Kenny Rogers - The Greatest guitar tab
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 19:47:25 -0400
From: "Jeremy L. Tharp"
Subject: r/rogers_kenny/the_greatest.tab
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Song: The Greatest
Artist: Kenny Rogers
Tab by: Jeremy L. Tharp (jtharp2@wvu.edu)
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Legal stuff:
This is for private use only (in other words don't sell it),
and if you use it, give me credit eh? I did the work.
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Key:
. = one beat (located above staff)
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide
^ = bend half
^^ = bend full
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Capo 1
All fingerings and chords relative
Moderately fast (listen to cd for tempo)
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Intro:
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. . . .
e ||----------0h2-----0----------------||
B ||----------3---------------3--------||
4 D ||?-----2-------2---------------2---?||
4 G ||?-0-------------------------------?||
A ||-----------------------------------||
E ||-----------------------------------||
(Yes this means play it twice)
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Main riff:
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D
. . . . . . . .
e |----------0h2-----0----------------|----------0h2-----0----------------
B |----------3---------------3--------|----------3---------------3--------
4 D |------2-------2---------------2----|------2-------2---------------2----
4 G |--0--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------
A |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
A (Asus4) G
. . . . .
e |-----------------------------------| ----------
B |----------2h3-----2----------------| -----3----
4 D |----------2---------------2--------| 1 -----0----
4 G |------2-------2---------------2----| 4 ----------
A |--0--------------------------------| ----------
E |-----------------------------------| --3-------
Yes it's hard to read that but it is just an extra one quarter beat
measure as far as I can tell.
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Lyrics:
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(I do a lot of ad-libbing in the other chord progressions -- sounds just
fine)
[Play the main riff during the main verse]
verse1
D
D
A
G D
verse2
chorus
A
A
G D
A
G
D
[Intro 1X]
verse3
verse4
chorus
[Intro 1X]
Bridge:
Bm
G
D
A
verse5
verse6
chorus
[Intro 1X]
verse7
verse8 x2
