Elton John - Im still standing
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I'M STILL STANDING
As recorded by Elton John
(From the 1983 Album TOO LOW FOR ZERO)
Words and Music by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Davey Johnstone - Electric Guitar (clean)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Davey Johnstone - Electric Guitar (clean)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Davey Johnstone - Electric Guitar (distorted)'
Intro
Q=176(8=s8)
Bbm Ebm F Gb Ab
4/4
Gtr I
H. +E E +H. +E E +W Q E E E E Q
||--13-------(13)-^14-|-(14)------(14)-13-|-(13)--------|------14---16------||
||o-14-------(14)-^16-|-(16)------(16)-13-|-(13)--------|------14---16-----o||
||--15-------(15)-^15-|-(15)------(15)-14-|-(14)--------|------15---17------||
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------|------------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| H. +E E +H. +E E +W Q E E E E Q
||---6--------(6)-^-6-|--(6)-------(6)----|-------------|-------------------||
||o--6--------(6)-^-7-|--(7)-------(7)-10-|-(10)--------|-------7----9-----o||
||---6--------(6)-^-8-|--(8)-------(8)-10-|-(10)--------|-------6----8------||
||---8--------(8)-^-8-|--(8)-------(8)-10-|-(10)--------|-------8---10------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------|------------------o||
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E +E E E E E Q +Q E E
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-----3---5pb7r(5)-3---|-3---3--(3)--3----|
|-3h5---5------------5-|---------------5--|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|
| H E +E E E E E Q +Q E E
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|---------5pb7r(5)-3---|-3---3--(3)----8--|
|--------------------5-|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----8--------8-------|-------------10-------|
|----------------------|----10----------------|
|--8-------8--(8)----8S|=10------10-(10)---10S|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E
|----11-------11-------|----13-------13-------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-12------12-(12)---12S|=14------14-(14)---14S|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----11-------11-------|----13-------13--------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-12------12-(12)---12S|=13------13-(13)---13--|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E
|----15-------15-------|-------------------13--|
|----------------------|----13-------13--------|
|-15------15-(15)---10S|=12------12-(12)-------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &
E E Q E E E E +E E E +E Q Q
|----------------------------|------18-----------------|
|-----15S=13---11------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------17b19==|=(17)----17r(17)-15\-----|
|-15-(15)S13-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------x--------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +E E E +E Q Q
|-18--18S=15---13------------|------18-----------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------17b19==|=(17)----17r(17)-15\-----|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Outro
&
Bb W W W W
||--^13--------|----------|----------|------|
||o-^15--------|----------|----------|------|
||--^15--------|----------|----------|------|
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
||o------------|----------|----------|------|
||-------------|----------|----------|------|
1.
W W W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------||
Chorus
2.
$
$$
W Bbm7 H. +E E +W Fm7 W
|----------||-------------------|-------------|--8----|
|----------||--9--------(9)-^-9-|--(9)--------|--6----|
|----------||--6--------(6)-^-6-|--(6)--------|--8----|
|----------||--6--------(6)-^-6-|--(6)--------|--6----|
|----------||--8--------(8)-^-8-|--(8)--------|-------|
|----------||-------------------|-------------|-------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H. +E E +W W
|----------||-13-------(13)-^13-|-(13)--------|-13----|
|----------||-14-------(14)-^14-|-(14)--------|-13----|
|----------||-13-------(13)-^13-|-(13)--------|-13----|
|----------||-15-------(15)-^15-|-(15)--------|-13----|
|----------||-13-------(13)-^13-|-(13)--------|-11----|
|----------||-------------------|-------------|-------|
W Ebm7 W W Gbmaj7 W
|--8--------|-^9--------|-^9--------|--9--------------|
|--6--------|-^7--------|-^7--------|--7--------------|
|--8--------|-^6--------|-^6--------|--6--------------|
|--6--------|-^8--------|-^8--------|--8--------------|
|-----------|-^6--------|-^6--------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
|
| W W W q q q q
|-13--------|-11--------|-11--------|-----------------|
|-13--------|-11--------|-11--------|-11--11--11--11--|
|-13--------|-11--------|-11--------|-11--11--11--11--|
|-13--------|-11--------|-11--------|-11--11--11--11--|
|-11--------|-13--------|-13--------|--9---9---9---9--|
|-----------|-11--------|-11--------|-----------------|
Ab W Bbm7 W W Fm7 W
|--8--------------|--6--------|--6--------|--8----|
|--9--------------|--9--------|--9--------|--6----|
|--8--------------|--6--------|--6--------|--8----|
|--6--------------|--8--------|--8--------|--6----|
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
|
| q q q q W W W
|-----------------|-13--------|-13--------|-13----|
|-13--13--13--13--|-14--------|-14--------|-13----|
|-13--13--13--13--|-13--------|-13--------|-13----|
|-13--13--13--13--|-15--------|-15--------|-13----|
|-11--11--11--11--|-13--------|-13--------|-11----|
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
W Ebm7 W W F7 W
|--8--------|-^9--------|-^9--------|-^-8----|
|--6--------|-^7--------|-^7--------|-^10----|
|--8--------|-^6--------|-^6--------|-^-8----|
|--6--------|-^8--------|-^8--------|-^10----|
|-----------|-^6--------|-^6--------|-^-8----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
|
| W W W W
|-13--------|-11--------|-11--------|--------|
|-13--------|-11--------|-11--------|--13----|
|-13--------|-11--------|-11--------|--14----|
|-13--------|-11--------|-11--------|--13----|
|-11--------|-13--------|-13--------|--------|
|-----------|-11--------|-11--------|--13----|
To Dbl. Coda
Q E Gb E E Ab E E Bbm7 E +W Ebm7 H. +E F7 E +H. +E E
|--------------------|-------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-------7----9---11--|-(11)--------|-11-------(11)-10-|-(10)------(10)-10--|
|-------6----8---10--|-(10)--------|-11-------(11)--8-|--(8)-------(8)--8--|
|-------8---10---11--|-(11)--------|-11-------(11)-10-|-(10)------(10)-10--|
|--------------------|-------------|------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +W H. +E E +H. +E E
|-------9---11---13--|-(13)--------|-11-------(11)-11-|-(11)------(11)-11--|
|------11---13---14--|-(14)--------|-11-------(11)-10-|-(10)------(10)-10--|
|------11---13---13--|-(13)--------|-11-------(11)--8-|--(8)-------(8)--8--|
|------11---13---15--|-(15)--------|-11-------(11)-10-|-(10)------(10)-10--|
|-------9---11---13--|-(13)--------|-13-------(13)--8-|--(8)-------(8)--8--|
|--------------------|-------------|-11-------(11)----|--------------------|
Gb Ab Bbm7 Ebm7
+Q E E E E E E +H. +E E
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-(10)-----7----9---11-|-(11)------(11)-11-|
|--(8)-----6----8---10-|-(10)------(10)-11-|
|-(10)-----8---10---11-|-(11)------(11)-11-|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|
| +Q E E E E E E +H. +E E
|-(11)-----9---11---13-|-(13)------(13)-11-|
|-(10)----11---13---14-|-(14)------(14)-11-|
|--(8)----11---13---13-|-(13)------(13)-11-|
|-(10)----11---13---15-|-(15)------(15)-11-|
|--(8)-----9---11---13-|-(13)------(13)-13-|
|----------------------|----------------11-|
+H. +E F7 E +H. +E E
|-----------------8-|--(8)-------(8)--8-|
|-(11)------(11)-10-|-(10)------(10)-10-|
|-(11)------(11)--8-|--(8)-------(8)--8-|
|-(11)------(11)----|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| +H. +E E +H. +E E
|-(11)------(11)--8-|--(8)-------(8)--8-|
|-(11)------(11)-10-|-(10)------(10)-10-|
|-(11)------(11)--8-|--(8)-------(8)--8-|
|-(11)------(11)-10-|-(10)------(10)-10-|
|-(13)------(13)--8-|--(8)-------(8)--8-|
|-(11)------(11)----|-------------------|
3rd Verse
To Coda
+Q E E E E Q Bb W W W
|--(8)-----6----8----||--6--------|----------|------|
|-(10)-----7----9----||--6--------|----------|------|
|--(8)-----6----8----||--7--------|----------|------|
|--------------------||--8--------|----------|------|
|--------------------||-----------|----------|------|
|--------------------||-----------|----------|------|
|
| +Q E E E E Q W W W
|--(8)-----9---11----||-13--------|----------|------|
|-(10)----11---13----||-15--------|----------|------|
|--(8)----11---13----||-15--------|----------|------|
|-(10)----11---13----||-15--------|----------|------|
|--(8)-----9---11----||-13--------|----------|------|
|--------------------||-----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
D.S. al Coda
W W W
|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|-------||
Guitar Solo
&
N.C.
Gtr III ~ Q E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------3-----|-5pb7r(5)-3---3--3---| |-3--3-----3h5---(5)-|------------5--------| |--------------------|---------------------| |------(6)-----------|---------------------| Bbm7Gtr I Ebm7 F7
W H. +E E
||------------|--------------------|
||o-11--------|-^11-------(11)-10--|
||--10--------|-^11-------(11)--8--|
||--11--------|-^11-------(11)-10--|
||o-----------|--------------------|
||------------|--------------------|
|
| W H. +E E
||--13--------|--11-------(11)-11--|
||o-14--------|--11-------(11)-10--|
||--13--------|--11-------(11)--8--|
||--15--------|--11-------(11)-10--|
||o-13--------|--13-------(13)--8--|
||------------|--11-------(11)-----|
+H. +E E +Q E Gb E E Ab E E Bbm7 E 5x
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-(10)------(10)-10-|-(10)-----7----9---11-o||
|--(8)-------(8)--8-|--(8)-----6----8---10--||
|-(10)------(10)-10-|-(10)-----8---10---11--||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|
| +H. +E E +Q E E E E E E 5x
|-(11)------(11)-11-|-(11)-----9---11---13--||
|-(10)------(10)-10-|-(10)----11---13---14-o||
|--(8)-------(8)--8-|--(8)----11---13---13--||
|-(10)------(10)-10-|-(10)----11---13---15--||
|--(8)-------(8)--8-|--(8)-----9---11---13-o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
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