Magic Carpet Ride Tab
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Capo: | no capo |
Author Neckwringer [a] 408,802. Last edit on Apr 27, 2015
MAGIC CARPET RIDE
As recorded by Steppenwolf
(From the 1968 Album THE SECOND)
Words and Music by John Kay & Rushton Moreve
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Michael Monarch - Electric Guitar w/ fuzz'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Kay - Electric Guitar w/ fuzz'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Michael Monarch - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=112
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
E +E +E +E +E +E +Q
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|-14pb15r(14)b15==(14)r(14)b15==(14)r(14)b15==(14)r======:
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|
| Gtr II
| <
| H. S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|--------------------------------------------------------:
|--5--------------------------------------------5--5-5-5-:
|--------------------------------------------------------:
Em/D Em7/A
+H Q Q W
|------------------------------(0)-------:-(0)--------------------------------|
|-(14)-------------------------(0)-------:-(0)--------------------------------|
|--------------------14\-------(0)-------:-(0)--------------------------------|
|------------------------------(0)-------:-(0)--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------:-(0)--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------:------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------:------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------:------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------:------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------:------------------------------------|
|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-:--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|----------------------------------------:------------------------------------|
W
|---------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:
|-7-------------------------------:
|-0-------------------------------:
| W
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:
|---------------------------------:
|-----------------------------5-5-:
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-:
G5/E
a E E +H +E E Q Q H
|-----------------------------------------:---------------||
|-----------------------------------------:---------------||
|-----------------------------------------:---------------||
|-------------------------------------7s==:=11------------||
|-7s14s===7---(7)---------------(7)---7s==:=11---x\-------||
|---(0)-----------------------------------:-(0)-----------||
| +W +W
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|-----------------------------------------:---------------||
|-----------------------------------------:---------------||
|-----------------------------------------:-(0)-----------||
|-----------------------------------------:-(0)-----------||
|----5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-:-(5)-----------||
|----0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-:-(0)-----------||
1st Verse
D C G D C G G/E
Gtr III
E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|-7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|-7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|-------------3---3-x-x-|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x-|
1st & 2nd Verses
D C G D C G/E D C G
E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S
||------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
||o-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-|-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x--|
||--7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-|-7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x--|
||--7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x--|
||o-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x--|
||--------------3---3-x-x-|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x-|-------------3---3-x-x--|
D C G/E D C G
E S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-|-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x-|
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-|-7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x-|
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x-|
|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x-|
|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x-|-------------3---3-x-x-|
D C G/E
E S S S S S S S S E E S S
|---------------------------||
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-||
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-||
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-||
|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-||
|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x-||
Chorus
$
D C G D C G/E D C G
E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S E E E E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-|-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x---|
|-7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-|-7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x---|
|-7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x---|
|-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x---|
|-------------3---3-x-x-|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x-|-------------3---3-x-x---|
D C G/E
E S S S S S S S S E E S S
|---------------------------|
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x-|
D C G D C G/E
E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-|
|-7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-|
|-7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|
|-------------3---3-x-x-|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x-|
Bridge
To Coda
D C G D C G/E
E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S Wx3
|-----------------------|----------------------------||--------|
|-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x--||--------|
|-7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x--||--------|
|-7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x--||--------|
|-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x--||--------|
|-------------3---3-x-x-|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x--||--------|
G5
S S S S +S S S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-8-(8)-6-8-6-8-8-6---------|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S +S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-8-(8)-6-8-6-8-8-6---------|-6-6-6-8-(8)-6-8-6-8-8-6---------|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Interlude
G5 E5
S S S S +S S S S S +S S S S S S S E. S +S S S S S S S S Q 4x
|---------------------------------x-x--||-||-----------------------------||
|-6-6-6-8-(8)-6-8-6-8-(8)-6-6-6-6-x-x-o||-||o----5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5------o||
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7------||-||-----4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-------||
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5------||-||-----2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-------||
|-------------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||-||--0--------0-0-0-0---0-------||
Organ Solo
Q=120(8=s8)
E5 Bmadd11/E E5 Bmadd11/E
E. S +S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o----5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||-----4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||-----2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E5 Bmadd11/E
E. S +S S S S S S S S S S S S 20x
|-----------------------------------||
|----5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3---o||
|----4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
|----2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
|----------------------------------o||
|-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
Q=112
E5 Bmadd11/E N.C.
Gtr II
~~~~~ ~~~~~
E. S +S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q H Q. E H
|--------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|----5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|
|----4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
|----2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-12b14----------|-12b14----------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E a E E E E E +Q Q
|--------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------||
|-------13-----------------------|--------------------||
|-12b14------14---12-------------|--------------------||
|----------------------12pb13r12-|---12---------------||
|--------------------------------|--------12-(12)-----||
Outro
&
D C G D C G/E
Gtr III
E S S S S E E E E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S
||------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-7-7-x---5---3---3-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-o||
||--7-7-x---5-5-4---4-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x--||
||--7-7-x-x-5-5-5---5-x-x-|-7-7-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x--||
||o-5-5-x-x---3-5---5-x-x-|-5-5-x-x-3-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-o||
||--------------3---3-x-x-|---------------x-x-0-0-x-x--||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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