Eric Clapton

Birth name : Eric Patrick Clapton
Also known as : Slowhand
Born : 30 March 1945 (1945-03-30) (age 65)Ripley, Surrey, England
Genres : Rock, blues-rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock
Occupations : Musician, singer-songwriter, artist
Instruments : Guitar, vocals
Years active : 1962–present
Labels : Warner Bros., Reprise, Polydor, RSO, Atco, Apple, Deram
Associated acts : The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Powerhouse, Cream, Free Creek, Dire Straits, George Harrison, The Dirty Mac, Blind Faith, Sheryl Crow, Freddie King, J.J. Cale, The Plastic Ono Band, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, Derek and the Dominos, T.D.F., Jeff Beck, Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, B.B. King, The Beatles
Website : Official website


Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times; as a solo performer, as well as a member of rock bands the Yardbirds and Cream. Throughout his career, Clapton has been viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the "Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2010, Clapton was ranked #4 on Gibson.com’s Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.

Although Clapton has varied his musical style throughout his career, it has always remained grounded in the blues; despite this focus, he is credited as an innovator in a wide variety of genres. These include blues-rock (with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and psychedelic rock (with Cream). Clapton's chart success was not limited to the blues, with chart-toppers in Adult contemporary ("Tears in Heaven") and reggae (Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff"; he is often credited for bringing reggae and Bob Marley to the mainstream). Two of his most successful recordings were the hit love song "Layla", which he played with the band Derek and the Dominos, and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", which has been his staple song since his days with Cream.
Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England, the son of 16-year-old Patricia Molly Clapton (b. 7 January 1929) and Edward Walter Fryer (21 March 1920 - 15 May 1985), a 24-year-old soldier from Montreal, Quebec. Fryer shipped off to war prior to Clapton's birth and then returned to Canada. Clapton grew up with his grandmother, Rose, and her second husband Jack, believing they were his parents and that his mother was his older sister. Their surname was Clapp, which has given rise to the widespread but erroneous belief that Clapton's real surname is Clapp (Reginald Cecil Clapton is the name of Rose's first husband, Eric Clapton's maternal grandfather). Years later, his mother married another Canadian soldier, moved to Canada and left young Eric with his grandparents in distant Surrey.

Clapton received an acoustic Hoyer guitar, made in Germany, for his 13th birthday, but found learning the steel-stringed instrument very difficult and nearly gave up. Despite his frustrations, he was influenced by the blues from an early age and practiced long hours to learn chords and copy the music of blues artists that he listened to on his Grundig Cub tape recorder.

After leaving school in 1961, Clapton studied at the Kingston College of Art but was dismissed at the end of the academic year because his focus remained on music rather than art. Around this time Clapton began busking around Kingston, Richmond and the West End of London. In 1962, Clapton started performing as a duo with fellow blues enthusiast David Brock in the pubs around Surrey. When he was 17 years old Clapton joined his first band, an early British R&B group, called "The Roosters". He stayed with this band from January through August 1963.[9] In October of that year, Clapton did a brief seven gig stint with Casey Jones & The Engineers.


"After Midnight"

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2'



4/4
Gtr I
W +W S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S 9x
|--8--------|--(8)--------||---------------------------------||
|-10--------|-(10)--------||o-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----o||
|-10--------|-(10)--------||--5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----||
|-10--------|-(10)--------||--5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--||
|--8--------|--(8)--------||o-------------------------------o||
|--8--------|--(8)--------||---------------------------------||


E S E S E E S E S E S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S 3x
|-6-x-6-x-6-6-x-6-x-6-||---------------------------------||
|-8-x-8-x-8-8-x-8-x-8-||o-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----o||
|-8-x-8-x-8-8-x-8-x-8-||--5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----||
|-8-x-8-x-8-8-x-8-x-8-||--5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--||
|-6-x-6-x-6-6-x-6-x-6-||o-------------------------------o||
|-6-x-6-x-6-6-x-6-x-6-||---------------------------------||


E S E S S S E S E S S S
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|


E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x-|
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|


E S E S S S E S E S S S
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x--|
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x--|
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x--|
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x--|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x--|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x--|


Gtr II
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W 4x Q Q H
||---------------------------------||-------------------8\-------------|
||o-------------------------------o||---------11b13--------------------|
||---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
||---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S 4x S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
||---------------------------------||----------------------------------|
||o-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----o||-------------------6--6-4-(4)-----|
||--5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----||-5-----5-(5)---5---5--5-3-(3)-5---|
||--5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--||-5h7p5-5-(5)---5h7------------5h7-|
||o-------------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||---------------------------------||----------------------------------|


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Q Q H Q Q H
|-------------------8\-------------|-------------------8\--------------|
|---------11b13--------------------|---------11b13---------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------6--6-4-(4)-----|-------------------6--6-4-(4)------|
|-5-----5-(5)---5---5--5-3-(3)-5---|-5-----5-(5)---5---5--5-3-(3)-5----|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)---5h7------------5h7-|-5h7p5-5-(5)---5h7------------5h7--|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|----------3----------| |-----3------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-11b11.5-----8---------------------------------|
|-----------------------11---8------------------|
|--------------------------------10-------8-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------6-6----4-(4)-------|
|--5------------5-(5)-5------5-5----3-(3)---5---|
|--5h=====7p5---5-(5)-5h===7----------------5h7-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


~~
Q Q H
|-------------------8\--------------|
|---------11b13---------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------6--6-4-(4)------|
|-5-----5-(5)---5---5--5-3-(3)-5----|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)---5h7------------5h7--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


~~ ~~
Q Q H Q Q H
|-------------------8\-------------|-------------------8\--------------|
|---------11b13--------------------|---------11b13---------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------6--6-4-(4)-----|-------------------6--6-4-(4)------|
|-5-----5-(5)---5---5--5-3-(3)-5---|-5-----5-(5)---5---5--5-3-(3)-5----|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)---5h7------------5h7-|-5h7p5-5-(5)---5h7------------5h7--|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


|----------3----------| |-----3------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-11b11.5-----8---------------------------------|
|-----------------------11---8------------------|
|--------------------------------10-------8-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------6-6----4-(4)-------|
|--5------------5-(5)-5------5-5----3-(3)---5---|
|--5h=====7p5---5-(5)-5h===7----------------5h7-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


|---------3----------| |-------3--------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------8------------------8----------------8-----|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-10b12-----12---------10b12---12---10b12-------12-----|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------6-6-------4-(4)--------|
|--5-----------5-(5)-5----------5-5-------3-(3)----5---|
|--5h===7p5----5-(5)-5h======7---------------------5h7-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


E E E E S S E +E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|-11-------------11--------------------------|
|----10h===12---------12p10-8----(8)---------|
|---------------------------------------10---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| E S E S S S E S E S S S
|--8--x--8-----8--x-x--8----x--8------8--x-x-|
|-10--x-10----10--x-x-10----x-10-----10--x-x-|
|-10--x-10----10--x-x-10----x-10-----10--x-x-|
|-10--x-10----10--x-x-10----x-10-----10--x-x-|
|--8--x--8-----8--x-x--8----x--8------8--x-x-|
|--8--x--8-----8--x-x--8----x--8------8--x-x-|


S S S S S S E +S S E S S S S S S E +S S E E E S S E
|-11p8---11p8-11p8---(8)-11p8----11p=8-11-11p|==8-11p8----(8)-11p8---10-8-----------------|
|------8-------------------------------------|-------------------------------11--8--------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------10h====|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S
|--8---x--8----8-x-x--8-----x--8-----8--x--x-|-10----x-10-----10-x-x-10-x-10----10--x-x---|
|-10---x-10---10-x-x-10-----x-10----10--x--x-|-12----x-12-----12-x-x-12-x-12----12--x-x---|
|-10---x-10---10-x-x-10-----x-10----10--x--x-|-12----x-12-----12-x-x-12-x-12----12--x-x---|
|-10---x-10---10-x-x-10-----x-10----10--x--x-|-12----x-12-----12-x-x-12-x-12----12--x-x---|
|--8---x--8----8-x-x--8-----x--8-----8--x--x-|-10----x-10-----10-x-x-10-x-10----10--x-x---|
|--8---x--8----8-x-x--8-----x--8-----8--x--x-|-10----x-10-----10-x-x-10-x-10----10--x-x---|


Q Q S S S S S S S S E E Q H
|---------------------------8-------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------8---11p8------8-|---------------------------------|
|-12------12--------10b11----------10-8---|-8-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----10\-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| E S E S S S E S E S S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-10-x-10----10-x-x-10------x-10---10-x-x-|---------------------------------|
|-12-x-12----12-x-x-12------x-12---12-x-x-|-------------------6-6-4-(4)-----|
|-12-x-12----12-x-x-12------x-12---12-x-x-|-5-------5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|
|-12-x-12----12-x-x-12------x-12---12-x-x-|-5h7p=5--5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|
|-10-x-10----10-x-x-10------x-10---10-x-x-|---------------------------------|
|-10-x-10----10-x-x-10------x-10---10-x-x-|---------------------------------|


Gtr I
S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S 8x
||---------------------------------||
||o-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----o||
||--5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----||
||--5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--||
||o-------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------||


E S E S E E S E S E S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S 3x
|-6-x-6-x-6-6-x-6-x-6-||---------------------------------||
|-8-x-8-x-8-8-x-8-x-8-||o-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----o||
|-8-x-8-x-8-8-x-8-x-8-||--5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----||
|-8-x-8-x-8-8-x-8-x-8-||--5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--||
|-6-x-6-x-6-6-x-6-x-6-||o-------------------------------o||
|-6-x-6-x-6-6-x-6-x-6-||---------------------------------||


E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-|
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|
|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|--8-x--8--8-x-x--8-x--8--8-x-x-|


E S E S S S E S E S S S
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x--|
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x--|
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x--|
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x--|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x--|
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x--|


E S E S S S E S E S S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S 4x
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-||---------------------------------||
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x-||o-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----o||
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x-||--5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----||
|-12-x-12-12-x-x-12-x-12-12-x-x-||--5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--||
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-||o-------------------------------o||
|-10-x-10-10-x-x-10-x-10-10-x-x-||---------------------------------||


Gtr II
Q Q H W
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10\----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------6-6-4-(4)-----|-----------------6-6-4-(4)------|
|--5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----|
|--5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


~~~
H Q E E Q S S E E +E E E
|---------------------------11b13---|-11--------8------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------11-8------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------10b12r(10)----8--10----|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-4-(4)---------|--------------------6------6--4-(4)-------|
|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)--5------|--5-----5-(5)--5----5------5--3-(3)--5----|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7------------5h===7-|--5h7p5-5-(5)--5h7-------------------5h7--|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|


E E Q H W
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----10-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------6-6-4-(4)-----|-----------------6-6-4-(4)------|
|-5------5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----|
|-5h7p=5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


~~~~~~~~~
H Q E E
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------11b13====|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-4-(4)----------|
|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)--5-------|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7------------5h====7-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


~~~~~~~
+Q S E S +S S E E E
|-------------11--8------------------------------|
|-(11)r------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10b11r(10)-8-------8-------|
|----------------------------------10-------10\--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------6-----6-4-(4)------|
|---5-------5-(5)-5-----------5-----5-3-(3)--5---|
|---5h==7p5-5-(5)-5h7------------------------5h7-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


E E Q H W
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----10\-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------6-6-4-(4)-----|-----------------6-6-4-(4)------|
|-5-------5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----|
|-5h7p=5--5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|


H Q E E
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------16b18====|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-4-(4)----------|
|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)--5-------|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7------------5h====7-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+E E E +E E E S S E
|---------13---------------------8---10p=8------|
|-(16)r--------16b18====(16)r-10-----------10---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------6-6-4-(4)--------|
|---5--------5-(5)----5--------5-5-3-(3)----5---|
|---5h==7p=5-5-(5)----5h==7-----------------5h7-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


~~
Q Q H W
|-8\----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----|-----------------6-6-4-(4)------|
|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


W
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----|
|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


S S E E S S +S S E E E
|------8---11------------11-(11)---------11----8-------|
|-8h11-----------11b11.5---------11b11.5----------11---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------6-----------6-4-(4)------|
|-5------5-(5)-5--------------5-----------5-3-(3)--5---|
|-5h=7p5-5-(5)-5h=7--------------------------------5h7-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


~~
Q Q H W
|-8\----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----|-----------------6-6-4-(4)------|
|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Q S S S S +S S S +S E E
|----------8-------------------------------------------|
|-------------11-8--------------11---------------------|
|------------------10b12==(10)r----10b12r(10)--8--10---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------6-------6------4--(4)------|
|-5-----5-(5)--5------------5-------5------3--(3)--5---|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)--5h7---------------------------------5h7-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


S E. Q H
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-8------------------------------|
|---10---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|--------------------------------|
|------------------6-6-4-(4)-----|
|-5------5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|
|-5h=7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


Gtr I
S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----|-----------------6-6-4-(4)------|
|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5----|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7--|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Gtr II
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
W S S S S +E S S S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------|-8-----------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------|---11-8-----------------8------------------*|
|-------------------------------|--------8-(8)------8-10---10-8-(8)---------*|
|-------------------------------|----------------10-----------------10-8-10-*|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|
| Gtr I
| S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S S S S S +S S E E S S +E S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|-----------------6-6-4-(4)-----|----------------------6----6-4-(4)---------*|
|-5-----5-(5)-5---5-5-3-(3)-5---|-5------5-(5)-5-------5----5-3-(3)----5----*|
|-5h7p5-5-(5)-5h7-----------5h7-|-5h=7p5-5-(5)-5h=7--------------------5h=7-*|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------*|




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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

ritchie blackmore

Birth name : Richard Hugh Blackmore
Born : 14 April 1945 (1945-04-14) (age 65)Weston-super-Mare, England
Genres : Hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, blues-rock, folk rock, neo-medieval
Occupations : Musician, songwriter
Instruments : Guitar, bass, mandolin, mandola, hurdy gurdy, cello, drums, percussion
Years active : 1961–present
Labels : Tetragrammaton, Warner Bros., Polydor, BMG, Pony Canyon, Yamaha Music, SPV
Associated acts : The Outlaws, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night
Website : blackmoresnight.com

Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English rock guitarist, best known for his work in Deep Purple, in addition to his solo band Rainbow where he was the sole constant band member through numerous personnel changes. His current folk rock duo is the Renaissance-influenced Blackmore's Night with his (now) wife Candice Night. While with Deep Purple and Rainbow, he changed his musical approach multiple times following each lead singers' departure and, as a result, confused and alienated many of his supporters. Blackmore started his music career as a session player in the early 1960s. He lives in the U.S. since mid-1970s.

Blackmore was born at Allandale Nursing Home, Weston-super-Mare, England, but moved to Heston, Middlesex at the age of two. He was 11 when he got his first guitar. His father bought it for him on certain conditions: "He said if I was going to play this thing, he was either going to have someone teach it to me properly, or he was going to smash me across the head with it. So I actually took the lessons for a year – classical lessons - and it got me on to the right footing, using all the fingers and the right strokes of the plectrum and the nonsense that goes with it."

Whilst at school he did well at sports including the Javelin. Blackmore left school at age 15 and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic at nearby Heathrow Airport. He was given guitar lessons by Big Jim Sullivan. He was influenced in his youth by early rockers like Hank Marvin.

His playing improved and in the early 1960s he started out as a session player for Joe Meek's music productions and performed in several bands. He was a member of the instrumental combo, The Outlaws, and backed Heinz (playing on his top ten hit "Just Like Eddie"), Screaming Lord Sutch, Glenda Collins and Neil Christian among others. While working for Joe Meek, he got to know engineer Derek Lawrence, who would later produce Deep Purple's first three albums. With organist Jon Lord he co-founded the hard rock group Deep Purple in 1968, and continued to be a member of Deep Purple from 1968–1975 and again from 1984-1993.

RITCHIE BLACKMORE
Title: STILL IM SAD
Album: RAINBOW


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Gibbons

William Frederick Gibbons (born 16 December 1949) is an American musician, actor and car customizer, and holder of 9 US patents, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird "BillyBo" guitar and his infamous 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar known as Pearly Gates. He is noted for using a Mexican peso coin as a guitar plectrum and uses many pinch harmonics in his solos. A cornerstone in Hollywood, Gibbons remains a familiar fixture at the Sunset Marquis Hotel, producing studio sessions with actors Billy Bob Thornton and J.P. Shellnutt, Joe "Backbeat" Fazzio, along with musicians Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jed Leiber, and Dwight Yoakam. Gibbons is also well known for his authentic preparations of Mexican cuisine and is frequently a guest chef around Hollywood, California serving his famous "Renegade Guacamole".

Gibbons was born to Freddie Frederick Royal and Lorraine Gibbons in the Tanglewood suburb of Houston, Texas, with his father being an entertainer, orchestra leader, and concert pianist who worked alongside second cousin, art director, Cedric Gibbons, for Samuel Goldwyn at MGM Studios. In 1963, Gibbons received his first electric guitar following his thirteenth birthday, a sunburst Gibson Melody Maker, accompanied with a Fender Champ amplifier. While attending Warner Brothers' art school in Hollywood, California, Gibbons engaged with his first bands including The Saints, Billy G & the Blueflames, and The Coachmen. By 18, Gibbons went forward forming an artfully designed band , conceptually inspired by friend and fellow musician, Roky Erickson and The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, naming the group the "Moving Sidewalks", penning the hit single, "99th Floor" and engaging a friendship with the legendary, Jimi Hendrix and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.