The Stroke Tab
by Billy Squier4,744 views, added to favorites 128 times
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Capo: | no capo |
Author t-struck1065 [a] 62. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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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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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