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Great Rock And Roll Swindle by Sex Pistols
Great Rock And Roll Swindle
Intro x2
D#5 A#5 C5 A#5 G#5
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---8---------------------------|
D|---8------8-----10---8---6-----|
A|---6------8-----10---8---6-----|
E|----------6------8---6---4-----|
D#5 A#5 D#5 A#5
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|---8------------6-----------|
D|---8------8-----6-----8-----|
A|---6------8-----8-----8-----|
E|----------6-----------6-----|
Verso x2
G#5 A#5
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|---6-----------8------|
A|---6-----------8------|
E|---4-----------6------|
People said... But the only notes...
D#5 A#5
The time is right to do it now
C5 A#5 G#5
The greatest rock and roll swindle
D#5 A#5 D#5 A#5
The time is right to do it now!!!
Verso 2
G#5
EMI said you're out of hands
and they gave us the boot
A#5
But they couldn't sack us just like that
without giving us the loot
Thank you kindly A&M
They said we were out of bounds
But that ain't bad for two weeks work
and 75.000 pounds
Verso 3
I just wanna play with my band
Are you good enough for me?
Hey boys, I'm the choosen one
Can't you fuckin see?
I'm a jealous god and I want everything
And I love you with a knife
I take you if yore ready for me
And I give you my life
Outro
D#5 C5 A#5
Rock and roll swindle!!!
Rock and roll swindle!!!
Rock and roll swindle!!!
D#5 A#5
Rock and roll!!!
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version 2
Tuning: Standard
Intro and Chorus.
e|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
G|-------------------|----------------------|------8--10--p--8-----8~---|
D|--8--8-------------|----------------------|--10---------------10------|
A|--6--6--10--10--8--|--10--10--8--8--6--6--|---------------------------|
E|---------8---8--6--|---8---8--6--6--4--4--|---------------------------|
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--8--8-----------------8--|--------------------------|
A|--6--6--10--10--8--10--6--|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
E|---------8---8--6---8-----|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
Verse.
e|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|--5\6--6--6--6--6--6--|--5\6--6--6--6--6--6--|--5\6--6--6--6--6--6--|
E|--3\4--4--4--4--4--4--|--3\4--4--4--4--4--4--|--3\4--4--4--4--4--4--|
e|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|--7\8--8--8--8--8--8--|--7\8--8--8--8--8--8--|--7\8--8--8--8--8--8--|
E|--5\6--6--6--6--6--6--|--5\6--6--6--6--6--6--|--5\6--6--6--6--6--6--|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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version 3
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
LEGEND:
s: slide
MAIN RIFF:
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8-8-8-8-------5-5-3-3----|
8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-3-3-6-6|
6-6-6-6-8-8-8-3-3-1-1-6-6|
--------6-6-6---------4-4|
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8-8-8-8-------5-8-8|
8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-8-8|
6-6-6-6-8-8-8-3-6-6|
--------6-6-6------|
The "They called us foul-mouthed yobs!" is right here:
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5s5-5-3s5-5|
3s5-5-3s5-5|
1s3-3-1s3-3| Play this for the first two lines before:
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7-7-7-7-7-7-3s5-5-3s5-5|
7-7-7-7-7-7-3s5-5-3s5-5|
5-5-5-5-5-5-1s3-3-1s3-3|
"But the only notes that really count..."
The above is played throughout the verse, with the playings of A5, F5 and G5. The chorus
then played, which is the main riff. The main riff is shown at the top of the page.
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