Moody Blues - Ride my see-saw

RIDE MY SEE-SAW As recorded by The Moody Blues (From the 1968 Album IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD) Words and Music by John Lodge Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Justin Hayward - Acoustic Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Justin Hayward - Electric Guitar' Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Justin Hayward - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=158 C5 4/4 Gtr I W W Gtr II Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q 4x ||---------------|------------------------|| ||o--------------|-8h10--8-8h10-(10)--8--o|| ||---------------|-9h10--9-9h10-(10)--9---|| ||--10--10-------|------------------------|| ||o-10--10-------|-----------------------o|| ||---8---8-------|------------------------|| Chorus $ $$ C E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / x Gtr III H. +E E H. +E E |-||--------------------|--------------------| |-||o-------------------|--------------------| |-||--------------------|--------------------| |-||--5-----------(5)---|--------------------| |-||o-----------------3-|-3-----------(3)-3--| |-||--------------------|--------------------| Bb E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / x |-3-| E E Q +E +E S S S E E E E E S S E Q |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |-5-7-7b9===(7)r(7)-5h7p5s3-|-5-3-2-3-2p0---0---| |---------------------------|-------------3-----| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| | | Gtr II | W W |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| C E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / x |-3-| +E E E E E S S S E E E E E E E Q E |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-(0)-----0-2-0h2p0-----|---------------------| |-----2-3-----------3-2-|--3-2--0-------------| |-----------------------|----------3-1-3---3--| |-----------------------|---------------------| | | W Q H. |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|-10---10-------------| |-----------------------|-10---10-------------| |-----------------------|--8----8-------------| E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / x +H E E E E S S E E E E E Q |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------5-6-8-|-8p6p5-6-5---5-----| |---------------------------|-----------7-------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---(3)---------------------|---------------3---| |---------------------------|-------------------| | | a Q E a E +Q Q W |---------------------------|-------------------| |-8h10----8-8h10-(10)---8---|-------------------| |-9h10----9-9h10-(10)---9---|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------| E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / x |-3-| |-3-| E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E E E Q |---------------------|------------------------| |-5-6-8-6h8p6-5-6-5s3-|-5-3h5p3-1-3-1----------| |---------------------|---------------3-/5-----| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| | | W W |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| Bb E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / x ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +W +H. E E |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |-(5)--------------|-(5)--------------| |------------------|----------------5-| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| | | W W |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| To Dbl. Coda C E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / x W +H E E E E |-------------------|--------------------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------------8-10---|| |--3----------------|---(3)---------------/10--------|| |-------------------|--------------------------------|| | | Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |-------------------|--------------------------------|| |-------------------|-8h10----8-8h10-(10)-----8------|| |-------------------|-9h10----9-9h10-(10)-----9------|| |-10---10-----------|--------------------------------|| |-10---10-----------|--------------------------------|| |--8----8-----------|--------------------------------|| 1st - 3rd Verses C Bb F G Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Q Q H H E E E E |-----------------|------------8-------8-| |-8\--------------|--------------11b13---| |-8\--------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| C Bb F G Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / E +E Q H H E E +E E |---------------------------|------------13b15r(13)-11-| |-11b13==(11)r\-------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| To Coda Q Q H W W W |------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| |-13\--------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| |------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| |------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| |------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| |------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| Interlude 1. C Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Gtr II Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |--------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|-8h10---8-8h10-(10)---8---| |--------------------|-9h10---9-9h10-(10)---9---| |-10---10------------|--------------------------| |-10---10------------|--------------------------| |--8----8------------|--------------------------| | | Gtr III | E E H. a E E E E +E E E E |--8-----------------|--------------------------| |--8-----------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|-0h=2-0-------------------| |--------------------|--------3----2--(2)-0-----| |-------3------------|----------------------3-1-| |--------------------|--------------------------| Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |--------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|-8h10---8-8h10-(10)---8---| |--------------------|-9h10---9-9h10-(10)---9---| |-10---10------------|--------------------------| |-10---10------------|--------------------------| |--8----8------------|--------------------------| | | E E H. a E E E E +E E E E |--------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|-0h=2-0-------------------| |--------------------|--------3----2--(2)-0-----| |--3----3------------|----------------------3-1-| |--------------------|--------------------------| C Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |--------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|-8h10---8-8h10-(10)---8---| |--------------------|-9h10---9-9h10-(10)---9---| |-10---10------------|--------------------------| |-10---10------------|--------------------------| |--8----8------------|--------------------------| | | E E H. a E E E E +E E E E |--------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------|-0h=2-0-------------------| |--------------------|--------3----2--(2)-0-----| |--3----3------------|----------------------3-1-| |--------------------|--------------------------| Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |----------------------|---------------------------|| |----------------------|-8h10---8-8h10-(10)---8---o|| |----------------------|-9h10---9-9h10-(10)---9----|| |-10---10--------------|---------------------------|| |-10---10--------------|--------------------------o|| |--8----8--------------|---------------------------|| | | E E H +E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------|---------------------------|| |----------------------|--------------------------o|| |----------------------|---------------------------|| |----------------------|----------------------0----|| |--3----3--------(3)---|-------------0---1--3---1-o|| |--------------------0-|----2-3-5------------------|| 2. W W W W |----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|| Bridge W W W W ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| ||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| ||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------| W W W W |----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------o|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------o|| |----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|| C Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |-------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------|-8h10---8-8h10-(10)---8---| |-------------------|-9h10---9-9h10-(10)---9---| |-10--10------------|--------------------------| |-10--10------------|--------------------------| |--8---8------------|--------------------------| D.S. al Coda Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |-------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------|-8h10---8-8h10-(10)---8-----|| |-------------------|-9h10---9-9h10-(10)---9-----|| |-10--10------------|----------------------------|| |-10--10------------|----------------------------|| |--8---8------------|----------------------------|| & C Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |-------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------|-8h10---8-8h10-(10)---8---| |-------------------|-9h10---9-9h10-(10)---9---| |-10--10------------|--------------------------| |-10--10------------|--------------------------| |--8---8------------|--------------------------| D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / x / / / / / / / / Q H. a Q E a E +Q Q |-------------------|----------------------------|| |-------------------|-8h10---8-8h10-(10)---8-----|| |-------------------|-9h10---9-9h10-(10)---9-----|| |-10--10------------|----------------------------|| |-10--10------------|----------------------------|| |--8---8------------|----------------------------|| Outro && W W W W 4x ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| ||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o|| ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| ||o----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------o|| ||-----------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|| 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