Zz Top - Got Me Under Pressure Chords & Tabs

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Got Me Under Pressure - ZZ Top
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Tabbed by: axe victim

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It seems people still want a tab of this song, so here's my attempt.
It's mostly fifth chords ( chords with no 3rd ) or power chords. The
guitar solos are based on the blues pentatonic scale in the key of E. 
Hope you like it.  I might tab the solos later. 


Tuning: EADGBe

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato or sustain
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  bend note



Intro:

___E5_____________________________

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----9---7-------9---9---7~~~~~~|
D|-----9---7---9---9---9---7~~~~~~|
A|--------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|
 

___E5______________________________________________________________ 

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----9---7-------9---9---7~~~~~~|
D|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--|-9---9---7---9---9---9---7~~~~~~|
A|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--|-7------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-0------------------------------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


A few times then...


___E_______D5/E_____________________________________________E______

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0-----------2~~~~~~|
A|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--h4----------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


___E_______D5/E_____________________________________________E______

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0-----------2~~~~~~|
A|---------0-------0-----------0--|-----0-------0------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--b4----------|



A few times then...

Verse:


___E_______________________________________________________________
 " She     likes   wearing     lip  -   stick
   she     likes   French      cui  -   sine...........but she
   won't   let me  use      my pas  -   sion "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----------2--|-----2-------2-----------2~~~~~~|
A|---------2-------2-----------2--|-----2-------2------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-----------------3--h4----------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

___E_______________________________________________________________
" unless it's in a lim - ou - sine      she's got me un  -  der... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----------2--|--------------------------------|
A|---------2-------2-----------2--|--------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------0------|--------------------------------|



Chorus: 

( use first finger as a barre across the seventh fret, D, G, 
and B strings, and use 2nd and 3rd fingers to hammer-on/pull-off )

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/z/zz_top/got_me_under_pressure_tab_ver_4.html ]
___E___________Em7_(0x978x)_________________________A______________ 
 " pressure                                   she's got me  under... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------8--p7------|-7--h8--------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------2-------2------|
D|-------------7--h9-----------7--|----h9-----------2-------2------|
A|-2------------------------------|-----------------0-------0------|
E|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------------|


___E___________Em7_(0x978x)________________________________________ 
 " pressure "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------8--p7------|-7--h8--------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------0-------2------|
D|-------------7--h9-----------7--|----h9-----------0-------2------|
A|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------------|


Repeat verse, more or less the same.

Repeat chorus.

Guitar solo 1:


___E5_______________________________D5_____________________________ 

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-9------------------------------|-7------------------------------|
D|-9------------------------------|-7------------------------------|
A|-7------------------------------|-5------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


___E5______________________________________________________________ 

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-9------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--|-9-------9---9---9-------9---9--|
A|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--|-7-------7---7---7-------7---7--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



Repeat until...


___Em7_____________________________________________________________ 

e|-------------------------x------|-x-----------15----------15\----|
B|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----|
G|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----|
D|-------------------------12-----|-12----------12----------12\----|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

___Em7_____________________________________________________________ 

e|-----15----------15------15-----|-15------15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~x--|
B|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
D|-----12----------12------12-----|-12------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|



Middle part:


___A5______________________________________________________________ 
 " I'm     gonna   give her a   message                        and... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|
A|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

___F#5_____________________________________________________________ 
 " here's  what I'm gonna  say                            it's all... "
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-4------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-4-------4---4---4-------4---4--|-4-------4---4---4-------4---4--|
E|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|


___E5______________________________________________________________ 
 " over... "  ( etc... )
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|
E|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|



Repeat middle part chord sequence.

Repeat chorus.

Guitar solo 2: ( same chord sequence as guitar solo 1. )

Solo to end...


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato or sustain
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  bend note