The Wasp Texas Radio And The Big Beat Tab by The Doors

The Wasp Texas Radio And The Big Beat tab by The Doors

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar'

  Intro:
  Q=119(8=s8)
  N.C.
  4/4
   Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr. w/ fingers)
   H    E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
E|--------------|---------------|---------------|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|
G|--------------|---------------|---------------|
D|----------0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-|
A|--------2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|
E|--------------|---------------|---------------|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
E|---------------|---------------||
B|---------------|---------------||
G|---------------|---------------||
D|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-||
A|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-||
E|---------------|---------------||


    1st Verse:
     N.C.
     Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E  5x
E||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
B||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
G||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
D||--x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2--||
A||o-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-o||
E||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||


                              Instrumental Chorus:
                               N.C.
                               |-3-|     |-3-|
   Q  Q  E E E E   W           E E E e E E E E e E   E E Q  H
E|---------------|----------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-2-3---------|
B|---------------|----------||-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2---|-2-3---------|
G|---------------|----------||---------------------|-------------|
D|-x--x--x---0-2-|----------||---------------------|-------------|
A|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|----------||---------------------|-------------|
E|---------------|----------||---------------------|-------------|


                           A A#B          N.C.
   |-3-|     |-3-|                        |-3-|     |-3-|
   E E E e E E E E Q     E E E E +H       E E E e E E E E e E
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|---5-6-7-(7)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
B|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2/--|---5-6-7-(7)----|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2---|
G|---------------------|---6-7-8-(8)----|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|


                                            5/4
   |-3-|     |-3-|       |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-|
   E E E e E E E E E E   E E E E E E q q q   q q q q  E E E E
E|-4---4-----4---4-----|-2---2---2---2---2-|-4-3-2-0----------|
B|---5---5-5---5---5---|---2---2---2---2---|-4-3-2-0----------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------|--------------0-2-|
A|---------------------|-------------------|------------2-0-2-|
E|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|


                                    2nd Verse:
                                     N.C.
  4/4
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E     Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   4x
E|---------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------||
B|---------------|---------------||o---------------|----------------o||
G|---------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------||
D|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-||--x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2---||
A|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-||o-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2--o||
E|---------------|---------------||----------------|-----------------||


                              Chorus:
                               N.C.
                               |-3-|     |-3-|
   Q  Q  E E E E   W           E E E e E E E E e E   E E Q  H
E|---------------|----------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-2-3---------|
B|---------------|----------||-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2---|-2-3---------|
G|---------------|----------||---------------------|-------------|
D|-x--x--x---0-2-|----------||---------------------|-------------|
A|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|----------||---------------------|-------------|
E|---------------|----------||---------------------|-------------|


   |-3-|     |-3-|                        |-3-|     |-3-|
   E E E e E E E E Q     E E E E +H       E E E e E E E E e E
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|---5-6-7-(7)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
B|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2/--|---5-6-7-(7)----|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2---|
G|---------------------|---6-7-8-(8)----|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|


                                            5/4
   |-3-|     |-3-|       |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-|
   E E E e E E E E E E   E E E E E E q q q   q q q q  E E E E
E|-4---4-----4---4-----|-2---2---2---2---2-|-4-3-2-0----------||
B|---5---5-5---5---5---|---2---2---2---2---|-4-3-2-0----------||
G|---------------------|-------------------|------------------||
D|---------------------|-------------------|--------------5-7-||
A|---------------------|-------------------|------------7-5-7-||
E|---------------------|-------------------|------------------||


 Bridge:
  N.C.
  4/4                                             3/4
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   H    E E
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------||
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------||
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------||
D|-x--x--x---5-7-|-x--x--x---5-7-|-x--x--x---5-7-|-----------||
A|-x--x--x-7-5-7-|-x--x--x-7-5-7-|-x--x--x-7-5-7-|-----------||
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------5--||


  Guitar Solo:
  N.C.
  4/4
   |-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
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------5---5-|
G|-------------------------|-------5---5-7-5-7---7---|
D|-------------------5---5-|-7-5-7---7---------------|
A|-3---3-5-3-5-7-5-7---7---|-------------------------|
E|---5---------------------|-------------------------|


   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|  |-3--|
   E E E E E E Q a E +E  E E
E|-------5---5-8-5h8-(8)-5----|
B|-8-5-8---8---------------8--|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|


            |-3--|          |-3--|
   E E E E +E  E E E E     +E  E E E E E E E E
E|-5---5-8-(8)p5---5-----|---------------------|
B|---8-----------8---8b9r|=(8)p5---5---5-8-5-8s|
G|-----------------------|-------7---7---------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------|


        |-3-|                      |-3-|
    Q   E E E E E E  E       +Q    E E E E E E  E
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-10--10-8---8---8-10b11-|-(10)--10p8---8---8-10pb11r==|
G|----------9---9---------|------------9---9------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------|


     |-3--|                         |-3--|
    +E  E E E E  E Q   E   a  Q  a  E E  E E  E E  E
E|--------------10-8-----|-8h10--8h10p8----8----8-10pb11r|
B|-(10)p8---8---------10-|--------------10---10----------|
G|--------9---9----------|-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------------|


     |--3--|
    +E  E  E E  E E  E E E
E|-(10)p8----8----8----8-8-|
B|--------10---10---10-----|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|


                      |--3--|    |-3-|
   E  E  a  Q   E  E  E  E  E    E E E E  E E  E  Q
E|-8s10-10s12--12-12-12s10-10-|-10p8-8-8----8-----------|
B|----------------------------|----------10---10-10b12--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|


    |-3-|               |-3--|
    E E E E E E  E     +E  E E
E|-----------------------------|
B|-10p8---8---8-10b11r(10)p8---|
G|------9---9----------------9-|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|


                 |-3--|
    E     E     +E  E E E E E  E
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-10b12-10b12r(10)p8---8---8-10b12==|
G|--------------------9---9----------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


             |-3--|             |-3--|
    +E   E  +E  E E  E      E  +E  E E    Q      Q      E      +E  Q
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------||
B|-(10)-10r(10)p8---10b12==10r(10)-8---|-10b12--10b12--10pb12r(10)----||
G|----------------9------------------9-|------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------||


  Interlude:
   N.C.
   |-3-|                               |-3-|
   E E E E E  E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    E E E E E  E E Q    E E E E +Q   Q
E|-9-9-9-8-9\-3-4----|-4--2---2------|-9-9-9-8-9\-3-4----|---2-3-4-(4)------|
B|-------------------|------5---5-2--|-------------------|---2-3-4-(4)------|
G|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------|


   |-3-|     |-3-|       |-3-|
   E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E Q
E|-9-9-9-8-9-4-4-4-3-4-|------------------|
B|---------------------|-5-5-5-4-5-1-2----|
G|---------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------|


                     |-3-|
    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
E|-/4--2---2-------|--------------------||
B|-------5---5-2---|-2-------2----------||
G|---------------4-|---4-1-4------------||
D|-----------------|---------------0-2--||
A|-----------------|-------------2-0-2--||
E|-----------------|--------------------||


  3rd Verse:
   N.C.
   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
D|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2--||
A|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2--||
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||


    Organ Solo:
     N.C.
     Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E  4x
E||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
B||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
G||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
D||--x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2-|-x--x--x---0-2--||
A||o-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|-x--x--x-2-0-2-o||
E||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||


   H    E E E E   E E Q  Q  E E   S S E Q  S S E Q    S S E Q  S S E E E
E|--------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------|-2-------------|-0-0---2--0-0---2--|-0-0---2--0-0--------|
D|------2-----2-|-2-----------2-|-0-0---2--0-0---2--|-0-0---2--0-0---2----|
A|------2-------|---------------|-------------------|----------------2-2--|
E|--------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|


   E E Q  Q  E E   E E Q  E E E E
E|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|----------------|
D|-0-2-----------|-2----------0-2-|
A|-0-2---------2-|-2--------2-0-2-|
E|---------------|----------------|


                     |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-|
   Q  Q  E E E E   a E E E E E E a E E E E E E
E|---------------|------------------------------|
B|---------------|------------------------------|
G|---------------|------------------------------|
D|-x--x--x---0-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A|-x--x--x-2-0-2-|------------------------------|
E|---------------|------------------------------|


   |-3-|   |-3-|   |-3-|   |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
   E E E a E E E a E E E a E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E   e E Q  H
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|
D|-0-0-0-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-----------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------|


   W          W          W
E|----------|----------|------||
B|----------|----------|------||
G|----------|----------|------||
D|----------|----------|------||
A|----------|----------|------||
E|----------|----------|------||


  Out-Chorus:
   N.C.                                                        A A#B
   |-3-|     |-3-|                     |-3-|     |-3-|
   E E E e E E E E e E   E E Q  H      E E E e E E E E Q     E E E E +H
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-2-3---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|---5-6-7-(7)----|
B|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2---|-2-3---------|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2/--|---5-6-7-(7)----|
G|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|---6-7-8-(8)----|
D|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|----------------|
A|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|----------------|
E|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|----------------|


   N.C.
   |-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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-4---4-----4---4-----|
B|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-2---|---5---5-5---5---5---|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|


   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-|
   E E E E E E q q q   q q q e E Q
E|-2---2---2---2---2-|-4-3-2-0-------*|
B|---2---2---2---2---|-4-3-2-0-------*|
G|-------------------|---------------*|
D|-------------------|---------------*|
A|-------------------|---------------*|
E|-------------------|---------------*|

Lyrics:
I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
Comes out of the Virginia swamps
Cool and slow with plenty of precision
With a back beat narrow and hard to master

Some call it heavenly in its brilliance
Others, mean and rueful of the Western dream
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft
We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping
This is the land where the Pharaoh died

The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered
They are saying, "Forget the night.
Live with us in forests of azure.
Out here on the perimeter there are no stars
Out here we is stoned – immaculate."

Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache
I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the loss of God
I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night
The meager food for souls forgot
I'll tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul

I'll tell you this
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn

I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
Soft-driven, slow and mad, like some new language

Now, listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the Texas
I'll tell you 'bout the Texas Radio
I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night
Wandering the Western dream
Tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   x   -  muted
|   /   -  slide into (from "nowhere")
|   h   -  hammer-on
|   p   -  pull-off
| |-3-| -  triplet
|   b   -  bend
|   pb  -  pre-bend
|   r   -  bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

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Last updated: May 23, 2018

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