• Song:

    Pipeline

  • Artist:

    The Ventures

  • Album:

    Live In Japan 1990

Pipeline
By: The Ventures
Tabbed by:  Jon Blank

This covers both the lead and rythem guitar, the first tab shone is the second guitar, further down the page is the lead.


The following is the rythem guitar, the entire riff is palm muted, mute it the best you can.  When the chords come in you can let the palm mute off if it gets too tricky.


  slide down at any speed picking as fast as possible.
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|--121110987654321|


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

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

repeat the same basic riff throughout the first half of the solo randomly throwing in the em chord when it feels right.

This comes after the first half of the solo, it basically is all moved up one string.


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


After the solo

e|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|8---8--8--8---8---8--8---8-|  x2
B|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|8---8--8--8---8---8--8---8-|
G|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|8---8--8--8---8---8--8---8-|
D|--9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9|10--10-10-10--10--10-10--10|
A|--9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9|10--10-10-10--10--10-10--10|
E|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|8---8--8--8---8---8--8---8-|

e|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
B|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
G|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
D|--9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9|9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9|
A|--9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9|9--9-9-9--9--9-9--9|
E|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|

e|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
B|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
G|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
D|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
A|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
E|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|

Repeat the entire thing, its all the same until the very last part

e|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|  x2
B|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
G|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
D|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
A|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
E|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|

e|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|  x2
B|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
G|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
D|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
A|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
E|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|

e|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1--1|  x2
B|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1--1|
G|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1--1|
D|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
A|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
E|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1--1|

e|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|  x2
B|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
G|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
D|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
A|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
E|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|

e|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|  x2
B|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
G|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
D|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
A|--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7|
E|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|

e|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|  x2
B|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
G|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
D|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
A|--5--5-5-5--5--5-5--5|
E|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|

e|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1--1|  x2
B|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1--1|
G|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1--1|
D|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
A|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3--3|
E|--1--1-1-1--1--1-1--1|

e|--4|
B|--4|
G|--4|
D|--6|
A|--6|
E|--4|

repeat the first part all the way through and end on the opening slide, 
strum the em chord a few times to end the song.



This is the lead guitar.  You do not need to palm mute, the second time through gets tricky, but the primary riff is pretty simple.

start this riff the fifth time the rythem guitarist plays an e minor.

e|----------------------------|----------------0-3--7-5-3-5|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----0--2--0-2-4-2-0-2--4--2|4--2--0-2-0-----------------|
A|--2-------------------------|------------2---------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

the rythem guitar has now switched up one string and you now play this.

e|----------------------------|-----------------5-8--12-10-8-7|
B|----------------------------|---------------5---------------|
G|-----0--2--0-2-4-2-0-2--4--2|4--2--0-2-0--------------------|
D|--2-------------------------|------------2------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------------|


the second time through it is the same, but there is an extra little lick on the bridge.

e|-------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|
B|---------------------5-3---0---|----------3-1-0-----|-------------------|---------------|
G|--5--2----------4/5------3----0|---0h2h4--------2---|-----0-2--5-4-2-4-0|---0-2-4--7-5-4|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------3|---3---------------|---------------|
A|-------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|-------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|

e|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
B|---------------------5-3---0---|----------3-1-0-----|-----------------|
G|--5--2----------4/5------3----0|---0h2h4--------2---|-----0-2--5-4-2-1|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------3|---3-------------|
A|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|

the song then starts over and the first part is played, so you just play the original solo... after that, you're done, the song is over.
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