The Sails of Charon
Artist: Scorpions
Album: Taken By Force
Transcribed by: Andrew Theo
SAILS OF CHARON - Transcribed by Andrew Theo - This is a tough one, but I t
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ried my best. Good luck.
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Section D1- Two guitar harmony - lower guitar
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Section F1
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The Sails of Charon (Version 2)
Transcribed by: Steve
Band: Scorpions
Album: Taken By Force
Song: Sails Of Charon
Copyright (c) (RCA) (1979)
Version 1.0 - (06/06/05)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
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Intro
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The Sails of Charon (Bass Tab)
Transcribed by: Roni Demaio
[Bass Tabulature] Sails of Charon -- Scorpions (Taken By Force - 1977) Music :Ulrich Roth Lyrics:Ulrich Roth I wrote this tab which is actually MY version -as I play it-. Any suggestion is welcome : write to abg_roni@hotmail.com I've included the timing for the song coz i didnt actually count the number of repetitions for each part so just follow the timing....thats all...enjoy!! Roni Demaio, May 2003 Intro Solo.....00:22>> G:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A:|----------------------3--2--5--3--3/2--2--2--3/2--2--2--3--3/2--2--2--3--3--3-| E:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A:|3/2--2--2--3/2--2--2--3--3/2--2--2--3--3--3-----------------------------------| 11 times E:|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 01:16 G:|------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-2--2--0-3-00-----------------------| 4 times E:|------------------------------------------------| G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-----------------------------| E:|-------------7-555-333-22323-------------| 01:42 G:|------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-2--2--0-3-00-----------------------| 4 times E:|------------------------------------------------| G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-----------------------------| E:|-------------7-555-333-22323-------------| 02:00 G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2/3--22-3--------------------------------| 4 times E:|---------2-2-3-5-2-3---------------------| 02:08 G:|------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-2--2--0-3-00-----------------------| E:|------------------------------------------------| G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-----------------------------| E:|-------------7-555-333-22323-------------| G:|------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-2--2--0-3-00-----------------------| E:|------------------------------------------------| G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-----------------------------| E:|-------------7-555-333-22323-------------| 02:26 G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2/3--22-3--------------------------------| 4 times E:|---------2-2-3-5-2-3---------------------| 02:34 G:|------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-2--2--0-2-3-3-0-0-0----------------| E:|------------------------------------------------| G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-----------------------------| E:|-------------7-555-333-22323-------------| 02:43 G:|------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-2--2--0-3-00-----------------------| E:|------------------------------------------------| G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-----------------------------| E:|-------------7-555-333-33533-------------|......solo 03:05 []ring G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|[3]-[5]-[7]-[9]-[10]-[12]-[14]-----------| E:|-----------------------------------------| 03:13 G:|------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-2--2--0-3-00-----------------------| E:|------------------------------------------------| G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33---2/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-| E:|-----------------------------------------| 03:22 G:|------------------------------------------------| D:|------------------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-2--2--0-3-00-----------------------| E:|------------------------------------------------| G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2--2--0-2-33-----------------------------| E:|-------------7-555-333-33533-------------| 03:31 G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|2/3--22-3--------------------------------| 4 times E:|---------2-2-3-5-2-3---------------------| 03:40 G:|-----------------------------------------| D:|-----------------------------------------| A:|4/5--44-5--------------------------------| 3 times 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