The Sex Pistols - Emi guitar tab
Exact picking patterns are not shown.
Intro
F# // //// /// // //// // // B / // / F# / // // G#/
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--11--------------------------|--4--------------------------------------
--11----------%-----%-----%---|--4-----%-------4-----%------6-----------
--9---------------------------|--2-------------4------------6-----------
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4 bars | 4 bars
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------4------4-4------%-------|------------------------------------------
----------------------%-------|--2-2-1-2-4-2-1---------------------------
---2-----2-2------------------|----------------2--2-2--2-2---4-----------
Last time without G#
First verse
There is unlimited supply
Palm Mute
B F#
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--2---------------------------------------------------------------------
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Same for the rest of the verse
and there is no ...
I tell you it ...
E
they only did it ....Who?
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--4-----------%-----------------------------9-9-9-----------------------
--2--------------------4--------------------7-7-7-----------------------
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--2-----------------------------------------7-7-7-----------------------
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chorus
B E B F#
E M I EMI
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----------------9-9-9------- |-----------------------------------------
---9----------%-9-9-9---9---- |-----------------------------------------
---9------------7-7-7---9---- |-----------------------------------------
---7--------------------7---- |-----------------------------------------
Repeat |..then after the
| last one
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----------------7-7-7-------- |-----------------------------------------
-6-7-7-7----------------6-7-7 |---------------2-4-2---------------------
second verse
too many people had ....
B F# G#
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--4-----------%-------(4)-----------(4)--(6)----------------------------
--2--------------------4-------------4-4--6-----------------------------
-----------------------2-------------2-2--4-----------------------------
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--2---------------------------------------------------------------------
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too many people ....
chorus
bridge
And sir and friends are crucified a day ...
C# G# C# A B
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6------------------------------------6-----------------------8-------8--
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^Let ring^
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4----------------------------------------------------------------7-------
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We are an addition We are ...
C# G# G F#
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6-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------6-----5---------------------4---------------------------
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4-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------4------3---------------------2---------------------------
F
Never ever ever
F#
Solo: One of the greatest guitar solos EVER (and I did listen to Van Halen
and Steve Vai).
B D# C# B
7-7-7----7-7-7---7------------------------------------------------------
------7--------7--------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------8~---6-6-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------9-9-----------------REPEAT-----------
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Vibrato
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-----------------------6----4-4----2-2------------------REPEAT----------
----6-7-7-7--6-7-7-7----------------------------------------------------
Third verse
(Guitar plays full chords B on VII fret and F# on II fret. )
(Bass plays the same figure as in the first verse .)
And you thought that we were faking ....
Fourth verse
Dont' judge a book just by the cover ....
chorus
second bridge (Same chords as in the first verse picked differently)
Unlimited edition with an .....
^
Bass: slide up from the 2nd fret on
the E
string.
outro (w/ad-lib, repeat until end)
E B