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Rock N Me Chords & Tabs

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Guitar 1

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------4-4-----|--------------------------------|
G|3-------3-----------3---4-4-----|3-------3-----------------------|
D|4-------4-----------4---4-4-----|4-------4-----------------------|
A|4-------4-----------4---2-2-----|4-------4-----------------------|
E|2-------2-----------2-----------|2-------2-----------------------|
          .                 .              .              (.=short)

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|------------2--------*----------|
D|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|-*--2---4-----------1/2-4-------|
A|4h6-6-6-6---4h6-6-6-6-6-6\------|2/4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  d   d u d   d   d u d u d         *quick slide only for percussive
                                     effect
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------------2-------------------|
D|-*--2---4-----------------------|
A|2/4-----------------7-------8---|
E|--------------------------------|


Verse and chorus backing:

Guitar 1 plays the same backing for the verse as for the chorus.
It's a relatively simple part, however, the difficulty lies in the
fact that some notes have to be played staccato (= short) throughout
the song. So take note of the dots under the tabs to make it sound
good. The strings are also slightly muted by the right-hand. Just
let the leftside of your right handpalm slightly rest on the strings.
Use downstrokes for the single notes and upstrokes for the double
stops.

    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +  

E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||-----11----------11------11------|----11----------11------11-----|
D||-----11----------11------11------|----11----------11------11-----|
A||*9-------9---9-------9-------9---|9-------9---9-------9-------9--|
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
        .   .       .       .            .   .       .       .    etc.

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----9-----------9-------9-------|----9-----------9-------9-------|
D|----9-----------9-------9-------|----9-----------9-------9-------|
A|7-------7---7-------7-------7---|7-------7---7-------7-------7---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----16----------16------16------|----16----------16------16------|
D|----16----------16------16------|----16----------16------16------|
A|14------14--14------14------14--|14------14--14------14------14--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*||
G|----11----------11------11------|----11----------11------11------||
D|----11----------11------11------|----11----------11------11------||
A|9-------9---9-------9-------9---|9-------9---9-------9-------9--*||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||




During the break, there's a leadguitar playing over the same riff
as in the intro. 


The lead over the break:

  1   +   2     +     3     +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------16b18r16p14-16p14-------------|
D|--------------------------16--16~~~~~~|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

  1     +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14b16---|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +        4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------17b19r17p14--17--|17b19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r15-|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
                               .   .              (. = short)

  1   +   2     +    3     +  4   +    
E|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------14---------------|
G|-------*14r13--p11----11-11-11\-----|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
         *pre-bend from 13th position

  1   +   2     +     3     +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------14-14-----h16--|
G|-------*14r13--p11-/15----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
         *pre-bend from 13th position

  1   +   2   +   3   +        4   +    
E|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------17b19r17p14--17--|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------17----------------------|--------------------------------|
B|17b19-------17b19~~~------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------7-------8---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

At the end the chorus is played twice. During the first time, you
have to replace the last bar of the chord sequence by:

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|

A|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|--------------------------------|

And add the following bars to finish the song:

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|------------2--------*----------|------------3-------------------||
D|-*--2---4-----------1/2-4-------|-*--2---4---4-------------------||
A|2/4-----------------------------|2/4---------4-------------------||
E|--------------------------------|------------2-------------------||
    *quick slide only for 
     percussive effect

Guitar 2:

Intro:
Same as guitar 1, with exception of the last bar:

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------------2-------------------|
D|-*--2---4-----------------------|
A|2/4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------0-------1---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/status_quo/rock_n_me_tab.html ]
Verse:
    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +  
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D||-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2--|
A||*4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2--|
E||-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0--|
    Throughout slightly muted with righthand

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
A|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
D|2---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
A|0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---||
A|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--*||
E|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|| 2x
 

The second time, replace the last bar by:

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|4---4---4---4---4---------------| This bar lead you into the
A|4---4---4---4---4---------------| chorus.
E|2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---|

At the end of verse 3 and 5 the bar that leads into the chorus is
as follows:

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|4---4---4---4---4---9---9-------|
A|4---4---4---4---4---7---7-------|
E|2---2---2---2---2---------------|


Chorus:

I actually think that this is an overdub and that the pumping of
the powerchords in straight eights (like in the verse) is continuing
here.

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|9/11----------------------------|----11--13--14------14--13--11--|
A|7/9-----------------------------|----9---9---9-------9---9---9---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|9-------------------------------|----9---11--12------12--11--9---|
A|7-------------------------------|----7---7---7-------7---7---7---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|9-------------------------------|----9---11--12------12--11--9---|
E|7-------------------------------|----7---7---7-------7---7---7---|

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|9/11----------------------------|----11--13--14------14--13--11--|
A|7/9-----------------------------|----9---9---9-------9---9---9---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


The second chorus leads into the break. Replace here the last two
bars of the chorus by:

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|11------------------------------|11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
A|9-------------------------------|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


During the break, there's a leadguitar playing over the same riff
as in the intro: 

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------4-4-----|--------------------------------|
G|3-------3-----------3---4-4-----|3-------3-----------------------|
D|4-------4-----------4---4-4-----|4-------4-----------------------|
A|4-------4-----------4---2-2-----|4-------4-----------------------|
E|2-------2-----------2-----------|2-------2-----------------------|
          .                 .              .              (.=short)

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|3-------3-----------------------|
D|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|4-------4-----------2-------2---|
A|4h6-6-6-6---4h6-6-6-6-6-6\------|4-------4-----------2-------2---|
E|--------------------------------|2-------2-----------0-------0---|
  d   d u d   d   d u d u d                .           .          

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------4-4-----|--------------------------------|
G|3-------3-----------3---4-4-----|3-------3-----------------------|
D|4-------4-----------4---4-4-----|4-------4-----------------------|
A|4-------4-----------4---2-2-----|4-------4-----------------------|
E|2-------2-----------2-----------|2-------2-----------------------|
          .                 .              .              (.=short)

  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|------------2--------*----------|
D|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|-*--2---4-----------1/2-4-------|
A|4h6-6-6-6---4h6-6-6-6-6-6\------|2/4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  d   d u d   d   d u d u d         *quick slide only for percussive
                                     effect
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------------2-------------------|
D|-*--2---4-----------------------|
A|2/4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------0-------1---|



At the end the chorus is played twice. During the first time, you
have to replace the last two bars of the chord sequence by:

  1     +  2  +     3  +   4   +     1    +   2   +   3   +   4   +   
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|11\9-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11--10/11-11-|11\9-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A|8-/9--9--9--8-/9--9--9---8-/9--9--|9-\7-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|*-----------*------------*--------|*--------------------------------|
  *quick slides, only for a percussive effect

Use the same ending of the song here as guitar 1.