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Misirlou Tabs

(ver. 3)
Dick Dale
                             Misirlou
                    **************************
                    Dick Dale and his Del-tones

This is how i play the song, its kinda a combination of different versions.

    Legend
------------------
h- hammer on
p- pull off
/- slide up
\- slide down
TM-tremelo picking
x- chuck string
b- bend

    Notes
------------------
*There is tremelo picking throughout pretty much the entire song
*On most of the slides, you should continue to pick very fast
*Getting the perfect tone can be difficult. If you have a wah pedal,
 you can bring out the trebel with it.

*************************** INTRO *********************************

  *For this beginning slide, chuck most of the strings and move down
   the fretboard quickly, continuously picking. Also, when playing on
   a single string, try using your left hand to dampen the other strings
   to prevent from hitting them.

e-----x-/-/-15-\-\-\-\---------------------------------------------|
b-----x-/-\-15-\-\-\-\---------------------------------------------|
g-----x-/-/--x-\-\-\-\---------------------------------------------|
d-----x-/-/--x-\-\-\-\---------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

   *For this part, tremelo pick on the open E string while randomly fretting
    the other notes.
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-0--13--16--17--16--19--17--20--19--17--19--17--16--17--13--12-----|

e------------------------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------------------------------|
g------------------------------------------------------------------|
d------------------------------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--12--11--10--9--8--7--6--5--4--3--2--1--0-\-\-\-12---------------|


************************ Melody 1 **************************
*Make sure you play continuous 16th notes, the timing is very important

e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-11-11-11-11-8-8-8-8-|

e----------------------------------|
b----------------------------------|
g----------------------------------|
d----------------------------------|
a----------------------------------|
E-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-\-\-\-|

e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-11-11-11-11-8-8-8-8-|

e---------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------|
E-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-/-14-\-\-\-|

e----------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------|
E-8-8-8-8-10--8--8p7-8p7-5--7-7-7-7-8--7--5p4-5p4-5--|

e----------------------------------|
b----------------------------------|
g----------------------------------|
d----------------------------------|
a----------------------------------|
E--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-|

e----------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------|
E-8-8-8-8-10--8--8p7-8p7-5--7-7-7-7-8--7--5p4-5p4-1--|

e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
d---------------------------------|
a---------------------------------|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

e-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9--------|
b-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9--------|
g----------------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------|
E-(0)------------------------------------------------|

************************* Melody 2 **************************

For this part of the song, you play the exact same notes as the first part,
only it's all on the high e string. Picking this fast on the high e string
is harder than on the low E string, so it might take some practice. Make sure you keep 
pick strokes very small and only hit the one string.

************************* Interlude *************************

e-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-5-5-|

e-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------|
E-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-|

e---------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------|
E-8-8-8-8-7-7-8-8-11-11-11-11-8-8-11-11-|

e-------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------|
E-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|


e-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-5-5-|

e-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------|
E-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-7-|

e----------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------|
E-8-8-8-8-7-7-8-8-11-11-11-11-8-8-8-8--5-\-\-\-|12


e---------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------|
E-4-x-x-x-4-x-x-x-4-x-x-x-4-4-5-5-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-|

e---------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------|
a---------6-------6-------6-6-7-7-7-------7-------7-------|
E-7-7-5-5-4-x-x-x-4-x-x-x-4-4-5-5-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-|

e---------4-------4-------4-4-5-5-5-------5-------5-------|
b---------4-------4-------4-4-5-5-5-------5-------5-------|
g---------5-------5-------5-5-6-6-6-------6-------6-------|
d---------6-------6-------6-6-7-7-7-------7-------7-------|
a-9-9-7-7-6-------6-------6-6-7-7-7-------7-------7-------|
E-7-7-5-5-4-x-x-x-4-x-x-x-4-4-5-5-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-5-x-x-x-|
                 *Slow down significantly at this point
e-7-7-5-5------------------------------------------------------|
b-7-7-5-5------------------------------------------------------|
g-8-8-6-6------------------------------------------------------|
d-9-9-7-7------------------------------------------------------|
a-9-9-7-7------------------------------------------------------|
E-7-7-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-11--8\11/8-|
                          *Quickly pick each chord
e--------------------------0----5----8----10----------------|
b--------------------------0----5----8----10----------------|
g--------------------------1----6----9----11----------------|
d--------------------------2----7----10---12----------------|
a--------------------------2----7----10---12----------------|
E--7----7\8/7--5--7--1--0--0----5----8----10----------------|

************************* Outro ****************************

*This uses a minor pentatonic scale in E, so if you don't like
 the outro i've provided, you can come up with your own.

e--7\10h12-12-12-10h12-12-12-15p12----12-------------------|
b----------------------------------15----15p12----12-------|
g----------------------------------------------14----14p12-|
d----------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------------12----------|
b------------------------------------------------12----------|
g---------------12h14p12-------------------------13----------|
d--14p12--12h14----------14p12-------------------12----------|
a------------------------------14-13-12----------14----------|
E---------------------------------------10\12----12----------|

So thats the song. This is my first tab so i really hope you enjoy it!
            
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