Song: Bang bang
Artist: Nancy Sinatra
Album: Kill Bill Soundtrack
Tabbed by: Dan Benz (DanSumthing@aol.com)
This here's the opening theme from Kill Bill Vol. 1.
Really cool and spooky, and fairly easy to play.
I am sure this tab is extremely accurate. I know this because I separated the music
from the lyrics using Sound Forge 6.0, so I could hear the notes more clearly. You
can do this yourself, actually, because in this song, the guitar part plays only in
the left audio channel. Cover up or unplug your right speaker to get rid of the
vocal part.
In general, I tabbed the notes so that they line up closely with the words that
they are played with. It's not exact, but it will give you some idea of timing.
Necessary Info:
(1) - Ghost note. Play very faintly.
\ - Slide. You all know how this works.
Played on an electric guitar with clean
settings, reverb, and plenty of tremolo.
Intro + Main theme
e|----------------------------------0-------------------------1--|
B|--1-----1---------2-----2-1-------1-----2-1---------------1----|
G|------1---3---1---3---3-------3---3---------3-1-0-------1------|
D|----3-------------3-3-------------2---2---------------3--------|
A|----------------------------------3-3---------------3----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------1------------|
I was
Verse
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------1--------------|
G|-----------------------------1-------------1--------------|
D|-----------------------------2-------------1--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
five and he was six, we rode on horses made of sticks.
e|--3----------------------------------0------------------------------|
B|--4----------------------------------1------------------------------|
G|--3----------------------------------0------------------------------|
D|--5----------------------------------2------------------------------|
A|--6----------------------------------3------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
He wore black and I wore white. He would always win the fight
Chorus
e|---------------------1---------------------------1----------|
B|--------------------1---------------------------1-----------|
G|-------------------1---------------------------1------------|
D|------------------3---------------------------3-------------|
A|-----------------3---------------------------3--------------|
E|---------8\1-1-------------------------8\1-1----------------|
Bang bang. He shot me down, bang bang. I hit the ground,
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------4--------------------------------5---------|
G|----------------3-------------------------------3-----------|
D|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------|
A|---------8-6-----------------------------6\3----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
bang bang. That awful sound Bang bang. My baby shot me
e|------------------------------------------------------------1--|
B|--1-----1---------2-----2-1-------1-----2-1---------------1----|
G|------1---3---1---3---3-------3---3---------3-1-0-------1------|
D|----3-------------3-3-------------2---2---------------3--------|
A|----------------------------------3-3---------------3----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------1------------|
down.
Verse 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------(1)---------------1-----------------------1--|
G|----------------------1-----------------1-----------------------1------|
D|------------------2-----------------1--------------------0-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Seasons came and changed the time. When I grew up I called him mine.
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--4----------------------------------------------5----------------|
G|--3--------------------------------------------3------------------|
D|--5------------------------------------------5--------------------|
A|--6------------------------------------5\3-3----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
He would always laugh and say, "Remember when we used to play
Chorus 2
e|-------------------------1------------------------------1-----|
B|-----------------------1------------------------------1-------|
G|---------------------1------------------------------1---------|
D|-------------------3------------------------------3-----------|
A|-----------------3------------------------------3-------------|
E|---------8\1-1--------------------------8\1-1-----------------|
bang bang?" I shot you down, bang bang. You hit the ground,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nancy_sinatra/bang_bang_tab_ver_5.html ]
e|--------------------2-----------------------------------------|
B|------------------3-------------------------------5-----------|
G|----------------2-------------------------------3-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------5---------------|
A|---------8\6-6-------------------------6\3-3------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
bang bang. That awful sound, bang bang. I used to shoot you
e|--------------------------------------------------1--|
B|--1------1-------2---2-1-----1-----2-1-----------1---|
G|-------1---3-1---3--3----3---3---------3-1-0----1----|
D|-----3-----------3-3---------2---2-------------3-----|
A|-----------------------------3-3--------------3------|
E|---------------------------------------------1-------|
down.
Bridge
e|-----------------------------1---------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------1--4------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------1--3------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3--5------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------3--6------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Music played and people sang. Just for me the church bells rang.
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e|------------------------------1---------------------------0--| If you are having
B|--2---2---2---4-------2---4---2---2-------1---2---4---2---1--| trouble playing
G|--1---1---1---1-------1---1---1---1-------0---0---0---0---0--| this section, I
D|--3---3---------------3-------3-----------2---3---5---3---2--| have tabbed an
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| easier method at
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| the end of my tab.
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Verse 3
e|------------1------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------1-------------------------------1------------1----------------1-----|
G|----------1-----------------------------1------------1----------------1--------|
D|---------3---------------------------2------------1----------------0-----------|
A|--------3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--8\1-1------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Now he's gone, I don't know why, and 'til this day sometimes I cry.
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--4-------------------------------------------5-----------------|
G|--3-----------------------------------------3-------------------|
D|--5---------------------------------------5---------------------|
A|--6---------------------------------6\3-3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
He didn't even say goodbye, he didn't take the time to lie.
Chorus 3
e|--------------------1----------------------------------1-----------|
B|-------------------1----------------------------------1------------|
G|------------------1----------------------------------1-------------|
D|-----------------3----------------------------------3--------------|
A|----------------3----------------------------------3---------------|
E|---------8\1-1-------------------------------8\1-1-----------------|
Bang bang. He shot me down, bang bang. I hit the ground,
e|-----------------2---------------------------------------0----------------|
B|---------------3--------------------------------------1-------------------|
G|--------------2------------------------------------3----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------2-------------------------|
A|---------8\6---------------------------------3----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
bang bang. That awful sound, bang bang. My baby shot me
e|---------------------------------------------------------1----------------|
B|---1------1-------2---2-1-----1-----2--1-----------------1----------------|
G|--------1---3-1---3--3----3---3------------3---1----0----1----------------|
D|------3-----------3-3---------2---2----------------------3----------------|
A|------------------------------3-3------------------------3----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------1----------------|
down. (Play, bend down a
half step w/ bar,
then release bend)
End of Song.
Alternate version of starred section
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e|----------------------------------------------------------0--|
B|------------------------------6-----------1---2---4---2---1--|
G|--6---6---6---8-------6---8---6---6-------0---0---0---0---0--|
D|--6---6---6---6-------6---6---6---6-------2---3---5---3---2--|
A|--8---8---------------8-------8------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
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