The Beatles - Twist and shout
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TWIST AND SHOUT
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1963 Album PLEASE PLEASE ME)
Words and Music by Bert Russell & Phil Medley
Arranged by The Beatles
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=138
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-----7-------------|-------------------|
|------------4-|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4-|
|--------5-7---|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7---|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-----7-x---3-(3)---|-------------------|
|--------------|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--------------|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--------------|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--------------|-------------------|-------------------|
$
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----7-------------|-------------------|
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4-|
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7---|
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|-------------------|
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|
||------7-------------|--------------------|
||o-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4--|
||----------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7----|
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|--------------------|
||o-----7-x---3-(3)---|--------------------|
||--7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
||--7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||o-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||--------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----7-------------|-------------------|
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4-|
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7---|
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|-------------------|
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----7-------------|--------------------|
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4--|
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7----|
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|--------------------|
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----7-------------|-------------------||
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4-||
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7---||
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|-------------------||
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------------|-------------------||
1st, 2nd & 3rd Verses
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----7-------------|--------------------|
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4--|
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7----|
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|--------------------|
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----7-------------|-------------------|
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4-|
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7---|
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|-------------------|
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
1.
To Coda
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----7-------------|--------------------|
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4--|
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7----|
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|--------------------|
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
2.
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------o||-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|
|-----7-------------|--------------------||-------------------|
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4-|
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7---|
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|-------------------o||-------------------|
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|
E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----7-------------|---------------------||
|-5---5---2-2-----4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
|---------3-3-----5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|---------------------||
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---||
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
|-------------------|---------------------||
Guitar Break
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------3---2-|----------------|-----------3---2-|
|---------4-------|--------4---2---|---------4-------|
|-4-----4---------|------5---------|-4-----4---------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------4---2-|----------------|-----------4---2-|
|---------5-------|------2-5---4---|---------5-------|
|-5-----5---------|----------------|-5-----5---------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------2-|----------------|
|----------------|-----------3---2-|----------------|
|--------4---2---|---------4-------|--------4---2---|
|------5---------|-4-----4---------|------5---------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------4---2-|----------------|
|------2-5---4---|---------5-------|------2-5---4---|
|----------------|-5-----5---------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------3---2-|----------------||
|---------4-------|--------4---2---||
|-4-----4---------|------5---------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------4---2-|----------------||
|---------5-------|------2-5---4---||
|-5-----5---------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
Bridge
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--|
|
| Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|---------------------|--0------2-(2)-2-2-2--|
|---------2-(2)-2-2-2-|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2--|
|--2------2-(2)-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--|
|---------------------|----------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|
| Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|--0------0-(0)-0-0-0-|--0------0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2-|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|--2------2-(2)-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-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--||
|
| Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2-|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2--||
|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2-|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2--||
|--2------2-(2)-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--||
|---------------------|----------------------||
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----7-------------|
|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4---4-|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-7---|---------3-3-(3)-5-|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----7-x---3-(3)---|
|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----7--------------|
|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4--|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------3-3-(3)-5--|
|
| +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----7-x---3-(3)----|
|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6--|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7--|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----7-------------|-------------------|
|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-----|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-----|
|
| +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-----7-x---3-(3)---|-------------------|
|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----7-------------|-------------------||
|-5---5---2-2-(2)-4-|-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|---------3-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|
| Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----7-x---3-(3)---|-------------------||
|-7---7-x-4-4-(4)-6-|-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-7---7-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-5---5-x-5-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Outro
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--|
|
| Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------2-2-|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2--|
|--2------2-(2)-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--|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q H +W +W
|---------------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------*|
|---------------------|-------------|---------10----|-(10)--------|-(10)----*|
|---------------------|-------------|----------9----|--(9)--------|--(9)----*|
|---------------------|-------------|---------10----|-(10)--------|-(10)----*|
|---------------------|-------------|----------9----|--(9)--------|--(9)----*|
|-/5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5-5-6-7-8-9-|-10------------|-------------|---------*|
|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q. E +E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q H +W +W
|--0------0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-----------|----------5----|--(5)--------|--(5)----*|
|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2-----------|----------5----|--(5)--------|--(5)----*|
|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2-----------|----------5----|--(5)--------|--(5)----*|
|--2------2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2-----------|----------4----|--(4)--------|--(4)----*|
|--0------0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-1-2-3-4-|--5------------|-------------|---------*|
|---------------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
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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