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Tuning: E A D G B E
WHAT TO DO
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)
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 - Acoustic Guitar'
Q=120(8=s8)
$
4/4 F
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W Q. E H
|----------|---------------------|
|----------|-/10-----------------|
|----------|----------10---------|
|----------|---------------------|
|----------|---------------------|
|----------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
| W E E E E E E E E
|----------|---1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------|---1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------|---2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------|---3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------|---3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------|---1--1-1--1-1-1-1-1-|
Chorus
Bb C
Q E E +H W
||------6-6-(6)-------|-^5----------------------|
||o-----6-6-(6)-------|-^5----------------------|
||------7-7-(7)-------|-^5----------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
||o-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
||--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
||--8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||o-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||--6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
FW W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Bb W C W
|-^3---------------|-^5----------------------||
|-^3---------------|-^5----------------------||
|-^3---------------|-^5----------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
1st - 3rd Verses
Bb
Q E E +E Q E Q E E E E Q
|-----6-6-(6)-6---10-|-----------------|
|-----6-6-(6)-6---11-|-----9---6-------|
|-----7-7-(7)-7------|-----7-7-7-------|
|--------------------|-----------8-----|
|-8------------------|-----------------|
|-6------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-6-6-6-6--6--6-6--6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6-6-6-6--6--6-6--6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7--7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-8-8-8-8--8--8-8--8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8--8--8-8--8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-6-6--6--6-6--6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
C
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E Q
|-----------8-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------11-|-(11)----10--8-------------|
|-----9-----------9-----9-|--(9)----10--8--9----------|
|-------------------------|------------------10-------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|---8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|---8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|---9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|---8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
Dm
Q E E +E E E E +Q. E +E E E E
|-------------5---5-|-(5)------------5-----|
|-------6-(6)-----6-|-(6)------------------|
|-------7-(7)-----7-|-(7)-----/7-(7)---5-5-|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5-5-|
|-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--6--6-6--6--6--6-6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5-5-|
|-------------------|----------------------|
Q. E +E Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------6-(6)-6---6-|-------------------------|
|--------6-(6)-6---6-|-------------------------|
|--------7-(7)-7---7-|-14--0-12--0-10-12--9-10-|
|-8------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-6--6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-6--6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-8--8-8-8--8--8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-8--8-8-8--8--8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-6--6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
1. 2.
To Coda
F
W W E E Q E E +Q
|------------------|------------------||-------------------||
|------------------|-----------------o||-----------3-(3)---||
|------------------|------------------||-----------3-(3)---||
|------------------|------------------||-3-3-------3-(3)---||
|------------------|-----------------o||-------------------||
|------------------|------------------||-------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-||
Bridge
F
E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------3-(3)---|-----------3-(3)---|
|-----------3-(3)---|-----------3-(3)---|
|-3-3-------3-(3)---|-3-3-------3-(3)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------3-(3)---|-----------3-(3)---|
|-----------3-(3)---|-----------3-(3)---|
|-3-3-------3-(3)---|-3-3-------3-(3)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
E E Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------3-(3)---|-----------3-(3)---|
|-----------3-(3)---|-----------3-(3)---|
|-3-3-------3-(3)---|-3-3-------3-(3)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-|
BbE Q E +E Q. C Q E E +H
|-------6-(6)-3------|--------5--5-(5)----------|
|-3-3---3-(3)-3------|--------5--5-(5)----------|
|-3-3---3-(3)-3------|--------5--5-(5)----------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-6-6-6-6--6--6--6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8-|
|-6-6-6-6--6--6--6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8-|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7-|--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9-|
|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|-8-8-8-8--8--8--8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|-6-6-6-6--6--6--6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8---8--8--8-|
D.S. al Coda &
F F
W W E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|------------------||------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||-----------3------||
|-----------------|------------------||-----------3------||
|-----------------|------------------||-----------3------||
|-----------------|------------------||------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||-1-1-1-1-1--------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-||
Outro
F
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------3-----|-----------3-----|-----------3-----|-----------3------o||
||------------3-----|-----------3-----|-----------3-----|-----------3-------||
||------------3-----|-----------3-----|-----------3-----|-----------3-------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--1-1-1-1-1-------|-1-1-1-1-1-------|-1-1-1-1-1-------|-1-1-1-1-1---------||
|
| E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E 4x
||--1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1---||
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--o||
||--1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---1---||
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