Chord/Tab song: Black Betty

Ram Jam - Black Betty

s ' slide
h ' hammer on
p ' pull off
a(b) ' strike a and bend up to b

The rhythm is not so difficult in this song.
So I just tabbed the little solos and lead guitar parts.
If you have a better solution or a question, send a mail to
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Don`t be afraid, measure 4 is not as difficult as it seems...

measure 1


|-------------------|-----
|-------------------|------
|---2-2-2-2---------|----
|-4---------4-2-0---|------
|-----------------2-|-------
|-------------------|-------


measure 2


|-------------------------|-----
|-------------------------|------
|-----------9s11-14-11-14-|----
|-7s9-9-9-9---------------|------
|-------------------------|-------
|-------------------------|-------


measure 3


|----------14-13-12-------------------------|-----
|-------12----------15(17)-12-10------------|------
|-14(16)-------------------------11-9-7-9-7-|----
|-------------------------------------------|------
|-------------------------------------------|-------
|-------------------------------------------|-------


measure 4


|-------|-----
|-------|------
|-9(11)-|----
|-------|------
|-------|-------
|-------|-------


measure 5


|----------------------------|-----
|----------------------------|------
|-9(11)(11)(11)(11)-7h9p7--7-|----
|-------------------------9--|------
|----------------------------|-------
|----------------------------|-------


measure 6


|-----------------------|-----
|-----------------------|------
|---7-----9-7-7-9-7-----|----
|-9-----9-----------9-9-|------
|-----------------------|-------
|-----------------------|------

measure 7


|-----------------------------------|-----
|-----------------------------------|------
|-----7---------------------7h9p7---|----
|-9p7---9p7---7---7-----7h9-------9-|------
|-----------9---9---7h9-------------|-------
|-----------------------------------|-------


Measure 8


|-------------------|-----
|-------------------|------
|-------------------|----
|-9-v-i-b-r-a-t-o---|------
|-------------------|-------
|-------------------|-------


between the drums

guitar one:

[D] [D] [D] [D] [E] [D]

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7---9-7------2h4p2------|--7-7-7-7---9-7------2h4p2------|
|--7-7-7-7---9-7--2-4-------0----|--7-7-7-7---9-7--2-4-------0----|
|--5-5-5-5--------------------2--|--5-5-5-5--------------------2--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


guitar two:

[D] [D] [D] [D] [E] [D]

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7---9-7------2h4p2------|--7-7-7-7---9-7------2h4p2-7-4--|
|--7-7-7-7---9-7--2-4-------0----|--7-7-7-7---9-7--2-4------------|
|--5-5-5-5--------------------2--|--5-5-5-5-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



After the drum solo:



|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------7-9p7---|
|---------------|-------7-9p7---|-7-8-9-------9-|
|---------------|-7-8-9-------9-|---------------|
|-------5-7p5---|---------------|---------------|
|-5-6-7-------7-|---------------|---------------|
|------------------------9-10--11-----11p14h11p14h11p1h'go-on-|
|-7-8-9--8-9-10--9-10-11--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|