The Beatles - Sun king

SUN KING As recorded by The Beatles (From the 1969 Album ABBEY ROAD) Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=75 E 4/4 Gtr I H E E S S E a W H E E S S E |----------------|------------|-----------------| |----------------|------------|-----------------| |----------------|------------|-----------------| |--------------7-|------------|--------------7--| |--------------7-|------------|--------------7--| |--------7-7s9---|-9s7--------|--------7-7s9----| 1st & 2nd Verses $ | | Gtr II | W W E S S +S S E E S S +S S E |------------|----------------||-0---------2---0---------2---| |------------|----------------||-----2-(2)---2-----2-(2)---2-| |------------|----------------||---2-------------2-----------| |------------|----------------||-----------------------------| |------------|----------------||-----------------------------| |------------|----------------||-----------------------------| | | E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E +H W |-0---------2---0---------4---|-0-------------------------|--------| |-----2-(2)---2-----2-(2)---4-|-----------2---------------|--------| |---2-------------2-----------|-----1-(1)---1-(1)---------|--------| |-----------------------------|---2-----------------------|--------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------| | | E S S +S S E E S S +S S E |-0---------2---0---------2---| |-----2-(2)---2-----2-(2)---2-| |---2-------------2-----------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| E6 W H E E S S E |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------7--| |-----------------------------|-------------------------7--| |-----------------------------|-------------------7-7s9----| | | E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E +H |-0---------2---0---------4---|-0--------------------------| |-----2-(2)---2-----2-(2)---4-|-----------2----------------| |---2-------------2-----------|-----1-(1)---1-(1)----------| |-----------------------------|---2------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| To Coda | | |--3--| |--3--| | W Q Q Q H +H Q Q Q Q Q +H |------------|-^2-^2-^2-^2-----|-(2)----^2-^3-^4--|----^0--(0)----------| |------------|-^2-^2-^2-^2-----|-(2)----^2-^3-^4--|----^2--(2)----------| |------------|-^2-^2-^2-^2-----|-(2)----^2-^3-^4--|----^1--(1)----------| |------------|-----------------|------------------|----^2--(2)----------| |------------|-----------------|------------------|----^2--(2)----------| |------------|-----------------|------------------|----^0--(0)----------| Chorus | | W W W E E E E E E E E |---^9--------||-^1--------|------------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---^9--------||-^1--------|------------------------||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| |---^9--------||-^2--------|------------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---^9--------||-^3--------|------------------------||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |-------------||-----------|------------------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-------------||-----------|------------------------||-------------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|------------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |--------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| Bridge A7 F H a a E E E E W |---------------------||-----------------| |-------------8-7-6-5-||-----------------| |-----------6---------||-----------------| |---------7-----------||-----------------| |---------------------||-----------------| |---------------------||-----------------| | | E E E E E E E E Q E E +E Q E |-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-||------1-(1)-1--1-| |-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-||------1-(1)-1--1-| |-6-6-6-6-----6-6-6-6-||------2-(2)-2--2-| |-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-||------3-(3)-3--3-| |-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-||------3-(3)-3--3-| |-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-||------1-(1)-1--1-| Chorus | | E E E E E E E E Q. E +E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|-1----1-(1)-1--1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-1-1-1-1-----1-1-1-1-|-1----1-(1)-1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|-2----2-(2)-2--2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-3----3-(3)-3--3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |---------------------|-3----3-(3)-3--3-|-----------------||---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |---------------------|-1----1-(1)-1--1-|-----------------||-------------------| D.S. al Coda | | E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E Q. E +E E Q |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0--0-0-0--0-|-1-----1-(1)-1-1----------|| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---1-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-----1-(1)-1-1----------|| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-3--3-3-3--3-|-2-----2-(2)-2-2----------|| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---2-2--2-2-2--2-|-3-----3-(3)-3-3----------|| |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-3-----3-(3)-3-3----------|| |------------------|-----------------|-1-----1-(1)-1-1----------|| & | | W W |-^0----------------|-^9----*| |-^2----------------|-^9----*| |-^1----------------|-^9----*| |-^2----------------|-^9----*| |-^2----------------|-------*| |-^0----------------|-------*| 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