E-|---Song:-Classical-Gas--------------------------|A-|---Composer:-Mason-Williams---------------------|D-|---Transcription-by:Christian Liang-------------|G-|---E-Mail:christian.liang@gmail.com-------------| B-|---http://www.chrisliang.com--------------------|E-|---Enjoy!---------------------------------------|
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CLASSICAL GAS by MASON WILLIAMS (1938-)
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[1] Intro (3/4)
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|G|-1-------1---|---0==-------|---0---------|-------------|---0h1---0h1|B|-----2-------|--0----------|--0--2---0---|---2==-------|--2----2----|D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--2----------|------------|A|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-0----------|E|-------------|-3-------2---|-0-----------|-------------|------------| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 1 3 1 3 2 3 23 3 1 3 1
R m i m pim pim i m pim pim i
p
[6]E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0----------|G|---0---------|---0--------0|-------------|-----------3-|-------3-1-3|B|--0----------|--0--2-0-0p2-|---2==-------|---0---0--0--|-----0---2--|D|-------------|-------------|--2----------|--0---0------|------------|A|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|-----0---2---|-3----------|E|-3-------2---|-0-----------|-------------|-3-----------|------------| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 3 2 2 2 12 3 2 4 3 4 1 4 2
R pim p pim i m i m pim pim pim pma a i m m m
p i
[11] Part A1 (4/4)
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|G||-0h1p0---1-----------1-------0---|---------------------------------|B||*------------2-------------------|---------0-----------0-----------|D||*------------------------2-------|-----0-----------0-----------0---|A||-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|E||---------------------------------|-3-----------2-----------0-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 1 1 3 1 2 3 2
R m m i p m p m p i m p i m p i
p
[13]E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||G|--0-------------------0-----------|--------------------------------||B|------2---0---2---------------2---|---------2-----------2---------*||D|----------------------------------|-----2-----------2-----------2-*||A|----------------------------------|-0-----------0-----------0------||E|--0---------------0-------0-------|--------------------------------|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2
R a m i m p a p m p i m p i m p i
p
[15]E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|--------------0-----------0---1---|---------1-----------3-----------|B|----------2-----------0-----------|-----2-----------0-----------0---|D|------2---------------------------|---------------------------------|A|--0-------------------------------|-0-----------2-----------2-------|E|------------------3---------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 4 2
R p i m a p i m i p i m p i m p i
[17]E|--0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|----------3---1---3-------1-p-0---|---------------------------------|B|------0-------2-------------------|-2-----------0---2---2====---0---|D|----------------------2-----------|-----------------2---------------|A|--3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|-1---------------0---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 3 4 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 1
R a i m m m p m m i m i m
p i p i
p
[19] Ending 1E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|--------------0-----------0---1---|---------1-----------3-----------|B|--2-------2-----------0-----------|-----2-----------0-----------0---|D|------2---------------------------|---------------------------------|A|--0-------------------------------|-0-----------2-----------2-------|E|------------------3---------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m a p i m i p i m p i m p i p
L 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 4 2
[21] I..... C F D7 GE|--0-----1-----2-----3-----|-4---5---7---|G|----1-----1-----1-----0---|---0---0---0-|B|------0-----2-----2-----0-|-------------|D|--------3-----0-----------|-------------|A|--3-----------------------|-------------|E|-------(1)----------3-----|-0---0---0---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R a m i a m i a m i a m i a m a m a m p p p p
L 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 3
4 T
1
[23] Part B1 V3................................................................E|--8---7---5-----------5-----------|-----5-----------5---------------|G|--------------8-------5-------7---|-----7---7-------7---5-----------|B|--------------5---------------7---|---------7-----------7-----------|D|----------------------------------|-0-----------0-------------------|A|--0---------------0-------0-------|-------------------------0-------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m m p m p m p m m p m m p p i i i i i i i
L 4 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 1
1 1 3 4 3 4 3
[25] V3................................................................E|--8---7---5-----------5-----------|-------------5-------------------|G|--------------8-------5-------7---|-----8-----------7-----------5---|B|--------------5---------------7---|-----7-----------7-------5-------|D|----------------------------------|-0-------0-----------0-----------|A|--0---------------0-------0-------|---------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m m p m p m p m p a m p i m p i i i i i
L 4 3 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 1
1 1 3 3 3
[27] V3...........................................................E|--8---7---5-----------5-----------|---------8---5---------------3---|G|--------------8-------5-------7---|---------5---5---8-----------3---|B|--------------5---------------7---|-----------------7---------------|D|----------------------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|A|--0---------------0-------0-------|---------------------0-----------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m m p m p m p a a m p a p i i i m m i m
L 4 3 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 4
1 1 3 1 1 3 3
[29]Triplets I...... I...... G C F BbE|------3--------0--------1--------1|---0==------0==------0==------0==|G|------3--------1--------1--------3|---3==------3==------3==------3==|B|------0--------0--------2--------3|---2==------2==------2==------2==|D|------------2-----------------3---|---------------------------------|A|---2-----3-----------3-----1------|0--------0--------0--------0-----|E|3-----------------1---------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p p a p p a p p a p p a p a p a p a p a m m m m m m m m i i i i i i i i
L 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 3
3 1 4 1 1 1 1
2 3
[31] Ending 1E|------------------------------0===|==-------------------------------|E|----------------------3====-------|-----3====---------------3-p-0---|E|--------------2====---------------|-------------2-------2-----------|E|------3====-----------------------|-----------------3---------------|E|--0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p p i m a m i p i m
L 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 3
Part C
[33]E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|--0h1p0---1-------------------3---|---------1-----------0-----------|B|--------------2-----------2-------|-----2-----------2-----------2---|D|----------------------2-----------|---------------------------------|A|--0---------------0---------------|-0-----------0-----------0-------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R a a m p i m a p m a p m a p m p
L 1 1 3 2 3 4 3 1 3 3
[35]E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|--0h1p0---1-------------------0---|---------------------------------|B|--------------2-----------2-------|---------2-----------0-----------|D|----------------------2-----------|-----2-----------2-----------2---|A|--0---------------0---------------|-0-----------0-----------0-------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R a a m p i m a p i m p i m p i p
L 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 2
[37]E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|--0h1p0---1-------------------0---|---------1-----------3-----------|B|--------------2-----------2-------|---------------------------------|D|----------------------2-----------|-----2-----------2-----------2---|A|--0---------------0---------------|-0-----------0-----------0-------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R a a m p i m a p i a p i a p i p
L 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 4 2
Part D
[39]E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|--5-------5---3-------3---1-------|-1---0-------0-------0---1---0---|B|------5-----------4-----------2---|---------0-------2---------------|D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|A|--0-----------0-----------0-------|-----0-----------0---------------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m m i m m i m m i m i m i m p p p p p
L 4 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
[41]E|--0-------0-----------------------|-----------------1-p-0-----------|G|------3-------1-----------1---0---|---------3---------------3-------|B|----------------------0-----------|-----0-------0---------------0---|D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|A|--3---------------3---------------|-2-------2-------2---------------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R a m a m p i m i p i m i a m i p p
L 3 4 1 3 1 2 4 1 4
2 2
[43] Ending 1 and RepeatE|--0-------0-----------------------|-----------------1-p-0----------||G|------3-------1-----------1---0---|---------3---------------3------||B|----------------------2-----------|-----0-------0---------------0-*||D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------*||A|--0---------------0---------------|--------------------------------||E|----------------------------------|-3-------3-------3--------------|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R a m a m p i m p i m i a m i p p p
L 4 1 3 1 3 4 1 4
3 3
[45] Ending 2 and continueE|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|----------------------------------|-0-------------------0-----------|B|----------0-----------0-----------|-----2---0---2-------0-------0---|D|------0-----------0-----------0---|---------------------------------|A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|E|--3-----------2-----------0-------|-0---------------0-------0-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p i m p i m p i a m i m p m p i p i
L 3 2 2 2
[47] I...... C F D7 GE|----------------------------------|-0-------1-------2-------3-------|G|----------0-------1-------3-------|-----------------------------0---|B|--2-----------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------2-------2-----------|D|------2---------------------------|---------3-------0---------------|A|--0---------------0-------2-------|-3-------------------------------|E|----------3-----------------------|--------(1)--------------3-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m i m i m i a i a i a i a m p p p p p p p p
L 2 1 3 1 4 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 4 T 1[49]E|-4---5---7---|B|---0---0---0-|G|-------------| D|-------------|A|-------------|E|-0---0---0---| | | | | | | | | |R a m a m a m p p p
L 1 1 3 1
[50] Part B2 V3................................................................E|--8---7---5-----------5-----------|-----5-----------5---------------|G|--------------8-------5-------7---|-----7---7-------7---5-----------|B|--------------5---------------7---|---------7-----------7-----------|D|----------------------------------|-0-----------0-------------------|A|--0---------------0-------0-------|-------------------------0-------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m m p m p m p m m p m m p p i i i i i i i
L 4 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 1
1 1 3 4 3 4 3
[52] V3................................................................E|--8---7---5-----------5-----------|-------------5-------------------|G|--------------8-------5-------7---|-----8-----------7-----------5---|B|--------------5---------------7---|-----7-----------7-------5-------|D|----------------------------------|-0-------0-----------0-----------|A|--0---------------0-------0-------|---------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m m p m p m p m p a m p i m p i i i i i
L 4 3 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 1
1 1 3 3 3
[54] V3...........................................................E|--8---7---5-----------5-----------|---------8---5---------------3---|G|--------------8-------5-------7---|---------5---5---8-----------3---|B|--------------5---------------7---|-----------------7---------------|D|----------------------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|A|--0---------------0-------0-------|---------------------0-----------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m m p m p m p a a m p a p i i i m m i m
L 4 3 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 4
1 1 3 1 1 3 3
[56]Triplets I...... I...... G C F BbE|------3--------0--------1--------1|---0==------0==------0==------0==|G|------3--------1--------1--------3|---3==------3==------3==------3==|B|------0--------0--------2--------3|---2==------2==------2==------2==|D|------------2-----------------3---|---------------------------------|A|---2-----3-----------3-----1------|0--------0--------0--------0-----|E|3-----------------1---------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p p a p p a p p a p p a p a p a p a p a m m m m m m m m i i i i i i i i
L 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 3
3 1 4 1 1 1 1
2 3
[58] Ending 2 E|----------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|E|------------3---------------------|-----3====---------------3-p-0---|E|--------------2-------------------|-------------2-------2-----------|E|------3---------3==---------------|-----------------3---------------|E|--0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p i a m i p m i p i m
L 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 3
[60] Part A2E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|G||-0h1p0---1-----------1-------0---|---------------------------------|B||*------------2-------------------|---------0-----------0-----------|D||*------------------------2-------|-----0-----------0-----------0---|A||-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|E||---------------------------------|-3-----------2-----------0-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 1 1 3 1 2 3 2
R m m i p m p m p i m p i m p i
p
[62]E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------||G|--0-------------------0-----------|--------------------------------||B|------2---0---2---------------2---|---------2-----------2---------*||D|----------------------------------|-----2-----------2-----------2-*||A|----------------------------------|-0-----------0-----------0------||E|--0---------------0-------0-------|--------------------------------|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2
R a m i m p a p m p i m p i m p i
p
[64]E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|--------------0-----------0---1---|---------1-----------3-----------|B|----------2-----------0-----------|-----2-----------0-----------0---|D|------2---------------------------|---------------------------------|A|--0-------------------------------|-0-----------2-----------2-------|E|------------------3---------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 4 2
R p i m a p i m i p i m p i m p i
[66]E|--0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|G|----------3---1---3-------1-p-0---|---------------------------------|B|------0-------2-------------------|-2-----------0---2---2====---0---|D|----------------------2-----------|-----------------2---------------|A|--3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|-1---------------0---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 3 4 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 1
R a i m m m p m m i m i m
p i p i
p
[68] Part A ending 2 I... C F D7 GE|----------------------------------|-0-------1-------2-------3-------|G|----------0-------1-------3-------|-----------------------------0---|B|--2-----------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------2-------2-----------|D|------2---------------------------|---------3-------0---------------|A|--0---------------0-------2-------|-3-------------------------------|E|----------3-----------------------|--------(1)--------------3-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R m i m i m i m i a i a i a i a m p p p p p p p p
L 2 1 3 1 4 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 4 T 1[70]E|-4---5---7-5-|B|---0---0-----|G|-------------| Play Final Part (below)D|-------------| Watch out for quick chords in tripletsA|-------------| D-G-C-F-BbE|-0---0---0---| | | | | | | | | |R a m a m a m p p p
L 1 1 3 1
[71] Outro D G C F BbE|-------2-----3-----0-----1-----1--|-----------------------------0---|G|-------3-----3-----1-----1-----3--|---------------------3====-------|B|-------2-----0-----0---2-------3--|-------------2====---------------|D|-----0-----------2---3-------3----|-----3===------------------------|A|---0-------2---3-----------1------|-0-------------------------------|E|---------3----------(1)-----------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p p a p p a p p a p p a p p a p p i m a m m m m m i i i i
L 2 3 2 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 3
3 3 1 1 4
1 3
[73]E|------------------------------0===|---------------------------------|G|----------------------3===--------|-----3====---------------3-------|B|--------------2===----------------|-------------2-------2-------0---|D|------3===------------------------|-----------------3---------------|A|--0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p p i m a m i p i m i
L 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 3
[75]E|------------------------------0==-|---------------------------------|G|----------------------3====-------|-----3====---------------3-------|B|--------------2====---------------|-------------2-------2-----------|D|------4====-----------------------|-----------------4---------------|A|--0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p p i m a m i p i m
L 4 1 3 3 1 4 1 3
[77]E|----------------------------------|G|--------------2p0h2---------------|B|------------2---------------------|D|----------2-----------------------|A|--0-------------------------------|E|----------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R p p i m
L 1 2 3 3
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Legend
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Right
p = pulgar = thumb
i = indice = index
m = medio = middle
a = anular = ring
Left
p = pull off
h = hammer on
/ = slide
= = suspend/hold Note
II2 = Barre at fret 2 bottom 2 strings
T = Fret Top String with Thumb
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Notes
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Play this song is in order.
Intro-A1-B1-C-D-B2-A2-Outro
Break this song up in parts and master them then piece it back together.
Part A1,B1 and A2,B2 are identical besides their endings.
Intro is in 3/4 Time Signature. The Rest of the song is mostly in 4/4.
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Tips
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This song is well worth learning. There are some challenging areas.
I have tried to simplify as much as possible at areas I had problems
with. I have checked out many tabs online and decided to write my own
as i find myself revisiting this song time after time. It's a gem of
a song!
You will encounter some Rapid chord progressions. If too difficult to
play in time, Play F chord without barring the 1st fret-just make sure
you don't sound the Top E, and A String.
Rapid Chords in these measures....
Bar[21] C-F-D7-G----pa-m-i pattern
Bar[29] G-C-F-Bb----triplet
Bar[48] C-F-D7-G----double stops/intervals
Bar[56] G-C-F-Bb----triplet
Bar[69] C-F-D7-G----double stops/intervals
Bar[71] D-G-C-F-Bb--triplet. may be in 5/4
Bar[21],[48],[69]
(T) Left Hand Thumb. 3 fret on Top and bottom E string (G note).
Thumb freting the top Bass E string gives an easier hand transition to
the part B
Part B
Bar[23]-[28] and Bar[50]-[55] Tricky bass note. Try to keep the beat.
Loosen your wrist and rock them. Thumb down for the bass and double
stops (im) up on the treble. Keep it funky. Barre 5th fret at bottom
3 strings through out.
Part D
Bar[41]-[44] Favorite part. The bass note alternates 2 times and
then 3 times.
