SHE LOVES MY AUTOMOBILE
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1979 Album DEGÜELLO)
Words and Music by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Billy Gibbons - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Billy Gibbons - Electric Guitar'
Intro 1st & 2nd Verses
Q=129 Q=129(8=s8)
A A D
4/4
Gtr I
PM------------------------------|
W +W e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-5--------|-(5)--------||------------------|---------------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||o-----------------|---------------------|
|-6--------|-(6)--------||--2-2-----2-2-----|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------||--2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||------------------|---------------3b3.5-|
A
PM| PM PM PM-----
e E e E E Q. e E E E +Q. E
|----------------|---------------------|
|---------7------|-5---7---------------|
|-2---5---7------|-5---7---------------|
|-2---5---7-7----|-5---7-7-(7)---------|
|-0-0---0---0----|---0---0-(0)---------|
|----------------|---------------3b3.5-|
D
---------------------------------|
e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|---------------3b3.5--|
A
PM| PM PM PM PM-
e E e E E Q E e E E E +Q. E
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|-2---5---7------|-5---7-----------|
|-2---5---7-7----|-5---7-7-(7)---8s|
|-0-0---0---0--0-|---0---0-(0)---6s|
|----------------|-----------------|
E
----------------------------------------|
e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-9-11-11-9-9-11-11-|-9-9-11-11-9-9-11--------|
|-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-|-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--------|
|---------------------|------------------3b3.5--|
1. 2.
A A
PM| PM PM PM PM----------| PM
e E e E E Q E e E E E +Q. E e E e E E Q.
|----------------|----------------------||----------------|
|----------------|---------------------o||-----5---7------|
|-2---5---7------|-5---7----------------||-----5---7------|
|-2---5---7-7----|-5---7-7-(7)----------||-2---5---7-7----|
|-0-0---0---0--0-|---0---0-(0)---------o||---0---0---0----|
|----------------|---------------3b3.5--||----------------|
Gtr II
|----3----|
H E E E E E
|-------------------------5-||
|-----------------5---------||
|-------------5h6-----------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| PM PM--------
| e E E E +Q. E
|---------------------------||
|-5---7---------------------||
|-5---7---------------------||
|-5---7-7-(7)---------------||
|---0---0-(0)---------------||
|-------------------3b3.5---||
Guitar Solo
A
~~ ~~
|--3--| |--3--|
a Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------8----------|-------------8-----------|
|-8s10---10-8-10---10p8-----|---10---8-10---10p8------|
|-------------------------9-|----------------------9--|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|------------------------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|----2-2-------2-2----------|-2--2------2-2-----------|
|----2-2--4-4--2-2--4---0---|-2--2-4-4--2-2--4---0----|
|----0-0--0-0--0-0--0---0---|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0---0----|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~~
|--3--| |---3---| |3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E
|--------------8----------|---10b12-(10)-10---8-10------8----|
|-10---10-8-10---10p8-----|------------------------10-----10-|
|-----------------------9-|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--2-2-------2-2----------|-2--2-----------------2----2------|
|--2-2--4-4--2-2--4---0---|-2--2------4-----4----2----2-4--x-|
|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0---0---|-0--0------0-----0----0----0-0--x-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
D
E +Q +E Q E E
|-10b11r(10)b12---(10)---------|
|----------------------------x-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--2------2-----4---4--2-2-4-4-|
|--0------0-----0---0--0-0-0-0-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
A
E E E E +Q E E Q +e E +E +e Q
|-10b11-10-8-10b12-(10)-------|---10b12---(10)-10-(10)b12-(10)-10b12---|
|---------------------------x-|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------| PM-----------------------------------
| e E e E e E e E a e E e E e E e E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--2-----2-4--4------2--2-4-x-|---------2-----------2-------2----------|
|--0-----0-0--0------0--0-0-x-|-0h=2----2---4---4---2-------2---4----0-|
|-----------------------------|----0----0---0---0---0-------0---0----0-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----3----|
+e Q +E +Q q q
|-(10)-10b12====(10)r(10)---8---10----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---2---2--------------2--------------|
|---2---2-----4---0----2--2---4-------|
|---0---0-----0---0----0------0----5S=|
|-------------------------------------|
E
~~~~~~~
|----3----|
E e e E +E E S S S S S S
|-10pb12-10--8-10-(10)-8---10p8----8------|
|-------------------------------10---10s7-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------
| e E e E e E e E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--9--------11------9-----------11--------|
|--7------7--7--7---7----7-------7----7---|
|--0------0--0--0---0----0-------0----0---|
A
PM PM PM
S S S S S S S S Q E E E E E E a E E E E
|----------------5------5-5-----|--------------------|
|--------------5--------8-------|-5---7----------7---|
|---7---5--7s8------------------|-5---7---7s9----7---|
|-7---7-------------------------|---7---0-----7----7-|
|-0-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------| PM
| e E e E e E e E e E e E E Q.
|-------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|-2---5-----7--------|
|-9-------11-------9---11-------|-2---5-----7-7------|
|-7---7----7---7---7-7--7-------|-0-0---0-----0------|
|-0---0----0---0---0-0--0-3b3.5-|--------------------|
PM ~~~
|---3---|
S S E E E E Q. E
|-------------------------------|
|-5---------7-------------5-----|
|-5h6p5-----7-5b5.5-------------|
|---------7----------7----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| PM PM-----
| e E E E +Q. E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-5---------7-------------------|
|-5---------7-7-----(7)---------|
|-------0-----0-----(0)---------|
|-------------------------3b3.5-|
D
~~~
E a Q. E E E E +Q. +E E Q.
|-5------------------8-|-(8)b9-----(8)---15-----------|
|---9s10------8---10---|------------------------------|
|---------------9------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|-2----2--4-4-2-2--4-4-|--2----2-4--4--2--2--4--------|
|-0----0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|--0----0-0--0--0--0--0--------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------3b3.5--|
A
+Q E E E E S S S S
|-(15)---12-11-10----10----------|
|-----------------13----13p10----|
|-----------------------------11-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------
| e E e E e E e E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---2--2--------2--2-------------|
|---2--2--4--0--2--2--4-----0----|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0----|
|--------------------------------|
D
~~~ ~~
Q. E +Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------10-------|-10---10----10----------|
|-10------12b14-(12)------------|---------13----13p10-10-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|--2--2-----------2--2----------|--2-2--4--0--2--2--4--0-|
|--2--2-4--0------2--2--4-------|--0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--0--0-0--0------0--0--0-3b3.5-|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
E
~~~~
+e Q. E E Q E Q. E E E E
|----------------10----10---|-12-12b14------12-11-10-------|
|-(10)-13b15--------13------|------------------------13b15-|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------------
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---2---2----4-0--2--2--4---|------------------------------|
|---0---0----0-0--0--0--0-x-|--9-------11----9----11-------|
|-------------------------x-|--7--7-----7-7--7--7--7--7----|
|---------------------------|--0--0-----0-0--0--0--0--0----|
~~
|---------3---------|
Q Q E +E E E E E
|-10---10-----------------10----------||
|-10---------13b15---(13)----13p10-10-||
|--0----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|
|----------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|--9------11---------------9----11----||
|--7-7-----7-------7-------7--7--7--x-||
|--0-0-----0-------0-------0--0--0--x-||
3rd Verse
A
~~~~
+H. E E +H +E Q E
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|-(10)-------------13-|-(13)b13.5-------(13)-------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------17\---------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---2--2-----2-2------|---2-------2-4-4---2---2--4-------|
|---2--2-4-0-2-2-4--0-|---0-------0-0-0---0---0--0-------|
|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------3b3.5-|
W W
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|
|---| PM PM PM
| e E e E E Q. e E E E +Q. E
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-5---7-------------|
|-2---5---7------|-5---7-------------|
|-2---5---7-7----|-5---7-7-(7)---6s==|
|-0-0---0---0----|---0---0-(0)---4s==|
|----------------|-------------------|
D A
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-2-2-----5------|--------------|
|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-0-|---------7-7-9-------|-2-2-4-0-5-7----|-x------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-7-x-5-5-5-------|-0-0-0-0---0----|-x-7-6-5-4-3--|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-x-------3b3.5-|----------------|---5-4-3-2-1--|
E
PM---------------------------------------
E E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----11---9---11---|-9---11---9---11-------|
|---7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-------|
|---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-3b3.5-|
A
---| PM PM
e E e E E Q. e E E E +Q. E
|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-5---7-------------||
|-2---5---7------|-5---7-------------||
|-2---5---7-7----|-5---7-7-(7)-------||
|-0-0---0---0----|---0---0-(0)---3s==||
|----------------|-------------------||
Outro-Guitar Solo
D
Gtr II
H a E E e E a E a E Q a E a E E E
|---------8s10-10s8---|-8s10-10s8-----8s10-10s8-----|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------9s11-11s9-0-|-9s11-11s9-----9s11-11s9---9-|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM---------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----9------7--7-9-9-|----7----7-9-9----7----7-9---|
|-5---5-5----5--5-5-5-|----5----5-5-5----5----5-5-3s|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
E +E E E Q E E
|-8b8.5-(8)-8b8.5---------x-10b12==|
|-7b8---(7)-7b8-----------x--------|
|------------------9s4/------------|
|-----------------10s5/------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| PM-----|
| e E e E e E e E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----------9--------7--7-9--9-----|
|-5---------5------5-5--5-5--5-----|
|----------------------------------|
|----3----|
+Q +E +E E H +E E H +E E
|-(10)---(10)r(10)---8----------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------10-------|-(10)\---12b14r======(12)-10-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------| PM------------------
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---7--7---9-------9----7-7-9---|----------9------7-7---9-----|
|---5--5---5-------5----5-5-5-3s|===5------5----5-5-5---5---5-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E E +E E +E E E E
|------------------------------10--|
|-12-12pb13r(12)-10-(10)-10----10--|
|---------------------------12-----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--7--7-------9---9---7---7--9-----|
|--5--5-------5---5---5---5--5--5s=|
|----------------------------------|
E
|---3---| |--3---|
E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E +E E E e
|-------------------------------|---------5---------------5--5-5-|
|-------10-------10---------7-5-|-----5------8-5----8-(8)------5-|
|-13b14----13b14----13s7-5--7-5-|-7b8----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------11----------9-9-11---|-9-----9---11---11----9--9-11-0-|
|--7--------7-----7------7--7-7-|-7-----7----7----7----7--7--7-0-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A
E Q +E E +E E +E
|---8b8.5---(8)-8b8.5-(8)-8b8.5-(8)-|
|---7b8-----(7)-7b8---(7)-7b8---(7)-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-----------2------2------------|
|-2-2-----4--0--2------2--4------0--|
|-0-0-----0--0--0------0--0------0--|
|-----------------------------------|
E +E E +E E +E E +E
|-8b8.5-(8)-8b8.5-(8)-8b8.5-(8)-8b8.5-(8)----|
|-7b8---(7)-7b8---(7)-7b8---(7)-7b8---(7)----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------
| e E e E e E e E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-2------2------------2------2---------------|
|-2------2--4------0--2------2--4------------|
|-0------0--0------0--0------0--0------3b3.5-|
|--------------------------------------------|
D
~~
|--3--|
E +E E +E E +E E E E a E E E e E E +Q
|-8b8.5-(8)-8b8.5-(8)-8b8.5-(8)-5-----5-|---------8------10b12-(10)-------|
|-7b8---(7)-7b8---(7)-7b8---(7)---5-----|-8s10-10---10--------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2------2--4------0--2------2--4---0---|----2--2-4--0-2--2------4--------|
|-0------0--0------0--0------0--0---0---|----0--0-0--0-0--0------0--------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------3b3.5-|
A
|---3----| |-----3------| |-----3-----| |----3-----|
Q q q Q Q Q Q a Q Q Q Q Q
|-----10---8---10---8b8.5----0---|-------------------------------------|
|------8---8----------------10---|-8-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----10s7----5----7b8---7----5-------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2-2-----------2-2--------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2-2----4---0--2-2-------4----0-|-9-9------11---11-9---9---11---------|
|-0-0----0---0--0-0-------0----0-|-7-7-------7----7-7---7----7---------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------3b3.5-|
A BbA1
E E E E E E E E E E Q H W
|---8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-|-5----------------|--------*|
|---7b7.5-7b7.5-7b7.5-7b7.5-7b7.5-7b7.5-7b7.5-|-5----------------|--------*|
|---8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-8b8.5-|-6----------------|--------*|
|---------------------------------------------|-7----------------|--------*|
|---------------------------------------------|---14\------------|--------*|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|--------*|
|
| e E Q H Q E E +H +W
|---------------------------------------------|-------0-0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|---------------------------------------------|-------3-2-(2)----|-(2)----*|
|-2-------------------------------------------|------------------|--------*|
|-2-------------------------------------------|-------1-0-(0)----|-(0)----*|
|-0-------------------------------------------|------------------|--------*|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|--------*|
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
