Mysteries From the Ball Tabs & Lyrics by Status Quo
Mysteries From the Ball
guitar tabs lyrics
Mysteries From The Ball
Status Quo
Intro:
*bend 1/4 note
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-3*--------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-----------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|----------------3*--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-3*--------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2-----------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3-----------| Notice that the
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2-----| time-signature
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-| is 2/4 in the
A|--------------------2p0---------|----------------| last bar.
E|--------------------------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|3-------------------------------|(3)-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Just let the note ring over these two bars.
Backing for the intro:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||-----------------|-----------------||
B||*7-7-------------|7-7-----5-------*||
G||-7-7-------------|7-7-----5--------|| 3x
D||-7-7-------------|7-7-----5--------||
A||*5-5-------------|5-5-----3-------*||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
B|7-7-------------|7-7-----|5---------------|(5)-------------|
G|7-7-------------|7-7-----|5---------------|(5)-------------|
D|7-7-------------|7-7-----|5---------------|(5)-------------|
A|5-5-------------|5-5-----|3---------------|(3)-------------|
E|----------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
timesign. Let this C-chord ring over
2/4 these two bars.
Backing for the four bars between intro and first verse:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|--------------------|
G|----------------|--------------------|
D|7-7-9-9-7---9---|7-7-9-9-7---9---9-9-|
A|5-5-5-5-5---5---|5-5-5-5-5---5---5-5-|
E|----------------|--------------------|
* *
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|--------------------------------| The notes above
B|----------------|--------------------------------| the asterisks
G|----------------|--------------------------------| are semiquavers.
D|7-7-9-9-7---9---|7---7-7-9---9-9-7---7-7-9---9---| Take a look at
A|5-5-5-5-5---5---|5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5---| the countbar.
E|----------------|--------------------------------| You can also
* * * * * * listen to the
hi-hat for the
rhythm.
Verse:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||------------------|----------------|
B||*-----------------|----------------|
G||------------------|----------------|
D||--7-7-9-9-7---9---|7-7-9-9-5---7---|
A||*-5-5-5-5-5---5---|5-5-5-5-3---3---|
E||------------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|7-7-9-9-7---9---|7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|
A|5-5-5-5-5---5---|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|----------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|5-5-7-7-5---7---|----------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3---3---|5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|
E|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|-----------------||
B|----------------|----------------*||
G|----------------|-----------------||
D|7-7-9-9-7---9---|7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
A|5-5-5-5-5---5---|5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*||
E|----------------|-----------------||
Repeat the whole thing to complete the
verse. The second time replace the last
bar by:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|----------------|
Or (for the other guitar) by:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------10------| As far as I can hear, the two guitars are
B|----10----------| playing the same backing during the verse.
G|11--------------| The only difference is this last bar.
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Chorus:
guitar 1
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||-------------------|------------------------|
B||*------------------|------------------------|
G||-------------------|------------------------|
D||-------------------|10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|
A||*8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
E||-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-|------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|------------------------|-------------------------||
B|------------------------|------------------------*||
G|------------------------|-------------------------|| 2x
D|------------------------|12-12-14-12-12-12-14-12--|| 4x for the
A|10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-*|| last chorus
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-------------------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------|------------------------|--------|--------|
B|------------------|------------------------|--------|--------|
G|------------------|------------------------|9-------|(9)-----|
D|------------------|10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|10------|(10)----|
A|8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|10------|(10)----|
E|6-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-|------------------------|8-------|(8)-----|
Let the chord ring!
Guitar 2
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||-----------------|------------------|
B||*----------------|------------------|
G||---7-------------|---10-------------|
D||---8-8-----------|10-10-10----------|
A||*8---8-----------|8-----8-----------|
E||-6---------------|------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|------------------|-------------------||
B|------------------|------------------*||
G|---9--------------|---12--------------|| 2x
D|---10-10----------|12-12-12-----------|| 4x for the last chorus
A|10----10----------|10----10----------*||
E|8-----------------|-------------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|----------------|------------------|--------|--------|
B|----------------|------------------|--------|--------|
G|--7-------------|---10-------------|9-------|(9)-----|
D|--8-8-----------|10-10-10----------|10------|(10)----|
A|8---8-----------|8-----8-----------|10------|(10)----|
E|6---------------|------------------|8-------|(8)-----|
Let the chord ring!
Break: (the eight bars between second chorus and the solo):
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-3*--------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-----------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|----------------3*--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-3*--------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
E|----------------|--------------|
B|----------------|--------------| Notice that this last bar has
G|----------------|--------------| only 7 quavers. So the time-
D|----------------|--3-4-5-------| signature is actually 7/8
A|5---------2-4-5-|--------------| instead of 4/4
E|--2-3-4-5-------|--------------|
Backing for the break:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||-----------------|-----------------||
B||*----------------|----------------*||
G||-----------------|-----------------|| 3x
D||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9---|7-7-9-9-5--------||
A||*5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|5-5-5-5-3-------*||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
E|----------------|--------------|--------------|
B|----------------|--------------|--------------|
G|----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|7-------------7-|--------------|--------------|
A|5-------------5-|----------5---|(5)-----------|
E|----------------|----------3---|(3)-----------|
Time signature for
this bar is 7/8.
Solo:
---use pitch harmonics--
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|------------------|--------------------|
B|------------------|------8-----8-10b12-| hold bend
G|------------------|--7-9-----9---------|
D|------5---5---5-7-|9-------------------|
A|--5h7-------7-----|--------------------|
E|------------------|--------------------|
-----------------------til here
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------------|--------------------15-| For an explanation
B|---12-12-12-12-12-12r-|10--10-10---15b17------| of pitch harmonics
G|----------------------|-----------------------| read the introduction
D|----------------------|-----------------------| above.
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|
release slowly
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------15---------15---------|15---------15---------15-|
B|15b17------15b17------15b17---|---15b17------17r15------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|------------------------------|-------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|---------------------------|------------------------------|
B|15-12----------------------|------------------------------|
G|------14-12-14p12----12----|------------------------------|
D|------------------14----14-|14p12-------------------------|
A|---------------------------|------14p12-12\10----10-10-10-|
E|---------------------------|------------------12----------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|10---10-10-10----------10---10-10-10----------|
E|--------------12-10-12---------------12-10-12-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------12---|
D|------------------------------12---14--------|
A|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12/14----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|14b16r14p12-14-14b16r14p12-14-14b16r14p12-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------15--|
G|14-14b16r14p12-14-14----14/16-----|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|15-17b19-------17b19--17b19---|19r17p15-15--15--------|
B|------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------|
D|------------------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|15p12-------------------------------------------|
B|------15p12-15p12-------------------------------|
G|------------------14p12-14p12-------14p12-------|
D|------------------------------14p12-------14p12-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|---------------------------|----------------|
B|---------------------------|----------------|
G|--------------------14b16-r|14~~\-----------|
D|14p12----------------------|----------------|
A|------14p12-10-------------|----------------|
E|---------------------------|----------------|
Backing for the solo:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||-----------------|----------------|
B||*----------------|----------------|
G||-----------------|----------------|
D||-----------------|----------------|
A||*5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|
E||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|
E|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|-----------------||
B|----------------|----------------*||
G|----------------|-----------------||
D|----------------|-----------------||
A|5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-*||
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Repeat these 8 bars to complete the solo-backing and replace the
second time the last bar by:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-|
E|3-4-5-6-7-8--9--10-|
Outro:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-3*--------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-----------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|----------------3*--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-3*--------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|2---2---------------------------|2---2---------------------------|
B|3---3---------------------------|3---3---------------------------|
G|2---2---4p2---------------------|2---2---4p2---------------------|
D|0---0-------4p0-3p0-----0-------|0---0-------4p0-3*--------------|
A|--------------------2p0---------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------------------2---||
B|----------------------------3---||
G|4p2-----4p2-----------------2---||
D|----4p0-----4p0-3p0-----0-------||
A|--------------------2p0---------||
E|--------------------------------||
Backing for the outro:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||-----------------|-----------------||
B||*----------------|----------------*||
G||-----------------|-----------------|| 4x
D||-7-7-9-7-7-7-9---|7-7-9-9-5--------||
A||*5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|5-5-5-5-3-------*||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------||
B|7-------------7-||
G|7-------------7-||
D|7-------------7-||
A|5-------------5-||
E|----------------||
