------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Got The Six - ZZ Top ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: axe victim Email: Leave a message on my ?Ultimate Guitar? profile or comment here and I?ll get back to you. Tuning: EADGBe Another song from Eliminator. | / = slide up | \ = slide down | ~ = Sustain or vibrato | x = mute note | PM = palm mute |F/G = chord/bass note | b = bend | ^ = slight bend ( or quarter-tone bend ) | r = relax bend | h = hammer-on | p = pull-off | * = pinch harmonic |(xx5x33) chord or fingering |(3) = optional note | T = thumb holds note on 6th string Intro: ___G___________F____________________G___________F__________________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|/5-------5--\3------------------3/5-------5--\3------------------| A|/5-------5--\3------------------3/5-------5--\3------------------| E|/3-------3--\1------------------1/3-------3--\1------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___G___________F____________________C___________Bb/C_______________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------3/5-------5--p3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| D|/5-------5--\3------------------3/5-------5--p3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| A|/5-------5--\3------------------1/3-------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| E|-3-------3--\1------------------|--------------------------------| Riff: ___G___________F/G_____G____________G___________F/G_____G__________ ( guitar one... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------| A|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------| E|-3---3---3---3~~~~~~~3~~~3---3--|-3---3---3---3~~~~~~~3~~~3---3--| ( guitar two... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-12--x---12--10~~~~~~12--x---x--|-12--x---12--10~~~~~~12--x---x--| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___G___________F/G_____G__________ ( guitar one... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------|--------------------------------| A|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------|--------------------------------| E|-3--3----3---3~~~~~~~3~~~3------|--------------------------------| ( guitar two... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-12--x---12--10~~~~~~12--x---x---/12------12--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| D|---------------------------------/12------12--10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Verse: ___G___________F/G_____G____________G___________F/G_____G__________ " Living room, passing time, talking trash, sipping wine... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------| A|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------| E|-3---3---3---3~~~~~~~3~~~3---3--|-3---3---3---3~~~~~~~3~~~3---3--| ___F__________Eb/F_____F____________C__________Bb/C________________ " I need something more substantial... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~~~~~-------| D|-3-------3---1~~~~~~~3~~~-------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~~~~~-------| A|-3-------3---1~~~~~~~3~~~-------|-3---3---3---3~~~~~~~~~~~-------| E|-1---1---1---1~~~~~~~3~~~1------|--------------------------------| ___G___________F/G_____G____________G___________F/G_____G__________ " New deck of playing cards, I don't want to work this hard..." e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------| A|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~5~~~-------| E|-3---3---3---3~~~~~~~3~~~3---3--|-3---3---3---3~~~~~~~3---3---3--| ___F__________Eb/F_____F____________C__________Bb/C________________ " I think I'll have to cancel... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~~~~~-------| D|-3-------3---1~~~~~~~3~~~-------|-5-------5---3~~~~~~~~~~~-------| A|-3-------3---1~~~~~~~3~~~-------|-3---3---3---3~~~~~~~~~~~-------| E|-1---1---1---1~~~~~~~1~~~1------|--------------------------------| Chorus: ___D___________________C/D__________D___________________C/D________ " I'm running out of time I'm 'bout to lose my mind... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-7-----------7~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~---|-7-----------7~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~---| D|-----7-------7~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~---|-----7-------7~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~---| A|---------5---5~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~---|---------5---5~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~---| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ " I got the six gimme your nine... " e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|-5-------------------5---5---5--|---------------------5---5---5--| A|-5-------------------5---5---5--|---------------------5---5---5--| E|-3-------------------3---3---3--|---------------------3---3---3--| Repeat riff 1. Repeat verse. Repeat chorus. Riff 2: ___F___G_______________________F________G__________________________ e|-1--/3---3-------3-----------1~~~~~~~/3---3-------3-----------1~~~ B|-1--/3---3-------3-----------1~~~~~~~/3---3-------3-----------1~~~ G|-x---x---x-------x-----------x--------x---x-------x-----------x--- D|-3--/5---5-------5-----------3~~~~~~~/5---5-------5-----------3~~~ A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|------------------------(3)-----|------------------------(3)-----| T T | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___F___G____________________________F___________Csus4______________ e|~~~~/3---3-------3--------------|-1---1-------1------------------| B|~~~~/3---3-------3--------------|-1---1-------1------------------| G|-----x---x-------x--------------|-x---x-------0------------------| D|~~~~/5---5-------5--------------|-3---3-------x------------------| A|--------------------------------|-------------3------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Riff 3: ___G_______________________________________________________________ ( guitar solo... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|---------------------1----------|---------------------1----------| E|-3---1---3---1---3-------3---1--|-3---1---3---1---3-------3---1--| Repeat until... ___G________________________________F___________Csus4______________ ( guitar solo... ) e|--------------------------------|-1---1-------1------------------| B|--------------------------------|-1---1-------1------------------| G|--------------------------------|-x---x-------0------------------| D|--------------------------------|-3---3-------x------------------| A|---------------------1----------|-------------3------------------| E|-3---1---3---1---3-------3------|--------------------------------| Repeat verse. Repeat chorus. Guitar solo to end... Mostly in the G minor pentatonic box, 3rd fret to 8th fret, with some bends and lots of double stops. Short solo in the middle of the song uses similar licks. ___G_(xx5x33)______________________________________________________ e|---------3-------3-----------3--|-----3---3---3---3---3----------| B|---------3-------3-----------3--|-----3---3---3---3---3----------| G|-5~~b7~~~----------------5b7~---|-------------------------5~~b7~~~ D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|-3---------------3--------------|-----3-------3-----------3------| B|-3---------------3--------------|-----3-------3-----------3------| G|~--------5~~b7~~~--------5~~~~~~~b7~~~----------------5b7~-------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| This next riff is repeated throughout the solo. Try to keep your first finger on the first fret and use other fingers for the Eb/F part. ___F_(xx3x11)__Eb/F________F________F___________Eb/F________F______ ( riff 3... ) e|-1-------1---------------1------|-1-------1---------------1------| B|-1-------1---4-----------1------|-1-------1---4-----------1------| G|-------------3-----------x------|-------------3-----------x------| D|-----3-------3-----------3------|-----3-------3-----------3------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|---------3-------3-----------3--|-----3--------------------------| B|-----3-----------------------3--|-----3-----------5---5---3~~~~--| G|-5b7~~-------------------5b7----|---------5--p3---5---5---3~~~~--| D|--------------------------------|-----------------5---5---3~~~~--| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-----3---3---3~~~~~~~----3---3~~~~~~~~----3---3~~~~~~~----3---3~~~ D|-----3---3---3~~~~~~~5---3---3~~~~~~~~5---3---3~~~~~~~5---3---3~~~ A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|(3)-----------------------------|--------------------------------| T ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|~~~~~----3---3~~~~~~~----3---3~~~~~~~~----3---3~~~~~~~----3------| D|~~~~~5---3---3~~~~~~~5---3---3~~~~~~~~5---3---3~~~~~~~5---3------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___F___________Eb/F________F________F___________Eb/F________F______ ( riff 3... ) e|-1-------1---------------1------|-1-------1---------------1------| B|-1-------1---4-----------1------|-1-------1---4-----------1------| G|-------------3-----------x------|-------------3-----------x------| D|-----3-------3-----------3------|-----3-------3-----------3------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|-----------------3-------3------|-----3-------3-------3----------| B|-----------------3-------3------|-----3-------3-------3----------| G|-5~~~~~~b7~~~~~~~------------5~~~b7-----------------------5~~b7~~~ D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|-3-------3-------3---3--h6---3--|-3--h6---3---3--h6---3---3--h6--| B|-3-------3-------3---3--h6---3--|-3--h6---3---3--h6---3---3--h6--| G|-------------5b7~---------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ ( not perfectly accurate here, sorry... ) e|-3---3---6---3---3-------3---3--|--------------------------------| B|-3---3---6---3---3---3~~~3---3--|--------------------------------| G|---------------------5b7~-------|-5^r~~~~~3---5--p3---5--p3---5--| D|--------------------------------|-5^r~~~~~3---5--p3---5--p3---5--| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___F___________Eb/F________F________F___________Eb/F________F______ ( riff 3... ) e|-1-------1---------------1------|-1-------1---------------1------| B|-1-------1---4-----------1------|-1-------1---4-----------1------| G|-------------3-----------x------|-------------3-----------x------| D|-----3-------3-----------3------|-----3-------3-----------3------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ ( ^ = slight bend, r = relax bend... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-----3---3---3~~~~~~~----3---3~~~~~~~~----3---5^r~~~~~----3~~~~--| D|-----3---3---3~~~~~~~5---3---3~~~~~~~~5---3---5^r~~~~~5---3~~~~--| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|(3)-----------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ ( ^ = slight bend, r = relax bend... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-----3---3---3~~~~~~~----3---5^r~~~~~~~~~~3-------5---3-------5^r~ D|-----3---3---3~~~~~~~5---3---5^r~~~~~~~~~~3---5---5---3-------5^r~ A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|(3)-----------------------------|--------------------------------| T ___G_______________________________________________________________ ( * = pinch harmonics... ) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|~~~~~~~--3-------5---3----------|--------------------------------| D|~~~~~~~--3---5---5---3---x---3*~~~~~~~----5*------5*------5*-----| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___F___________Eb/F________F________F___________Eb/F________F______ ( riff 3... ) e|-1-------1---------------1------|-1-------1---------------1------| B|-1-------1---4-----------1------|-1-------1---4-----------1------| G|-------------3-----------x------|-------------3-----------x------| D|-----3-------3-----------3------|-----3-------3-----------3------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|-3---------------3---3-------3--|-----------------3---3-------3--| B|-3---------------3---3-------3--|-----------------3---3-------3--| G|---------5~b~7------------------|---------5~b~7------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_______________________________________________________________ ( ^ = slight bend... ) e|--------------------------------|---------------------3---3---3--| B|-----3---3---3-----------3---3--|---------3---5^------3---3---3--| G|-----3---3---3-----------3---3--|---------3---5^-----------------| D|-----3---3---3-------5---3---3--|-----5---3---5^-----------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|(3)-----------------------------|--------------------------------| T ___G_______________________________________________________________ e|-6-------3---3------------------|-3-----------3------------------| B|-6-------3---3------------------|-3-----------3------------------| G|-------------------------5~~b7--|-----5~~b7-----5b6~~r5---3---5\-| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___F_(xx3x11)__Eb/F________F________F___________Eb/F________F______ ( riff 3... ) e|-1-------1---------------1------|-1-------1---------------1------| B|-1-------1---4-----------1------|-1-------1---4-----------1------| G|-------------3-----------x------|-------------3-----------x------| D|-----3-------3-----------3------|-----3-------3-----------3------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___G_(xx5x33)______________________________________________________ ( * = pinch harmonics... ) e|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|---------6b8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~8*~r6---3*---------------------| G|--------------------------------|-------------5*-b6*~r5---3*-----| D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------5*-| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________ e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-----3---3---3~~~--------3---3~~~---------3---3~~~--------3---3--| D|-----3---3---3~~~----5---3---3~~~-----5---3---3~~~----5---3---3--| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|(3)-----------------------------|--------------------------------| T | / = slide up | \ = slide down | ~ = Sustain or vibrato | x = mute note | PM = palm mute |F/G = chord/bass note | b = bend | ^ = slight bend ( or quarter-tone bend ) | r = relax bend | h = hammer-on | p = pull-off | * = pinch harmonic |(xx5x33) chord or fingering |(3) = optional note | T = thumb holds note on 6th string