The Doors - Back door man
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BACK DOOR MAN
As recorded by The Doors
(From the 1967 Album THE DOORS)
Words and Music by Willie Dixon
Arranged by The Doors
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robbie Krieger - Guitar'
Intro
Q=88
N.C.(A)
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b8-(7)-|
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b8-(7)-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
PM------| PM------|
E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q.
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------5tr6----|-----------5tr6---|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-------8-|-5-5-5-5-5--------|
PM------| PM------|
E E E E E S +S +S S E E E E E E S +S +S S E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------7b8==(7)r(7)-----|-----------7b8==(7)r(7)-----|
|-----------7b8==(7)r(7)p5---|-----------7b8==(7)r(7)p5---|
|--------------------------7-|--------------------------7-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5------------------|-5-5-5-5-5------------------|
<
PM--------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b8-(7)--|
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b8-(7)--|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|
PM------| PM--------|
E E E E E S +S +S S E E E E E E E E +E
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------7b8==(7)r(7)-----|-------------7b8-(7)-|
|-----------7b8==(7)r(7)p5---|-------------7b8-(7)-|
|--------------------------7-|---------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
PM--------| PM------|
E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q.
|---------------------|-------------------||
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------------||
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-----------5tr6----||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5---------||
1st, 2nd & 3rd Verses
$
A
PM--------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b8-(7)-|
||--------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b8-(7)-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
A7< Ab7 &G7gt;
PM--------|
E E E E E E E +E E E +E E E E Q
|---------------------|------------------|
|-------------7b8-(7)-|------------------|
|-------------7b8-(7)-|---------6-5-5-4--|
|---------------------|---5-(5)-5-4-4-3--|
|---------------------|---7-(7)-7-6-6-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-(5)-5-4-4-3--|
D7E E +E E +E E E E S S E E E +E E E E
|---0-(0)-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|---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-|
|-0-------------------|-0-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
A7
PM--------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b7.5---|
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b7.5---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------5-|
To Coda
E7 D7
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|-----0-------0-----|------10-------------10------|
|---0---3-(3)-------|---------13b14-(13)----------|
|---1---------------|---11------------------------|
|---2-----------2-1-|-0---------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------12\--|
|-0-----------------|------------------------10\--|
1.
A
PM--------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b8-(7)-o||
|-------------7b8-(7)-|-------------7b8-(7)--||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5----------||
Guitar Solo
2.
PM--------|
E E E E E E E E H +Q. E E +E E E +Q. E
|---------------5-||----------------|---------------------|
|---------------5-||-7b9----(7)---5-|-------------------5-|
|-----------------||----------------|-7b9r(7)---5-(5)-----|
|-----------------||----------------|---------7-----------|
|-----------------||----------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----||----------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E +S S E E +E S S S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|------5---5---5----5-|-------------------------------|
|-5b7====5---5---5r---|-7b9r(7)p5-------------------0h|
|---------------------|-----------7-7-(7)-----0h1h2---|
|---------------------|-------------------0h3---------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
a E E Q a +Q E E
|-------^2----------------|
|-----1-^1--3pb4r(3)------|
|-1h2-----------------5---|
|-----------------------7-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
Q E E +E e e e e e e e e e S S E
|-8--------------------|-------------------|
|----10-9b10r(9)-------|-----------------5-|
|----------------------|---------------5---|
|----------------7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
Q E +E E E Q +E E S S E Q E E
|------------------8--|-(8)-5----------------------|
|-8b10===8r(8)-5------|-------8b10-10---8b10--8-5--|
|----------------7----|---------------9------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
E +S S E E E +E E E e e e e e e e E
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
|-7b8r(7)p5---5-7b8r(7)p5---|-----------------|
|-----------7-------------7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|---------------------------|---------------5-|
|---------------------------|-----------------|
Interlude
A7
PM--------|
e e e e e e e E E E E E E E E +E
|-----------------||---------------------|
|-----------------||-------------7b8-(7)-|
|-----------------||-------------7b8-(7)-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||---------------------|
|---------------5-||---------------------|
|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
D.S. al Coda
PM------| PM------|
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-----------5tr6---|-----------5tr6---|-------------5tr6--||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5--------|-5-5-5-5-5--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------||
Outro
&
A7 A7PM------|
E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|---------------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|-----------7b8-(7)---|-----------------||----------------------|
|-----------7b8-(7)-5-|-----------------||-----------5tr6--7b9==|
|---------------------|-----7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7------------|
|---------------------|-----7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-5-5-5-5-5------------|
PM------|
+E E +S S E S S e S S e E E E E E E +S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----8---------------------|-----------7b8-(7)-----|
|-(7)-7r(7)p5---------------|-----------5b6-(5)-5---|
|-------------7-7p5-7-7p5-7-|---------------------7-|
|---------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-------------|
|---------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
E E +S S E Ab7E E G7E E D7E E +E E E +S S E E
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|---------5-------------------|
|---6-(6)-6-6-5-5-4-4-|---5-(5)---7b8r(7)p5---7b8---|
|---5-(5)-5-5-4-4-3-3-|---7-(7)-------------7-------|
|-0-7-(7)-7-7-6-6-5-5-|-5---------------------------|
|-------------4-4-3-3-|-----------------------------|
Q E E Q E E A7E E E E E E +S S E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-7------7b8--7---|-----------7b8-(7)-----|
|----7---7b8--7-5-|-----------7b8-(7)p5---|
|------7----------|---------------------7-|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
e e e e e E +S S E E7 E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|-/12-12------------12--------|
|-----------7b8-(7)-----|-/12-12----15-(15)-----------|
|-----------7b8-(7)p5---|-/13-13-13------------13-12--|
|---------------------7-|----------------------12-11--|
|-----------------------|----------------------14-13--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-------------|----------------------12-11--|
D7 A7
E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------10---------10-8----|-8--5---------------|
|----------13-(13)------10-|------8b9-8-5-------|
|-11-11--------------------|--------------7b8-7-|
|-10-----------------------|--------------------|
|-12-----------------------|--------------------|
|-10-----------------------|--------------------|
A7b13
E E E E +E E Q +W e E Q H
|----------------^8--|-(8)--------|-------------*|
|----------------^8--|-(8)--------|-------------*|
|-5--------------^6--|-(6)--------|-------------*|
|---7-5-7-(7)\---^7--|-(7)--------|-7-----------*|
|--------------------|------------|-------------*|
|--------------------|------------|-------------*|
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