Band: Scorpions
Album: Love At First Sting
Song: Crossfire
Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1984)
Version 1.0 - (02/07/06)
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
Drums on own
Main Riff
[PM] [PM]
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----(9)--9-9-9-5-----(5)----/7-----(7)--7-7-7-4-----(4)----/-|
|-9-----(9)--9-9-9-5-----(5)----/7-----(7)--7-7-7-4-----(4)----/-|
|-7-----(7)--7-7-7-3-----(3)----/5-----(5)--5-5-5-2-----(2)----/-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt 6 X
Guitar 2 Enters 3rd time
|-12\--|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
Lead A
|---00-7----8----7---5-3-0-5-00-7----8----7777--|
|-5------55---55---5---5-5---55---55---55-5555--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------| Rpt 3 X
|---00-7----8----7---5-3-0-5-00-7----8----777--------(7)----------|
|-5------55---55---5---5-5---55---55---55-555--------(5)----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Light overdrive
Riff A
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-9---(9)-----------------------7---(7)----|
|-7---(7)---9---(9)---5---(5)---5---(5)----|
|-----------7---(7)---3---(3)--------------| Rpt
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------9---(9)---7---(7)---5---(5)----|
|-9---(9)---7---(7)---5---(5)---3---(3)----|
|-7---(7)----------------------------------|
Rpt Riff A
Chorus Rpt Main Riff 4 X
Rpt Verse
Rpt Chorus
Drum fill
Rpt Lead A 4 X
Rpt Chorus
Guitar solo
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/scorpions/crossfire_tab_ver_2.html ]
Pans left to right ~~~~~~ ~~~~
|-17\---17\---17\---17\-----------15--------------------------------|
|-------------------------15fb-------15p12-------12-----------------|
|------------------------------------------14-14----14brp12-14---\--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pans left to right
|-19\---19\---19\---19\---------10------12----14--------------------|
|----------------------------/8----8/10---/12----------12-8-10-12---|
|-----------------------7/9-9--------------------11/12--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[-10-12-14----12-14-15p12-22fb---22fb---22fb---\-12-----------------|
[----------15---------------------------------------15p12-----------|
[---------------------------------------------------------14b---r---|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[-------------------------19\---------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ph~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-----------------------------9-12-11b-------r11----99-9----8----|
|----14------------------------9------------------------------------|
|-------14-13-12-10-10b-r10-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
h~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[-----------------------|
[-----------------------|
[-8-9-------------------|
[-----------------------|
[-----------------------|
[-----------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ ~~~~~~~~~~
[------17fb-------------|
[-----------------------|
[-----------------------|
[-----------------------|
[-----------------------|
[-----------------------|
Rpt Chorus to fade
Pans left to right
|-19\---19\---19\---19\---19\---19\---19\---19\-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|Rpts every other time
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