Doors - " The End " Transcribed by Niall "MiG" Curran
This is my own transcription of the classy, acid-trippin' Doors song, "The End". It came
out pretty well, concidering it's my first attempt at transcribing a song. I've tried to
place the notes with the words they go with, but you should listen to the song for the right
timing. If you have any questions, feedback, suggestions or corrections (especially about the
chords in the song), you can reach me at mig32counties@hotmail.com.
And remember, kids, this song doesn't sound half as good if you ain't high on acid.
Just ask Jim Morrison...
TAB Explained:
h Hammer-On
p Pull-Off
/ Slide Up
\ Slide Down
^ Semitone Bend (1 Fret)
^^ Tone Bend (2 Frets)
r Release Bend Down To Origional Pitch
x Mute Out Note After Playing
. Stacatto
~~~~~ Whammy Bar/Tremolo
* Feedback
*** Low 'e'-string tuned to 'd' ***
e -------------------------------------------------0h1---0h1p0---0-------------------------------
b ---3---------------3-2-3------3-2-3------3-2---3-------------3---3-----3--2h3p2--0-2-----------
g ---2--------------------------------2------------------------------2-----------------2---------
d ---0----------0----------0------------0--------------------------------------------------------
a ----------------0----------0-------------------------------------------------------------------
d -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.
---------------------0--0h1p0-------------------------------------------------0--0--0h1--------
------------------3---------------3-2-3------3--------3---3----------3----2-3----------------3-
--------------0-2---------------------------------0h2-------------------2----------------------
------0---0-4------------------0---------0------4----------------------------------------------
----0---0----------------------------------0------------0---0-0---0----------------------------
--0-------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------------
----0h1p0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--3--------3---3--2--3--3-------------------3-3------2h3------3-2-3----------------------------
-------------------------------2-----------------2-------2------------2------------------------
-----------------------------0--------0--------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------0--------0---0------------------------------------------------------
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--3-2-3-------------------------------------------3-2-3----3--------------3--------------------
---------2-----------------5-------------2----------------------------------2-----5------------
---------------------------5-------------2----------------------------------------5------------
-----------------------0-2-3---------3-2-0--------------0---------------------0-2-3------------
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This is the end,
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----------------------------3-2-3----------------------------------3-2-3-----------------------
-----------2--------------------------5-----4-------2-----------------------5----4----------2--
-----------2--------------------------5-----5-------2-----------------------5----5----------2--
-------3-2-0--------------------------3-----2-------0-----------------------3----2----------0--
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-----------3-2-3--------------------------------3-2-3------------------------------------------
--------------------5------4-----2-------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------5------5-----2----------------------2----0--2-----------------0------------
--------------------3------2-----0-------------------------------------------------------------
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--3----2-3-----3-2-3-------------------------------3---------------------3-------3-------------
------------2---------2----------5-----------------2---------------------2---------------------
-----0---------------------------5-----------------2-------7--7--5---5---0---------------------
---------------------------------3-----------------0-------5--5--3---3---0---------2-----------
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----------------3--------------------------------------------3-----3-2-3-----------------------
--4-------------2----------------------------------4---------2---------------------------------
--5-------------0------------5---------------------5---------0---------------------------------
--2-------------0------------3---------------------2---------0---------------------------------
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--5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--3----3---3--5h7--8--7--8--7h8/10--10p8--8/10--10/11--12-12-11-11\10--10/12--12/14--12--12\10-
--2--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/doors/the_end_tab.html ]
-------------------------3---------------------------------------------------------------------
--10--10\8--7--8\7--7--3^__r-0h3------------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3--------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0------------0---0---
------------------------------------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0------------0---0-----
----------------------------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0-----------
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--3---3-2-3-----3-2-3-----3-2-3-----3-2-3------3-2-3-------------------------------------------
-------------2---------2---------2---------2---------2-----------------------------------------
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The song continues using combinations and variations of the following fills (Listen carefully for
when they are used) :
Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5 Fill 6
----------------|-----------0---|----1_---------|--------------|-------------|-----------------
----3-2-3-------|----3-2-3------|--2^__~~~~~~---|----3_--------|----6_-------|-----------------
-----------2----|---------------|---------------|--2^__~~~~~~--|-5^^__~~~~~~-|-------------0-2-
----------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|-----0---0-4-----
----------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|---0---0---------
----------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|-0---------------
The following are fills that follow certain verses:
Fill 7
----------------------0h1p0--------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------3-2-3-------3---3-3------------------------------------------------------------
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-----------------------------------------0---0-4-0---0---0h2h4---0h2h4---0h2h4-----0h2h4-------
---------------------------------------0---0-------0---0-------0-------0---------0-------------
-------------------------------------0-----------------------------------------0---------------
...summer rain.
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--3-2-3---3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------0-2-----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------0---0-4---------------------------------------------
-----------------0-----------0-----------0---0-------------------------------------------------
-------------0-0---------0-0---------0-0-------------------------------------------------------
Fill 8
--------------------------------------0-1-0----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------3-2-3-------3-2-0----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------2--------------------------------------------
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Fill 9
--------------------------------14--12-----14--12------14--12------14--12----15--15------------
--------------------------------15-----15--15------15--15------15--15-----15-15--15------------
---------------------------------------12----------12----------12---------12-------------------
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Fill 10
(Distortion On)
------------------------------------1x--0x----------0x--1x-------------------------------------
------------------------------------1x--0x--1x--3x--0x--1x--3x--3x-----------------------------
--------------------------------------------0x--1x----------1x--1x-----(Repeat 3 Times---------
------------------------------------------------------------------------with Slight Variation)-
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Fill 11
(Heavy Distortion On)
---------------------------------------------3/19----------------------------------------------
-3-(By x Times, Slowly Getting Faster)-------3/19-------------------*--------------------------
---------------------------------------------3/19-------------------*--------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------0---~~~~~~~~~~-*--------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------0---~~~~~~~~~~----------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------0---~~~~~~~~~~----------------------------
........Kill! Kill! Kill!
Fill 12 (Final Chords)
--------3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--3-----2--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--2-----3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--0-----0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Mr. Mojo Risin = Jim Morrison. R.I.P
