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TUSH
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 2006 Album GREATEST HITS)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words and Music by Bill F Gibbons, Frank Beard, Dusty Hill.
Arranged by Bill F Gibbons, Frank Beard, Dusty Hill.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'BFG Lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'BFG Rhythm'
Moderately Fast Rock Q=146(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM ~ PM PM ~~~ PM PM ~ PM PM ~~~~~~
E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)-----|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)------|
|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)-----|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-3-3---3------3-|---3-----------1s|=3-3---3------3-|---3---------3-1s=|
$
PM PM PM PM ~~~~~~ PM PM ~ PM PM ~
E E E E E Q E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E
|----------------|------------------||-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------------||o----------------|----------------|
|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)------||------5---5-3----|-----5---5-3----|
|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)------||------5---5-3----|-----5---5-3----|
|----------------|------------------||o----------------|----------------|
|-3-3---3------3-|---3----------3-1s||==3-3---3------1s|=3-3---3------3-|
PM ~ PM PM ~~ PM------------|
+Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------5---5-3----|-----5---5-3----|-----------------|-----------------|
|------5---5-3----|-----5---5-3----|-5-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-|-5-5-------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-------------|
|-(3)----3------3-|-3-3---3--------|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
~ ~~~~~~ PM------------------------------|
E E E E E Q E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)----|-------------------|------------------|
|-----5---5-3----|-5---5-3-(3)----|-7-7-9-9-10-10-9-9-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7----|
|----------------|----------------|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|-3-3---3------3-|---3------------|-------------------|---------------2s=|
1. 2.
To Coda
PM--------------| PM----------------| ~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---5-6-7-(7)------||-----------------|---5-6-7-(7)---12-|
|---5-7-7-8-8-7-7-|-5-3-4-5-(5)-----o||-5-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-|-5-3-4-5-(5)------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-------------1--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3----------------|
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------12-12-(12)---12---|-12---12---12---12\---|
|-0-/12-------------------|------12--------12\---|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM----------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-5---5--7--7---5--5--7-7-|--5-5--7-7--5-5--7--7-|
|-3---3--3--3---3--3--3-3-|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3--3-|
Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------/12---------|-12----12----------------|
|-/12---12----------12----|-------------------12S4s=|
|----------12----------12-|----12----12s10-10-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---5-5--7--7---5-5--7--7-|--5--5--6--6--7--7--8-8--|
|---3-3--3--3---3-3--3--3-|--3--3--4--4--5--5--6-6--|
Q Q Q Q Q a Q Q E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------5-----------5----|-------------------------|
|--5----------/5-----5----|--5--5s=3-----5----/4-/4p|
|-------------/5----------|--5----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-|-10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
~~~ ~~~
Q H S S S S +Q H Q
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-0---12\-----3p0-3p0-|-(0)---/12-------12\----|
|-----12\-------------|-------/12--------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-5-5--7--7-5-5-7-7---|--5--5---7-7-5-5--7--7--|
|-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3---|--3--3---3-3-3-3--3--3--|
~
|-3--|
E E Q Q +E E E Q A E E Q E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----/6-/7-----------0-|--------------------|
|-7---------7---(7)s5---|-/5-5s3---/5-/3-3p==|
|-7---------7---(7)s5---|-/5-----0-/5--------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-7-7--9--9-7-7--9--9---|--5-5-7-7--5--5-7-7-|
|-5-5--5--5-5-5--5--5---|--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
Q E E E E E E H +E +E Q
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------/12-------------|-----------------------|
|-0-/12--------12-\10------|-\10-----(10)-(10)/----|
|-------12------------12---|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----5-6---7---(7)-----|
|-5---5--7---7--5---5--7-7-|---5-3-4---5---(5)-----|
|-3---3--3---3--3---3--3-3-|---3-------------------|
|----3----| |----3----| |--3--| |---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------12---12---12---12---12---|-----12-12-12\-----12-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-/12----------------------------|-/12-----------/12--------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---5-5----7----7--5-5--7-7------|---5--5--7--7----5--5-7-7-|
|---3-3----3----3--3-3--3-3------|---3--3--3--3----3--3-3-3-|
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|----3----| |-----3-----| |---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------12---12---12\---------12---|-12s10-----------10---12--|
|----------------------------------|---------12-12---10---12--|
|-/12-------------------/12--------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---5-5----7----7--5--5-----7----7-|--5--5-6--6--7-7--8-8-----|
|---3-3----3----3--3--3-----3----3-|--3--3-4--4--5-5--6-6-----|
~ ~~~~~~
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|-/5---5---5---6---|-----5---5-------|
|----------------7s|=5-----------5s3S|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|--5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-------------|
|------------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|
~~
|3-|
E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E
|--------------------------|-----------------------15-|
|-------------/11-11-------|-------/11-12------/15----|
|-12-12-12s10--------10----|-12-----------12----------|
|-----------------------12-|----12--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5--5--7--7---5--5--7--7-|--5--5---7--7--5-5---7--7-|
|--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3-|--3--3---3--3--3-3---3--3-|
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E
|-15-15-15s13----/18S13----|-15\-----------------------|
|-------------15--------15-|-----13-/12-/12---12s10----|
|--------------------------|------------------12s10----|
|--------------------------|------------------------12-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--7--7--9--9--7---7--9--9-|--5---5---7---7-5--5--7--7-|
|--5--5--5--5--5---5--5--5-|--3---3---3---3-3--3--3--3-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
~~~~~
|--3--| |--3---|
E E E E E Q Q Q E Q E +H
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-12-12-12s10--------------|---------------------|
|-12-12-12s10----12--------|---/12---14-(14)/----|
|-------------12----12\-10-|-9-------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|
|----------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|-----5-6--7--(7)-----|
|--5--5--7--7--5--5--7---7-|-5---3-4--5--(5)-----|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3-|-3-------------------|
&
PM ~~
E E E E E Q. E Q. Q E +E
|----------------|-12--------------------|
|----------------|------------7s==8-(8)/-|
|-----5---5-3----|----12\-----7s==8-(8)/-|
|-----5---5-3----|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3---3--------|-----------------------|
|
| PM PM ~~ PM--------------------
| E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|-----5---5-3----|-----------------------|
|-----5---5-3----|--5--5--5-5-5-5-5--5---|
|----------------|--3--3--3-3-3-3-3--3---|
|-3-3---3--------|-----------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~~~
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------12s15-|-----------------10s12-|
|-----12-12-12---------|------12-12-12---------|
|----------------------|-\9--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5--7--7--5-5--7--7-|--5-5--7--7--5-5--7--7-|
|-3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3-|--3-3--3--3--3-3--3--3-|
~~~~~~~~
Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------/12----|------------------------------|
|------12-12-12----------|-/12-----/16----/12-----/12---|
|-\x---12-------------12-|-----12\-----12-/12-12\-/12---|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|--5-5--7--7--5-5---7--7-|---5--5----6--6---7--7----8-8-|
|--3-3--3--3--3-3---3--3-|---3--3----4--4---5--5----6-6-|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------4--------|------4------------|
|-/5---/5-------/5---|-/5-------/5-------|
|--------------------|----5----------8---|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--5-5--7-7-5-5--7-7-|--5-5--------------|
|--3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-|--3-3--------------|
|--------------------|------0-0--1-1-2-2-|
~~ ~~ ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------/12-12-|-------/12---------------|
|-12----12----12-----------|-12-----------12---12\---|
|----12----12----12--------|----12-----12------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5--5--7--7--5--5---7--7-|--5--5---7--7--5-5--7--7-|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3---3--3-|--3--3---3--3--3-3--3--3-|
|3|
E E E E E E Q E Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---------/7-/7s==5-|-------------------|
|-7---7-------------|-7s5-/5---\3---0---|
|---7---7-----------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-9-9--7--7-9-9-|-5-5--7-7--5-5-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Abadd9
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-------20-16---------------|---------------------*|
|---/20--------15-----------|---------------------*|
|-----------------/17s15-12-|-12---/12-10-(10)----*|
|---------------------------|-12------------------*|
|---------------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------------|---------------------*|
|
| Q H. Q E E +H
|---------------------------|--------6--5--(5)----*|
|---------------------------|---------------------*|
|---------------------------|--------5--4--(4)----*|
|---------------------------|--------6--5--(5)----*|
|-5-------------------------|---------------------*|
|-3-------------------------|---------------------*|
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
