John Scofield - Dont Shoot The Messenger Chords & Tabs

 

Dont Shoot The Messenger Chords & Tabs

John Scofield Chords & Tabs

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Dont Shoot The Messenger Tab

   
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			     Don't Shoot The Messenger - John Scofield
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Tabbed by: Mitch
Email: lithiumbullet@hotmail.com

Tuning: EADGbe

Note: This is just the 'head' of the song, the solos are improvised, along with a sax 
Key of C minor. (Eb Major) Moderate (145) throughout. Triplet Feel Throughout. Transcribed 
Friend. Publishing for him.

   F-7                          D7#9                DbMaj7

          |------|                                      |------|
          |   3  |                                      |   3  |
e|----------------------------|-1-----1-----------|--4--1-----------1--4--8--|
B|---1-------------------1--4-|----4-------4--1---|--------4--1--4-----------|
G|--------3--1-----1--3-------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------3-------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|

   F#Maj             F-7                         D7#9

                         |------|
                         |   3  |
e|--6--8-6-4----1--|--3--1-----------------2--|--1---------------------|
B|-----------------|--------4--1-----1--4-----|-----1--4-----1--4---1--|
G|-----------------|--------------3-----------|-----------3------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

   DbMaj7                 F#Maj7                  EMaj
                                                                    1st
       |-------|             |-------|                  |--------------------
       |   3   |             |   3   |                  |
e|---1------------------|--1--------------------|-------|--------------/11\---||
B|------3--1-----1---1--|-----3--1-----1--3-----|-------|--------------/11\--o||
D|------------3---------|-----------3--------3--|--(3)--|---------------------||
G|----------------------|-----------------------|-------|--------------------o||
A|----------------------|-----------------------|-------|---------------------||
E|----------------------|-----------------------|-------|---------------------||

   C-7     A9b13     D-7b5         G7#5          D-7b5     G7#5
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        2nd
 |----------------  |-------|
 |                  |   3   |
e|----------------|--2--1-----1----------1-----|-----------------|
B|-----2---1------|--------4-----1--4-------4--|--(4)------------|
G|--3-------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|

  %                  %          %         %      %               %

         |-------|
         |   3   |
e|--3--6--1----------1--1-----|---------------|------------------------1--|
B|-----------4--1----------4--|---------------|--------------1--1--4------|
G|----------------------------|---------------|--0--0--3--3---------------|
D|----------------------------|---------3--3--|---------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|


  %          %       %   %    F-7                        D7#9

                                 |-------|
                                 |   3   |
e|-----------------|--------|--------------------------|--1-----1----1-------|
B|-----------------|--------|--1-----------------1--4--|-----4----------4----|
G|-----------------|--------|-----3--1-----1--3--------|---------------------|
D|-----10\----10\--|--(10)--|-----------3--------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------|--------|--------------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------|--------|--------------------------|---------------------|

  DbMaj7                      F#Maj7                   AbMaj7

      |-------|
      |   3   |
e|--4--1-----------1--4--9--|--8----6----4----6--8--|-(8)-------------------9--|
B|--------4--1--4-----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|

   F#Maj7                   F-7

e|--8----6----4-------4--|-----------|------------||
B|-----------------4-----|-----------|------------||
G|-----------------------|-----------|-----------o||
D|-----------------------|-----------|------------||   Return To Top From
A|-----------------------|-----------|-----------o||         Here
E|-----------------------|-----------|------------||

| (x) hold note
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
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