1-|
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puppykicker
Not sure why this hasn't been rated yet as this is the best of the lot. Good job! As close to accurate as it gets!
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