#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# PINCUSHION As recorded by ZZ Top (From the 2008 Album ANTENNA) Transcribed by unregistered Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Stopa 6' Intro 1 Q=90 4/4 Gtr I PM PM PM PM |3| W S E S E S S E S S S +Q |----------|----------------------------------| |----------|----------------------------------| |----------|-------------------3-(3)----------| |----------|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)----------| |----------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5----------------| |----------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3----------------| | | Gtr II | W H Q E S +S |----------|----------------------------------| |----------|-------------------------6b8==(6)-| |----------|----------------------------------| |----------|----------------------------------| |----------|----------------------------------| |----------|----------------------------------| PM PM PM PM |-3-| S E S E S S E S S S +Q |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-------------------------5-(5)---| |-----5---5------5-----5--5-(5)---| |--x--5-x-5-x----5-----5----------| |--x--3-x-3-x----3-----3----------| | | ~~~ | +H +E E Q |---------------------------------| |-(6)-----------(6)r---6\---------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM |3| |--3--| S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |--------------------------3-(3)--|------------------------------5-(5)---| |-----5-------5------5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----------5--------5-5-(5)---| |-x---5-----x-5-x----5---5--------|-x-5-x-5--x--------5--------5---------| |-x---3-----x-3-x----3---3--------|-x-3-x-3--x--------3--------3---------| | | E +Q. Q Q Q E E E E E E |-------------------/6------------|---------18pb20---18pb20---18---15----| |-6b8---(6)-----------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| PM--------------------------------------------------------| S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |--5----7-8------5---5---7-8---5---|-5-5-7-8---5---5---7-8---5---| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| | | E E +Q. E Q W |-15---15---(15)-------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------| PM----------------------------------------------------| S S S S S S E S S S S S S E |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |--5-----5--7-----8----------5------------5--------7-8---5---| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| | | E E +E +E +E E Q |-13pb15---13pb15---(13)pb15---(13)pb15-(13)pb15-------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| PM--------| S S S S S S E Q Q S E S E S S +S S E +Q |----------------------|--------------------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------------------|| |-5---7-8---5---x\-----|-x--5-x--3-x--2-(2)-x--3--(3)---|| |---------------x\-----|-x--5-x--3-x--2-(2)-x--3--(3)---|| |---------------x\-----|-x--3-x--1-x--0-(0)-x--1--(1)---|| | | ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~ | W S E S E S E S E +Q |----------------------|--------------------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------------------|| |----------------------|---17---15---14-------15-(15)---|| |----------------------|--------------------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------------------|| Intro 2 PM PM PM PM |3| S E S E S S E S S S +Q |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |----------------------3-(3)--| |------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--| |---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------| |---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------| | | ~~ | a H. Q |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-3h5-------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM |3| |3| S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------5-(5)--|----------------------3-(3)--| |------5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--| |---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------| |---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------| | | ~~ ~~ | a H. Q a H. Q |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-6h8-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-3h5-------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| PM PM PM PM |3| S E S E S S E S S S +Q |------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------5-(5)--|| |------5-------5-----5----5---5-(5)--|| |-x----5-----x-5-x---5----5----------|| |-x----3-----x-3-x---3----3----------|| | | E +H +E Q |-6b8====(6)-------------(6)r--------|| |------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------|| Verse 1 PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM |3| |3| S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)--| |---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--| |-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------| |-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------| | | W W |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM |3| |--3--| S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q |--------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------3-(3)--|---------------------------5-(5)--| |---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5------5---------5--5-(5)--| |-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x----5---------5---------| |-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x----3---------3---------| | | W H E +Q. |--------------------------|-------------13b15====(13)--------| |--------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------------| PM PM PM PM |3| S E S E S S E S S S +Q |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-------------------------3-(3)--| |-------5-----5-----5---5-3-(3)--| |---x---5---x-5-x---5---5--------| |---x---3---x-3-x---3---3--------| | | +S S E Q H |-(13)r--------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| PM PM PM PM |--3--| S E S E S S E S S S +Q |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-----------------------5-(5)-----| |---5---5-----5-------5-5-(5)-----| |-x-5-x-5-x---5-------5-----------| |-x-3-x-3-x---3-------3-----------| | | H S a Q +E. |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------3h5-----------(5)-| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM |3| |3| S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)---|| |---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)---|| |-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5---------|| |-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3---------|| | | W W |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| Chorus PM ~ ~~~~~ PM ~ Q S S E H E E a Q H Q S S E H |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |----------5----|---------------|----------5----| |----------5----|----------5----|----------5----| |-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----| |-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------| S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S E S E S S +S S E +Q |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-0---2-3---0---0-0-2-3---0---|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--|| |-----------------------------|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--|| |-----------------------------|-x-3-x-1-x-0-(0)-x-1-(1)--|| | | Gtr II | W W |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|| Interlude PM PM PM PM |3| S E S E S S E S S S +Q |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------------------3-(3)-----| |------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)-----| |---x--5-x-5-x---5---5-----------| |---x--3-x-3-x---3---3-----------| | | ~~ | a H. E E |--------------------------------| |-6h8----------------------------| |----------------------------x\--| |----------------------------x\--| |----------------------------x\--| |--------------------------------| PM PM PM PM |3-| S E S E S S E S S S +Q |--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|| |-----------------------5-(5)----|| |-----5---5------5----5-5-(5)----|| |---x-5-x-5-x----5----5----------|| |---x-3-x-3-x----3----3----------|| | | ~~~~ | a H +E Q E |-----------------------------15-|| |--------------------------------|| |-3h5-----------(5)s==0----------|| |--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|| Verse 2 PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM |3| |3| S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)--| |------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--| |---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------| |---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------| | |~~~~~~ | +H. Q W |-(15)------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| Chorus PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM ~ |3| |-3-| S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q Q S S E H |--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------| |-------------------3-(3)--|-----------------------5-(5)--||----------5----| |---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5------5--5-(5)--||----------5----| |-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5------5---------||-3--3-----3----| |-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3------3---------||-1--1-x-1------| | | W H E +Q. W |--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------| |--------------------------|-------------4b5---(4)--------||---------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------| ~~~~~ PM ~ E E a Q H Q S S E H S S S S S S E S S S S S S E |---------------|---------------|------------------------------| |---------------|---------------|------------------------------| |---------------|----------5----|-0---2-3---0---0-0-2-3---0----| |----------5----|----------5----|------------------------------| |-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----|------------------------------| |-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------|------------------------------| Guitar Solo 1 Gtr II ~~~ S E S E S S +S S E +Q S S +E +H. |--------------------------||-------------------| |--------------------------||-6-/8-(8)-(8)------| |--------------------------||-------------------| |-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||-------------------| |-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||-------------------| |-x-3-x-1-x-0-(0)-x-1-(1)--||-------------------| S S S S +H. E +Q +E +E +E +E +E |-------5b6-(5)------|-----------------------------------| |-8-6----------------|-6b8==(6)r=(6)b8==(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)r-| |-----7--------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------------------| ~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~~ H S E. +Q S S E +Q S S S S +E E H S S Q. |-----------------|--------------------------|---------------| |-3---------------|--------------------------|-3-------------| |-x----5\-3--(3)--|--------------------------|-x----5-3-5----| |-5---------------|-5-3-5-(5)--5-3-----------|-5-------------| |-----------------|----------------5---------|---------------| |-----------------|------------------3-(3)-x-|---------------| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ S S Q. S S E +Q E E E. S +S S S S Q |----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----------------------| |-5-3-5----------------|-----------------------| |----------5-3---------|-----------------------| |----------------------|-----1--3-(3)-3---3-1--| |--------------\3-(3)--|-3-3-------------------| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ E E E S E E. +Q E E E. E E. +Q |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| |---------3b5-3pb5==(3)r--|---------------------| |-----1-------------------|-----1--3-1pb3r(1)---| |-3-3---3-----------------|-3-3-----------------| ~~~~~~ S S Q S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q |-------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------11----------| |------------------3-(3)--|-10---10---10---10---10-12----12-(12)--| |----------------3--------|---------------------------------------| |--------------5----------|---------------------------------------| |-3-1-3--3-1-3------------|---------------------------------------| +Q S S S S S Q. +S |---------------------------------| |----------11---------------------| |-(12)--12----12-10---------------| |-------------------12-10----(10)-| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ S S S S S S S S S S S E. E Q +Q S S S S +Q |------------------------------------|-/13b15--(13)--15-13-------------| |---------------------------11-------|---------------------15----------| |-10---10---10---10---10-12----12----|------------------------15-(15)--| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------x-|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------x-|---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q |---------------------------------------| |---------------------11----------------| |-10---10---10---10------12-10----------| |------------------------------12-(12)--| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| S S E E E S S S E +E. E. E. E. E E. E |--------------------------------|-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-12-10-12-12-10-12-10-----------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------12-(12)-|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------------| +S E E. E. E +Q +S |-(13)-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15==(13)--(13)-|| |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| | | Gtr III | W |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------|| Interlude +H H W |-(13)r-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| | | S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |---5-----3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r|=5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r==|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| Verse 3 Gtr I S E S E S S H S E S E S S H S E S E S S E S S +Q |------------------|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------|-----------------3-(3)--| |---5---5----------|---5---5----------|---5---5---------3-(3)--| |-x-5-x-5-x--------|-x-5-x-5-x--------|-x-5-x-5-x--------------| |-x-3-x-3-x--------|-x-3-x-3-x--------|-x-3-x-3-x--------------| Chorus PM ~ ~~~~~ PM ~ W Q S S E H E E a Q H Q S S E H |----------||---------------|---------------|---------------| |----------||---------------|---------------|---------------| |----------||----------5----|---------------|----------5----| |----------||----------5----|----------5----|----------5----| |----------||-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----| |----------||-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------| PM------------------------| PM ~ ~~~~~ S S S S S S E S S S S S S E Q S S E H E E a Q H |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------| |-0---2-3-----0---0-0-2-3---0---|----------5----|---------------| |-------------------------------|----------5----|----------5----| |-------------------------------|-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------| |-------------------------------|-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------| | | Gtr II | ~~~~~~~~ | E E a Q H W W |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------| |-----------------5-------------|---------------|---------------| |-5---5-------------------------|---------------|---------------| |-3---3---5h6-------------------|---------------|---------------| PM ~ PM------------------------| Q S S E H S S S S S S E S S S S S S E |---------------|-------------------------------*| |---------------|-------------------------------*| |----------5----|-0---2-3-----0---0-0-2-3---0---*| |----------5----|-------------------------------*| |-3--3-----3----|-------------------------------*| |-1--1-x-1------|-------------------------------*| | | ~~~~~~~~ | W E E a Q H |---------------|-------------------------------*| |---------------|-------------------------------*| |---------------|-------------------------------*| |---------------|-----------------5-------------*| |---------------|-5---5-------------------------*| |---------------|-3---3---5h6-------------------*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths