Willie Nelson - On the road again

ON THE ROAD AGAIN As recorded by Willie Nelson (From the 1980 Album HONEYSUCKLE ROSE) Words and Music by Willie Nelson Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Nylon-string Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar ' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar ' Intro Q=120 N.C. E 4/4 Gtr I (Ac. Nylon-String Gtr.) Wx2 S E. E. S S S S S E. S S E. E. S S S S S Q |------------|------------------------|----------------------|| |------------|---------0-----0-0----0-|---------0-----0-0----|| |------------|---------1-----1-1----1-|---------1-----1-1----|| |------------|---------2-----2-2----2-|---------2-----2-2----|| |------------|-0h2-------0h2----------|-0h2-------0h2--------|| |------------|------0------------0----|------0------------0--|| 1st Verse Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.) S E. E. S S S S S E. S S E. E. S S S S S Q |------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------0-----0-0------0-|-------------0-----0-0-------| |-------------1-----1-1------1-|-------------1-----1-1-------| |-------------2-----2-2------2-|-------------2-----2-2-------| |-0h2-----------0h2------------|-0h2-----------0h2-----------| |--------0--------------0------|--------0--------------0-----| Q S S S S +Q.. S |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |----------------------------/5--| |---------6-6-6-(6)--------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| S S E E S S S S E E S S | | | | | | | | | | x / / / / x / / / / +H H |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-(5)-----------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| W W |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| Q E E H |--------------0-----------| |---------^0---------------| |---------^1---------------| |---------^2---------------| |---------^2---------------| |---------^0---------------| S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | x / / / / x / / / / x / / / / x / / / / H E E E E W |-------------^0-----------|-------------------------| |-------------^0---0-------|-------------------------| |-------------^1-----1-----|-------------------------| |-------------^2-------2---|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-0-----------------------| H E E E E W |-------------^4-----------|-------------------------| |-------------^4---4-------|-7-----------------------| |-------------^5-----5-5---|-------------------------| |-------------^6-----------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| H S S S S Q |----------------------------| |-2-------------2-----2------| |-2-------------2-----2------| |-4-------------4-----4------| |-4-----------------4--------| |-2--------------------------| $ H H Q Q H |-------------------------|-------------^0-----------|| |-2-----------------------|-------------^0-----------|| |-2-----------------------|-------------^1-----------|| |-2-----------------------|-------------^2-----------|| |-0-----------------------|-------2-----^2-----------|| |-------------------------|-------0-----^0-----------|| Chorus Q. E H |------------0-------------| |--------------------------| |------------2-------------| |--------------------------| |-0------------0-----------| |--------------------------| W Q E E H |-------------------------|-----------0-------------| |-------------------------|-----------0-------------| |-------------------------|-----------1-------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-----------------------|-------------2-----------| |-------------------------|-------------0-----------| H +E Q. |-----------------0----------| |----------------------------| |-----------------2----------| |----------------------------| |-0-----------(0)------------| |----------------------------| +W Q E E H H E E Q |-(0)-----------------------|-----------0-------------|---------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------^4------| |-(2)-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------^4------| |---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------^4------| |---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------^2------| |---------------------------|-------------0-----------|---------------------| W W Q E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------4-----------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------4-------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------5---------5-----| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------6---| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| W S S E Q S S S S Q |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-7-----------------------|---2-----------2-----2-----| |-------------------------|---2-----------2-----2-----| |-------------------------|---4-----------4-----4-----| |-------------------------|-------------------4-------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| To Coda +S E. Q H |-----------------------------| |-(2)-2-----------------------| |-(2)-2-----------------------| |-(4)-2-----------------------| |-----0-----------------------| |-----------------------------| Interlude Gtr III H Q E E E E H Q E E E E E E a a E E |-------------------------||--------------|--------------------------| |-------0-----------5-7---||o-------------|--------------------------| |-------1-----------4-4---||--8-9-9-------|----9-8-9-11---9-7h9p7----| |-------2-----------------||--------------|-----------------------10-| |-------2-----------------||o-------------|--------------------------| |-------0-----------------||--------------|--------------------------| | Q H E E | | Gtr I | W E E H Q E E e e E E a a E E |-------------------------||--3-4-4-------|---/4-3-4--4b5-4-2h4p2----| |-------------------------||o-------------|------------------------5-| |-------------------------||--------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------||o-------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------|--------------------------| | | Gtr II | W E E H Q E E E E E E a a E E |-------------------------||--6-7-7-------|----7-6-7--9---7-5h7p5----| |-------------------------||o-------------|------------------------8-| |-------------------------||--------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------||o-------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------|--------------------------| |-3-| E. S H Q E a E E E E E a a E E E. S E E E +Q +S E. |--------------|---------------------------|-/7--5-5-4-5-(5)--(5)-7-----| |--------------|------------/7---4---------|----------------------------| |-8--8-8-------|---9p=8-7-8--------4h6p4---|----------------------------| |--------------|-------------------------6-|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| | | |-3-| | E. S H Q E E E E E E a a E E E. S E E E +Q +S S E |-4--4-4-------|------4-3-4--4b5-4-2h4p2---|-/4--2-2-1-2-(2)--(2)-2--4--| |--------------|-------------------------5-|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| | | |-3-| | E. S H Q E E E E E E a a E E E. S E E E +Q +S E. |-8--8-8-------|-----/8-7-8--9---8-6h8p6---|----------------------------| |--------------|-------------------------9-|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|-/9--6-6-5-6-(6)--(6)-8-----| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------| 1. 2. D.S. al Coda a E. S E E E. S E E H. E E H. Q |-------------------------|--------------||------------|| |-------------------------|-------------o||------------|| |-8s9--9-9-9-----8--6-6---|--------------||------------|| |-----------------------8-|-9-------9-9--||-9----------|| |-------------------------|-------------o||------------|| |-------------------------|--------------||------------|| | | a E. S E E a a E. S E E H. E E H. Q |-4s5--5-5-5-4-5p4--2-2---|--------------||------------|| |-----------------------4-|-5-----------o||-5----------|| |-------------------------|---------4-4--||------------|| |-------------------------|--------------||------------|| |-------------------------|-------------o||------------|| |-------------------------|--------------||------------|| | | a E. S E E E. S E E H. E E H. Q |-7s9--9-9-7-----7--7-5-5-|-4------------||-4----------|| |-------------------------|---------5-7-o||------------|| |-------------------------|--------------||------------|| |-------------------------|--------------||------------|| |-------------------------|-------------o||------------|| |-------------------------|--------------||------------|| Outro & Gtr I S S S S E E H |---------------------------| |---2-----0-----------------| |---2-----0-----------------| |---2---2---2---------------| |---------------2-----------| |---------------0-----------| W H E E E E |-------------------------|---------------------4----| |-------------------------|-----------------5-7------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |--3--| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E. S E E H +H H |-4s5-5-5-5s4-4-4-4h5p==4-2-2-4p2-----|------4-7-12----|-(12)---------*| |---------------------------------4---|-5--5-----------|--------------*| |-------------------------------------|----------------|--------------*| |-------------------------------------|----------------|--------------*| |-------------------------------------|----------------|--------------*| |-------------------------------------|----------------|--------------*| 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