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TEST DRIVE - John Powell (Composer - How to Train Your Dragon Soundtrack)
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Tabbed by: Eggingarde
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Note: This is a complicated song for a single guitar tab. This is my first tab and the
counting & timing is complicated. I suggest you listen to the song to get it down properly.
I have split the song into parts to help with repeats later in the song.
Intro:
e|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|--------------0-|
G|-2---------------|----------------|
D|-0---------------|----------------|
A|-0---------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|
Part 1:
e|-----------------|-----------------| ON THIRD TIME THROUGH-------|
B|-3-0-3-5-2-0-2-3-|-0---------------|-0---------------------------|
G|-----------------|---2-2-0-0-------|---2-2-0-0-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------4-2-0-|-----------4-4-2-------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
Part 2:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
B|-7-------8-------|-5---8---7-------|----7-8----------|-5---8-7-7--|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
Part 3:
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|----12---12----14p-|-14------10-7------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
Part 4:
e|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-3------3--------|-5------7-7-----|--------7---10---|-5---7-7-----|
G|-----------------|----------------|----4------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
Part 4 cont. (Part 5)
e|--------------------|---------------(---|------------------|--------)|
B|----12-12-10-7----7-|-5-5---5-7-0---(-0-|-2-3-----5-3-2-0--|-0------)|
G|--------------------|---------------(---|----------------2-|--------)|
D|--------------------|---------------(---|------------------|--------)|
A|--------------------|---------------(---|------------------|--------)|
E|--------------------|---------------(---|------------------|--------)|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_powell/test_drive_tab.html ]
Part 6:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
B|----3---2--------|-0---------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------2-|--------2-2------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
Part 7:
e|-------------------|-------------------|-14-(hold for 20--| beats)
B|----12---12----14p-|-14------10-10-----|------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
(As I call it) Breakdown:
e|----15-----------15-|-14------12-14-12-|----15---14--12--14-|
B|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|
e|-----------------|----------------|---------------------------|
B|-5----------8-7--|-7---------10-7-|-8(hold for 12 beats)------|
G|-----------------|----------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|---------------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|---------------------------|
e|------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
B|------0-3-------0-|-5------3-7------3-|-10------------------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
Part 8:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3-0-3-5-2-0-2-3-|-0---------------|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------|---2-2-0-0-------|-0---------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------4-4-2-|---4-2-0---------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
How to play:
Intro
Part 1 (x4)
Part 2
Part 3 (x2)
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 2
Part 3
Part 7
* (Upcoming Key Change after Breakdown, but is convenient to put CAPO 2 on here – all
tabs are relative to Capo anyways)*
Breakdown
***(KEY CHANGE)***
Part 1 (x2)
Part 4
Part 5 (x2)
Part 8
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
I hope this works out for you. Advice is welcome.
