Song: Lotus
Album: Teaser
Artist: Tommy Bolin
Transcribed By Graham Johnson
Tuning: Standard
Capo on fifth fret until regae sectionand ending solo.
If you have a phaser pedal it goes good with all the sections without drive and during the solo.
Intro: W/O Capo (no drive)
|-15---------------15h-17-150---15----------------|
|----15-15h-17-15o-----------------15h-17-15o-----|
|---------------------------------------------16~-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15------------17h-15o---15------------15-|
|----15h-17-15o--------------15h-17-15o-15-|
|---------------------------------------15-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Verse:W-capo on 5th (no drive)
|---2---------------------------3-------------------3-|
|---3-3------------3-3------3---3-------------------3-|
|---2-2h-4-2ho-----0-0------0---0--------0-0--------0-|
|-0---0------------2-0h-2ho-2---0-0------0-0h-2-0ho-0-|
|----------------3-3-3----------2-0h-2ho------------2-|
|-------------------------------3---------------------|
|---2-----------------------------------|
|---3-3------------3-3------3---3-------|
|---2-2h-4-2ho-----0-0------0---4-----4-|
|-0---0------------2-0h-2ho-2---4---/4--|
|----------------3-3-3----------2-------|
|---------------------------------------|
Chorus:W-capo on5th (drive)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------7-7---9-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9---5-5---7-7---9-9-9-9-9---7-7---9-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9---5-5---7-7---9-9-9-9-9---5-5---7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7---3-3---5-5---7-7-7-7-7-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tommy_bolin/lotus_tab.html ]
First Fill: W Capo on 5th (no drive)
|-------------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-5/7---7\5-3---5h-3ho----------3-----------------|
|-/3-3-----2-2h-4ho-2-2--------------------------4-2h-4ho---4h-2ho----------|
|--------4---------------------------------------------------------4\2-0-2-4|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------5--------------------5-7-5--------------------|
|---7\5h-3ho-3-3----3-5/7---7\5-3----3-5b-5b---------7\5h-3ho-------3-5-|
|----------------/4---------------/4----------------------------2/4-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------|
|-5b-5-3-|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Second Fill:With Capo (no drive)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------6-4-3----------3------2h-3ho---2h-5-2ho-2h-5-2ho-|
|-/3-3---------3--------3-----4---------------------------|
|----------------3h-5ho-3----4----------------------------|
|---------------------------2-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Regae Funk Section before Solo: W/O CApo (no drive)
|---3-3-3-3------3---3-3---5-|
|---5-5-3-3h-5ho-5---5-5---7-|
|-4------------------5-5---7-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Solo: W/O Capo (drive)(phaser)
|-------------------------------------------|--15h-12ho----|
|----8-10~-8--------8-10bh-8ho-10-8-----8---|-----------15-|
|-/9------------7-9-----------------7-9---9-|--------------|
|------------/9-----------------------------|-Repeat a lot-|
|-------------------------------------------|-of times.----|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|fades...
