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THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1965 Album OUT OF OUR HEADS)
Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Jones - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=100(8=s8)
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E E Q Q Q E E
|-----------2s|==4--4---4---3---2---|
|-------------|---------------------|
|-----------2s|==4--4---4---3---2---|
|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |--3--|
| W Q Q Q E E E
|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-/2--2--/2--/2-------|
|-------------|---------------0---1-|
|-------------|---------------------|
2/4 4/4
|-3-|
+Q. E Q Q E Q. Q Q E E E E E
|-(2)-----2s4---2---|-----------|------/4-------4---2---|
|-------------------|--4-4------|-/5--------------------|
|-(2)-----2s4---2---|-----------|------/4-----4---4-2-2-|
|-------------------|--4--------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| H Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------|-----------------------|
|-----------2--/2---|-----------|--2-2--------0-1-2-----|
|--2tr1-------------|-/2----2-2-|-------0-1-2-------0---|
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------0-|
Harmonica Solo
Q E E +H EQ Q a Q E E
|--0--/4s==2---(2)--------||-0---0-----0-------|
|-/5----------------------||-0---2-----0-------|
|-----/4s==2---(2)--------||-1---2---0h1-----5S|
|-------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------|
|
| PM-----------------
| |--3--| |-3-|
| Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------2---------||-------------------|
|--2----------------0-1-2-||-------------------|
|------0-1---2------------||-2-2-2-2---2-2-4-0-|
|-------------------------||-0-0-4-0---0-0-0---|
AE Q. +Q Q E Q Q Q E E
|---5------(5)-------|--0--------0--------|
|---5------(5)-------|-/5-------/5--------|
|-6------------------|-----------------0--|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-|--------------------|
|-0-0--4-0--0--0-4-0-|--2-2-2-2--2-2-4-2--|
|--------------------|--0-0-4-0--0-0-0-0--|
E Q. +Q Q AQ Q E +Q.
|---0------(0)-------|-----7------------------|
|---0------(0)-------|---------10b12-(10)-----|
|-1------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-2-2-2-2--5------5--4-2-|
|-2-2--2-2--2--2-4-2-|-0-0-4-0--0------0--0-0-|
|-0-0--4-0--0--0-0-0-|------------------------|
E
|--3--|
E +E E E +Q S +S E Q E E E E E E E
|------------7----------------------------|-----2-0---0---------|
|-10b12-(10)---10b12r(10)---10pb12r(10)-9-|-----2-0-0-----0-----|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------2-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------2-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--2------2--2--2------5--5--4----------2-|---------------------|
|--0------0--4--0------0--0--0----------0-|-2-2-2-2-2---2---4-2-|
|-----------------------------------------|-0-0-4-0-0---0---0-0-|
B
~
|--3---|
S +E. +E +E H E E E E +E E. +S +E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-7b9==(7)---(7)r(7)-5-------|--------5-7b8==(7)-7r===(7)-(7)-7b8==|
|----------------------------|-4-6---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|----------------------------|-7-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----10--------------10--------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2--------2--2---2--2-2-4-2-|-------------------------------------|
|-0--------0--4---0--0-0-0-0-|-7--------7--------7---------7-------|
A E
|---3---| |----3----|
+Q Q S +S E E Q H E +E S +S E E
|------------------------|-------------------------------0--|
|-(7)---7--7r(7)-5---5---|-5---------7b9==(7)--7r(7)-5------|
|------------------6-----|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E Q Q E E Q E E E E E E
|--5---------------------|-0--------------------------------|
|-----8--------------5h8-|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----/2-/2--------0-----------0----|
|------------------------|----------/2--------/2------------|
|--5----5--5---------5---|-0--------------------------------|
1st, 3rd & 4th Verses
$
$$
B7 E
Q E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------/4s2-(2)---------||-------0---0---0-|-------0---0---0-|-------0---0---0-|
|-/5--------------------||---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
|------/4s2-(2)---------||-1-1-2---1---2-1-|-1-1-2---1---2-1-|-1-1-2---1---2-1-|
|-----------------------||-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|
|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------|
| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------2----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------0----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----0-------2--2-------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--2--------------0-1-2-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------2-2-------------||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|
|-----------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------0---------|---5-7-5---5---5-|---5-7-5---5-----|-4-4-5-4-(4)--------|
|---0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-5-5-7-5---5---5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-2-0--|
|-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-|-6-6-7-6---6---6-|-6-6-7-6-6-6-7-6-|-4-4-6-4-(4)-1-2-1--|
|-2---2---2-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-|--------------------|
|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-2--2--2-4-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|
B7
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4-4-5-4-(4)-------|------------7-----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-2-0-|---7-9------7-----|
|-4-4-6-4-(4)-1-2-1-|-8-8-9-8--------6-|
|-------------------|-9---9---9--------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|
| PM--------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------10-----|
|-------------0-2-0-|---8--------------|
|-------------0-2-0-|------------------|
|-2-2-4-2--2--------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--------|-7---7---7----7---|
To Coda
A7 E
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|-----------5---------|----4-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-2---|
|---5-7-----5---------|----0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---6-7-6-------------|----4-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-2---|
|-7---7---7-----------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|
| |-3--| |-3-|
| E E Q E E +E E E Q E E Q E E E
|-----------------5---|--------------------------|
|---5-------8-(8)-----|--------------------------|
|-------------------0-|--------------------------|
|---------------------|----2---2-----------0-1---|
|---------------------|------------2-----2-------|
|-5---5---5-----------|-0------------------------|
2nd Verse
B7 E
|-3-| |--3--|
E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-4-4---4-2---------||-------0---0---0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---------||---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
|-1-1-1-4-4---4-2---------||-1-1-2---1---2-1-|
|-------------------------||-2---2---2---2---|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|
| PM---------------
| |-3-|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------0-------||-----------------|
|-----------------2-------||-----------------|
|-2-----------------0-1-2-||-----------------|
|-------0---1---2---------||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------0---0---0-|-------0---0---0--|
|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0--|
|-1-1-2---1---2-1-|-1-1-2---1---2-1--|
|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2----|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|
|---------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------0---------|---5-7-5---5---5-|---5-7-5---5-----|-4-4-5-4-(4)--------|
|---0-2-0-3-0-2-0-|-5-5-7-5---5---5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-2-0--|
|-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-|-6-6-7-6---6---6-|-6-6-7-6-6-6-7-6-|-4-4-6-4-(4)-1-2-1--|
|-2---2---2-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-|--------------------|
|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-|-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-4-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-2--2--2-4-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|
B7
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4-4-5-4-(4)-------|------------7-----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-0-2-0-|---7-9------7-----|
|-4-4-6-4-(4)-1-2-1-|-8-8-9-8--------6-|
|-------------------|-9---9---9--------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|
| PM--------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------10-----|
|-------------0-2-0-|---8--------------|
|-------------0-2-0-|------------------|
|-2-2-4-2--2--------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--------|-7---7---7----7---|
To Dbl. Coda
A7 E
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|-----------5----------|----4-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-2--|
|---5-7-----5----------|----0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---6-7-6--------------|----4-4---4-4-4-4-2-2-2--|
|-7---7---7------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| |-3--| |-3-|
| E E Q E E +E E E Q E E Q E E E
|-----------------5----|-------------------------|
|---5-------8-(8)------|-------------------------|
|-------------------0--|-------------------------|
|----------------------|----2---2-----------0-1--|
|----------------------|------------2-----2------|
|-5---5---5------------|-0-----------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
B7 E B7
|-3-| |--3--|
E E E E E E H E E Q Q Q
|-0-0-0-4-4---4-2----------||-0-0-/4-----\2---2-----||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----------||-----------------------||
|-1-1-1-4-4---4-2----------||-1---/4-----\2---2-----||
|--------------------------||-----------------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------------||
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------||-----------------------||
|-----------------0--------||-------------0---------||
|-----------------2--------||-------------2---------||
|-2-----------------0-1-2--||-2-2-------------0-1-2-||
|-------0---1---2----------||------0-1-2----2-------||
|--------------------------||-----------------------||
Guitar Solo
E
E E E +E E E E +E
|-12---------------12-----------------|
|----15---------------15--------------|
|-------14b16-(14)-------14pb16r(14)--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--2--2--4------2---2--2--4-------2---|
|--0--0--0------0---0--0--0-------0---|
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E
|-12---------------12----------------|-12---------------12----------------|
|----15---------------15-------------|----15---------------15-------------|
|-------14b16-(14)-------14pb16r(14)-|-------14b16-(14)-------14pb16r(14)-|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--2--2--4------2---5--2--4-------2--|--2--2--4------2---5--2--4-------2--|
|--0--0--0------0---0--0--0-------0--|--0--0--0------0---0--0--0-------0--|
A
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E S E. Q S S E E +E E E
|-12------------12------------12------------12-------|-------------------------|
|----15------------15------------15------------15----|---------5-7b9-(7)-7-5---|
|---------14b16---------14b16---------14b16----------|-----4h6-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-2-2-2---2-2----2--4-2---|
|--2----2--------4----2--------5----2--------4-----2-|-0-0-4---0-0----0--0-0---|
|--0----0--------0----0--------0----0--------0-----0-|-------------------------|
E
|-----3------| |--3--|
+Q S S E E +E S +S E E H E +E E E E
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(5)-------5-7b9-(7)-7pb9r(7)-5-----|-5-------7b9-(7)-7-5-----|
|-------4h6------------------------6-|-----------------------6-|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2--2-2---2-2----2--4----------2---|-------------------------|
|--0--0-4---0-0----0--0----------0---|-2-2-4-2-2----2--4---2---|
|------------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0----0--0---0---|
e e E E +Q S S E B7Q Q H
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5---5-(5)-------5-|-7b9====7--7r-------|
|---------------4h6---|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|
|-------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------10----|
|-------------0-2---0-|------8-------------|
|-------------0-2---0-|--------------------|
|-2-2-4-2--2----------|--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0----------|-7------7--7-----7--|
A7
|----3----|
Q Q S +S E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|-7b9====7--7r(7)-5------5----5---|
|---------------------6-----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| |--3---|
| E E Q E E +E E E
|---------------------------5-----|
|------5------------8---(8)-------|
|-------------------------------0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5------5--5---------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E B7
|----3-----|
+Q S S E E +E S +S E E Q E E +H
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|-(5)------5-7b9-(7)-7pb9r(7)-5---|-5-------------------||
|------4h6----------------------6-|----4-4-(4)----------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|
| |----3-----| |-3-|
| Q E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------0--------||
|---------------------------------|------------2--------||
|------2---2------------------0-1-|-2------------0-1-2--||
|------------2-------2------------|----0-1--2-----------||
|--0------------------------------|---------------------||
Outro
&&
EQ E E B7 +H E W
|-----/4s==2---(2)------|--0-----*|
|-0---------------------|--------*|
|-----/4s==2---(2)------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|
| |--3--|
| E E E E E Q Q +W
|---------------0---0---|-(0)----*|
|---------------0---0---|-(0)----*|
|---------------0---0h1-|-(1)----*|
|-2-2-------------------|--------*|
|------0-1---2----------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
H Q E E +W
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