NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH As recorded by The Doors (From the 1968 Album WAITING FOR THE SUN) Words and Music by The Doors Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar (clean)' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar (overdriven)' Intro Q=116 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I Wx5 H Q E E |------------|-------------| |------------|-------------| |------------|-------------| |------------|-------------| |------------|-----------0-| |------------|-------------| E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---| |-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 1st Verse

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E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E 7x ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||---------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)----|| ||o-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-o|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||

Chorus

E E Q H ^GmH Q E

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S S E S S E S S E S S E E |-------------||-3---------3-3-|-3---------------------| |-------------||-3-------------|---6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-| |-------------||-3-------------|-----------------------| |-------------||-5-------------|-----------------------| |-5-----------||-5-------------|-----------------------| |-------------||-3-------------|-----------------------|

^FmH. E

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S S E S S E S S E S S E E ^GmH Q E

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S S |-1---------1-1-|-1---------------------|-3---------3-3-| |-1-------------|---4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-|-3-------------| |-1-------------|-----------------------|-3-------------| |-3-------------|-----------------------|-5-------------| |-3-------------|-----------------------|-5-------------| |-1-------------|-----------------------|-3-------------|

Interlude

E S S E S S E S S E E ^D5E E Q H

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W H Q E E |-3---------------------|-------------||----------|-------------| |---6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-|-------------||----------|-----------0-| |-----------------------|-------------||----------|-------------| |-----------------------|-7-----------||----------|-------------| |-----------------------|-5-----------||----------|-------------| |-----------------------|-------------||----------|-------------|

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E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E 3x ||---------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)----|| ||o-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-o|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||

E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E |--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---| |-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||o-3b4--3b4--4b5--4b5--|-3b4--3b4--4b5--4b5--| ||----------------------|---------------------| Chorus

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x W ^A5H Q E

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S S |---------------------|----------------------||----------||-----------5-5-| |---------------------|---------------------o||----------||---------------| |---------------------|----------------------||----------||-2-------------| |---------------------|----------------------||----------||-2-------------| |-3b4--3b4--4b5--4b5--|-3b4--3b4--4b5--4b5--o||----------||-0-------------| |---------------------|----------------------||----------||---------------|

E S S E S S E S S E E ^G5H Q E

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S S E S S E S S E S S E E |-5---------------------|-----------3-3-|-3---------------------| |---8-8-8-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-|---------------|---6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-| |-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-5-------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-5-------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|-3-------------|-----------------------|

^A5H Q E

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S S E S S E S S E S S E E W |-----------5-5-|-5---------------------|------| |---------------|---8-8-8-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-|------| |-2-------------|-----------------------|------| |-2-------------|-----------------------|------| |-0-------------|-----------------------|------| |---------------|-----------------------|------|

Interlude N.C. W E E E E E E E E 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-| |----------||-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---| |----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 3rd Verse N.C. 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 |-----------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---5---5---5---5-||----5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--| |-3---3---4---4---||--3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4----| |-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| Outro 1. 2. N.C. 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||-----------------||---------------------------------------------| |---5---5---5---5--||---5---5---5---5-||------5--------5-------------5----------5----| |-3---3---4---4----||-3---3---4---4---||---------------------------------------------| |-----------------o||-----------------||--7b8-----7b8--------8b9-----------8b9-------| |------------------||-----------------||---------------------------------------------| | | Gtr II | W H Q Q Q +E S S S S S S E E |------------------||-----------------||---------------------------------------------| |-----------------o||-----------------||---------------------------------------------| |------------------||-----------------||----------------------------------13---15b17r| |------------------||-----------------||----------------------------13h15------------| |-----------------o||-----------------||--------------------13h==15------------------| |------------------||-------------8s==||=13-----(13)--13h15--------------------------| E E E E E E E E |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |----------5-------5-------------5------5-| |-----------------------------------------| |---7b8-------7b8---------8b9-------8b9---| |-----------------------------------------| | | +S S E E E +S S E Q |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-(15)p13----13---15b17r(15)p13-----------| |---------15--------------------15-13\----| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5--| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9----| |-------------------------|--------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |------5----------5----------5-------5----|-------5-------------5-------5------5-| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-7b8--------7b8--------8b9-----8b9-------|--7b8---------7b8-------8b9-----8b9---| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| | | Gtr II | ~~~~ | E S S E S S E E E S S E E +S S E E E E E |-----15-15-15----------------------------|--------------------------------------| |----------------18-18-18---15-15---------|--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------17-17-|-17---15b17r(15)p13----13---15-13-----| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------15----------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5--| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9----| |-------------------------|--------------------------| | | W W |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---| |-------------------------|-------------------------| | | W W |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------5------5-------------5------5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5--| |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |--7b8-----------7b8----8b9-----------8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9----| |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------| | | ~~~~ | S +E. E E S +E. E E W |-16pb18r(16)---13--------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------16pb18r(16)---13-----|--------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|--------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-|----------5-----------------5------5------5-| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|--7b8---------7b8--------------8b9----8b9---| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| | | |----3-----| | W E +E S +S S E Q Q |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|-15pb17r(15)-15b17r(15)p13----13------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------15--------15\----| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5--| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9----| |-------------------------|--------------------------| | | W W |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-------5-----------5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-------------5-----------5-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |--7b8----------7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8----8b9----------------8b9---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | | ~~~~ ~~~~ | |------3-------| | E. S Q H H E +E +E Q |-16b18---------------------------|---------------------------------------| |--------------13-----------------|-------------15b16==(15)r==(15)--------| |---------(12)--------------------|--------------------------------13-----| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-------5-----5-------5-----5-| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|--7b8----7b8----8b9----8b9---| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| | | W E E Q E E Q |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-15b17---------15b17---------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |-------5-----5------5-----5-|-------5-----5------5-----5-| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |--7b8----7b8----8b9---8b9---|--7b8----7b8----8b9---8b9---| |----------------------------|----------------------------| | | E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |-15b17---------13-----------|-15b17---------13-----------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------5-----5------5-----5-|-------5-------5-------5-------5--| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |--7b8----7b8----8b9---8b9---|--7b8-----7b8-----8b9-----8b9-----| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| | | E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |-15b17---------13-----------|-15b17---15b17---15b17---15b17----| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-------5-------5-------5-------5-|---------5-------5-------5-------5-| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |--7b8-----7b8-----8b9-----8b9----|--7b8-------7b8-----8b9-----8b9----| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------13-| |-15b17---15b17---15b17---15b16---|-15pb16-15-13---13-13---15-15------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------5-------5------5-------5-|-------5-------5-------5-------5--| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| |--7b8-----7b8-----8b9----8b9----|--7b8-----7b8-----8b9-----8b9-----| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------13---15-13---x-15---13-|-16---15-13---16-15---13-16---15--| |-13---15------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------| Free Time Q=104

Gt^F5rs I, I^F5/GbI ^F5 ^C5 E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |--------------------------------|---------------:---------------: |--------------------------------|---------------:---------------: |-------5-------5-------5------5-|-10-----10-----:-10-----12-----: |--------------------------------|-10-----10-----:-10-----10-----: |--7b8-----7b8-----8b9-----8b9---|--8------9-----:--8-----10-----: |--------------------------------|---------------:---------8-----:

| | E E E E E E E E W W |-13---16-15---13-17---16-14-----|---------------:---------------: |--------------------------------|---------------:---------------: |--------------------------------|---------------:---------------: |--------------------------------|---------------:---------------: |--------------------------------|---------------:---------------: |--------------------------------|---------------:---------------:

^F5W +W +W |----------:------------:--------*| |----------:------------:--------*| |-5--------:-(5)--------:-(5)----*| |-3--------:-(3)--------:-(3)----*| |----------:------------:--------*| |----------:------------:--------*|

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

The Doors - Not to touch the earth