Thru The Rhythm Chords & Tabs
Thru The Rhythm
The 13th Floor Elevators
As heard on the 2005 Compact disc reissue of The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (Charly)
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Guitar
F#m B
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
E||---------------------------|--------------------------|
B||---------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|
G||---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
D||--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
A||--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|
E||---------------------------|--------------------------|
F#m B
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|
---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|
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F#m B
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|
|*---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|*--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|---4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
F#m B
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|
---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|
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F#m B
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|
---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|
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F#m B
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|
---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|
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F#m B
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|
---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|
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F#m B
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|
---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|
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F#m B F#m
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q
---------------------------|--------------------------|--2-------2------------|
---------------------------|--------4--------4-----4--|--2-------2------------|
---------2--------2-----2--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--2-------2------------|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4-------4------------|
--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|--4-------4------------|
---------------------------|--------------------------|--2-------2------------|
B F#m B
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
--2-------2------------|--2-------2------------|--2-------2------------|
--4-------4------------|--2-------2------------|--4-------4------------|
--4-------4------------|--2-------2------------|--4-------4------------|
--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|
--2-------2------------|--4-------4------------|--2-------2------------|
--2-------2------------|--2-------2------------|--2-------2------------|
F#m B F#m
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
--2-------2------------|--2-------2------------|--2-------2------------|
--2-------2------------|--4-------4------------|--2-------2------------|
--2-------2------------|--4-------4------------|--2-------2------------|
--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|
--4-------4------------|--2-------2------------|--4-------4------------|
--2-------2------------|--2-------2------------|--2-------2------------|
B
Q E Q E Q 2-BAR SOLO HERE
--2-------2------------|--------------------------|
--4-------4------------|--------------------------|
--4-------4------------|--------SOLO--------------|
--4-------4------------|--------------------------|
--2-------2------------|--------------------------|
--2-------2------------|--------------------------|
F#m
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
SOLO HERE E E E E E E E E
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--------SOLO--------------*-||---------2--------2-----2--|
--------------------------*-||--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
----------------------------||--4---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|
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B G#m C#
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
--------------------------|--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|
--------4--------4-----4--|--4-------4------------|--6-------6------------|
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4-------4------------|--6-------6------------|
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--6-------6------------|--6-------6------------|
--------------------------|--6-------6------------|--4-------4------------|
--------------------------|--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|
G#m C#
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------4--------4-----4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--------------------------|
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G#m C#
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------6--------6-----6--|
---------4--------4-----4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--------------------------|
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G#m C#
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------6--------6-----6--|
---------4--------4-----4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--------------------------|
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G#m C#
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------6--------6-----6--|
---------4--------4-----4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--------------------------|
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G#m C#
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------6--------6-----6--|
---------4--------4-----4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--------------------------|
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G#m C#
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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---------------------------|--------6--------6-----6--|
---------4--------4-----4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--------------------------|
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G#m C# G#m
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q
---------------------------|--------------------------|--4-------4------------|
---------------------------|--------6--------6-----6--|--4-------4------------|
---------4--------4-----4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--4-------4------------|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6-------6------------|
--6---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--------------------------|--6-------6------------|
---------------------------|--------------------------|--4-------4------------|
C# G#m C#
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|
--6-------6------------|--4-------4------------|--6-------6------------|
--6-------6------------|--4-------4------------|--6-------6------------|
--6-------6------------|--6-------6------------|--6-------6------------|
--4-------4------------|--6-------6------------|--4-------4------------|
--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|
G#m C# G#m
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|
--4-------4------------|--6-------6------------|--4-------4------------|
--4-------4------------|--6-------6------------|--4-------4------------|
--6-------6------------|--6-------6------------|--6-------6------------|
--6-------6------------|--4-------4------------|--6-------6------------|
--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|--4-------4------------|
C#
Q E Q E Q 2-BAR SOLO HERE SOLO HERE
--4-------4------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--6-------6------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--6-------6------------|---------SOLO-------------|---------SOLO-------------|
--6-------6------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--4-------4------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
--4-------4------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Repeat until fade
G#m C#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------------------|--------6--------6-----6----||
|*-----------------------4--------4-----4--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--*-||
|*--6-----------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--*-||
|---6-----------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|----------------------------||
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - tril'
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down