Status Quo - Twenty wild horses
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tabbed marcus lubbock
status quo
twenty wild horses
The opener of Under The Influence. It hasn't got a drive as most of the
songs of this album but it's a good song. I like the lyrics. I wrote it
down in C sharp, but I could have written it down in D-flat just as well.
1. Chords and rythm
The basic rhythm during the song (except for the intro and first verse)
sounds like this:
1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
E||--------------------------||
B||*------------------------*||
G||--------------------------||
D||-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4--||
A||*4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-*||
E||-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--||
d u d u d d u d u d
. . play notes above dots short!
.
Intro: C#5 C#5sus4
EADGBE EADGBE
XX669X XX667X
Verse 1: F#5 F#5sus2 C#5 C#5sus4 E5sus2 B5sus2
EAD G BE EAD G BE EA D GBE EA D G BE EADG BE EAD GBE
X91111XX X91113XX 91111XXX 9111111XX X7911XX 7911XXX
Verse 2: F#5 C#5 E5 B5
EAD G BE EA D GBE EADGBE EADGBE
X91111XX 91111XXX X799XX 799XXX
Chorus: C#5 F#5 C# F# for the C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE last chorus: EADGBE
X466XX 244XXX X4666X 244322 X4646X
Break: G# C# F#/A# B D#m A#m
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
466544 X4666X X1432X X2444X X68876 X13321
EC#5A D GBE EF#AD G B E EF#5ADGBE EADBGBE
91111XXX XX111111X XX467X XX444X
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2. Song structure and lyrics:
Intro: |C#5 |C#5 C#sus4| C#5 |C#5 C#sus4|
|C#5 |C#5 C#sus4| C#5 |C#5 C#sus4|
|C#5 |C#5 C#sus4| C#5 |C#5 C#sus4| hold chord ad lib.
|F#5 |F#5 |F#5 |F#5 |
(how do you)
Verse:
F#5How do you do' Tell me how C#5are you'
Have you been E5sus2well'
Give my re-B5sus2gards to the C#5sus4world C#5
F#5Hand on my heart, I didn't C#5do what they say
Cos I would E5sus2rather be blind
Bsus2or lose my mind com- F#5sus2pletely F#5
Chorus:
Twenty Wild C#5Horses and five hundred man
They couldn't F#5drag me that far down again
Give me a C#5colt 45 to my head
so I can F#5say I'd be better off dead
Straight as an C#5arrow I'll make a new start
What can I F#5tell you, it's straight from the heart
Verse 2:
I have a F#5dream and it's the C#5same every night
I sleep with E5you, everything B5seems to be right C#5
Beyond F#5belief
When I a- C#5wake and I find, that I am E5stuck in this place
My B5back's to the wall com- F#5pletely
Chorus
Bridge:
G#So what can I C#say'
F#/A#Seems that in Bhere I find D#meveryone is C#innocent
|A#m |B |D#m |C# |A#m |B |D#m |
|C#5 |C#5 F#| 2x
|F#5 |F#5 B | 2x
|C#5 |C#5 F#|C#5 |C#5 |
Verse 3:
All I can F#5do is hope and C#5pray for an end
I've had e- E5nough, but that don't B5change anything C#5
Hand on my F#5heart, I didn't C#5do what they say
Now at the E5end of the line
I'm B5loosing my mind com- F#5pletely
Chorus plus:
Twenty Wild C#5Horses and five hundred man
They couldn't C#5drag me that far down a- C#7gain
Repeat and fade out
|F#5 |F#5 B |2x
|C#5 |C#5 F#|2x
Twenty wild horses (repeat)
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3. Tabs
Intro:
Rythm guitar
For the intro-part you have to emphasize every first not of the triplet
As far as I can hear it's played with alternated up and down strokes
so you have to emphasize upstrokes to. This is the pattern:
> > > > > = the note that has to be emphasized
dud udu dud udu
This may require some practice but once mastered you can use it in
other quo-songs too.
1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
E||------------------------|------------------------||
B||------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-||
G||6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
D||6-----------------------|------------------------||
A||------------------------|------------------------||
E||------------------------|------------------------||
1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
E||------------------------|------------------------||
B||9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-||
G||6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
D||----6-------------------|------------------------||
A||------------------------|------------------------||
E||------------------------|------------------------||
3x
1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
B||*9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-*||
G||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|| the 3rd time,
D||-6-----------------------|-------------------------|| replace last bar
A||*------------------------|------------------------*|| by bar hereunder
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
E|------------------------|
B|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-----| Hold chord ad lib.
G|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
D|------------------6-----|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
leadguitar:
4x
E||-------------------------|---------------------------||
B||*----6-9-6-------6-7-6---|----6-9-6-------6-7---(7)-*||
G||-6-8-------8-6-8-------8-|6-8-------8-6-8------------||
D||-------------------------|---------------------------||
A||*------------------------|--------------------------*||
E||-------------------------|---------------------------||
Verse 1:
This is my interpretation of how the first verse is accompanied but...
don't take my word for it. As far as I can hear, two guitars are picking
separate intervals of the chords I gave above for verse one. Taking this
as a starting-point I come to the conclusion that the two guitars are
playing the following notes:
E|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||
B|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||
Guitar 1 G|11|11|13|13|11|11|11|13||11|11|13|13|11|11|13|11||
D|11|11|11|11|9-|9-|9-|11||11|11|11|11|9-|9-|11|11||
A|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||
E|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||
E|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||
B|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||
Guitar 2 G|--|--|--|--|9-|9-|--|--||--|--|--|--|9-|--|--|11||
D|11|11|11|11|9-|9-|11|11||11|11|11|11|9-|11|11|11||
A|9-|9-|11|11|--|--|9-|11||9-|9-|11|11|--|9-|9-|9-||
E|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--||
Only the two guitars together are making the chords. So if you want
to play it on your own you can make a mixture (see the chords
I indicated for verse 1).
I play the intervals like this:
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|11-11-11----11----11-11-11----11----|
D|---------11----11----------11----11-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Here will follow the bars between the intro and verse one:
E|--|-----------------------------------|
B|--|-----------------------------------|
G|6/|11---11----11----11-11-11----11----|
D|6/|11------11----11----------11----11-|
A|--|-----------------------------------|
E|--|-----------------------------------|
2x
E||-------------------------------------||
B||*------------------------------------||
G||-11-11-11----11----11-11-11----11----||
D||----------11----11----------11----11-||
A||*------------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------------||
Chorus:
You can find the chords and rhythm of the chorus above. During the
second and third chorus the other guitar is playing the full chords
on the first beat and keeps it ringing for two bars and strikes the
other chord.
Break:
I can't really hear the guitarparts during the break 'cause it's
absorbed in the totalsound. I think one guitar is pumping the
powerchords (G#5, C#5) and the other one is strumming the full
chords with a cleaner sound. That's an important thing to know
by the way. When you want richer chords but also powerchords,
play the powerchord with a distorted guitar and the full chords
with a clean guitar. Some full chords sound awful on a distorted
guitar (try for example Cmaj7 X3545X).
Little solo:
. pre-bend
E|---------------------|------------|------|----------|
B|-------(18)r16-------|------------|------|----------|
G|--11b13--------15-16~|~~~~~~-16b18|b20~~~|r18~~~r16\|
D|---------------------|------------|------|----------|
A|---------------------|------------|------|----------|
E|---------------------|------------|------|----------|
E|---------------------|------------|------|----------|
B|-------(18)r16-------|-------16b18|b19~~~|r18~~~r16\|
G|--11b13--------15-16~|~~~~~\------|------|----------|
D|---------------------|------------|------|----------|
A|---------------------|------------|------|----------|
E|---------------------|------------|------|----------|
Overdub on the solo (or played with harmonizer)
E|----|---------|------|---------|----|------|------|----------|
B|----|---------|------|---------|----|------|------|----------|
G|----|-----8b10|b11~~~|r10~~~r8\|----|-16b18|b20~~~|r18~~~r16\|
D|----|---------|------|---------|----|------|------|----------|
A|----|---------|------|---------|----|------|------|----------|
E|----|---------|------|---------|----|------|------|----------|
During the second part the intro-reedle is coming in again. You
find it above. During the F#5 chords the same pattern is played
in the 11th position.