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LONG TALL SALLY
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 1)
Words and Music by Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman & Robert Blackwell
Arranged by The Beatles
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
1st, 2nd & 3rd Verses
Q=170
$
G
4/4
Gtr I
W H E Q. H E Q.
|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------||o--------3-----|--------3------|
|----------||---------5b7---|--------5b7----|
|----------||---------------|---------------|
|----------||o--------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|
W E Q +E +E E Q C E E q q E E
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|----------|---3-----(3)----(3)-------|---------------------|
|----------|---5pb7r=(5)b7==(5)r------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|-10-10-12--13--12-10-|
|----------|--------------------------|--8--8--8---8---8--8-|
+E E q q q GE E q q E E +E E q q q DE E q q q
|---------------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|-(10)-10-12--13--10--|-5-5-7--8--7-5-|-(5)-5-7--8--5--|---15-14--15--14--|
|--(8)--8--8---8---8--|-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-(3)-3-3--3--3--|---10-10--10--10--|
To Coda
E E q q q G E E q q E E
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---13-12--13--12--|--5--5--7---------8---------7--5------|
|----8--8---8---8--|--3--3--3---------3---------3--3------|
|
| Gtr II
| W E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|-11-13-13b15==13r13-13pb15r13-13pb15--|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo 1
1. 2.
D7Q E E +E E Q D7 E E E E E E E E G E E q q Q
|------------------||-------------------------||--------------------|
|------3-(3)-3----o||-------------------------||-----6-5---3--------|
|------5-(5)-5-----||-------------------------||--------------------|
|------4-(4)-4-----||-------------------------||--------------------|
|----5-5-(5)-5----o||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||--------------------|
|------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||--------------------|
|
| W E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-----7--7--7--7--7--7----||-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------o||-----6--6--6--6--6--6----||-5s6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|------------------||-----7--7--7--7--7--7----||-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|------------------||-------------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------o||-------------------------||--------------------|
|------------------||-------------------------||--------------------|
E E q q Q E E q q Q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----6-5---3-------|-----6-5-----3---------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| a E E E E E E E E a E E E a E E E a E E
|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-|
|-5s6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6-5s6-6-|
|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
E E q q Q C E E Q Q E E
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----6-5---3-------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|-10-10-12---13---12-10--|
|-------------------|--8--8--8----8----8--8--|
|
| a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-6s7-7-7-7---------|------------------------|
|-5s6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|------------------------|
|-6s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7s|==5--3----3-------3--5--|
|-------------------|--------5------5--------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
E E q q q GE E q q E E
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-10-10-12---13---10---|-5-5-7---8---7-5-|
|--8--8--8----8----8---|-3-3-3---3---3-3-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------3----3------3-|-5-3-----5-------|
|--3--5----5----5--6---|-----6-5-3---3---|
|----------------------|-----------5-----|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
+E E q q q DE E q q q
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|-(5)--5-7---8----5--|---15-14---15---14------|
|-(3)--3-3---3----3--|---10-10---10---10------|
|
| Q E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|--------3-----------|------------------------|
|--------3---3-------|-------3----3-3----5b7==|
|--5b7-----5-3-------|-3-----3----3------5b7==|
|--------------------|-3--5----5--------------|
|--------------5-----|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E C E q q q G E E q q q D7 E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
|------13-12---13---12------|--5---5-7---8---7---|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12--||
|-------8--8----8----8------|--3---3-3---3---3---|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10--||
|
| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E +H
|----------------------3----|-(3)----3-----------|----------------------------||
|-(5)r-----5-5--3----3-3----|-(3)----3---------3-|-(3)--------3-(3)-----------||
|-(5)r-----5-5--3----3-5b7==|=(5)r-----5-3-----3-|-(3)--------5-(5)-----------||
|-----------------5---------|--------------5-----|------------4-(4)-----------||
|---------------------------|--------------------|------------5-(5)-----------||
|---------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
D7 Q E E E E E E G Q. E Q Q
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--4--------4-------4------|
|--------------------------------||--5--------5-------5------|
|-12-----12------12--12-12-12-12-||--5--------5-------5------|
|-10-----10------10--10-10-10-10-||--3--------3-------3------|
|
| |--3---| |---3---|
| Q E +E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------15-||-15-------------15---15---|
|-13b15--13pb15r(13)-------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||-----12-12---12-----------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------------------||--------------------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. Ab E Q A Q
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|--4--------4-------4----|--4-------5------6----|
|--5--------5-------5----|--5-------6------7----|
|--5--------5-------5----|--5-------6------7----|
|--3--------3-------3----|--3-------4------5----|
|
| |--3---| |---3---|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q E Q E E
|-15-------------15---15-|-15------16-----17----|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-----12-12---12---------|-----12-----13-----14-|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
+E Bb Q. B q q C E E q q E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(6)--7-------8----8----|-------------------------|
|--(7)--8-------9----9----|-------------------------|
|--(7)--8-------9----9----|-10-10-12--13------12-10-|
|--(5)--6-------7----7----|--8--8--8---8-------8--8-|
|
| +E E Q E Q E Q Q H
|------18------19------20-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(14)-----15-----16------|-17---------5b5.5--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+E E q q q GE E q q E E
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-(10)--10-12------13----10---|-5-5-7--8---7-5-|
|--(8)---8--8-------8-----8---|-3-3-3--3---3-3-|
|
| Q. E +E E E E q q E E E E
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|---5b6-----------------------|------------3-5-|
|---5b6-------5pb6r(5)-3------|--------3-5-----|
|-------------------------5---|-5---5----------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
+E E q q q D E E q q q
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(5)-5-----7--8-----5------|-12--12-14---15---14---|
|-(3)-3-----3--3-----3------|-10--10-10---10---10---|
|
| |-3-|
| E Q. E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--3--6b6.5----3------------|-----------------------|
|----------------6-3--------|-----------------------|
|--------------------5-5pb6r|=(5)--3-------3----3---|
|---------------------------|---------5------5----5-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
C E E q q q GE E q q q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-10---10-12-----13----12---|---5-5-7------8------7--|
|--8----8--8------8-----8---|---3-3-3------3------3--|
|
| Q Q +E E E E a E Q a E +E E a Q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|--5b7-----5pb7r=(5)-3------|------------------------|
|-----------------------5---|-----0-----------0------|
|---------------------------|-3s5-----3s5-(5)---3s5--|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
Out-Chorus
D G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------|
|-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||-5-5--7-5-8--5-7-5-|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|
|
| E a Q E H Q E E E E Q
|---------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-----12-----12-----|
|---------------------------||-----12-----12-----|
|--0----------0-------------||-----12-----12-----|
|----3s=5-------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--5-5-7--5-8--5-7-5-|-5-5--7-5-8--5-7-5-|
|--3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|
|
| e e e e e e Q Q E E E E Q
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-12-----12---12-----|-----12-----12-----|
|-12-----12---12-----|-----12-----12-----|
|-12-----12---12-----|-----12-----12-----|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--5-5--7-5-8--5-7-5-|-10-10-12-10-13-10-12-10-|
|--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
| q q e e Q Q E E E E Q
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-12---12-----12-----|--------5--------5-------|
|-12---12-----12-----|--------5--------5-------|
|-12---12-----12-----|--------5--------5-------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-10-10-12-10-13-10-12-10-|-5-5--7-5-8--5-7-5-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|
|
| q q E E Q Q E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--5-----5--------5-------|-----12-----12-----|
|--5-----5--------5-------|-----12-----12-----|
|--5-----5--------5-------|-----12-----12-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--5-5--7-5-8--5-7-5-|-12-12-14-12-15-12-14-12-|
|--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
| q q e E Q Q E E E E Q
|--------------------|-------10-------10-------|
|-12---12-----12-----|-------13-------13-------|
|-12---12-----12-----|-------11-------11-------|
|-12---12-----12-----|-------10-------10-------|
|--------------------|-12----------------------|
|--------------------|-10----------------------|
C G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-10-10-12-10-13-10-12-10-|-5-5--7-5-8--5-7-5-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|
|
| Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q
|--------8--------8-------|-------------------|
|-------11-------11-------|-----12-----12-----|
|--------9--------9-------|-----12-----12-----|
|--------8--------8-------|-----12-----12-----|
|-10----------------------|-------------------|
|--8----------------------|-------------------|
Outro
D7 G
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||--------------------|
|--3---3-3-3--3-3-3-||--------------------|
|--5---5-5-5--5-5-5-||--------------------|
|--4---4-4-4--4-4-4-||--------------------|
|--5---5-5-5--5-5-5-||-5-5--7-5--8--5-7-5-|
|-------------------||-3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-|
|
| q q e E Q Q q E E Q
|-------------------||--------------------|
|-12--12-----12-----||-----12-------------|
|-12--12-----12-----||-----12---10-12-----|
|-12--12-----12-----||-----12---10-12-----|
|-------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------||--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--8--5-7-5-|--5-5--7-5--8--5-7-5-|
|--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-|
|
| q q E E Q q q E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-12---12-------------|-12---12-------------|
|-12---12---10-12-----|-12---12---10-12-----|
|-12---12---10-12-----|-12---12---10-12-----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--8--5-7-5-|-10-10-12-10-13-10-12-10-|
|--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
| q q E E Q Q q E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-12---12-------------|--------5----------------|
|-12---12---10-12-----|--------5-----3--5-------|
|-12---12---10-12-----|--------5-----3--5-------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-10-10-12-10-13-10-12-10-|--5-5--7-5--8--5-7-5-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-|
|
| q q E E Q q q E E Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|--5-----5----------------|-12---12-------------|
|--5-----5-----3--5-------|-12---12---10-12-----|
|--5-----5-----3--5-------|-12---12---10-12-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--5-5--7-5--8--5-7-5-|-12-12-14-12-15-12-14-12-|
|--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-3-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
| q q E E Q Q q E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-12---12-------------|--------7----------------|
|-12---12---10-12-----|--------7-----5--7-------|
|-12---12---10-12-----|--------7-----5--7-------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
C G G9
E E E E E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E Q +W
|-------------------------|----------------|-------------9s10--|-(10)----*|
|-------------------------|----------------|-------------9s10--|-(10)----*|
|-------------------------|----------------|-------3-----9s10--|-(10)----*|
|-------------------------|----------------|--3--5---5---8s=9--|--(9)----*|
|-10-10-12-10-13-10-12-10-|-5--------------|-------------9s10--|-(10)----*|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-3--------------|-------------------|---------*|
|
| q q E E Q E E Q E E E E +E E E E Q Q +W
|-------------------------|----------------|---------------10--|-(10)----*|
|--5-----5----------------|----------------|---------------10--|-(10)----*|
|--5-----5-----3--5-------|----------------|---------------10--|-(10)----*|
|--5-----5-----3--5-------|----------------|----------------9--|--(9)----*|
|-------------------------|---3s1--2---3-5-|-(5)-3-1-------10--|-(10)----*|
|-------------------------|----------------|---------3---------|---------*|
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