Baker Gurvitz Army "People"
From their 1975 lp "Elysian encounter"
Tabbed by Board (Anders Pedersen): [email protected]
/ = slide down
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
harm = natural harmonic
. .
. = Repeat between the two . signs.
Drum intro
Riff A (guitar 1. Guitar 2 comes in the 3rd time)
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----------||.----------------------------------.||
----------||.---------p---p----*---------------.||
----------||0--5--3--5-3-5-3---0--5--3----------||
10/----3--||-----------------3----------------3-||
Play a total of 4X
End at the * the 4th time
Riff A1 (guitar 2). Guitar 1 plays Riff A.
|---------55--55-----------55--55----|
|---------55--55-----------55--55----|
|---------22--22-----------22--22----|
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Verse:
Riff B (both guitars): ("Now is the time...")
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|----------------------------|
|7-7-7-7---7----3----5-------|
|7-7-7-7---7----3----5-------|
|5-5-5-5---5----1----3------3|
Play Riff A+A1 once
Play Riff B once
Play Riff A+A1 once
Riff C: ("No matter what you do...")
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|----------*-----------------|
|----------7----5-7----------|
|3----2----7----5-5----5-----|
|3----2----5----3------5----'|
|1----0----------------3----3|
Play Riff A+A1 once
Small lick at the end of Riff A:
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3--1-|
Drum interlude
Play intro again (w/the slide)
Second verse
Repeat almost same structure as the first verse:
Play Riff B once
Play Riff A+A1 once
Play Riff B once
Play Riff A+A1 once
Play Riff C once
Play Riff A+A1 twice
Interlude:
Guitar 1:
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|---------------------8-6------p-----|
|-------------------------7-5-7-5----|
|---------------------------------3--|
|88-8-8-888---88-8-8-----------------|
|------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
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|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------3-5------p-----|
|88-8-8-888---88-8-8------3-5-3-5----|
|---------------------------------1--|
One of the guitars plays this, but I can't figure out what the other's playing.
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|-------------------------------|
|.10----8-5---3----------------.|
|.---8------5---4---4-2--------.|
|-----------------2-----2-2-----|
|-----------------------0-0-----|
Guitar solo
I think this is what is being played under the solo:
|--5----55555----5----55555----5----55555----5----5555555555555555555555555|
|--5----55555----5----55555----5----55555----5----5555555555555555555555555|
|--4----44444----4----44444----4----44444----4----4444444444444444444444444|
|--2----22222----2----22222----2----22222----2----2222222222222222222222222|
|2---22--------2---22--------2---22--------2---22--------------------------|
|0---00--------0---00--------0---00--------0---00--------------------------|
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|------------------------------------|
|9--------9--------9--------9--------|
|9--------9--------9--------9--------|
|7--------7--------7--------7--------|
|------------------------------------|
Drum interlude - Hit the E power chord above once more
Play intro again (w/the slide)
Last verse:
Play Riff B once
Play Riff A+A1 once
Play Riff B once
Play Riff A+A1 once
Play Riff C once (leave out the note at the ')
Play the part of Riff C from the * twice.
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|.-----------------------------------------------.|
|.-----------------------------------------------.|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--7--5--7--|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--5--3--5--|
Play Riff C once
Play the part of Riff C from the * three times while retiring.
End on an A power chord while this is played on an acoustic guitar:
harm harm
|---------------------------------------------12---7|
|----h-p------5------h-p------5------h-p------5-----|
|---4-5-4-----------4-5-4-----------4-5-4-----------|
|7---------7-----7---------7-----7---------7--------|
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The two harmonics are most likely played by another acoustic guitar
The end, Bitsch!!
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