Band:  Scorpions
Album: Virgin Killer
Song:  Pictured Life

Copyright (c)  (RCA) (1977)
Version 1.0 - (26/06/06)

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
                         p  - pre bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note         - harmonic

Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

 Intro

 Guitar 1
[---------------------------------------------------|
[-8------6------4---------------(4)-----------------|
[-7------5------3---------------(3)-----------------|
[-5------3------1---------------(1)-----------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[   PM      PM  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[-5--3---5--3---5-----------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 3
[-13fb13-13fb13-13fb----r10-12p10----10-12p10-12p10-|
[---------------------------------12----------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
[---------------------------------------------------|
[-8------6------4----------------(4)----------------|
[-7------5------3----------------(3)----------------|
[-5------3------1----------------(1)----------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[   PM      PM  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[-8--7---8--7---8--------------------------------\--|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 3
[-13fb13-13fb13-13fb----r10-12p10----10-12p10-12p10-|
[---------------------------------12----------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[-8------6------4-------------------(4)-------------------|
[-7------5------3-------------------(3)-------------------|
[-5------3------1-------------------(1)-------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[   PM      PM  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[-55-3---55-3---5-------------------------------7---------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 3
[-13fb13-13fb13-13fb----r15fb-10-12p10----10-12p10-12p10--|
[--------------------------------------12-----------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[-8------6------4--------------------(4)------------------|
[-7------5------3--------------------(3)------------------|
[-5------3------1--------------------(1)------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[   PM      PM              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[-77-5---7--5---7p5--7--8--7------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 3                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[/18-17-18-17--1817-18-20-18------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|

 Verse

 Riff A

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

 Verse interlude

 Guitar 1
   G             F         D#        D      C 
      h    h        h     h       h    h      h   h
[-10-11p10-11p10\8--9-p8--9-p8-\6-8-p6-8p-6\5-6p5-6p5-|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[     h    h        h     h       h    h      h   h
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-12-13p12-13p12\10-12p10-12p10\8-10p8-10p8\7-8p7-8p7-|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|

  A#       A          D#        D
 Guitar 1
    h   h     h   h
[-3-5p3-5p3\1-3p1-3p1-----------3-5p3-2----------(2)----------------|
[---------------------4-6p4-6p4-------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[   h   h     h   h
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-5-7p5-7p5\3-5p3-5p3\2-3p2-3p2-5-7p5-7----------(7)----------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 3
[--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------10-11p10-11p10-|
[-----------------------------------------8p7-8p7-8p7----------------|
[--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Guitar 3
  h     h     h     h     h     h     h        h    h      h     h     h
[---------------10-11p10-11p10-11p10-11p10-14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15--|
[11p10-11p10-11-----------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 4
[                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[--------------17------------------------22-------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Rpt Riff A
 Rpt Interlude

 Chorus

 Guitar 1
[--------------------------|
[-8--8\7/8-----------------|
[-7--7\6/7---8-------------|
[-5--5\4/5---8-\7-\5-\3----|
[----------x-6-\5-\3-\1----|
[--------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[             ~~~~~~~~~~~
[--------------------------|
[--------------------------|
[--------------------------|
[--------------------------|
[------------6--5--3--1----|
[--------------------------| Rpt 2 X

 Guitar 1
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[-8--8\7/8--------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
[-7--7\6/7---8----------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
[-5--5\4/5---8-\7-\5-\3-3---(3)---7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
[----------x-6-\5-\3-\1-1---(1)---5---5-------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[             ~~~~~~~~~~~
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------|
[------------5--3--1--0-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------1---------/5----------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------| 

 Rpt Chorus

 Guitar solo
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----11-13-13fb-13-13fb-13-12-----------------pb11r-11------10-11-10-|
|-/12-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

            ~~~~                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~                     ~~~~
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----10-11-10---\-8fb-r8-8fb-r8---------------------------------------|
|-12----------------------------7-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------10-8-7-pb7r--7-5-7/8\7---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Rpt Verse
 Rpt Chorus

 Guitar solo
                                                 ~~~
|-13fb-13-13fb-13--13fb--r-13----13----------13-----13-13fb-13---|
|-----------------------------15----15-13-15----15---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         ~~~
|-13fb-13--13fb--r-13----13----------13-------|
|---------------------15----15-13-15----15----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
                                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
[-13-13fb-13-13fb-13--15fb--r-13----13----------13------------------|
[--------------------------------15----15-13-15----15---------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[                                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------7-----------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Guitar 1
[-------------------------------------13-13fb-13-13fb-13--13fb---|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[-7------8--------10--------10b--r--p8---------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|


 
|-r-13----13----------13-----13-13fb-13-13fb-13--13fb--r-13-|
|------15----15-13-15----15---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|----13----------13-----13-13fb-13-13fb-13--15fb--r-13-|
|-15----15-13-15----15---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

                     ~~~~~~~~~
|----13----------13------------|
|-15----15-13-15----15---------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|


  A#           D
 Guitar 1
[------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------4---5-------7-------------4-------------|
[-5----------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------7---8b------10------------8-------------|
[-11---------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------|
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 Rpt Intro as fade out


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