Band: Scorpions
Album: Blackout
Song: Arizona
Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1982)
Version 1.0 - (11/07/06)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
p - pre bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - harmonic
Tuning E A D G B E
Guitar 1
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6---------9-9------9-9--6-6---------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--|
[-7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--------------------5--7-7--|
[Guitar 2 PM
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------9----9-----6-6---------|
[------------------------------9109-9-----6-6-7--9-9--|
[------------------------------7--7-7-----4-4-7--9-9--|
[---------------------------------------------5--7-7--|
Guitar 1
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6---------9-9------9-9--6-6---------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--|
[-7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--------------------5--7-7--|
[Guitar 2
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----9--9-9-----6-6-----------9--9-9-----6-6---------|
[-----9--9-9-----6-6-7--9-9----9--9-9-----6-6-7--9-9--|
[-----7--7-7-----4-4-7--9-9----7--7-7-----4-4-7--9-9--|
[--------------------5--7-7-------------------5--7-7--|
Intro solo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------15b------------\19b-19-19b---------------|
|----11-13p11---------------------------------------------|
|-14----------14------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
|-19fb-19fb--19p16-----16----22fb------|
|------------------19b----17-----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
Verse
Guitar 1
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6---------9-9------9-9--6-6---------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--|
[-7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--------------------5--7-7--|
[Guitar 2
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----9--9-9-----6-6-----------9--9-9-----6-6---------|
[-----9--9-9-----6-6-7--9-9----9--9-9-----6-6-7--9-9--|
[-----7--7-7-----4-4-7--9-9----7--7-7-----4-4-7--9-9--|
[--------------------5--7-7-------------------5--7-7--| Rpt 4 X
[---------------------------|
[---------------------------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6---------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--|
[-7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--|
[Guitar 2
[---------------------------|
[---------------------------|
[-----9--9-9----6-6---------|
[-----9--9-9----6-6-7--9-9--|
[-----7--7-7----4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--|
Lead fill
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---7---7---9-7------------12-14-14bp12-19fb19--------------|
|-7b--7b--7b----9-7b---/14----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6---------9-9------9-9--6-6---------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--|
[-7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--------------------5--7-7--|
[Guitar 2
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----10-9-9-------------------10-9-9-----------------|
[-----9--9-9-----6-6-----------9--9-9-----6-6---------|
[----------------6-6-7--9-9---------------6-6-7--9-9--|
[----------------4-4-7--9-9---------------4-4-7--9-9--|
[--------------------5--7-7-------------------5--7-7--| Rpt
t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-14fb---17----14b--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h h
|-22fb--22fb-------------/16-14-16p14----14-12-14p12-----|
|-------------------------------------17-------------14\-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------|
[---------------------------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6---------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--|
[-7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--|
[Guitar 2
[---------------------------|
[-----10-9-9----------------|
[-----9--9-9----6-6---------|
[---------------6-6-7--9-9--|
[---------------4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--|
Chorus
Guitar 1
[------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------|
[-0---(0)---2---(2)---5---7---9-------(9)--------|
[-0---(0)---2---(2)---5---7---9-------(9)--------|
[-----------0---(0)---3---5---7-------(7)--------|
[-3---(3)----------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ ~~
[------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------9-8-7-----------|
[---------------------------------------9-8-7----|
[------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[-0---(0)---2---(2)---5-5--7-7----------------------|
[-0---(0)---2---(2)---5-5--7-7--4-/5\4/5\4----------|
[-----------0---(0)---3-3--5-5--2-/3\2/3\2----------|
[-3---(3)-------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ ~~~
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------4-/5\4/5\4-4brp2po--|
[-5------7--p5-7-------------7----------------------|
[------7--------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 trem dive
[--------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------------|
[-4-/5\4/5\4---------4-/5\4/5\4/5\4/5\4-------(4)--------|
[-2-/3\2/3\2---------2-/3\2/3\2/3\2/3\2-------(2)--------|
[--------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[--------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------------|
[-4-/5\4/5\4-4brp2po-4-/5\4/5\4/5\4/5\4------\-----------|
[--------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo
~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--121212-12---------------9-b--12-----9-------------------------|
|-11b-111111-11b-9-------9----9-b--11b-11-9--12b--12-12b--12-12b----|
|-------------------11---9-11---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/scorpions/arizona_tab_ver_2.html ]
~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--12----12--------------------14-12-12b---14-12b14p12-----12----|
|-11b-11-9--11------------9---\13-------------------------13b----11-|
|--------------11----9-11-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-12-11-10\9---------------|
|------------11-9----------|
|-----------------11-------|
|-------------------/7-\---|
Rpt Verse with lead fills
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-22b-22--22b----------------\-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
ph
|-9------------------------14----------------14-----------------------|
|-9-12p9---------------/14----14-17p14----14----14-17p14-----14-17p14-|
|--------11-11b--r11p9-----------------16----------------16b----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------------------|
|-19fb------------\--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-19--19-----------------------\-|
|-19b----19b-------------------\-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ h h
|-22fb-22-22fb-------\/16-14-16p14\12-14-12-14p12----|
|-------------------------------------------------14-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Rpt Chorus with lead fills
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-15fb-15-15fb-15-15b-15fb------------------\---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-17fb-----------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-18b-18-18b-18-18b-------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Guitar solo
h ~~~~~~~~~~~ h h
|--------------------77/9---------------------12-11-12p11-11-9-11p9-|
|----------555/7-999------9-12b---------12-9------------------------|
|-----44-6----------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-6---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
h h ~~~~~~~~~~
|-9-7-9p7------------------------------------------------9p7-----|
|---------12-9-10p9---------------------------5-7/9p7-99-----12b-|
|-------------------11-b---fb----------44-4-6--------------------|
|----------------------------------4-6---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ h h h
|------12p9-12b----/16-14-16p14-14-12-14p12-12-11-12p11-11-9-11p9-|
|-12p9------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h~~~ h
|-19fb------------r-22fb------------\-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------11fb-11p9-11---p9-11--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~ ~~~~
|-----------------------9------------------------------|
|-12brp9------------------12p9-------------------------|
|--------12-11-9---11b---------12-11-9-----------------|
|--------------------------------------11-9------------|
|-------------------------------------------11p9-------|
|------------------------------------------------12----|
~~~~ h h h h h ~~~~~
|---------------------------------11-14p11-------16-19p16-------22fb--|
|-12--12-----------------------------------14-12----------19p16-------|
|-11b-11b--------------8-9p8------------------------------------------|
|---------9-11----9-11-------11-9-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
|---------------------------------------|
|-12b-12p9-9-------------12--12--12-----|
|------------11-9--11b---11b-11b-11b----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Rpt Chorus
Guitar 1
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6---------9-9------9-9--6-6---------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--|
[-7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--------------------5--7-7--|
[Guitar 2
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----9--9-9-----6-6-----------9--9-9-----6-6---------|
[-----9--9-9-----6-6-7--9-9----9--9-9-----6-6-7--9-9--|
[-----7--7-7-----4-4-7--9-9----7--7-7-----4-4-7--9-9--|
[--------------------5--7-7-------------------5--7-7--| Rpt
[---------------------------|
[---------------------------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6---------|
[-9-9------9-9--6-6-7--9-9--|
[-7-7------7-7--4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--|
[Guitar 2
[---------------------------|
[-----10-9-9----------------|
[-----9--9-9----6-6---------|
[---------------6-6-7--9-9--|
[---------------4-4-7--9-9--|
[-------------------5--7-7--| Rpt to fade
Outro solo
~~~~~~~ h h
|-----------------------------------------12-11-12p11-11-9-11p9-|
|----------55-5-7/99-9-12p9-12b-----r12p9-----------------------|
|-----44-6------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-6-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
h h ~~~~~~~~~~
|-9-7-9p7------------------------|
|---------12p9-12p9--------------|
|-------------------11b----------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------------9-------------------------------|
|----------55-5-7/99-9---12p9-15fb---15fb-15fb-15fb----|
|-----44-6---------------------------------------------|
|-4-6--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---------------------14b-14-14b-14-14b----------19fb-19-19fb-------|
|-17-16-14\12-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fade out
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