Rock 'N' Me Tabs & Lyrics by Status Quo
Rock 'N' Me
guitar tabs lyrics
Rock 'n Me
Status Quo
Guitar 1
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------4-4-----|--------------------------------|
G|3-------3-----------3---4-4-----|3-------3-----------------------|
D|4-------4-----------4---4-4-----|4-------4-----------------------|
A|4-------4-----------4---2-2-----|4-------4-----------------------|
E|2-------2-----------2-----------|2-------2-----------------------|
. . . (.=short)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|------------2--------*----------|
D|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|-*--2---4-----------1/2-4-------|
A|4h6-6-6-6---4h6-6-6-6-6-6\------|2/4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
d d u d d d u d u d *quick slide only for percussive
effect
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------------2-------------------|
D|-*--2---4-----------------------|
A|2/4-----------------7-------8---|
E|--------------------------------|
Verse and chorus backing:
Guitar 1 plays the same backing for the verse as for the chorus.
It's a relatively simple part, however, the difficulty lies in the
fact that some notes have to be played staccato (= short) throughout
the song. So take note of the dots under the tabs to make it sound
good. The strings are also slightly muted by the right-hand. Just
let the leftside of your right handpalm slightly rest on the strings.
Use downstrokes for the single notes and upstrokes for the double
stops.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||-----11----------11------11------|----11----------11------11-----|
D||-----11----------11------11------|----11----------11------11-----|
A||*9-------9---9-------9-------9---|9-------9---9-------9-------9--|
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . etc.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----9-----------9-------9-------|----9-----------9-------9-------|
D|----9-----------9-------9-------|----9-----------9-------9-------|
A|7-------7---7-------7-------7---|7-------7---7-------7-------7---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----16----------16------16------|----16----------16------16------|
D|----16----------16------16------|----16----------16------16------|
A|14------14--14------14------14--|14------14--14------14------14--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*||
G|----11----------11------11------|----11----------11------11------||
D|----11----------11------11------|----11----------11------11------||
A|9-------9---9-------9-------9---|9-------9---9-------9-------9--*||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
During the break, there's a leadguitar playing over the same riff
as in the intro.
The lead over the break:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------16b18r16p14-16p14-------------|
D|--------------------------16--16~~~~~~|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14b16---|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------17b19r17p14--17--|17b19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r15-|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
. . (. = short)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------14---------------|
G|-------*14r13--p11----11-11-11\-----|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
*pre-bend from 13th position
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------14-14-----h16--|
G|-------*14r13--p11-/15----------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
*pre-bend from 13th position
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------17b19r17p14--17--|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------17----------------------|--------------------------------|
B|17b19-------17b19~~~------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------7-------8---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
At the end the chorus is played twice. During the first time, you
have to replace the last bar of the chord sequence by:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|--------------------------------|
And add the following bars to finish the song:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|------------2--------*----------|------------3-------------------||
D|-*--2---4-----------1/2-4-------|-*--2---4---4-------------------||
A|2/4-----------------------------|2/4---------4-------------------||
E|--------------------------------|------------2-------------------||
*quick slide only for
percussive effect
Guitar 2:
Intro:
Same as guitar 1, with exception of the last bar:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------------2-------------------|
D|-*--2---4-----------------------|
A|2/4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------0-------1---|
Verse:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D||-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2--|
A||*4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2--|
E||-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0--|
Throughout slightly muted with righthand
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
A|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
D|2---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
A|0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------*||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---||
A|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--*||
E|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|| 2x
The second time, replace the last bar by:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|4---4---4---4---4---------------| This bar lead you into the
A|4---4---4---4---4---------------| chorus.
E|2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---|
At the end of verse 3 and 5 the bar that leads into the chorus is
as follows:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|4---4---4---4---4---9---9-------|
A|4---4---4---4---4---7---7-------|
E|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
Chorus:
I actually think that this is an overdub and that the pumping of
the powerchords in straight eights (like in the verse) is continuing
here.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|9/11----------------------------|----11--13--14------14--13--11--|
A|7/9-----------------------------|----9---9---9-------9---9---9---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|9-------------------------------|----9---11--12------12--11--9---|
A|7-------------------------------|----7---7---7-------7---7---7---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|9-------------------------------|----9---11--12------12--11--9---|
E|7-------------------------------|----7---7---7-------7---7---7---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|9/11----------------------------|----11--13--14------14--13--11--|
A|7/9-----------------------------|----9---9---9-------9---9---9---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
The second chorus leads into the break. Replace here the last two
bars of the chorus by:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|11------------------------------|11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
A|9-------------------------------|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
During the break, there's a leadguitar playing over the same riff
as in the intro:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------4-4-----|--------------------------------|
G|3-------3-----------3---4-4-----|3-------3-----------------------|
D|4-------4-----------4---4-4-----|4-------4-----------------------|
A|4-------4-----------4---2-2-----|4-------4-----------------------|
E|2-------2-----------2-----------|2-------2-----------------------|
. . . (.=short)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|3-------3-----------------------|
D|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|4-------4-----------2-------2---|
A|4h6-6-6-6---4h6-6-6-6-6-6\------|4-------4-----------2-------2---|
E|--------------------------------|2-------2-----------0-------0---|
d d u d d d u d u d . .
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------4-4-----|--------------------------------|
G|3-------3-----------3---4-4-----|3-------3-----------------------|
D|4-------4-----------4---4-4-----|4-------4-----------------------|
A|4-------4-----------4---2-2-----|4-------4-----------------------|
E|2-------2-----------2-----------|2-------2-----------------------|
. . . (.=short)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|------------2--------*----------|
D|4---4-4-4---4---4-4-4-4---------|-*--2---4-----------1/2-4-------|
A|4h6-6-6-6---4h6-6-6-6-6-6\------|2/4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
d d u d d d u d u d *quick slide only for percussive
effect
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|------------2-------------------|
D|-*--2---4-----------------------|
A|2/4-----------------------------|
E|--------------------0-------1---|
At the end the chorus is played twice. During the first time, you
have to replace the last two bars of the chord sequence by:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|11\9-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|10/11-11-11-10/11-11-11--10/11-11-|11\9-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A|8-/9--9--9--8-/9--9--9---8-/9--9--|9-\7-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
E|*-----------*------------*--------|*--------------------------------|
*quick slides, only for a percussive effect
Use the same ending of the song here as guitar 1.
