Joplin Scott – The Entertainer tab

"The Entertainer"
Scott Joplin

Transcribed from piano

4-4 time

Great song. I didn't bother adjusting the tempo, but there's still some there between 
notes. Some of the ~'s on there aren't really noticeable in the actual song, but it just 
good when you play it like that.

I didn't tab any hammer-ons or pull-offs since you can't do those on a piano, but if you 
screw with it a bit it always fun too.

Key:
~ = elongate / let ring for short time

IntroE|-10-12-8----------|--------------|------------------|B|---------10~-12-8-|--------------|------------------|G|------------------|-7-9-5--------|------------------| GD|------------------|-------7~-9-5-|------------------|A|------------------|--------------|-5-7-3------------|E|------------------|--------------|-------5~-7-5-4-3-|

Verse 1E|------8---8---8~-|-8-10-11-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|B|-----------------|-----------------------------|G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|D|-----------------|-----------------------------|A|-----------------|-----------------------------|E|-----------------|-----------------------------|

E|------8---8---8~-|------------8-12~-10-8----10~|B|-----------------|-10~-8-7-10------------12----|G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|D|-----------------|-----------------------------|A|-----------------|-----------------------------|E|-----------------|-----------------------------|

E|------8---8---8~-|-8-10-11-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|B|-----------------|-----------------------------|G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|D|-----------------|-----------------------------|A|-----------------|-----------------------------|E|-----------------|-----------------------------|

E|-8-10-12-8-10-12~-8-10-8-|-12-8-10-12~-8-10-8-|-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|B|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|G|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|D|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|A|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|E|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

Verse 2E|------8---8---8~-|-8-10-11-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|B|-----------------|-----------------------------|G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|D|-----------------|-----------------------------|A|-----------------|-----------------------------|E|-----------------|-----------------------------|

E|------8---8---8~-|------------8-12~-10-8----10~|B|-----------------|-10~-8-7-10------------12----|G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|D|-----------------|-----------------------------|A|-----------------|-----------------------------|E|-----------------|-----------------------------|

E|------8---8---8~-|-8-10-11-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|B|-----------------|-----------------------------|G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|D|-----------------|-----------------------------|A|-----------------|-----------------------------|E|-----------------|-----------------------------|

E|-8-10-12-8-10-12~-8-10-8-|-12-8-10-12~-8-10-8-|-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|B|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|G|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|D|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|A|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|E|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

Solo?E|----------------|----------------|-12------------10---------|B|------7-8~-10-8-|------7-8~-10-8-|---13--10-12-13--13-10----|G|-9-10-----------|-9-10-----------|-----12---------------12~-|D|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|A|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|E|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|

E|----------------|----------------|------------------------------------|B|------7-8~-10-8-|------7-8~-10-8-|-8-10-11-12-12--12--10----8---------|G|-9-10-----------|-9-10-----------|----------------------11-----10~9~7-|D|----------------|----------------|------------------------12----------|A|----------------|----------------|------------------------------------|E|----------------|----------------|------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------12-15-12-------------10-10----|B|----------13-10-13-10-13-10----13----------13----10-13-------13-|G|-12p11h12-------------------12----------------12----------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo 2?E|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12------------10-12-10--10--12-13-15-17-|B|--------------------|--------------------|---13--10-12-13--------13--13------------|G|--------------------|--------------------|-----12----------------------------------|D|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|A|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|E|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|

E|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-15-17-18-19-19--19--17-15--15-|B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------15---|G|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|D|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|A|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|E|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|

E|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12-------------10-12-10--10----|B|--------------------|--------------------|---13---10-12-13--------13--13~-|G|--------------------|--------------------|-----12-------------------------|D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------12-15~-12-----------12-10-----|B|---------13--10-13--10-13-10--13---------13--10--13-------13~-|G|-12-11-12-------------------12-------------12-----------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

After that it's just back to Verse and then on to other stuff but yeah that's all I got 
tell me what you guys think!