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#1. Smoke on the Water
As heard on Machine Head (1972)
Guitar by Ritchie Blackmore
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------
|--------------R----|--------------R----|--------------R----|----------R-------
|------3---5---E----|----3^3-6-5---E----|------3---5---E-3--|-^3-------E-------
|--5---3---5---S-5--|-^5-3^3-6-5---S----|--5---3---5---S-3--|-^3-5^5---S-------
|--5---1---3---T-5--|-^5-1^1-4-3---T----|--5---1---3---T-1--|-^1-5^5---T-------
|--3-------------3--|-^3----------------|--3----------------|----3^3-----------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +      

#2. Sunshine of Your Love
As heard on Disraeli Gears (1968)
Guitar by Eric Clapton
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--12-12-10-12--------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------12----11--|-----10-------8------------|
|---------------------------|-----------10-------10-----|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +      1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     

#3. Layla
As heard on Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
Guitar by Eric Clapton
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------7--|--5--3-----5--|-----7--------|
|--------0--3--|--0-----0--7--|--5--3-----5--|-----7--------|
|--0--3--------|-----3-----5--|--3--1-----3--|-----5--------|
|--------------|--------------|--------3-----|--5-----------|
   1  2  3  4     1  2  3  4     1  2  3  4     1  2  3  4

#4. [I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction
As heard on Out of Our Heads (1965)
Guitar by Keith Richards
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|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--2---2---2-2-4-6--|-^6-----6-6\4-4\2--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     
  
#5. Iron Man
As heard on Paranoid (1971)
Guitar by Tony Iommi
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--9-----12----12-14-14----|--17-16-17-16-17-16-14-12-14-14----|
|--9-----12----12-14-14----|--17-16-17-16-17-16-14-12-14-14----|
|--7-----10----10-12-12----|--15-14-15-14-15-14-12-10-12-12----|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  e  +  a  2  +  a  3  +  4  +

#7. Sweet Child O’ Mine
As heard On Appetite for Destruction
Guitar by Slash
|--------------15----14-----|--------------15----15-----|
|-----15--------------------|-----15--------------------|
|--------14-12----14----14--|--------14-12----14----14--|
|--12-----------------------|--12-----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +      1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     

|--------------15----14-----|--------------15----15-----|
|-----15--------------------|-----15--------------------|
|--------14-12----14----14--|--------14-12----14----14--|
|--14-----------------------|--14-----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +      1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     

|--------------15----14-----|--------------15----14-----|
|-----15--------------------|-----15--------------------|
|--12----14-12----14----14--|--12----14-12----14----14--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +      1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     

|--------------15----14-----|--------------15----15-----|
|-----15--------------------|-----15--------------------|
|--------14-12----14----14--|--------14-12----14----14--|
|--12-----------------------|--12-----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +      1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     

#8. Back in Black
As heard on Back in Black (1980)
Guitar by Angus Young
|-----------------------|------------3-0------------|
|------3-3-3---R--------|------R---R-----3-0--------|
|------2-2-2---E---2-2--|--2---E---E---------2^2-0--|
|--2---0-0-0---S---2-2--|--2---S---S----------------|
|--2-----------T---0-0--|--0---T---T----------------|
|--0--------------------|---------------------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 e + a     1 + 2 + 3 e + a 4 e + a       

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------3-3-3---R--------|-----------------------|
|------2-2-2---E---2-2--|--2--------------------|
|--2---0-0-0---S---2-2--|--2--------------------|
|--2-----------T---0-0--|--0---2---2---2-----2--|
|--0--------------------|--------4---6---6^6----|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 e + a     1 + 2 + a 3 + a 4 +     

#14. Day Tripper
As heard on Day Tripper [Single] (1965)
Guitar by John Lennon
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------2---0----|-^0-----------4----|-^4-------0---2----|
|-------------------|------2------------|----------2--------|------2------------|
|--0-----------3----|--4----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +      

#16. Paranoid
As heard on Paranoid (1971)
Guitar by Tony Iommi
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|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|--------12h14-------12-----|
|--12h14-------------12h14-------------12h14-------|--12h14-------12h14----14--|
|--12----------------12----------------12----------|---------------------------|
   1  e  +  a  2  e  +  a  3  e  +  a  4  e  +  a     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


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