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School of Rock (with Hints) Guitar Tablature
School of Rock       Jack BLack + co           tabbed by Luke Hutchings
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Intro

Guitar 1    (for best results use fingers)

(performance note:
(To make the intro sound just like the original, you WILL need
 to use two right hand fingers, literally pinch the strings, keep the notes
 staccato (short), and finally, the accents should be well executed -
 these are indicated by the ^  and should be noticably louder than the regular notes)

1|-------------------------------------
2|--7-7-7-8-7--10-8-7-8-8-8-8-7-7-8-8--
3|--7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--  x6
4|--^-----^----^------^---^---^---^-^--
5|-------------------------------------
6|-------------------------------------

Guitar 2     (Guitar 1 keeps playing intro bit)

1|-----------------------------------
2|-----------------------------------
3|--7-------------7-----7-----7------  Repeat x2
4|--7-------------7-----7-----7------
5|--5-------------5-----5-----5------
6|-----------------------------------

Verse (Chords)

1|--2---------3--------3---------3----------
2|--3---------3--------3---------3----------
3|--2---------0--------0---------0----------  Repeat x6
4|--0---------2--------0---------2----------
5|------------3--------2---------3----------
6|------------^--------^---------^---------- (emphasize the lower bass notes)

G bar-Chord played just before chorus
1|---3--
2|---3--
3|---4--
4|---5--
5|---5--
6|---3--

Chorus:

(Chords): D      E    (E,F,F#) G      D     

          D      E     G*

*On the last G above theres a typical lil blues riff that goes 

5|--5---5-7---5-7-----5---5-7---5-7-----5---5-7---5-7-----5---5-7---5-| 
6|--3---3-3---3-3-----3---3-3---3-3-----3---3-3---3-3-----3---3-3---3-|


Guitar Solo (Use verse chords for backing)
(improvise in B blues/pentatonic)

Note: Although this song is in D, the solos are
in the relative minor, which is B, for that mellower country-like effect,
so just slide down 3 frets from where you'd normally improvise in D.
This is a trick found in many many songs, in future,
where ever you normally improvise your blues licks,
try them 3 frets down, you maybe pleasantly surprised, or sometimes
it may not always work so well, but go ahead and experiment, that's what musics all about!

-Verse 2
-Chorus x2
-Intro again
-Verse 3 (spoken)
-Guitar solo 2 until end  (improvise B-blues again)
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