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Tuning: E A D G B E
Billy Squier - The Stroke
standard tuning
[No Guitar 1: drums and vocals](0:00)
[Intro](0:16)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--10/12-12-12-12-------------------10/12-12-12-12-|
D|--10/12-12-12-12---10/12-12-12-12--10/12-12-12-12-|
A|---8/10-10-10-10---10/12-12-12-12---8/10-10-10-10-|
E|--------------------8/10-10-10-10-----------------|
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|--7-------|
A|--7-------|
E|--5-3-1-0-|
[Pre-Verse 1](0:27)
(2 guitars tabbed as 1: dirty=D chord & clean=pulloff riffs)
e|-----------------------------------| e--7/7------7/7----7/7-|
B|----6-6p5------6-6p5----6-6p5------| B--7/7------7/7----7/7-|
G|--7-5-5-5--7-7-5-5-5--7-5-5-5--5---| (3rd guitar or keyboard
D|--7--------7-7--------7--------5-5-| on all Pre Verses.)
A|--5--------5-5--------5--------3-5-|
E|---------------------------------3-|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|----6-6p5------6-6p5----6-6p5----------|
G|--7-5-5-5--7-7-5-5-5--7-5-5------------|
D|--7--------7-7--------7------------5-3-|
A|--5--------5-5--------5-------3----5-3-|
E|--------------------------------3--3-1-|
PM
[Verse 1](0:37)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--7--77--7---------7--77--7-----------------|
D|--7--77--7---5-3---7--77--7-------------3---|
A|--5--55--5---5-3---5--55--5---0-5-0-3-0---5-|
E|-------------3-1----------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--------------5/7-7-7-7-------------|
D|--3/5-5-5-5---5/7-7-7-7---3/5-5-5-5-|
A|--3/5-5-5-5---3/5-5-5-5---3/5-5-5-5-|
E|--1/3-3-3-3---------------1/3-3-3-3-|
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|--7-------|
A|--7-------|
E|--5-3-1-0-|
[Chorus 1](0:58)
(the "0-5-4-3" is keyboard tabbed for guitar on all Choruses)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--7---7-7----------5--7---7-7----------------|
D|--5--7---7-7----5-3---5--7---7-7------------5-3-|
A|--3--5---5-5----5-3---3--5---5-5---0-5-4-3--5-3-|
E|----------------3-1-------------------------3-1-|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--7---7-7----------5--7---7-7------------------|
D|--5--7---7-7----5-3---5--7---7-7---3--0-----------|
A|--3--5---5-5----5-3---3--5---5-5--------3p0-3p0---|
E|----------------3-1-----------------------------1-|
[Pre-Verse 2](1:19)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|----6-6p5------6-6p5----6-6p5---------|
G|--7-5-5-5--7-7-5-5-5--7-5-5-5-x-x-5---|
D|--7--------7-7--------7-------x-x-5-5-|
A|--5--------5-5--------5-------x-x-3-5-|
E|------------------------------------3-|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|----6-6p5------6-6p5----6-6p5------|
G|--7-5-5-5--7-7-5-5-5--7-5-5--------|
D|--7--------7-7--------7--------5-3-|
A|--5--------5-5--------5--------5-3-|
E|-------------------------------3-1-|
[Verse 2](1:29)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--7--77--7---------7--77--7----------------|
D|--7--77--7---5-3---7--77--7------------3---|
A|--5--55--5---5-3---5--55--5--0-5-0-3-0---5-|
E|-------------3-1---------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------5/7-7-7-7---10/12-12-12-12-|
D|--3/5-5-5-5---5/7-7-7-7---10/12-12-12-12-|
A|--3/5-5-5-5---3/5-5-5-5----8/10-10-10-10-|
E|--1/3-3-3-3------------------------------|
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|--7-------|
A|--7-------|
E|--5-3-1-0-|
[Chorus 2](1:48)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--7---7-7----------5--7---7-7----------------|
D|--5--7---7-7----5-3---5--7---7-7------------5-3-|
A|--3--5---5-5----5-3---3--5---5-5---0-5-4-3--5-3-|
E|----------------3-1-------------------------3-1-|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------3-|
G|--5--7---7-7----------5--7---7-7------------------2-|
D|--5--7---7-7----5-3---5--7---7-7---3--0-----------0-|
A|--3--5---5-5----5-3---3--5---5-5--------3p0-3p0-----|
E|----------------3-1-----------------------------1---|
[No Guitar 2: drums, vocals](2:12)
[Pre-Verse 3](2:22)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|----------6-6p5------6-6p5----6-6p5---------|
G|----------5-5-5--7-7-5-5-5--7-5-5-5-x-x-5---|
D|--10\\\\5--------7-7--------7-------x-x-5-5-|
A|--8-\\\\3--------5-5--------5-------x-x-3-5-|
E|------------------------------------------3-|
PM
e|-----------------------------------|
B|----6-6p5------6-6p5----6-6p5------|
G|--7-5-5-5--7-7-5-5-5--7-5-5-5------|
D|--7--------7-7--------7--------5-3-|
A|--5--------5-5--------5--------5-3-|
E|-------------------------------3-1-|
[Verse 3](2:33)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--7--77--7---------7--77--7----------------|
D|--7--77--7---5-3---7--77--7------------3---|
A|--5--55--5---5-3---5--55--5--0-5-0-3-0---5-|
E|-------------3-1---------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------5/7-7-7-7---10/12-12-12-12-|
D|--3/5-5-5-5---5/7-7-7-7---10/12-12-12-12-|
A|--3/5-5-5-5---3/5-5-5-5----8/10-10-10-10-|
E|--1/3-3-3-3------------------------------|
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-----------5-7-|
D|--7--------5-7-|
A|--7--------3-5-|
E|--5-3-1-0------|
[No Guitar 3: drum, vocals, keyboards](2:55)
Outro(3:13)
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--5-----5-7--77-----------|
D|--5-5---5-7--77-----------|
A|--3-3---3-5--55---0-5-4-3-|
E|----3---------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--5-----5-7--77-----------|
D|--5-5---5-7--77-----------|
A|--3-5---3-5--55---0-5-4-3-|
E|----3---------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------5-7--77-----------|
D|--5-3---5-7--77-----------|
A|--5-3---3-5--55---0-5-4-3-|
E|--3-1---------------------|
e|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|--5-----5-7--77------------------||
D|--5-5---5-7--77---3--0-----------||
A|--3-5---3-5--55--------3p0-3p0---||
E|----3--------------------------1-||
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| / Slide up
| p Pull-off
| PM Palm mute
| x Dead note
| \ Slide down
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