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Carol Tab

by Chuck Berry
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CAROL
 
As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 1990 Album THE ORIGINAL CHESS CLASSICS)
Words and Music by Chuck Berry
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'
 
Intro
  Q=160
 4/4
         Gtr I
  H    E  E E  E   E E E E E  E E  E   E E E E E  E E  E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-8-8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--------/9------|-9---------/9------|-8-8-8-8-8-/9------|-9----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
 
 
                      Pre-Verse
  E  E     +H.         W          W          Q  E   E  +Q   E   E
|-8-----------------||----------|----------|----------------------|
|-8-10b11-(10)------||----------|----------|------/11-(11)----/11-|
|---10b12-(10)------||----------|----------|------/12-(12)----/12-|
|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|
 
 
   +Q    E E E E Q    W          W
|--------------8----|----------|----------|
|-(11)--10-----8----|----------|----------|
|-(12)--10-8h9------|----------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|----------|
 
 
  Q  E   E  +Q   E   E    +Q    E E E  Q  E
|----------------------|--------------------||
|------/11-(11)----/11-|-(11)--10-8---------||
|------/12-(12)----/12-|-(12)--10-8h9--9----||
|----------------------|--------------10----||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
 
 
   1st & 2nd Verse
    W          H    Q  E  E       +Q    Q   E S S  E  E    Q   E S S H
||-----------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|
||o----------|------------8----|------------------------|-----------------|
||-----------|-----------10b12-|-(10)--10--10-8h9-------|--------8h9------|
||-----------|-----------------|------------------10----|-10--10----------|
||o----------|-----------------|---------------------10-|-----------------|
||-----------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  W          H    E  S      +S   +E       +E
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|--------10b12==(10)r(10)b12==(10)r|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
 
 
   +E       +E   +E  E  Q  Q     E E  E  E H
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-(10)b12==(10)r(10)-8-----8--|-10-8------------|
|----------------------10-----|------10-10------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  W          H    Q  E  E
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|---------8-10-|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
 
 
  E  E E  S     +S  E E  S     +S  E    E E  E E H
|------8-10b11-(10)-8--------------8-|-10-8----8------|
|-8-10----------------8-10b11-(10)---|------11--------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
 
 
  W          H    E  S     +S  E E
|----------|---------------------8-|
|----------|-------------------8---|
|----------|--------10b12-(10)-----|
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|
 
 
   S     +S  E  E E  S     +S   E E  E    E E  E  E H
|------------8-------------------------|-----------------|
|-11b12-(11)---10-8--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------10b11-(10)-10-8----|-10-8------------|
|-----------------------------------10-|------10-10------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  W          H    Q  E  E   E E  S     +S  E  E E  E  E   E  E     +E  E H
|----------|-----------11-|-8--------------8-10-8-------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------|---8-10b11-(10)--------11-10-|-8------------8------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---10b12-(10)--------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  W          H    E  S     +S  E E
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------8-8-|
|----------|--------11b12-(11)-----|
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|
 
 
   S     +S  E  S     +S  E  S     +S  E  S     +S  E    E S S  E  E E  E E  E
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------8------------8------------8------------8-|-------------------8-10-||
|-11b12-(11)---11b12-(11)---11b12-(11)---11b12-(11)---|-10-8h9---------/9------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------10-10-----------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
 
 
 1st & 2nd Chorus
  E E E E E  E E  E   E E E E E  E E  E
|-8-8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8-8---------|
|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|
|-9---------/9------|-8---------/9------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E  E      +E   +E       +E   +Q.
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----------------------------------|
|-9---------------|---10b11==(10)r(10)b11==(10)r(10)---|
|-----------------|---10b12==(10)r(10)b12==(10)r(10)---|
|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
  Q  E  E H      W          Q  E E +Q   Q    E Q  E H
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-5-3--3------|
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-------------|
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-5-3--3------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
 
 
  W          E   Q    E  +Q    E E    E E E S S  E  E Q
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|----------|---/11--/11-(11)--10-8-|----8---8-------------||
|----------|---/12--/12-(12)--10-8h|==9-----8h9-----------||
|----------|-----------------------|-10---------10-10-----||
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------||
 
 
 Guitar Break
  1.
  E E E E E  E S S  E   E E E E E  E S S  E   E  E S S  E E  E S S  E
|-8-8-8-8-8-----------|-8-8-8-8-8-----------|-8-----------8-----------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-10-8------|-8-8-8-8-8-10-8------|-8-10-8------8-10-8------|
|-9---------10-8h9----|-9---------10-8h9----|-9-10-8h9------10-8h9----|
|------------------10-|------------------10-|----------10----------10-|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
  E  S      +S   +E       +E   +E      +Q    S      +S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-10b11==(10)r(10)b11==(10)r(10)b11-(10)---------------|
|-9-10b12==(10)r(10)b12==(10)r(10)b12-(10)--10b12==(10)r=|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
   +E  E  Q  Q  E  E   E  E E  S     +S  E E  S     +S  E
|--------------------|------8-11b12-(11)-8--------------8-|
|------8-----8--8----|-8-10----------------8-11b12-(11)---|
|-(10)-8-----8--8-10-|------------------------------------|
|--------10----------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
   E E  E  E E  E  E S S   E E E  E S S  E   Q
|-10-8-------------------|-8-8-8----------------|
|------11-10-8---------8-|---8-8-10-8------/17--|
|--------------10-/9-9---|-------10-8h9---------|
|------------------------|--------------10------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
 
 
   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    E S S E E  E E  E E   +Q    E E E E Q
|-15--13--11--10--|--8--6--5--3--|-------------------8-|-(8)---------8------||
|-17--15--13--11--|-10--8--6--4--|--------------8-10-8-|-(8)--10-8---8-----o||
|-----------------|--------------|-5-5-5-5-5-/9--------|------10-8h9--------||
|-----------------|--------------|-5-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------|---------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------|---------------------|--------------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  2.
  E E E E E  E E  E   E E E E E  E E  E
|-8-8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8-8---------|
|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|
|-9---------/9------|-8---------/9------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E  E      +E   +E       +E   +Q.
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----------------------------------|
|-9---------------|---10b11==(10)r(10)b11==(10)r(10)---|
|-----------------|---10b12==(10)r(10)b12==(10)r(10)---|
|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------------|
 
 
  Q  E  E H      W          Q  E E +Q   Q    E Q  E H
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-5-3--3------|
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-------------|
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-5-3--3------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
 
 
  W          E   Q    E  +Q    E E    E E E S S  E  E Q
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------*|
|----------|---/11--/11-(11)--10-8-|----8---8-------------*|
|----------|---/12--/12-(12)--10-8h|==9-----8h9-----------*|
|----------|-----------------------|-10---------10-10-----*|
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------*|
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------*|
 
 
Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day
 
Climb into my machine so we can cruise on out
I know a swingin' little joint where we can jump and shout
It's not too far back off the highway, not so long a ride
You park your car out in the open, you can walk inside
A little cutie takes your hat and you can thank her, ma'am
Every time you make the scene you find the joint is jammed
 
Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day
 
And if you wanna hear some music like the boys are playin'
Hold tight, pat your foot, don't let 'em carry it away
Don't let the heat overcome you when they play so loud
Oh, don't the music intrigue you when they get a crowd
You can't dance, I know you wish you could
I got my eyes on you baby, 'cause you dance so good
 
Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day
 
Don't let him steal your heart away
I've got to learn to dance if it takes you all night and day
Oh Carol

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5 comments
aig91
I don't know why this tab was given such a low rating. There's nothing wrong with it. It's actually a pretty good tab. It deserves a lot more than just one star. Probably just some noobs that got bored and are abusing the rating system.
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Kraziekhat
I agree..the tab is good. 5 stars. KK.
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whyyeseyec
This song sounds so much better in Key of A
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