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TUSH
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 2006 Album GREATEST HITS)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words and Music by Bill F Gibbons, Frank Beard, Dusty Hill.
Arranged by Bill F Gibbons, Frank Beard, Dusty Hill.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'BFG Lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'BFG Rhythm'
Moderately Fast Rock Q=146(8=s8) 4/4 Gtr I PM| PM ~ PM PM ~~~ PM PM ~ PM PM ~~~~~~ E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q E E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)-----|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)------||-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)-----|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)------||----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||-3-3---3------3-|---3-----------1s|=3-3---3------3-|---3---------3-1s=|
$ PM PM PM PM ~~~~~~ PM PM ~ PM PM ~ E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E|----------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------||----------------|------------------||o----------------|----------------||-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)------||------5---5-3----|-----5---5-3----||-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)------||------5---5-3----|-----5---5-3----||----------------|------------------||o----------------|----------------||-3-3---3------3-|---3----------3-1s||==3-3---3------1s|=3-3---3------3-|
PM ~ PM PM ~~ PM------------|
+Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------5---5-3----|-----5---5-3----|-----------------|-----------------||------5---5-3----|-----5---5-3----|-5-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-|-5-5-------------||-----------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-------------||-(3)----3------3-|-3-3---3--------|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
~ ~~~~~~ PM------------------------------|
E E E E E Q E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------||----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------||-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)----|-------------------|------------------||-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)----|-7-7-9-9-10-10-9-9-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7----||----------------|----------------|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||-3-3---3------3-|---3------------|-------------------|---------------2s=|
1. 2.
To Coda
PM--------------| PM----------------| ~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---5-6-7-(7)------||-----------------|---5-6-7-(7)---12-||---5-7-7-8-8-7-7-|-5-3-4-5-(5)-----o||-5-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-|-5-3-4-5-(5)------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-------------1--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3----------------|
Gtr II ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q|-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------12-12-(12)---12---|-12---12---12---12\---||-0-/12-------------------|------12--------12\---||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------|
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| Gtr I| PM----------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-5---5--7--7---5--5--7-7-|--5-5--7-7--5-5--7--7-||-3---3--3--3---3--3--3-3-|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-|
Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------/12---------|-12----12----------------||-/12---12----------12----|-------------------12S4s=||----------12----------12-|----12----12s10-10-------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||---5-5--7--7---5-5--7--7-|--5--5--6--6--7--7--8-8--||---3-3--3--3---3-3--3--3-|--3--3--4--4--5--5--6-6--|
Q Q Q Q Q a Q Q E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||--------5-----------5----|-------------------------||--5----------/5-----5----|--5--5s=3-----5----/4-/4p||-------------/5----------|--5----------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-|-10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
~~~ ~~~ Q H S S S S +Q H Q|---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||-0---12\-----3p0-3p0-|-(0)---/12-------12\----||-----12\-------------|-------/12--------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||-5-5--7--7-5-5-7-7---|--5--5---7-7-5-5--7--7--||-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3---|--3--3---3-3-3-3--3--3--|
~
|-3--|
E E Q Q +E E E Q a E E Q E E|-----------------------|--------------------||-----/6-/7-----------0-|--------------------||-7---------7---(7)s5---|-/5-5s3---/5-/3-3p==||-7---------7---(7)s5---|-/5-----0-/5--------||-----------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------|
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| PM------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------||-----------------------|--------------------||-7-7--9--9-7-7--9--9---|--5-5-7-7--5--5-7-7-||-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5---|--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-||-----------------------|--------------------|
Q E E E E E E H +E +E Q|--------------------------|-----------------------||----------/12-------------|-----------------------||-0-/12--------12-\10------|-\10-----(10)-(10)/----||-------12------------12---|-----------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E +H|--------------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------||--------------------------|-----5-6---7---(7)-----||-5---5--7---7--5---5--7-7-|---5-3-4---5---(5)-----||-3---3--3---3--3---3--3-3-|---3-------------------|
|----3----| |----3----| |--3--| |---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|--------------------------------|--------------------------||-------12---12---12---12---12---|-----12-12-12\-----12-----||--------------------------------|--------------------------||-/12----------------------------|-/12-----------/12--------||--------------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------|
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| PM----------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------------|--------------------------||---5-5----7----7--5-5--7-7------|---5--5--7--7----5--5-7-7-||---3-3----3----3--3-3--3-3------|---3--3--3--3----3--3-3-3-|
|----3----| |-----3-----| |---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q|----------------------------------|--------------------------||-------12---12---12\---------12---|-12s10-----------10---12--||----------------------------------|---------12-12---10---12--||-/12-------------------/12--------|--------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------|
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| PM--------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------------|--------------------------||---5-5----7----7--5--5-----7----7-|--5--5-6--6--7-7--8-8-----||---3-3----3----3--3--3-----3----3-|--3--3-4--4--5-5--6-6-----|
~ ~~~~~~ Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E|------------------|-----------------||-/5---5---5---6---|-----5---5-------||----------------7s|=5-----------5s3S||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
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| PM---------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||--5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-------------||------------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
~~ |3-| E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E|--------------------------|-----------------------15-||-------------/11-11-------|-------/11-12------/15----||-12-12-12s10--------10----|-12-----------12----------||-----------------------12-|----12--------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--5--5--7--7---5--5--7--7-|--5--5---7--7--5-5---7--7-||--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3-|--3--3---3--3--3-3---3--3-|
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E|-15-15-15s13----/18S13----|-15\-----------------------||-------------15--------15-|-----13-/12-/12---12s10----||--------------------------|------------------12s10----||--------------------------|------------------------12-||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------|
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| PM---------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--------------------------|---------------------------||--7--7--9--9--7---7--9--9-|--5---5---7---7-5--5--7--7-||--5--5--5--5--5---5--5--5-|--3---3---3---3-3--3--3--3-||--------------------------|---------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
~~~~~
|--3--| |--3---|
E E E E E Q Q Q E Q E +H|--------------------------|---------------------||-12-12-12s10--------------|---------------------||-12-12-12s10----12--------|---/12---14-(14)/----||-------------12----12\-10-|-9-------------------||--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|---------------------|
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|----------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +H|--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|-----5-6--7--(7)-----||--5--5--7--7--5--5--7---7-|-5---3-4--5--(5)-----||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3-|-3-------------------|
& PM ~~ E E E E E Q. e Q. Q E +E|----------------|-12--------------------||----------------|------------7s==8-(8)/-||-----5---5-3----|----12\-----7s==8-(8)/-||-----5---5-3----|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------||-3-3---3--------|-----------------------|
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| PM PM ~~ PM--------------------| E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E|----------------|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------||-----5---5-3----|-----------------------||-----5---5-3----|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5---||----------------|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3--3---||-3-3---3--------|-----------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~~~ Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|----------------------|-----------------------||----------------12s15-|-----------------10s12-||-----12-12-12---------|------12-12-12---------||----------------------|-\9--------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||-5-5--7--7--5-5--7--7-|--5-5--7--7--5-5--7--7-||-3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3-|--3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3-|
~~~~~~~~ Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------/12----|------------------------------||------12-12-12----------|-/12-----/16----/12-----/12---||-\x---12-------------12-|-----12\-----12-/12-12\-/12---||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------|
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| PM----------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||--5-5--7--7--5-5---7--7-|---5--5----6--6---7--7----8-8-||--3-3--3--3--3-3---3--3-|---3--3----4--4---5--5----6-6-|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-------------------||-----------4--------|------4------------||-/5---/5-------/5---|-/5-------/5-------||--------------------|----5----------8---||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--5-5--7-7-5-5--7-7-|--5-5--------------||--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-|--3-3--------------||--------------------|------0-0--1-1-2-2-|
~~ ~~ ~~ E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|--------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------/12-12-|-------/12---------------||-12----12----12-----------|-12-----------12---12\---||----12----12----12--------|----12-----12------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM-------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--5--5--7--7--5--5---7--7-|--5--5---7--7--5-5--7--7-||--3--3--3--3--3--3---3--3-|--3--3---3--3--3-3--3--3-|
|3| E E E E E E Q E Q Q Q Q|-------------------|-------------------||---------/7-/7s==5-|-------------------||-7---7-------------|-7s5-/5---\3---0---||---7---7-----------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-7-7-9-9--7--7-9-9-|-5-5--7-7--5-5-7-7-||-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-||-------------------|-------------------|
Abadd9 E E E E E E E E E E E E +H|-------20-16---------------|---------------------*||---/20--------15-----------|---------------------*||-----------------/17s15-12-|-12---/12-10-(10)----*||---------------------------|-12------------------*||---------------------------|---------------------*||---------------------------|---------------------*|
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| Q H. Q E E +H|---------------------------|--------6--5--(5)----*||---------------------------|---------------------*||---------------------------|--------5--4--(4)----*||---------------------------|--------6--5--(5)----*||-5-------------------------|---------------------*||-3-------------------------|---------------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
