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THESE EYES
As recorded by The Guess Who
(From the 1968 Album WHEATFIELD SOUL)
Words and Music by Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Randy Bachman - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Burton Cummings - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Burton Cummings - Electric Piano'
Intro
Q=96
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
Wx2 H Q e E
|------------|---------12---|
|------------|---------12---|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
H Q e E Dm H Q e E
|---------12---||---------------------|
|---------12---||o----------------6---|
|--------------||-----------------7---|
|--------------||---------------------|
|--------------||o--------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
| W W
|--------------||--^1-----------------|
|--------------||o-^3-----------------|
|--------------||--^2-----------------|
|--------------||--^0-----------------|
|--------------||o--------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
|
| Gtr III (El. Piano arr. for Gtr.)
| W E E E E +E E E E
|--------------||---------1-(1)-------|
|--------------||o--3-----------3-----|
|--------------||-------2---------2---|
|--------------||-----0-------------0-|
|--------------||o--------------------|
|--------------||---------------------|
H Q e E Cmaj7 H Q e E
|--------------------|----------------12---|
|---------------6----|----------------12---|
|---------------7----|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| W W
|-^1-----------------|-^0------------------|
|-^3-----------------|-^0------------------|
|-^2-----------------|-^0------------------|
|-^0-----------------|-^2------------------|
|--------------------|-^3------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E +Q E E E E +E E E E
|------1-------------|--------3-(3)--------|
|--3---------3-(3)---|--5-----------5------|
|----2-----2---------|------4----------4---|
|--------0-----------|---------------------|
|--------------------|----3--------------3-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
C H Q e E DmH Q e E
|----------------12---||-------------------|
|----------------12---||---------------6---|
|---------------------||---------------7---|
|---------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|
|
| W E S S E E E E E E
|-^0------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-^1------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-^0------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-^2------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-^3------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------0-(0)--------||-------------1-----|
|--1------------------||-------3-------3---|
|------0----------0---||---2-----2-------2-|
|---------------------||-0---------0-------|
|----3---------3------||-------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|
H Q e E Cmaj7H Q e E
|-------------------|-----------------12----|
|---------------6---|-----------------12----|
|---------------7---|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2-2--|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3--|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----------1-------|---------3-(3)---------|
|-------3-----3---3-|---------------5-------|
|---2-----2-----2---|---4--------------4----|
|-0-----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-3-----3---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
CH Q e E DmH Q e E
|-----------------12---|---------------------|
|-----------------12---|-----------------6---|
|----------------------|-----------------7---|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|
| E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|-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--1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|
|-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-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------0-(0)--------|-1-----------------1-|
|---------------1------|---------3-(3)-------|
|-0-----0----------0---|-------2---------2---|
|----------------------|---0-----------0-----|
|---3------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
H Q e E Cmaj7H Q e E
|-----------------------|-----------------12----|
|-------------------6---|-----------------12----|
|-------------------7---|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|--1--1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-|
|--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-|
|--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-|
|--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2--2-|
|-----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +E E E E +E E E e E E E E +E E +E E
|-(1)-------------1-----|-0-------3-(3)-0-(0)---|
|-----------3-(3)-------|---0-------------------|
|---------2---------2---|---------------------0-|
|-----0---------------0-|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------3---------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Pre-Chorus
C H E Q E AmQ e E Q e E CQ e E Q e E
|-------------------------||----------------------|-----8---------8-----|
|-------------------------||-----5------------5---|-----8---------8-----|
|-------------------------||-----5------------5---|---------------------|
|-------------------------||----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------3-----2-||-0--------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------||----------------------|---------------------|
|
| E S S E E +E Q E E E E. S E E E E Q Q E E S S E
|--0--0-0-0-0-(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----1--1-1-1-1-|
|--0--0-0-0-0-(0)---------||-2-2-2----2--2--2-2-2-|-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-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-(3)-3-----2-||-0-0-0----0--0--0-0-0-|-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
|-------------------------||--------0---(0)-------|---------------------|
|---------1---------------||-1--------------1-----|-------5-(5)---------|
|-(0)-------0-----0-(0)---||---2--------------2---|-0-----------5-------|
|-------------------------||----------------------|-----5---------5-----|
|-----3-----------------3-||-----0----------------|---3-----------------|
|-------------------------||----------------------|---------------------|
AmQ e E Q e E C Q e E Q e E AmQ e E Q e E
|-----5----------5----|---------------------|-----5---------5---|
|-----5----------5----|-------8---------8---|-----5---------5---|
|-----5----------5----|-------9---------9---|-----5---------5---|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-0-0-0-0--0-----0--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-|-1-1-1----1--1-1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2--2-----2--2-|--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-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-----0--0-|--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E +E E +E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E E E
|-------0-(0)-------0-|-(0)-----------------|-------0-(0)-------|
|-1-----------1-(1)---|---------1-(1)-------|-------------1-----|
|---2-----------------|-------0---------0---|-2---2---------2---|
|---------------------|---------------------|---2---------------|
|-----0---------------|-----3---------3-----|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
To Coda
CQ e E Q e E GQ Q +E Q E +Q Q Q. E
|-------------------|-----3---(3)-3---3-|-(3)---3----3-----------||
|-----8---------8---|-----3---(3)-3---3-|-(3)---3----3----------o||
|-----9---------9---|-----4---(4)-4---4-|-(4)---4----4-----------||
|-------------------|-----5---(5)-5---5-|-(5)---5----5-----------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q E E
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-3---3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3----3----3----3-3----||
|-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|-3---3-3--3--3-3-3-|--3----3----3----3-3---o||
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-4---4-4--4--4-4-4-|--4----4----4----4-4----||
|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5-|--5----5----5----5-5----||
|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5-|--5----5----5----5-5---o||
|-------------------|-3---3-3--3--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
|-------0-(0)-------|-------------------|------------------------||
|-1-----------1-----|-0---------------0-|-(0)-----------0-------o||
|-----0---------0---|-------0-(0)-------|---------0-(0)----------||
|-------------------|-----0---------0---|-------0---------0------||
|---3-------------3-|-------------------|-----------------------o||
|-------------------|---3---------3-----|-----3-------------3----||
Chorus
&
CGtrs I, II Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
S E S E E Q. E S E S E E Q. E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5---5-5-5----------|-5-5---5-5-5----------|
|-5-5---5-5-5-4--------|-5-5---5-5-5-4--------|
|-5-5---5-5-5-5--------|-5-5---5-5-5-5--------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-3--------|-3-3---3-3-3-3--------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-1--------------0-----|---------1------------|
|-----0-----0-0----0---|-----0-----0----0-----|
|----------------------|-------------2----2---|
|---------3----------3-|-3--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------3-|
CS E S E E Cmaj7S E S E E
|---------------------------|
|-5-5---5-5-5---------------|
|-5-5---5-5-5-4-4---4--4--4-|
|-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5--5--5-|
|-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3--3--3-|
|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E +E E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0---------------0---(0)-0-|
|-----2-----2-2-------------|
|---------3-----------------|
|---------------------------|
C S E S E E Cmaj7S E S S S S S E. S E E +E E E E
|-------------------------------||-----------------------|
|--5--5---5-5-5-----------------||-7----7-7-7-(7)--------|
|--5--5---5-5-5-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-||-7----7-7-7-(7)--------|
|--5--5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-||-7----7-7-7-(7)---4-7--|
|--3--3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-||-5----5-5-5-(5)-5------|
|-------------------------------||-----------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------||-----------------------|
|-------1-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-(0)---------0-----------------||-2------------------2--|
|-------------------2-------2---||----4---0-4--0---------|
|-----------3-------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------3-------3-------||-----------------------|
D5 S E S E E Dmaj7Q. E D5S E S E E Dmaj7Q. E E D5e E e E Dmaj7e E e
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|---------------7--------|-------------7--------|-----------7---7-|
|--7--7---7-7-7-6--------|-7-7---7-7-7-6--------|---7---7---6---6-|
|--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-|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-------------3----------|-------------2--------|-----------------|
|-(2)-------2---2--------|-----2-----2----2---2-|---2-------2-----|
|-------0----------4---4-|-0-------0--------0---|-------0-4---4---|
|--------------------0---|----------------------|---------------0-|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
E D5e E e E Dmaj7e E e Q E EE Q. E E5S E S E E Emaj7Q. E
|-------------------||---------0------x-|----------------------|
|-----------7-----7-||---------0------x-|-------------9--------|
|---7---7---6-----6-||------1-----------|-9-9---9-9-9-8--------|
|---7---7---7-----7-||----x-2-----------|-9-9---9-9-9-9--------|
|---5---5---5-----5-||------2-----------|-7-7---7-7-7-7--------|
|-------------------||------0-----------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E +E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------||------0-(0)-------|---------0------------|
|-------------------||------------0---0-|-----0-----0-4--0---0-|
|-2-----2-----------||-1----------------|----------------------|
|-----0-----4-(4)---||--------------2---|-2--------------------|
|-----------------0-||------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|----------------------|
E5 S E S E E Emaj7Q. E E Ee E e E Emaj7e E e E Ee E E5e E Emaj7e Q
|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------9--------|---9---9---9---9-|---9---------------|
|--9--9---9-9-9-8--------|---9---9---8---8-|---9-----9---8-----|
|--9--9---9-9-9-9--------|---9---9---9---9-|---9-----9---9-----|
|--7--7---7-7-7-7--------|---7---7---7---7-|---7-----7---7-----|
|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| +E Q e E E E e E Q E E E E E E E +E Q Q E
|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-(0)---------0----4---0-|-----------4-----|-------------0-----|
|------------------------|---1-----4---4---|---1-(1)-----------|
|-------2------------2---|-------2---------|-----------------2-|
|------------------------|---------------2-|-------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|---------0---------|
D.S. al Coda
F#E. S E E +E Q E GE. S E E +E Q E
|-2----2-2-2-(2)-2---2-|-3----3-3-3-(3)-3---3--*|
|-2----2-2-2-(2)-2---2-|-3----3-3-3-(3)-3---3--*|
|-3----3-3-3-(3)-3---3-|-4----4-4-4-(4)-4---4--*|
|-4----4-4-4-(4)-4---4-|-5----5-5-5-(5)-5---5--*|
|-4----4-4-4-(4)-4---4-|-5----5-5-5-(5)-5---5--*|
|-2----2-2-2-(2)-2---2-|-3----3-3-3-(3)-3---3--*|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------*|
|----------2-(2)-------|-0--------3-(3)-0------*|
|----------------3-----|----0-------------0----*|
|----4-------------4---|-----------------------*|
|-4------4-------------|-----------------------*|
|----------------------|--------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