Song: "She Has Funny Cars"
Artist: Jefferson Airplane
Album: Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
Composer: Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin
Instrument(s): Six and Twelve String Electric Guitar
Tuning: Standard
I listened to the song and I hear three, yes 3, guitars. To me, they all sound like
except for Jorma's (or whoever decided to play a 6-string). But, this is what I transcribed.
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Thanks and enjoy!
Intro:
[Drums] (0:00-0:10)
Pre-verse:
Guitar 1 [6-string] (0:10)e|---------------------------|B|---------------------------|G|---------------------------|D|---------------------------|A|---7-5-4-2-0----7-5-4-2-0--|E|-0 ----------0------------0|
Guitar 2 [12-string] (0:15)E|-----------------------|B|-----------------------|G|-9--7-6-4-2--9-7-6-7-9-|D|-9--7-6-4-2--9-7-6-7-9-|A|-7--5-4-2-0--7-5-4-5-7-|E|-----------------------|
Verse: (0:20-0:37)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
e|-------------------------||---------------------------|B|-------------------------||---------------------------|G|-------------------------||-9-7-6-----------9-7-6-7-9-|D|--------------2~---------||-9-7-6--9-7--x3--9-7-6-7-9-|A|-7-5-4--------2~--7~-----||-7-5-4--9-7------7-5-4-5-7-|E|-------7-5-0--0~--0~--0~-||--------7-5----------------|
e|-------------------------||-----------------|B|-------------------------||-----------------|G|-------------------------||-9-7-6-----------|D|--------------2~---------||-9-7-6--9-7--x3--|A|-7-5-4--------2~--7~-----||-7-5-4--9-7------|E|-------7-5-0--0~--0~--0~-||--------7-5------|
Post-verse:(0:37-0:39)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
e|----------------------||----------------------|B|----------------------||----------------------|G|----------------------||----------------------|D|-2~-------------------||------------14--------|A|-2~-------------------||-7-9-12-14--12--------|E|-0~-------------------||-5-7-10-12------------|
Pre-Chorus:(0:42-0:46)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
e|------------------2----||----------------------|B|-3-3-3-2~---3-3-3--2~--||-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2------|G|-----------------------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|D|-----------------------||----------------------|A|-----------------------||----------------------|E|-----------------------||----------------------|
(0:46-1:13)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2: Guitar 3
e|------------------2--||-----------------------||----------------------|B|-3-3-3-2~---3-3-3--2~||-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2-------||----------------------|G|---------------------||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------||-4-4~-----------------|D|---------------------||-----------------------||-4-4~-x12-------------|A|---------------------||-----------------------||-2-2~-----------------|E|---------------------||-----------------------||----------------------|
Chorus:(1:13-1:22)
Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
e|------------------------||--------------------|B|------------------------||--------------------|G|-4-2--------------------||-4-2----------------|D|-4-2--2-4---------------||-4-2--2-4-----------|x2A|-2-0--2-4---------------||-2-0--2-4-----------|E|------0-2---------------||------0-2-----------|
e|------------------------||--------------------|B|------------------------||--------------------|G|-4-2--------------------||-4-2----------------|D|-4-2--2-4--4~-----------||-4-2--2-4--4~-------|A|-2-0--2-4--4~-----------||-2-0--2-4--4~-------|E|------0-2--2~-----------||------0-2--2~-------|
(1:26-1:35)
Guitar 1 (1:26-1:30): Guitar 2(1:30-1:35):
e|----------------------||-------------------------|B|----------------------||-------------------------|G|-9-7-6-4-2------------||-9-7-6-------9-7-6-7-9---|D|-9-7-6-4-2-x2---------||-9-7-6--9-7--9-7-6-7-9---|A|-7-5-4-2-0------------||-7-5-4--9-7--7-5-4-5-7---|E|----------------------||--------7-5--------------|
(1:36-1:53)
Both Guitars:
(Repeat verse)
(1:53-1:56)
Both Guitars:
(Repeat Post-verse)
(1:58-2:30)
All three guitars:
(Repeat pre-chorus)
(2:30-2:38)
Guitars 1&2:
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: 2:42-3:07
Lead Guitar (Gtr. 1)
Sorry I couldn't tab Jorma's solo!
Rhythm Guitar (Gtr. 2)
(2:42-2:56) (2:56-3:07)e|---------------------------||-----------------------------|B|---------------------------||-----------------------------|G|---------------------------||-----------------------------|D|---------------------------||-----------------------------|A|-9-7-5-4-2--x6-------------||-9-7-5-4-2-0-2--9-7-5-4-2-0--|E|---------------------------||-----------------------------| ^song starts to fade
Rhythm Guitar #2 (Gtr.3)
e|-------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------|G|-4^~---4~--------------------------------4-|D|-4^~---4~----2~----4^~---2~---4-4~---2---4-|A|-2^~---2~----2~----4^~---2~---4-4~---2---2-|E|-------------0~----2^~---0~---2-2~---0-----| ^song starts to fade here
