Band: Scorpions
Album: Fly to the Rainbow
Song: Far Away
Copyright (c) (RCA) (1974)
Version 1.0 - (12/06/06)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
p - pre bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - harmonic
Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Into
Clean tone
Guitar 1[----8-----8---8-8-----8\6---0-6---0-6---0-6---0--|[------8-----8-----8-------6-----6-----6-----6----|[--------9-----------9----------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[-------------17---------------------15-----------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [---5-----5-----5-----5-----------------------------------|[-5---5-----5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5-----5-----5-0-1-|[-------5-----5-----5---------3-----3-----3-----3---------|[-------------------------------5-----5-----5-----5-------||---------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[---------------------------------------------10----------|[-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/11-8--8--8--8--8--8----8-11-----|[---------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [-8-----8----8----8-----8-----6---0-6---0-6---0-6---0--|[---8-----8---8-8---8-----8-----6-----6-----6-----6----|[-----9-----9---------9-----9--------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2 [-8-----8---------8-----8-------------------15---------|[---8-----8-----8---8-----8----------------------------|[-----9-----9-9-------9-----9--------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [-5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3------|[---5-----5-----5-----5-----3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5--|[-----5-----5-----5-----5--------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2 [------------------12--------------------10--------|[--------------------------------------------11----|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [-0-----0-----0-----0-----6---0-6---0-6---0-6---0--|[---1-----1-----1-----1-----6-----6-----6-----6----|[-----0-----0-----0-----0--------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2 [---------------17--15------------------15---------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [-5-----5-----5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|[---5-----5-----5-----5-----3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-|[-----5-----5-----5-----5-------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2 [------------------12--------------------10--8----|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [----8-----8---8-8-----8\6---0-6---0-6---0-6---0--|[------8-----8-----8-------6-----6-----6-----6----|[--------9-----------9----------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2 [-------------17--15--17---------------15-13------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [---0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1---5-----5-----5-----5------|[-3-----3-----3-----3-----0---5-----5-----5-----5----|[-------------------------------5-----5-----5-----5--|[----------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2 [------------15--12----------------------12----------|[-------------------------------------10-------------|[----------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [-3-----3-----3-----3-------0-3----|[---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-3-----3--|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|
[Guitar 2 [--------10----8----10-------------|[------8----88---88----------------|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|
Guitar 1 repeats above backing pattern with these lead fills
|--------17--15--17----------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------15--13--15----------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------10--8-10------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------17--15--17----16-16-16-||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
|--------15--13--15----------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|------12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|---10-----8--10-------------||------8---------------------||--------7-------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------17--17--------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------15--13--------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------17--15--17----------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
|--------15--13--15----------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
Distortion on
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Riff A Backing for solo
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[-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-] |---------------------------------------------||-------5--------------------------6-6--6-6-6-||-------5----------4----------5----7-7--7-7-7-||-5-5-5-5----------5----------7----7-7--7-7-7-||-3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7----5-5--5-5-5-||------------3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5-xx------------|
[-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-]|---------------------------------------------||-------5-------------------------------------||-------5----------4----------5----------1----||-5-5-5-5----------5----------7----------2----||-3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7----2-2-2-2----||------------3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5-xx-0-0-0-0----|
[-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-] |---------------------------------||-------5-------------------------||-------5----------4----------5---||-5-5-5-5----------5----------7---||-3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7---||------------3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5---|
|-----------------------------||-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6--6----||-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--7----||-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--7--7----||-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--5----||-----------------------------|
Guitar solo with wah h ~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----------------5--------------------------------------------------||-----1-3b--3b-5b--3br3-1-3-5-13fb-10-10----------------------------||-0-2------------------------------------12-9-9---------------------||-----------------------------------------------12-10-7-----10------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
h~~~ h|---------------------------------------------------------------------||----13----------------8--------------10-13-15fb-15-13-15p13\12-13-12-||-12b---12b-12-9-----7b--7br5-5-7---\/--------------------------------||----------------10---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
h~~~ h ~~~~|-----------------15------------15fb-15-12-15p12---17fb---17fb--r---||-10\8-10---\/15fb---15fb-15-13-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~|-15-17-12-15bp1212-\-------------------------------------------||----------------------10---13fb--13fb-r10-----8-10-8-----------||--------------------/----9---------------/9-9--------9\7-----\-||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------||------10p8-----------------------------------------------5---------||-/9-9------9-8-7---------7br-5-----5---------5-------5-7---5-------||-----------------10-9-7----------7-----5-7-----7-5-7---------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
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[-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-] |---------------------------------------------||-------5--------------------------6-6--6-6-6-||-------5----------4----------5----7-7--7-7-7-||-5-5-5-5----------5----------7----7-7--7-7-7-||-3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7----5-5--5-5-5-||------------3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5-xx------------|
[-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-]|---------------------------------------------||-------5-------------------------------------||-------5----------4----------5----------1----||-5-5-5-5----------5----------7----------2----||-3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7----2-2-2-2----||------------3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5-xx-0-0-0-0----|
[-PM-] [-PM-]|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------2----------7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------||-------3----------7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3-3-3-3----7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-1-1-1-1-xx/5-5-5-5-xx-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
[-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-]|---------------------------------------------||-------5-------------------------------------||-------5----------4----------5----------1----||-5-5-5-5----------5----------7----------2----||-3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7----2-2-2-2----||------------3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5-xx-0-0-0-0----|
[-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-] |---------------------------------------------||-------5--------------------------6-6--6-6-6-||-------5----------4----------5----7-7--7-7-7-||-5-5-5-5----------5----------7----7-7--7-7-7-||-3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7----5-5--5-5-5-||------------3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5-xx------------|
[-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-] [-PM-]|---------------------------------------------||-------5-------------------------------------||-------5----------4----------5----------1----||-5-5-5-5----------5----------7----------2----||-3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7----2-2-2-2----||------------3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5-xx-0-0-0-0----|
[-PM-] [-PM-]|-------------------------------------------------------||------------------5------------------------------------||-------2----------5------------------------------------||-------3----5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-xx-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-1-1-1-1-xx------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
2nd Guitar solo with wah
h ~~~ ~~ ~~ h|------------------------5---------------8b-8fb-8-5-8p5-------------||--------------------8b----8-5---------5----------------8-----------||---------5-5-7-5--7-----------7-7---7--------------------7brp5-----||-5-7-5-7-------------------------------------------------------7---||-----------------------------------------------------------------7-||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~|-----------------------------15-15fb-----17-20fb--r20p17-----||--------------10/-15fb151515---------/20b----------------20--||-/9-12--9-12-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ h h h|-----------------------12-15p12-15p12-15p12-15-15fb-15--------||-15br15-13----15-17b-----------------------------------15/17--||-----------14-------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
h|------------------------17-15--12----------------------19fb-r------||-13-15p13-----15-13\/17-----------15b15-13----15p13-----------17\--||----------14-------------------------------14-------14-------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
h|-------------------------------------------------------------||-----------8-8-8-88-10fbr8-10br8-------------8---------------||----5---/9-----------------------7br5-5-7--/9--9-8-7-7p5---5-||-/7---7--------------------------------------------------7---||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------------------------||------------5-------------------------------||----5---7-5---7p5---7-5---------------------||-/7---7-----------7-----7-5-5/7-------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
Rpt Verse
Clean guitar(chords are played by keyboards)
C D# G# A#|-------1-0----------4-3-----8---8--10----10-||-----1-----1------4-----4-----9-------11----||---0------------3---------0-----------------||--------------1-----------------------------||-3------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
C D# G# G|-------1-0----------4-3-----8---8--7---7-||-----1-----1------4-----4-----9------8---||---0------------3---------0--------------||--------------1--------------------------||-3---------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
Rpt to fade
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