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Tubular Bells Part One by Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells Part One
Tuning: E A D G B E
[0:00]
Intro, piano tab for guitar: (yeah, whatever... Everyone wants it...)
e|-0-5-0-7-0-3h5-0-8-10-7h8-|-0-5-0-7-0-3h5-0-8-10-7h8-8-|
B|--------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------|
[0:50]
The bass comes in:
G|------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------2---2--|------3h5--------------|
A|0-0---0----0h2h3---3----|-----------5h7---------|
E|------------------------|-3-3-----------8-7-3h5-|
[1:02]
There's that piano playing an E, which you would play this way on a guitar:
e|---7---|
B|---9---|
G|---9---|
D|---9---|
A|---7---|
E|-------|
[1:38]
Then there are some piano leaks...Well you'd better buy a piano for these.
Keep playing that.
[2:55]
Flute! Anyway it sounds great on the guitar
(Actually, he did play this part on a guitar, on Tubular Bells II, in Sentinel)
e|--------------------10-10/12----|--------------------------|
B|---------------10h12---------10-|----13h15-13-12-----------|
G|-9-9---9h11h12------------------|-12------------12h14-14---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
e|----------13-15--------15-|----------------------||
B|-13h15-13-----------------|-13h15-13-12----------||
G|----------------12-12-----|-------------12--9--9-|| And repeat
D|--------------------------|----------------------||
A|--------------------------|----------------------||
E|--------------------------|----------------------||
[3:39]
I would say it's two guitars (Strats?) playing at the same time,
not quite sure... Anyway, this is how you play it:
e|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------13-12--------------------|
G|-----------------------9-12-|---------------------11h14p11----------|
D|-10-12--14p12p10-12-13------|--13-12-11-10-----------------13-12-11-| And repeat!
A|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
[4:05]
Played with a guitar and a mandolin:
(To sound like a mandolin, pick really fast, it will do the trick)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-12--10-12-10-12--14---12--14p12p10 12--14-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Then: (Same as above, one tone lower)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-10--8-10--8--10--12-10--12p10p8--8-10--12-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
And there's that electric guitar coming in at 4:15:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4///16-16-16-16b18-16b18-|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
And the mandolin goes:
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-14--12-14-12-14--16--14--16p14p12--14--16-|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
[4:46]
Here comes the acoustic guitar:
e|-----------------------------5-- 4-4h5-5-5-5-5/9---7/11-11--------5---4----|
B|-------------4--5---5-5-5--7---7-----------------9----------7-7-7---7---5--|
G|-4-4-4--4--6---------------------------------------------------------------| And repeat...
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[5:18]
I've found a nice way to play it with a guitar, so I'm posting it if you're interested:
(You can play it sliding, it sounds quite good too)
e|--9h11--11p9--9h11--11h14-|--14p9--9p7--7h9--9h14--|--|
B|--------------------------|------------------------| |
G|--------------------------|------------------------| |
D|--------------------------|------------------------| |
A|--------------------------|------------------------| |
E|--------------------------|------------------------| |
|(x2)
e|-14p11--11p9--9h11--11h14-|--14p11-----------------| |
B|--------------------------|------------------------| |
G|--------------------------|------------------------| |
D|--------------------------|------------------------| |
A|--------------------------|------------------------| |
E|--------------------------|------------------------|--|
[6:07]
[Solo]
e|-0--------------------0-----------0-------5--4h5p4-0-|----------|
B|---3-1-3-1-0---0--1--3------3-1-3---3-1-0------------| |
G|-------------2---------------------------------------| |
D|-----------------------------------------------------| |
A|-----------------------------------------------------| |
E|-----------------------------------------------------| |
|
e|------0------0------0------0----------------------------------| |
B|-4p3p0--4p3p0--4p3p0--4p3p0---3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-3p2-| |
G|--------------------------------------------------------------| |
D|--------------------------------------------------------------| |(x2)
A|--------------------------------------------------------------| |
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| |
|
e|-0-------0-----5-5/7-7-| |
B|---2-3-4---4-4---------| |
G|-----------------------| |
D|-----------------------| |
A|-----------------------| |
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|----------------------9-7--|---------------------13-12-10-13-12-10-| --|
B|---------------------------|--------8-8/10-10-13-------------------| |
G|--------------------6----8-|-7-9-10--------------------------------| |
D|-----1-2-4-4/6-6-9---------|---------------------------------------| |
A|---4-----------------------|---------------------------------------| |
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------------| |
|(x2)
e|----16------------15-------|----------------------20-20b-| |
B|-16b--18-16b---15b--17-15b-|-20-17-18-19-20-17-17--------| |
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------| |
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------| |
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------| |
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------| ------------|
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| / Slide up
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Section begins at 24:52 of part one
[Outro]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-3-----3-----3---|-2-----2-----2---|-0-------------0-|-4-----0-2-------|
G|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----2-----2-|---1---1-----1---|---1-------2---2-|
D|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-----2-------2---|
A|-0---------------|-0---------------|---------2-------|---------0-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|----------------2|-----------0p2---|
B|-0-------------0-|-4-------------0-|-3-------------3-|-3---3-3---------|
G|---1---1-----1---|---1---1-----1---|---4---4------4--|---4-----4-----4-|
D|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-----4-----4-4---|-------4---4-----|
A|---------2-------|---------2-------|-2---------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|-0---------------|---------2-------|-----------------|
e|-0-------------0-|-4-----0h4p0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---0---0-----0---|---0---------0---0-|-3-----3-----3---|-2-----2-----2---|
G|-----1-----1-----|-----1---------1---|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----2-----2-|
D|---------2-------|-------------------|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
E|-0---------------|-0-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-------------------|-4---5-------4---|-------------------|-4---5-------4---|
B|-5---7---4h5---5---|---------7-------|-5---7---4h5---5---|---------7-------|
G|---4---4-----4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4-----4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-0-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
e|-------------------|-4---5-------5---|-4----4-4------4-4-|--4-4--4--4-----|
B|-5---7---4h5---5---|---------7-------|-------------------|----------------|
G|---4---4-----4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|-4------4--------4-|----4--4--4-----|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
e|--4-4------4-4-----|---4--------4----|
B|-------------------|-----------5-----|
G|--4-4------4-4-----|---4------4------|
D|-------------------|---------6-------|
A|-------------------|--------7--------|
E|-------------------|-------0---------|
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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