Tuning:

BEATIN THE ODDS As recorded by Molly Hatchet (From the 1980 Album BEATIN THE ODDS) Words and Music by David Lawrence Hlubek, Banner Harvey Thomas & Duane Curtis Roland Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Hlubek - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Holland - Electric Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Duane Roland - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=178 A5 B5 A5 D5 4/4 Gtrs I, II E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E E E H |----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------| |-2-----4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------|-2-----4-----5--|-(5)-------7----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5----| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|

^A5E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E ^A5E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------| |-2-----4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------|-2-----4-----5--|-(5)-------7--5--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5--3--| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|

^A5E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E ^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5H |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| |-2--------4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------|--2------4-----5--|-(5)-------7----| |-0----0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-|--0--0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5----| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|

| | Gtr III | W +W +W +W |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| |-7b9===============|=(7)---------------|-(7)--------------|-(7)------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|

^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E ^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|| |--2------4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------|--2-------4-----5--|-(5)-------7---5--|| |--0--0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-|--0---0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5---3--|| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------||

| | +W +W +W E E E E E E Q |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|| |-(7)--------------|-(7)---------------|-(7)r--------------|--2--0---0--------|| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------2---2-0----|| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------3--|| |------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|| 1st - 3rd Verses $

^A5E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E ^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5H ||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| ||o----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| ||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| ||--2-----4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------|--2------4-----5--|-(5)-------7----| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-|--0--0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5----| ||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|

| | W +W +W W ||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| ||o----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| ||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| ||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------| ||o-0--------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)--------------|----------------| ||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|

^A5E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E ^A5E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5H |----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------| |-2-----4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------|-2-----4-----5--|-(5)-------7----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5----| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|

^A5E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E ^A5E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|| |-2-----4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------|-2-----4-----5--|-(5)-------7--5--|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5--3--|| |----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||

Chorus

^N.C.E E E ^A5E +E ^N.C.E E E E E E ^A5E +E ^N.C.E E E E E E ^A5E +E E ^D5Q +H Q ^C5Q |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------| |-------2-(2)-------|-------2-(2)-------|-------2-(2)---7--|-(7)----7--5--| |-3-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-3-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-3-0---0-(0)-0-5--|-(5)----5--3--| |-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3------------|--------------|

1.,D.S. To Coda

^N.C.E E E ^A5E +E ^N.C.E E E E E E ^A5E +E ^N.C.E E E E E E ^A5E +E E ^G5Q +W |-------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------| |-------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------| |-------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------| |-------2-(2)-------|-------2-(2)--------|-------2-(2)------|--------| |-3-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-3-0---0-(0)-0---0--|-3-0---0-(0)-0-5--|-(5)----| |-----3---------3---|-----3---------3----|-----3---------3--|-(3)----|

A5 B5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E |----------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| |-2---------4---------5------|-(5)------4------------| |-0----0-0--0----0-0---------|-----0----2-0--3h4-3h4-| |----------------------------|-----------------------| | | Gtr III | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------------|-----------------------| |-8----8-8--8----8-8--8----8-|--8--8----8-8--5-------| |-7b9==7-7r-7b9==7-7r-7b9==7-|--7r-7b9==7-7r---7-5---| |----------------------------|---------------------7-| |----------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------|-----------------------| A5 D5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E H |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |-2---------4---------5-----|-(5)----------7--------| |-0-0----0--0-0---0---------|------0-0--0--5--------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| | | |--3--| |-3-| | E E +E E E E E E E E Q. +E E E E E |-----------5---------------|-----------------------| |-------------8p5-----------|-----------------------| |-5-7b9-(7)---------7-7p5---|--7b9r====(7)-5--------| |-------------------------7-|----------------7-6-5--| |---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------| A5 B5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-2-----4-----5-----|-(5)----4-----------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|------0-2-0-3h4-3h4-| |-------------------|--------------------| | | E E E E Q S S E S S E E E E E E E |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------5-7-5-| |-7-6-5-3---------3-|--5p3---3-5s7-------| |---------5---3h5---|------5-------------|

^A5E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q |-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------o|| |-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-2--------4------5-----|-(5)--------7-----5----|| |-0-0-0----0--0-0-------|------0-0-0-5-----3---o|| |-----------------------|-----------------------||

| | Q E +E E E S S E Q E E E S S E E |-----------------------|--------5-5------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------o|| |-5---5b6r(5)---5-7p5---|--7b9-------7-7p5---5--|| |-------------7-------7-|------------------7----|| |-----------------------|----------------------o|| |-----------------------|-----------------------|| 2. N.C. A5 G5 E E E E +E E Q +W |------------------|------------|| |------------------|------------|| |------------------|------------|| |-------2-(2)------|------------|| |-3-0---0-(0)-0-5--|-(5)--------|| |-----3---------3--|-(3)--------|| | | Gt | W W |------------------|------------|| |------------------|------------|| |------------------|------------|| |------------------|------------|| |------------------|------------|| |------------------|------------|| Guitar Solo A5 B5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-2-------4-------5-----|-(5)-----4---------------| |-0---0-0-0---0-0-------|-----0---2-0-3h==4-3h4---| |-----------------------|-------------------------| | |r III | Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S |-------5-------5-------|--5--------5-------5-----| |-------------5-------5-|---------5-------5---8p5-| |-7b9-----7b9-----7b9---|-----7b9-----7b9---------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| A5 D5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E H |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-2-------4-----5---|-(5)-------7-------| |-0-0---0-0-0-0-----|-----0-0-0-5-------| |-------------------|-------------------| | | E S S E E E E E E Q. E E E E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-7-7p5---5---------|-------------------| |-------7---7-5-----|-------------------| |---------------3---|-------------3-3-3-| |-----------------0-|--5------3-5-------| A5 B5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |-2---------4---------5-----|-(5)---4-------------| |-0---0-0---0---0---0-------|-----0-2-0--3h=4-3h4-| |---------------------------|---------------------| | | S S E S S S S S S E S S E E E E E +E E Q |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|---------5-(5)---5---| |---------------------------|-----5-7-------7-----| |-5p3---5p3---3-5p3---5p3-5S|==7------------------| |-----5-----5-------5-------|---------------------|

^A5E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |-2---------4-----5---|-(5)------------7---5---| |-0---0-0---0-0-0-----|------0-0---0---5---3---| |---------------------|------------------------|

| | S S E S S E E E E E Q E S S E E E E |-8p5-----------------|------------------------| |-----8-8p5-----------|------------------------| |-----------7-5---5---|--7b9---7b9-7p5---5-5-7S| |---------------7---5-|----------------7-------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| A5 B5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-2-----4-----5---|-(5)---4--------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----0-2-0--3h4-3h4---| |-----------------|----------------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E S S |-----------------|----------------------| |---8-------------|-----8---8-10---8-----| |-9---9-7-5---5-7S|==9----9----------5s7-| |-----------7-----|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| A5 D5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E H |-----------------|-----------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------| |-2-----4-----5---|-(5)----------7--------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----0-0---0--5--------| |-----------------|-----------------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E S S E +E E E E |-----------------|-----------------------| |---8-------------|-----------------------| |-9---9-7-5---5---|-----------------------| |-----------7---7-|--5--------------------| |-----------------|-----7-5p3-----------3-| |-----------------|-----------5-(5)-3-5---| A5 B5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| |-2-----------4---------5---|-(5)-----4---------------------| |-0---0---0---0---0---0-----|-----0---2---0---3h==4-3h4-----| |---------------------------|-------------------------------| | | S S S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S Q E S S |---------------------------|-----------------------5-------| |---------------------------|-------------------------8p5---| |---------------------------|-----5-5-7p5---5-7b9-----------| |---------------------5-7-5-|--7----------7-----------------| |-5p3---3-5p3---3-5s7-------|-------------------------------| |-----5-------5-------------|-------------------------------|

^A5E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-2-------4-----------5---|-(5)----------------7---5---| |-0-0---0-0-0----0--------|------0---0----0----5---3---| |-------------------------|----------------------------|

| | E S S E E E +S S E E E E E +S S E E E E |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-7-7p5---7-7b8r(7)p5---7-|--7b8-7b8-7b8r(7)p5---5-5-5-| |-------7-------------7---|--------------------7-------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| A5 B5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-2--------4-----5--|-(5)---4------------| |-0----0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4--| |-------------------|--------------------| | | ~~~ | W +W |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-7b9===============|=(7)----------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|

^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5H ^A5E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| |--2------4-----5--|-(5)-------7---------|-2-----4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------| |--0--0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-| |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|

| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | +W +H. +Q W +W |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-(7)--------------|-(7)----------(7)r\--|-2--------------|-(2)---------------| |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|

^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q ^A5E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E |------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |--2------4-----5--|-(5)-------7---5--|-2-----4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------| |--0--0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5---3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-| |------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|

| | +W E E E E E E Q W +W |------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| |-(2)--------------|--5---------------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|-----7-5---5------|----------------|-------------------| |------------------|---------7---7-3--|-0--------------|-(0)---------------| |------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|

^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5H ^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E ^B5E E E E E E |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------| |--2------4-----5--|-(5)-------7----|--2------4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------| |--0--0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5----|--0--0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-| |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------|

| | +W +W +W +W |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------| |-(0)--------------|-(0)------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)---------------| |------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------| D.S. al Coda &

^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q ^N.C.E E E ^A5E +E E ^G5Q +W |------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------| |------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------| |------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------| |--2------4-----5--|-(5)-------7--5--||-------2-(2)------|--------| |--0--0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-0-0-5--3--||-3-0---0-(0)-0-5--|-(5)----| |------------------|-----------------||-----3---------3--|-(3)----|

| | +W +W W W |------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------| |------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------| |------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------| |------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------| |-(0)--------------|-(0)-------------||------------------|--------| |------------------|-----------------||------------------|--------|

^N.C.E E E ^A5E +E ^N.C.E E E E E E ^A5E +E ^N.C.E E E E E E ^A5E +E E ^G5Q +W |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------|| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------|| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------|| |-------2-(2)-------|-------2-(2)-------|-------2-(2)------|--------|| |-3-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-3-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-3-0---0-(0)-0-5--|-(5)----|| |-----3---------3---|-----3---------3---|-----3---------3--|-(3)----||

| | Gtr III | W W E E E E E E Q +W |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------|| |-------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------|| |-------------------|-------------------|---0--------------|--------|| |-------------------|-------------------|-2---2-1--0-------|--------|| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------3----|--------|| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------3--|-(3)----|| Outro

A5 B5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-2--------4-----5--|-(5)---4-----------| |-0----0-0-0-0-0----|-----0-2-0-3h4-3h4-| |-------------------|-------------------| | | Gtr III | W +W |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-7b9===============|=(7)---------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|

^A5 E E E E E E Q +E E E E ^D5Q ^C5Q ^A5q Q H |------------------|------------------|------------*| |------------------|------------------|------------*| |------------------|------------------|------------*| |--2------4-----5--|-(5)--------7--5--|-2----------*| |--0--0-0-0-0-0----|------0-0-0-5--3--|-0----------*| |------------------|------------------|------------*|

| | +W +H H W |------------------|------------------|------------*| |------------------|------------------|------------*| |-(7)--------------|-(7)r-------------|------------*| |------------------|------------------|------------*| |------------------|------------------|------------*| |------------------|------------------|------------*| 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

Molly Hatchet - Beatin the odds