• Song:

    Whiskey Rock-a-roller

  • Artist:

    Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • Album:

    Chronicles

Song: Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tabbed by: Jonmcb16

hb- half bend
fb- full bend
~- vibrato
h- hammer-on
p- pull-off
/- slide
\- slide
Harm- natural harmonic
P.H- pinch harmonic
P.M- palm mute
x- muffled stings

   *Intro
    Moderately Fast Rock =132
    Freely


Guitar 4
 _         semi-P.H.---|
|E----------------------------|------------------------------|
|B---------13-10--------------|------------------------------|
|G---------------12-10~~~~----|------------------------------|
|D----------------------------|------------------------------|
|A----------------------------|---------12-11-10-8-----------|
|E----------------------------|--------------------10-(10)\--|\
|							     | \
|							     |  \Play
|Guitar 1,2,&3				                     |  /2x
|   D5 D5       			   C5	C5	     | /
|E----------------------------|------------------------------|/
|B----------------------------|------------------------------|
|G--7--7----------------------|--5--5------------------------|
|D--7--7----------------------|--5--5------------------------|
|A--5--5----------------------|--3--3------------------------|
|E----------------------------|------------------------------|


Guitar 4

|E-----------------------|---------------------|
|B-----------------------|----------------x----|
|G-----------------------|----------------x----|
|D-----------------------|---------------------|
|A-----------------------|---------------------|
|E-----------------------|---------------------|
|					       |
|		                               |
|Guitars 1,2,&3				       |
|   G5   A5   B5   D5 D5		       |
|E-----------------------|---------------------|
|B-----------------------|---------------------|
|G--------------------7--|---------------------|
|D-------2----4----5--7--|---------------------|
|A--5----0----2----3--5--|---------------------|
|E--3--------------------|---------------------|


 Guitar 4

|E------------------10----------|--------------------------------|
|B--13fb--13fb-----------12-----|--------------------------------|
|G--12fb--12fb------------------|--12fb-(12)p10-12-10h12~~~~-----|
|D------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|A------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|E------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                |
|                    						 |	    |
         |
|Guitar 1&2	Rhy. fig. 1				         |
|    D5    D6    D5      D6	     D5 C5	          C5     |
|E------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|B------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|G------------------------------|---7\5-------------5------------|
|D---7-----9-----7-------9------|---7\5-------------5------------|
|A---5--5--5--5--5---5---5--5---|---5\3-------------3----------4/|
|E------------------------------|------------------------------2/|slide to
|				                                 |next line
|							         |
|Guitar 3 Rhy. fig. 1A                                           |
|    D5    D6    D5      D6	     D5 C5	          C5     |
|E------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|B------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|G------------------------------|---7\5-------------5------------|
|D---7-----9-----7-------9------|---7\5-------------5------------|
|A---5-----5-----5-------5------|---5\3-------------3------------|
|E------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 Guitar 4

|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-12---------12---------12----------|-----------------13--15----|
|G----10----------10------------10~~~|~~~~~-------/14---------14-|
|D--------12---------12------12------|---------------------------|
|A-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|                                                                |
|                    					         |
|Guitar 1&2						         |
|  G5                         D5             D6    D5      D6  D5|
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|D--------------------------6/7------|-------9-----7-------9---6/|
|A/5------7------5------7---4/5------|----5--5--5--5---5---5---4/|
|E/3--3---3--3---3--3---3------------|---------------------------|
|							         |
|								 |
|Guitar 3							 |
|						                 |
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------|----7----------------------|
|D----------------------------7------|-------9-----7-------9---6/|
|A-5------7------5--7---------5------|-------5--5--5---5---5---4/|
|E-3--3---3------3--3----------------|---------------------------|


Guitar 4

|E---------------------13-(13)hb-----|---------------------------|
|B-15------15~~~~~~~-----------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------|------12fb---(12)p10-------|
|D-----------------------------------|---------------------12----|
|A-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|                                                                |
|                    					         |
|Guitar 1&2			                                 |
|                                                                |
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------|--7\5---------5------------|
|D/7-------9-------7-------9---------|--7\5---------5------------|
|A/5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----|--5\3---------3----------4/|
|E-----------------------------------|-------------------------2/|
|				                                 |
|				                                 |
|Guitar 3							 |
|						                 |
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|D/7-------9-------7-------9---------|--7---5--------------------|
|A/5---5---5-------5-------5---------|--5-------5---3----------5-|
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|


Guitar 4

|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|D-12------10------------------------|---------------------------|
|A-----------------12----------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------13---13----10--|(10)\----------------------|
|                                                                |
|                    				                 |
|Guitar 1&2					                 |
|                                             end of Rhy. fig. 1 |
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------6/7---|------9-------7-------9----|
|A/5-------7-------5-------7---4/5---|---5--5---5---5---5---5--5-|
|E/3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------|---------------------------|
|				                                 |
|						                 |
|Guitar 3				                         |
|					       end of Rhy.fig. A |
|E-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|D-7---------------7-----------------|-------------------------7-|
|A-5---5---7-----------8---8hb---5---|---5--7p5-----5---7/9------|
|E-----------------------------------|-----------7---------------|

*Verse
Guitars 1&2 play Rhy. fig. 1 two times
Guitar 3 play Rhy. fig. 1A two times


   D5        D6         D5     D6        D5  C5
    1. I'm  head-ed  down_     a  high   -   way,_____
    2.      Yes, I was born_   a    trav-lin' man_____      and
    3.      Take  me   down   to    Mem-phis  town,___


                 G5     G6      G5  G6     D5
       got  my   suit - case    by  my     side,___
       my        feets   do    burn the    ground._
           bus_______   stop-'ll get    me there.__


           D6     D5    D6    D5
     ______
     ______
     ______


         D6    D5      D6        D5  C6
     A  blue  sky's   hang-in    o - ver  my  head,__  I  got  five__
     I  don't  care    for       fan   -  cy  mu   -  sic  it  your
     I   got    me   a___  queen________  and         she  got long__


        G5     G6          G5  G6       D5              D6    D5    D6
     ____     hun - dred miles    to    ride.____________
      shoes  can't       shuf-fle  a  -  round.__________
     ____   brown         cur  -  ly     hair.___________


  D5        D6          D5      D6         D5   C5
       I'm  go - in'  down_           to  Mem -phis    town___
        I   got   a  hun-dred         a        woman or more__
       she  likes     to dirnk       old      Gra'  -   dad___


                      G5      G6      G5   G6     D5            D6  D5  D6
              to     play     a   late - night    show._________
          and there's  no  -  place    I  call    home._________
       and  her shoes__        do   shuf - fle a-round._________


    D5      D6   D5     D6     D5 C5
        I hope peo-ple are__ Read-y    there,_
       The on-ly time  I'm    sat-is  -  fied_
       And ev'-ry time__ I see____ that gal,__

       'cause the  boys are  all__ read-y to go._________
              is   when  I'm__ a on      the road._______
             Lord,_ she want to take      me down._______

*Chorus


Guitars 1&3

  Rhy. fig. 2
    Well, I'm a whis-key   a  rock-a___ rol - ler,
E----------------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------------|----------------------------|
G----------------------------|----------------------------|
D--------------------------7-|----9---7-----7--9----------|
A--5------7-----5----7-----5-|--------5--5--5----------4--|
E--3--3---3--3--3------------|-------------------------2--|

       that's   what I    am._________
E----------------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------------|----------------------------|
G----------------------------|----------------------------|
D--------------------------7-|----9---7-----7--9----------|
A--5------7-----5----7-----5-|--------5--5--5----------4--|
E--3--3---3--3--3------------|-------------------------2--|


      Wo-men,whis-key, and miles_     of trav' - lin',
E----------------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------------|----------------------------|
G----------------------------|----------------------------|
D--------------------------7-|----9---7-----7--9----------|
A--5------7-----5----7-----5-|--------5--5--5----------4--|
E--3--3---3--3--3------------|-------------------------2--|


Guitar 1,2&3                            end of Rhy. fig. 2
    it's all I___ un-der-stand._______
E----------------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------------|----------------------------|
G----------------------------|----------------------------|
D------------------------0---|----------------------------|
A--3-----3-----5--5------0---|----------------------------|
E--1-----1-----3--3----------|----------------------------|


Guitars 1,2,&3 play rhy. fig.1 1st 4 meas. only

      D5    D6  D5       D6              D5     C5
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G---12fb--12fb--12--10-----------|-12fb--(12)p10-----------------|
D-----------------------12-------|----------------12--10-(10)\---|
A--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

   G5        G6     G5  G6    D5      D6        D5      D6
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B------------------13------------|-------------------------------|
G-------10-12p10-----12fb-12-10~~|~~~----------------------------|
D-10h12----------12--------------|---12-10-12-12p10----10--------|
A--------------------------------|-------------------12----12\10-|
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Back to verse


After 2nd chorus
Play
*Bridge


Guitar 4
           Some-times  I   won - der__
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|
|B--------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-12-----------------(12)\-|-7--------------------(7)\-|
|D--------------------------|---------------------------|
|A--------------------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|
|                                                       |
|Guitar 1                                               |
|                                                       |
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-12-----------------------|-3-------------------------|
|G-12-----------------------|-2-------------------------|
|D-12-----------------------|---------------------------|
|A--------------------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|


Guitar 4
        Where will we   go.______________
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|
|B--------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-5~~~~---------5/10-------|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|D--------------------------|---------------------------|
|A--------------------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|
|                                                       |
|                                                       |
|Guitar 1                                               |
|                                                       |
|E-3------------------------|-5-------------------------|
|B-1------------------------|-3-------------------------|
|G--------------------------|---------------------------|
|D--------------------------|---------------------------|
|A--------------------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|


Guitar 4
         Lord,  don't    you   take  my________
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|
|B--------------------------|---------------------------|
|G-12------------------(12)\|-7--------------------(7)\-|
|D--------------------------|---------------------------|
|A--------------------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|
|                                                       |
|                                                       |
|Guitar 1                                               |
|                                                       |
|E-3------------------------|---------------------------|
|B-3------------------------|-3-------------------------|
|G--------------------------|-2-------------------------|
|D--------------------------|---------------------------|
|A--------------------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|


Guitar 4
  Whis-key________________          and rock n' a roll__
                   SLIDE FROM HERE   TO   HERE
|E--------------------------|--|-----------|------------|
|B--------------------------|--|-----------|------------|
|G--5~~~~~------7~~~~~~~----|-/9/////\\\\\12~~~~--(12)\-|
|D--------------------------|---------------------------|
|A--------------------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|
|                                                       |
|                                                       |
|Guitar 1                                               |
| let ring---------------------------------------------||
|E--3-----3-----3-----3-----|--3-----3-----3-----3------|
|B----3-----3-----3-----3---|----3-----3-----3-----3----|
|G------5-----5-----5-----5-|------5-----5-----5-----5--|
|D--------------------------|---------------------------|
|A--------------------------|---------------------------|
|E--------------------------|---------------------------|


*Interlude

Guitar 4
                         let ring------------------|
|E-----------------------|-3----2------------------|
|B-------3-------3-------|-3----------3\1----------|
|G-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|D-----------------------|-------------------------|
|A-----------------------|-------------------------|
|E-----------------------|-------------------------|
|                                                |
|Guitars 1,2,&3                                  |
|                                                |
|E-----------------------|-----------------------|
|B-----------------------|------------3----------|
|G---------------0--2----|------------0----------|
|D--0----2----4----------|-2---0-----------------|
|A-----------------------|--------3---3----------|
|E-----------------------|-----------------------|
                                   |
                                   |
Guitars 1,2,3,&4          REPEAT THESE 4X
                                   |
E------------------------|-----------------------|
B------------------------|---3-------------------|
G-0----------------------|-----------------------|
D-0-----------0--2--0----|-----------------------|4x
A-----0----2-------------|------------------0--2-|
E-3----------------------|------0----2----3------|

*Guitar solo

Guitars 1,2,&3 Play chorus in background

  G5     G6     G5   G6       D5        D6   D5        D6     F#5
E--------------------------------|---------------------------|
B-------12-----12---12-------10--|---------------------------|
G-------12-----12---12----10h11--|-----11~~~~~~~~~~--(11)/---|
D--------------------------------|-----12~~~~~~~~~~--(12)/---|
A--------------------------------|---------------------------|
E--------------------------------|---------------------------|

  G5     G6     G5  G6     D5    D6    D5            D6   F#5
E------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B-------12-----12--12-----10---|-----------------------------|
G-------12-----12--12-----10---|-----(10)hb---------(10)/----|
D------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E------------------------------|-----------------------------|

  G5     G6     G5   G6       D5        D6   D5        D6
E--------------------------------|---------------------------|
B-------12-----12---12-------10--|---------------------------|
G-------12-----12---12----10h11--|-----11~~~~~~~~~~--(11)/---|
D--------------------------------|-----12~~~~~~~~~~--(12)/---|
A--------------------------------|---------------------------|
E--------------------------------|---------------------------|


                Guitars 1,2,&3
  F5   G5    D5
E--------------|---------------------------------|
B--------------|----------3----------------------|
G--------------|----------0-------------0--------|
D--------------|-(0)--------------------0--------|
A--------------|-(0)------3----------------------|
E--------------|------------------------3--------|


E-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------(0)---------------------------|
D-------(0)---------------------------|
A------------------3------------------|
E-------(3)--------1------------------|

E--------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2--------|
B--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3--------|
G--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2--------|
D--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0--------|
A--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|----------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
BACK TO VERSE
THEN THE CHORUS
THEN THE BRIDGE
AND THEN

*Outro

Guitar 4
   ____________________________
                          let ring-----------------|
|E-----------------------|-3----2------------------|
|B-------3-------3-------|-3----------3\1----------|
|G-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|D-----------------------|-------------------------|
|A-----------------------|-------------------------|
|E-----------------------|-------------------------|
|                                                |
|Guitars 1,2,&3                                  |
|                                                |
|E-----------------------|-----------------------|
|B-----------------------|------------3----------|
|G---------------0--2----|------------0----------|
|D--0----2----4----------|-2---0-----------------|
|A-----------------------|--------3---3----------|
|E-----------------------|-----------------------|


Guitars 1,2,3,&4

E------------------------|-----------------------|
B------------------------|---3-------------------|
G-0----------------------|-----------------------|
D-0-----------0--2--0----|-----------------------|
A-----0----2-------------|------------------0--2-|
E-3----------------------|------0----2----3------|


    Whoo!        uh.
E------------------------|
B------------------------|
G------------------------|
D------------------------|
A------------------------|
E------------------------|

Hope you like it, I've been working on it for
a few months or so.  Check out Saturday night
special verson 3 I posted it a while back too.
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