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Don't Shoot The Messenger - John Scofield
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Tabbed by: Mitch
Email: lithiumbullet@hotmail.com
Tuning: EADGbe
Note: This is just the 'head' of the song, the solos are improvised, along with a sax
Key of C minor. (Eb Major) Moderate (145) throughout. Triplet Feel Throughout. Transcribed
Friend. Publishing for him.
[F-7] [D7#9] [DbMaj7]
|------| |------|
| 3 | | 3 |
e|----------------------------|-1-----1-----------|--4--1-----------1--4--8--|
B|---1-------------------1--4-|----4-------4--1---|--------4--1--4-----------|
G|--------3--1-----1--3-------|-------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------3-------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
[F#Maj] [F-7] [D7#9]
|------|
| 3 |
e|--6--8-6-4----1--|--3--1-----------------2--|--1---------------------|
B|-----------------|--------4--1-----1--4-----|-----1--4-----1--4---1--|
G|-----------------|--------------3-----------|-----------3------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
[DbMaj7] [F#Maj7] [EMaj] 1st
|-------| |-------| |--------------------
| 3 | | 3 | |
e|---1------------------|--1--------------------|-------|--------------/11\---||
B|------3--1-----1---1--|-----3--1-----1--3-----|-------|--------------/11\--o||
D|------------3---------|-----------3--------3--|--(3)--|---------------------||
G|----------------------|-----------------------|-------|--------------------o||
A|----------------------|-----------------------|-------|---------------------||
E|----------------------|-----------------------|-------|---------------------||
[C-7] [A9b13] [D-7b5] [G7#5] [D-7b5][G7#5]
[2nd]
|---------------- |-------|
| | 3 |
e|----------------|--2--1-----1----------1-----|-----------------|
B|-----2---1------|--------4-----1--4-------4--|--(4)------------|
G|--3-------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
% % % % % %
|-------|
| 3 |
e|--3--6--1----------1--1-----|---------------|------------------------1--|
B|-----------4--1----------4--|---------------|--------------1--1--4------|
G|----------------------------|---------------|--0--0--3--3---------------|
D|----------------------------|---------3--3--|---------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
% % % % F-7 D7#9
|-------|
| 3 |
e|-----------------|--------|--------------------------|--1-----1----1-------|
B|-----------------|--------|--1-----------------1--4--|-----4----------4----|
G|-----------------|--------|-----3--1-----1--3--------|---------------------|
D|-----10\----10\--|--(10)--|-----------3--------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------|--------|--------------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------|--------|--------------------------|---------------------|
[DbMaj7] [F#Maj7] [AbMaj7]
|-------|
| 3 |
e|--4--1-----------1--4--9--|--8----6----4----6--8--|-(8)-------------------9--|
B|--------4--1--4-----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
[F#Maj7] [F-7]
e|--8----6----4-------4--|-----------|------------||
B|-----------------4-----|-----------|------------||
G|-----------------------|-----------|-----------o||
D|-----------------------|-----------|------------|| Return To Top From
A|-----------------------|-----------|-----------o|| Here
E|-----------------------|-----------|------------||
| (x) hold note
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
