SMOKING GUN
As recorded by Robert Cray
(From the 1986 Album STRONG PERSUADER)
Words and Music by Robert Cray, Richard Cousins & D. Amy
Gtr I (E A D G)
Intro
4/4
Gtr I
Q E 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
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||o------------5---|------------------|------------5---|-------------------o||
||o-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5----o||
||-------7---7-----|--------7---7---6-|------7---7-----|--------7---7---6---||
Verse 1
Q E 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
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|------------5---|------------------|------------5---|------------------|
|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|
|------7---7-----|--------7---7---6-|------7---7-----|--------7---7---6-|
Q E 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
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|------------5---|------------------|------------5---|------------------|
|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5-7-|
|------7---7-----|--------7---7---7-|------7---7-----|--------7---7-----|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------3-5-|-7-------------|---------------|
|-5----8-8--5-5-|------3-5------|------3-3--0-0-|------0-3--4-4-|
Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E a Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
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|---------------|-------------5-7-|-7s8--7-5-7-5-----|--------------5---|
|------3-3------|-----------7-----|--------------7---|----------5-----7-|
|-5---------5-5-|---3---5---------|----------------0-|-(0)----7---7-----|
+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
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|------------------|------------5---|------------------||
|-(7)------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---||
|--------7---7---6-|------7---7-----|--------7---7---7-||
Verse 2
$
Q E E E E E E +Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
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|------------5---|-----------------|------------5---|------------------|
|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5--5---|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|
|------7---7-----|--------7------7-|------7---7-----|--------7---7---6-|
Q E 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
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|------------5---|------------------|------------5---|------------------|
|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5-7-|
|------7---7-----|--------7---7---6-|------7---7-----|--------7---7-----|
Q. E Q E E Q E E E E Q Q. E Q E E Q E E Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------3-5--|-7-------------|--------------|
|-5----8-8--5-5-|------3-5------|------3-3--0-0-|------3-3--4--|
Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E a Q E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------------5-7-|-7s6--7-5-7-5-----|
|------3-3------|-----------7-----|--------------7---|
|-5---------5-5-|---3---5---------|----------------0-|
To Coda
+Q. 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
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|-------------5---|------------------|------------5---|------------------||
|---------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---||
|-(0)---7---7-----|--------7---7---6-|------7---7-----|--------7---7---6-||
Guitar Solo
Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
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||o-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|
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+Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
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|------------------|------------5---|------------------|
|-(7)------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---|
|--------7---7---6-|------7---7-----|--------7---7---6-|
Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q. E Q E E Q E E E E Q
|----------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------5---|------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5-7-|---------------|----------3-5--|
|------7---7-----|--------7---7-----|-5----8-8--5-5-|------3-5------|
Q. E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|-------------5-7-|
|-7-------------|--------------|------3-3------|-----------7-----|
|------3-3--0-0-|------0-3--4--|-5---------5-5-|---3---5---------|
a Q a E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
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|-7s8--8s7-5-7-5-----|--------------5---|-------------------|
|----------------7---|----------5-----7-|-(7)------5---5----|
|------------------0-|-(0)----7---7-----|--------7---7---6--|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
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|------------5---|------------------o||------------------||
|-7--7---5-----7-|-(7)------5---5---o||--(7)----7-----5--||
|------7---7-----|--------7---7---6--||-----------7-7----||
Outro
&
Q E 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 6x
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||o-7------5-----7-|-7------5---5---|-7------5-----7-|-7------5---5----o||
||-------7---7-----|------7---7---6-|------7---7-----|------7---7---6---||
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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