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CROSSFIRE
As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan
(From the 1989 Album IN STEP)
Transcribed by guitargod175
Music by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'SRV '
Intro
Q=116
N.C.(B7)
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q Q W
|------------|---------15\--|------|
|------------|--------------|------|
|------------|--------------|------|
|------------|--------------|------|
|------------|--------------|------|
|------------|--------------|------|
~~~~~~~~~
H E a +E +E E +Q Q H
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|--------14b16==(14)r(14)p12-|-(12)------------|
|----------------------------|-------14\-------|
|----------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~
H E a Q. +Q Q H
|---------------12----|-(12)----------|
|--------15b17-(15)---|-(15)----------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
~~~
H E a +E +E E +Q Q Q E E
|--------17b19==(17)r(17)-15-|-(15)b15.5---------------|
|----------------------------|------------17\-------12-|
|----------------------------|----------------------12-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~
+Q S S E E E E E
|----------------------------||
|-(12)-----------------------||
|-(12)-----------------------||
|-------14p12----------12-14-||
|-------------14---/14-------||
|----------------------------||
Verse 1
N.C.(E7)
Q Q H H E a +E +S. T S S W
|------------|----------------------------------|------|
|------------|----------------------------------|------|
|------------|--------14b16==(14)r(14)p12-------|------|
|-x----------|----------------------------14p12-|------|
|------------|----------------------------------|------|
|------------|----------------------------------|------|
~~
H E a +E +S S S S W H Q E E
|----------------------------------|----------|--------------|
|----------------------------------|----------|-----------12-|
|--------14b16==(14)r(14)p12-------|----------|-----------12-|
|----------------------------14p12-|----------|--------------|
|----------------------------------|----------|--------------|
|----------------------------------|----------|--------------|
~~~~
+Q Q H H E S S E E S S E Q H
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-(12)----------|--------------12-12-|-----------------|
|-(12)----------|--------------12-12-|-----------------|
|---------------|--------12h14-------|-14p12-----------|
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
H E a +E +E E W W
|----------------------------|----------|------||
|----------------------------|----------|------||
|--------14b16==(14)r(14)p12-|----------|------||
|----------------------------|----------|------||
|----------------------------|----------|------||
|----------------------------|----------|------||
Chorus 1
N.C.(B7)
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
H Q E E +Q Q H Q E +E E Q.
|--------------|---------------|---------------12-------|
|-----------12-|-(12)----------|------------------------|
|-----------12-|-(12)----------|----14b16-(14)----12----|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E +E E E +E S S S S E H Q E E +Q Q H
|------------12------------------------|-----------12-|-(12)\----------|
|---------------12-(12)----------------|-----------12-|-(12)\----------|
|-14b16-(14)----12-(12)----------------|-----------12-|-(12)\----------|
|-----------------------14p12-------12-|--------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------13s14----|--------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------|----------------|
Q E +E E E E +E
|---------------12---------------|
|------------------12-15b17-(15)-|
|----14b16-(14)------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E E a +S +S E +E S S S S E
|-12--------------------------------------------||
|----15-15b17--(15)-----------------------------||
|-------14b16==(14)r(14)-12-(12)----------------||
|--------------------------------14p12-------12-||
|--------------------------------------13s14----||
|-----------------------------------------------||
Verse 2
N.C.(B7)
~~~~~~~~~
q Q H H E a +E +E E +Q Q H
|-------------|----------------------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------14b15==(14)r(14)p12-|-(12)----------|
|-------------|--------14b15==(14)r(14)p12-|-(12)----------|
|-------------|----------------------------|---------------|
|-------------|----------------------------|---------------|
|-12----------|----------------------------|---------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~
H E a +E +E E +Q Q Q Q H E S S E E Wx2
|----------------------------|-------------12\--|--------------------|--------||
|----------------------------|-------------12\--|-----------------12-|--------||
|--------14b16==(14)r(14)-12-|-(12)--------12\--|-----------------12-|--------||
|----------------------------|------------------|--------------12----|--------||
|----------------------------|------------------|--------12h14-------|--------||
|----------------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------||
Chorus 2
N.C.(E7)
~~~~~~~~~
H Q E E +Q Q H Q E +E E E a +E E
|--------------|---------------|---------------12---------------12--|
|-----------12-|-(12)----------|------------------12-15b17-(15)-----|
|-----------12-|-(12)----------|----14b16-(14)----------------------|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E a E +E E +E S S S S E H. E E +Q Q H
|--------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-15---------15------------------------------|------------12-|-(12)\----------|
|----14b16==(14)r(14)-12-(12)----12----------|------------12-|-(12)\----------|
|-----------------------------14-12-------12-|-14------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------------12h14----|---------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------|
~~~~~~~
Q E +E E E E E E +E E E +E S S S S S S
|---------------12---------|------------12---------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|----14b16-(14)----12------|-14b16-(14)----12-(12)-------------------||
|---------------------14---|-----------------------14p12-------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------13s14-13s14-||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
Bridge
Em7 F#m7 Em7
E E +H. E E +H. E E +H.
|---------------|------------------|-------------|
|----8-(8)------|-----10-(10)------|----8-(8)----|
|---------------|------------------|-------------|
|-/9------------|-/11--------------|-/9----------|
|---------------|------------------|-------------|
|---------------|------------------|-------------|
N.C.
~~~~~~~~~
H E E Q H Q E E +Q Q H Q E +E E E E E
|--------19\----|--------------|---------------|---------------12----------|
|---------------|-----------12-|-(12)----------|------------------12-15-17-|
|---------------|-----------12-|-(12)----------|----14b16-(14)-------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------------|
Guitar Solo
N.C.(E7+9)
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
|3-| |----3-----|
S E. E E Q E +E E +E E +E E +E S E. E E
|-15-----------15-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-|-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-15-----------|
|----17--17-17--------------------------|--------------------------17--17-17-|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E E a +E E +E S S S a +E.
|-15-17-17b19-(17)-15b15.5-(15)-------15-17b19-(17)-|
|-------------------------------17-17---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
~~~
S +E. +E S +S +S +S S S S E.
|-17b19==(17)r(17)-15b17==(15)-(15)r(15)-------15-----|
|----------------------------------------17-17----17--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S +S S S S E S +S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------12-----------|
|-17p15--------------------------------------12----12-15b17--|
|-------16-14b16-(14)-14p12----12-14b16-(14)-----------------|
|---------------------------14-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
N.C.(E7)
+S. T S S +S S S S S +S S S S +S S S
|------12------------------12---------------12---------------12----|
|-(15)----15------------12----12-15b17-(15)----12-15b17-(15)----12-|
|------------14b16-(14)--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
a +S S S S +S S S S a +Q. a +E
|------------12------------------12----15b17-(15)---15b17-(15)-|
|-15b17-(15)----15------------12----12-------------------------|
|------------------14b16-(14)----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
+E E +E S S S S E +E S S
|-(15)-15b15.5-(15)-12----12-15-12-(12)-------|
|----------------------12---------------15-12-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
|---3---|
S +S E S +S S S S +E S S S S E
|-------------12--------------------------------------|
|-------------12--------------------------------------|
|-14b16==(14)----14r(14)-12----12-(12)----------------|
|---------------------------14---------14p12-------12-|
|--------------------------------------------12h14----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
N.C.(E7+9)
~~~~~~~~~
Q S +E. E E E E +Q E E +E Q E
|----17b19-(17)-17-15----15-|-(15)--17---------------|
|---------------------17----|----------17-(17)\------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-------------------------|-------------------0--0-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stevie_ray_vaughan_and_double_trouble/crossfire_tab.html ]
|----------3----------|
+E a +Q a +E a +Q a +Q a +Q
|-----17b19-(17)--17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)---------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
a +Q S E. E E E E E +E +E E +E E +E E
|-17b19-(17)--15-----------15-17-|-17b19==(17)r(17)-15b17-(15)-17b19-(17)-15b17-|
|----------------17--17-17-------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
~~~
+E E +E E +E S S S E.
|-(15)-17b19-(17)-15b17-(15)-------15-----|
|----------------------------17-17----17--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
N.C.(E7)
S S S a +S +S S S S E S +S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------12----------|
|-17p15-------------------------------------------12----12-15b17-|
|-------16-14b16-(14)-(14)-14p12----12-14b16-(14)----------------|
|--------------------------------14------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
+S S S a S +S S S S S S +S S S S S S
|------12-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-(15)----15---------15---------------------------------------------|
|------------14b16==(14)r(14)p12---------14b16-(14)-12-14-12----12--|
|--------------------------------14-12-----------------------14-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------0----------------------------|
E +E E E E +E E E
|------------12---------------12----|
|---------------12-15b17-(15)----12-|
|-14b16-(14)------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
N.C.(E7+9)
~~~ ~~~
E E S E. E E E E E +E E +E S E. E E
|-------15-----------15-17-|-17b19-(17)-15b17-(15)-15-----------|
|-15-17----17--17-17-------|--------------------------17--17-17-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-3-| |----3-----|
E E +E E +Q E +E E +E
|-15-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
N.C.(B7)
~~
a +E Q E +H +E E E +E S S E Q
|-17b19-(17)-19-----------|-----12-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----12-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------14b16-(14)-14p12----12--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------14-----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0-(0)----|-(0)----------------------------|
S S S S E E E a +E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------14b15-(14)-12----|
|-------------------12-14b15-(14)-12-14-|
|-14p12-------12-14---------------------|
|-------12s14---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
E S S +S S S S S E. E S S
|----------------------------------------||
|----12----------------------------------||
|----12----------------------------------||
|-14----12-(12)-14-------12--------12h14-||
|------------------12h14----12-----------||
|-------------------------------15-------||
Verse 3
N.C.
H H H E S +S +S +S E
|-----------|---------------------------------|
|-----------|--------14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)----|
|-----------|--------14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)p12-|
|-----------|---------------------------------|
|-----------|---------------------------------|
|-0---------|---------------------------------|
+Q Q H H E S +S +S +S E W
|---------------|---------------------------------|------|
|---------------|--------14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)p12-|------|
|-(12)----------|--------14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)p12-|------|
|---------------|---------------------------------|------|
|---------------|---------------------------------|------|
|---------------|---------------------------------|------|
H E S +S +S +S E W W
|---------------------------------|----------|------|
|--------15-----(15)-(15)-(15)----|----------|------|
|--------14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)p12-|----------|------|
|---------------------------------|----------|------|
|---------------------------------|----------|------|
|---------------------------------|----------|------|
~~~~~~~~~
H Q E E +Q Q H Q E +E E E Q
|--------------|---------------|---------------12-------|
|-----------12-|-(12)----------|------------------------|
|-----------12-|-(12)----------|----14b16-(14)----12----|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
|--------------|---------------|------------------------|
~~~~~~~
E +E E E +E S S S S E W W
|------------12------------------------|----------|------|
|--------------------------------------|----------|------|
|-14b16-(14)----12-(12)----------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------14-12-------12-|----------|------|
|-----------------------------12h14----|----------|------|
|--------------------------------------|----------|------|
Q E +E E E E S S
|---------------12----------|
|---------------------------|
|----14b16-(14)----12---x-x-|
|-----------------------x-x-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~
E +E E E +E S S S S E H Q E E
|------------12------------------------|------------12-|
|--------------------------------------|------------12-|
|-14b16-(14)----12-(12)----------------|------------12-|
|-----------------------14-12-------12-|-14------------|
|-----------------------------12h14----|---------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------|
+Q Q H Q E +E E E E +E
|-(12)\----------|---------------12---------------|
|-(12)\----------|------------------12-15b17-(15)-|
|-(12)\----------|----14b16-(14)------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------|
E E S +S S S +S S S +S S S S S
|-12---------------12------------12------------------------|
|----12-15b17-(15)-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------14b16-(14)----14b16-(14)-14p12-------|
|----------------------------------------------------14p12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
~~
H Q E E +Q Q H Q E +E E E E E
|------------12-|-(12)\----------|---------------12----------||
|------------12-|-(12)\----------|------------------12-15-17-||
|------------12-|-(12)\----------|----14b16-(14)----12-------||
|-14------------|----------------|---------------------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.(E7+9)
~~~~~~
|3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S E. Q Q E +E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-15---------15-17b19-(17)-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-18-18-|
|----17--17-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |----3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E +Q E +E E +E
|-18-17-17-18-18-17-|-15-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-17b19-(17)-|
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
S S +S S S +E. +E S S +Q
|-17b19==17r(17)----17b20==(17)-(17)r\-/15-15-(15)--|
|----------------12---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
~~
Q S S S S +S S S S S +S S S
|-15--12---------------------12---------------12----|
|--------15-12------------12----12-15b17-(15)----12-|
|--------------14b16-(14)---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
N.C.(E7)
S S a +S S E S S S S +S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-12------------12----------------------------------------|
|-------14b15-(14)----12-------14-14pb15r(14)-12-14p12-------|
|------------------------14-12-------------------------14p12-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-14-12----------------------------------------|
|-------14-13-12h13p12-------12-13-12----12----|
|----------------------15-15----------15----15-|
Outro
E G5/D E G5/D E
S S S S S S S S e e S S S S
||--------------15-15-------15-15------------|
||o-------------15-15-------15-15------------|
||-------------------------------------------|
||--14-14-14-14-------14-14-------x-14-14-14-|
||o--x--x--x--x--------x--x-------x--x--x--x-|
||--12-12-12-12-------12-12-------x-12-12-12-|
G5/D E G5/D G5/D
S S S S e e S S S +S S S S S 3x
|-15-15-------15-15---15-------------------------||
|-15-15-------15-15---15-15---------------------o||
|------------------------14b16-(14)-14-12--------||
|-------14-14-------x---------------------14-12--||
|--------x--x-------x---------------------------o||
|-------12-12-------x----------------------------||
E G5/D E G5/D G6
S S S S S S S S e e E. S S +S E E E +Q Q
|-------------15-15-------15-15------|------------------12-(12)\-----*|
|-------------15-15-------15-15------|------------------12-(12)\-----*|
|----------------------------------x-|-14pb16r(14)p12---12-(12)\-----*|
|-14-14-14-14-------14-14------------|-------------------------------*|
|--x--x--x--x--------x--x------------|-------------------------------*|
|-12-12-12-12-------12-12------------|-------------------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
