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Rock Candy by Montrose
Rock Candy
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
D A 4x
e||-----------------------------2-------||
B||-----------------------------3---2---||
G||*----------------------------2---2--*||
D||*-----2----------2-------2---0---2--*||
A||---------------2-----------------0---||
E||-0-3b----0-3-4------0-3b-------------||
[Verse]
E E repeat thru chorus
e||---------0-----------------------0-----------------||
B||---------0------3----------------0-----------------||
G||*--------1---/4---4/2p0----------1----------------*||
D||*--------2--------------2--------2-------------0--*||
A||---------2-----------------------2---------0-2-----||
E||---0--0--0-----------------0--0--0---0-3-4---------||
the chorus is equally simple:
A E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------0-|
B|---------------2---2-------3----3-----5----5-----3----3---------0-|
G|---------------2---2--------------------------------------------1-|
D|---------------2---2-------4----4-----5----5-----4----4---------2-|
A|---------------0---0-----0----0-0---0----0-0---0----0-0---------2-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------3b-0-0-0-|
Lord! Oh, yeah.
When you need a friend through thick and thin
Don't look to those above you.
When you're down and out, ain't no doubt
Nobody wants you.
But you're rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky.
Rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky.
When you're seventeen reachin' for your dreams
Don't let no one reach it for you.
Pull up your pants,
Stretch out take a chance.
If it can be done, you can do it.
| b Bend
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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version 2
D A 4x
||-----------------------------2-------||
||-----------------------------3---2---||
||*----------------------------2---2--*||
||*-----2----------2-------2---0---2--*||
||---------------2-----------------0---||
||-0-3b----0-3-4------0-3b-------------||
(verse) E E repeat thru chorus
||---------0-----------------------0-----------------||
||---------0------3----------------0-----------------||
||*--------1---/4---4/2p0----------1----------------*||
||*--------2--------------2--------2-------------0--*||
||---------2-----------------------2---------0-2-----||
||---0--0--0-----------------0--0--0---0-3-4---------||
^----------^ ^----------^
* *
the riffs above marked with a (*) are the first two used
in the tune. i'm not going to do a bar for bar, note for note
transcription here. this is an excellent tune for aspiring
rockers to experiment with licks in the open position, key
of E. some other ideas you might try:
|--3p0----------|---------------|---------3---|
|------3p0------|---------------|-----3-----5-|
|----------2-0--|---------------|-2/4---4-----|
|---------------|-2p0-----------|-------------|
|---------------|-----2-1-0-----|-------------|
|---------------|-----------3b--|-------------|
etc. just pick the open E string twice, strum up on an
open E chord, and play a lick. with a little sinceriy
and a heckuva lotta tone, something as simple as this
has sold lots of records. stepping down from my soapbox-
the chorus is equally simple:
A E
|----------------------------------------------------------------0-|
|---------------2---2-------3----3-----5----5-----3----3---------0-|
|---------------2---2--------------------------------------------1-|
|---------------2---2-------4----4-----5----5-----4----4---------2-|
|---------------0---0-----0----0-0---0----0-0---0----0-0---------2-|
|---------------------------------------------------------3b-0-0-0-|
You're Rock Candy baby...
Lord! Oh, yeah.
When you need a friend through thick and thin
Don't look to those above you.
When you're down and out, ain't no doubt
Nobody wants you.
But you're rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky.
Rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky.
When you're seventeen reachin' for your dreams
Don't let no one reach it for you.
Pull up your pants,
Stretch out take a chance.
If it can be done, you can do it.
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version 3
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ronnie Montrose - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ronnie Montrose - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Ronnie Montrose - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=78
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II (El. Gtrs. w/ dist.)
W W W H Q E E
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------12\--|
D5A5
E E E E S S S S S E. E E E E Q S E.
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------3----|
|--------------------------|----------------2-2--|
|---------2-------------2--|---------2------0-2--|
|---------------------2----|------------------0--|
|-0-3b3.5-------0-3-4------|-0-3b3.5-------------|
|
| Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| W W
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
N.C. D5A5
E E E E S S S S S E. E E E E Q S E.
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------3-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------2-2---|
|---------2-------------2--|---------2---------0-2---|
|---------------------2----|---------------------0---|
|-0-3b3.5-------0-3-4------|-0-3b3.5-----------------|
|
| W H S E. Q
|--------------------------|-------------x-----------|
|--------------------------|-------------x-----------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------14\-------|
N.C.
E E E E S S S S S E. E E E E Q S E.
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------3----|
|--------------------------|----------------2-2--|
|---------2-------------2--|---------2------0-2--|
|---------------------2----|------------------0--|
|-0-3b3.5-------0-3-4------|-0-3b3.5-------------|
D5D5
E E E E S S S S S E. E E E E Q S E.
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------3-----|
|--------------------------|----------------2-2---|
|---------2-------------2--|---------2------0-2---|
|---------------------2----|------------------0---|
|-0-3b3.5-------0-3-4------|-0-3b3.5--------------|
N.C.
~
Q S E. S S S S Q E E S E. S S S S S E. E E S E. S S S S a S S S S
|----0-0-------------|-----0-0---------------|-----0-0---------------------|
|----0--------3-3-5--|-----0-----------------|-----0--------3-5------------|
|---------2s4--------|--------------------0--|----------2s4-----4s2p0------|
|--------------------|--------------------0--|------------------------2p0--|
|--------------------|--------------0-1-2----|-----------------------------|
|-0------------------|-0-0------0-3----------|-0-0-------------------------|
Verse
N.C.
~
Q S E. S S S S Q Q S E. S S S S a S S S S E E S E. S S S S S E.
|----0---------------||----0-0--------------------|-----0-0----------------|
|----0---------------||----0--------3-5-----------|-----0------------------|
|--------------------||---------2s4-----4s2p0-----|--------------------0---|
|---------2-0--------||-----------------------2p0-|--------------------0---|
|-------------2-0----||---------------------------|--------------0-1-2-----|
|-0----0----------3--||-0-------------------------|-0-0------0-3-----------|
~ ~~~
E E S E. S S E S S a S S Q S E. S S S S Q Q S E. S S S S +Q
|-----0-0------3---------------|----0---------------|----0-0-----------------|
|-----0----5p3-3b3.5-5p3-------|----0---------------|----0--------3-5b7-(5)--|
|------------------------4s2p0-|--------------------|---------2s4------------|
|------------------------------|---------2-0--------|------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------2-0----|------------------------|
|-0-0--------------------------|-0----0----------3--|-0----------------------|
E E S E. S S S S S E. Q S E. S S S S a S S S S E E Q S S S S S E.
|-----0-0---------------|----0-0--------------------|-----0----------------||
|-----0-----------------|----0--------3-5-----------|-----0----------------||
|--------------------0--|---------2s4-----4s2p0-----|----------------------||
|--------------------0--|-----------------------2p0-|--------2-0-----------||
|--------------0-1-2----|---------------------------|------------2-1-0-----||
|-0-0------0-3----------|-0-------------------------|-0-0--------------3---||
Chorus
A E7+9
~~~~~ ~~~~~
Q Q S E. E S S Q E S S S E. E E Q Q E E Q
|------------------|-------------------|----12---------12-----|
|---------3--3-----|-5--5-------3--3---|----14b16------14b16--|
|-2--2-------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2----4--4-----|-5--5-------4--4---|----------------------|
|-0--0--0------0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0--------|----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------3-|-0---------0-0--------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q S E. E S S Q Q S E. E E Q Q E E Q
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------3--3-----|-5--5-------3--3---|-----8----------8-----|
|-2--2-------------|-------------------|-----7----------7-----|
|-2--2----4--4-----|-5--5-------4--4---|-----6----------6-----|
|-0--0--0------0-0-|-0--0-----0--------|-----7----------7-----|
|------------------|-----------------3-|-0---------0-0--------|
A
~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Q Q E E E E Q Q S E. E S S Q E S S Q E E
|----12---------12\------|------------------|-----------------|
|----14b16------14b16\---|---------3--3-----|-5--5-----3--3---|
|------------------------|-2--2-------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-2--2----4--4-----|-5--5-5p2-4--4---|
|------------------------|-0--0--0------0-0-|-0--0-0---0--0---|
|-0---------0-0--------0-|------------------|---------------3-|
|
| Q Q E E E E Q Q S E. E S S Q E S S Q E E
|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----8----------8\------|---------3--3-----|-5--5-----3--3---|
|-----7----------7\------|-2--2-------------|-----------------|
|-----6----------6\------|-2--2----4--4-----|-5--5-5p2-4--4---|
|-----7----------7\------|-0--0--0------0-0-|-0--0-0---0--0---|
|-0---------0-0--------0-|------------------|---------------3-|
E7+9
~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~
|--3---|
Q Q S S E Q E E Q E Q +S +S S
|----------------------|------------------------------||
|-----8-----------3----|-----3------------------------||
|----10b12--------5b7--|-----5b7----5b7=====(5)r(5)p0-||
|----------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------0------|------------------------------||
|-0---------0-0--------|-0-0------0-------------------||
|
| Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
|----------------------|------------------------------||
|-----8-----------8----|-----8-----------8\-----------||
|-----7-----------7----|-----7-----------7\-----------||
|-----6-----------6----|-----6-----------6\-----------||
|-----7-----------7----|-----7-----------7\-----------||
|-0---------0---0------|-0--------0-0--------0--------||
Interlude
N.C. D5A5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
E E E E S S S S S E. E E E E Q S E. E E E E S S S S S E.
|--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------3----|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------2-2--|--------------------------|
|---------2-------------2--|---------2------0-2--|---------2-------------2--|
|---------------------2----|------------------0--|---------------------2----|
|-0-3b3.5-------0-3-4------|-0-3b3.5-------------|-0-3b3.5-------0-3-4------|
D5A5 N.C.
E E E E Q S E. Q S E. S S S S a S S S S E E S E. S S S S S E.
|---------------------|----0-0--------------------|-----0-0----------------|
|----------------3----|----0--------3-5-----------|-----0------------------|
|----------------2-2--|---------2s4-----4s2p0-----|------------------------|
|---------2------0-2--|-----------------------2p0-|--------------------0---|
|------------------0--|---------------------------|--------------0-1-2-----|
|-0-3b3.5-------------|-0-------------------------|-0-0------0-3-----------|
~
Q Q E E +S E. Q Q S S S S Q
|----0------------------|----0-------------*|
|----0----7--------7----|----0-------------*|
|---------9b11r(9)-9b11-|------------------*|
|-----------------------|-------2p0--------*|
|-----------------------|-----------2-0----*|
|-0-----0---------------|-0-------------3--*|
Lord! Oh, yeah.
When you need a friend through thick and thin
Don't look to those above you.
When you're down and out, ain't no doubt
Nobody wants you.
But you're rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky.
Rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky.
When you're seventeen reachin' for your dreams
Don't let no one reach it for you.
Pull up your pants,
Stretch out take a chance.
If it can be done, you can do it.
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
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