#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
PINCUSHION
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 2008 Album ANTENNA)
Transcribed by unregistered
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Stopa 6'
Intro 1
Q=90
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM
|3|
W S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------3-(3)----------|
|----------|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)----------|
|----------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5----------------|
|----------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H Q E S +S
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------6b8==(6)-|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
PM PM PM PM
|-3-|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------5-(5)---|
|-----5---5------5-----5--5-(5)---|
|--x--5-x-5-x----5-----5----------|
|--x--3-x-3-x----3-----3----------|
|
| ~~~
| +H +E E Q
|---------------------------------|
|-(6)-----------(6)r---6\---------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
|3| |--3--|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-(3)--|------------------------------5-(5)---|
|-----5-------5------5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----------5--------5-5-(5)---|
|-x---5-----x-5-x----5---5--------|-x-5-x-5--x--------5--------5---------|
|-x---3-----x-3-x----3---3--------|-x-3-x-3--x--------3--------3---------|
|
| E +Q. Q Q Q E E E E E E
|-------------------/6------------|---------18pb20---18pb20---18---15----|
|-6b8---(6)-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--5----7-8------5---5---7-8---5---|-5-5-7-8---5---5---7-8---5---|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E +Q. E Q W
|-15---15---(15)-------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----5--7-----8----------5------------5--------7-8---5---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E +E +E +E E Q
|-13pb15---13pb15---(13)pb15---(13)pb15-(13)pb15-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
PM--------|
S S S S S S E Q Q S E S E S S +S S E +Q
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-5---7-8---5---x\-----|-x--5-x--3-x--2-(2)-x--3--(3)---||
|---------------x\-----|-x--5-x--3-x--2-(2)-x--3--(3)---||
|---------------x\-----|-x--3-x--1-x--0-(0)-x--1--(1)---||
|
| ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~
| W S E S E S E S E +Q
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|---17---15---14-------15-(15)---||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
Intro 2
PM PM PM PM
|3|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------------------3-(3)--|
|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|
|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|
|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
| ~~
| A H. Q
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-3h5-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
|3| |3|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------5-(5)--|----------------------3-(3)--|
|------5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|
|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|
|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
| ~~ ~~
| A H. Q A H. Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-6h8-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3h5-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
PM PM PM PM
|3|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------5-(5)--||
|------5-------5-----5----5---5-(5)--||
|-x----5-----x-5-x---5----5----------||
|-x----3-----x-3-x---3----3----------||
|
| E +H +E Q
|-6b8====(6)-------------(6)r--------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
Verse 1
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
|3| |3|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)--|
|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--|
|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|
|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
| W W
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
|3| |--3--|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------3-(3)--|---------------------------5-(5)--|
|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5------5---------5--5-(5)--|
|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x----5---------5---------|
|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x----3---------3---------|
|
| W H E +Q.
|--------------------------|-------------13b15====(13)--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
PM PM PM PM
|3|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-(3)--|
|-------5-----5-----5---5-3-(3)--|
|---x---5---x-5-x---5---5--------|
|---x---3---x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
| +S S E Q H
|-(13)r--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
PM PM PM PM
|--3--|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-(5)-----|
|---5---5-----5-------5-5-(5)-----|
|-x-5-x-5-x---5-------5-----------|
|-x-3-x-3-x---3-------3-----------|
|
| H S A Q +E.
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------3h5-----------(5)-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
|3| |3|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)---||
|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)---||
|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5---------||
|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3---------||
|
| W W
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
Chorus
PM ~ ~~~~~ PM ~
Q S S E H E E A Q H Q S S E H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------5----|---------------|----------5----|
|----------5----|----------5----|----------5----|
|-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----|
|-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S E S E S S +S S E +Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-0---2-3---0---0-0-2-3---0---|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||
|-----------------------------|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||
|-----------------------------|-x-3-x-1-x-0-(0)-x-1-(1)--||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
Interlude
PM PM PM PM
|3|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3-(3)-----|
|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)-----|
|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5-----------|
|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3-----------|
|
| ~~
| A H. E E
|--------------------------------|
|-6h8----------------------------|
|----------------------------x\--|
|----------------------------x\--|
|----------------------------x\--|
|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/z/zz_top/pincushion_tab.html ]
PM PM PM PM
|3-|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------5-(5)----||
|-----5---5------5----5-5-(5)----||
|---x-5-x-5-x----5----5----------||
|---x-3-x-3-x----3----3----------||
|
| ~~~~
| A H +E Q E
|-----------------------------15-||
|--------------------------------||
|-3h5-----------(5)s==0----------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
Verse 2
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
|3| |3|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)--|
|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--|
|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|
|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
|~~~~~~
| +H. Q W
|-(15)------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM ~
|3| |-3-|
S E S E S S E S S S +Q S E S E S S E S S S +Q Q S S E H
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|-------------------3-(3)--|-----------------------5-(5)--||----------5----|
|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5------5--5-(5)--||----------5----|
|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5------5---------||-3--3-----3----|
|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3------3---------||-1--1-x-1------|
|
| W H E +Q. W
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|-------------4b5---(4)--------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
~~~~~ PM ~
E E a Q H Q S S E H S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|----------5----|-0---2-3---0---0-0-2-3---0----|
|----------5----|----------5----|------------------------------|
|-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----|------------------------------|
|-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------|------------------------------|
Guitar Solo 1
Gtr II
~~~
S E S E S S +S S E +Q S S +E +H.
|--------------------------||-------------------|
|--------------------------||-6-/8-(8)-(8)------|
|--------------------------||-------------------|
|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||-------------------|
|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||-------------------|
|-x-3-x-1-x-0-(0)-x-1-(1)--||-------------------|
S S S S +H. E +Q +E +E +E +E +E
|-------5b6-(5)------|-----------------------------------|
|-8-6----------------|-6b8==(6)r=(6)b8==(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)r-|
|-----7--------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~~
H S E. +Q S S E +Q S S S S +E E H S S Q.
|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|-3---------------|--------------------------|-3-------------|
|-x----5\-3--(3)--|--------------------------|-x----5-3-5----|
|-5---------------|-5-3-5-(5)--5-3-----------|-5-------------|
|-----------------|----------------5---------|---------------|
|-----------------|------------------3-(3)-x-|---------------|
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
S S Q. S S E +Q E E E. S +S S S S Q
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-3-5----------------|-----------------------|
|----------5-3---------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----1--3-(3)-3---3-1--|
|--------------\3-(3)--|-3-3-------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
E E E S E E. +Q E E E. E E. +Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------3b5-3pb5==(3)r--|---------------------|
|-----1-------------------|-----1--3-1pb3r(1)---|
|-3-3---3-----------------|-3-3-----------------|
~~~~~~
S S Q S S S S S S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------11----------|
|------------------3-(3)--|-10---10---10---10---10-12----12-(12)--|
|----------------3--------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------5----------|---------------------------------------|
|-3-1-3--3-1-3------------|---------------------------------------|
+Q S S S S S Q. +S
|---------------------------------|
|----------11---------------------|
|-(12)--12----12-10---------------|
|-------------------12-10----(10)-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S E. E Q +Q S S S S +Q
|------------------------------------|-/13b15--(13)--15-13-------------|
|---------------------------11-------|---------------------15----------|
|-10---10---10---10---10-12----12----|------------------------15-(15)--|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------x-|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------x-|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------11----------------|
|-10---10---10---10------12-10----------|
|------------------------------12-(12)--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
S S E E E S S S E +E. E. E. E. E E. E
|--------------------------------|-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-10-12-12-10-12-10-----------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------12-(12)-|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
+S E E. E. E +Q +S
|-(13)-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15==(13)--(13)-||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
Interlude
+H H W
|-(13)r-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|---5-----3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r|=5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r==||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
Verse 3
Gtr I
S E S E S S H S E S E S S H S E S E S S E S S +Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------3-(3)--|
|---5---5----------|---5---5----------|---5---5---------3-(3)--|
|-x-5-x-5-x--------|-x-5-x-5-x--------|-x-5-x-5-x--------------|
|-x-3-x-3-x--------|-x-3-x-3-x--------|-x-3-x-3-x--------------|
Chorus
PM ~ ~~~~~ PM ~
W Q S S E H E E A Q H Q S S E H
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||----------5----|---------------|----------5----|
|----------||----------5----|----------5----|----------5----|
|----------||-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----|
|----------||-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------|
PM------------------------| PM ~ ~~~~~
S S S S S S E S S S S S S E Q S S E H E E a Q H
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0---2-3-----0---0-0-2-3---0---|----------5----|---------------|
|-------------------------------|----------5----|----------5----|
|-------------------------------|-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------|
|-------------------------------|-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~
| E E A Q H W W
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------5-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5---5-------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3---3---5h6-------------------|---------------|---------------|
PM ~ PM------------------------|
Q S S E H S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|----------5----|-0---2-3-----0---0-0-2-3---0---*|
|----------5----|-------------------------------*|
|-3--3-----3----|-------------------------------*|
|-1--1-x-1------|-------------------------------*|
|
| ~~~~~~~~
| W E E A Q H
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|---------------|-----------------5-------------*|
|---------------|-5---5-------------------------*|
|---------------|-3---3---5h6-------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
