Kung Fu Fighting tab by Carl Douglas
Guitar Tab
Words and Music by Carl Douglas
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Flute'
Intro
Freely Q=102
D
4/4
Gtr I
W W +H H
|----------||--2----------------------|-(2)------------------|
|----------||o-3----------------------|-(3)------------------|
|----------||--2----------------------|-(2)------------------|
|----------||--0----------------------|-(0)------------------|
|----------||o------------------------|----------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W Q E. S e E Q
|----------||-------------------------|------------x-10------|
|----------||o------------------------|------------x-10------|
|----------||-------------------------|------------x-10------|
|----------||-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------||o------------------------|----------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W H S S S S e e E E Q. E Q
|----------||-------19-19-19-19-17-17-|-14--14-17------------|
|----------||o------------------------|----------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------||o------------------------|----------------------|
|----------||-------------------------|----------------------|
Em
W +H H
|-0---------------------|-(0)-----------------------------||
|-0---------------------|-(0)----------------------------o||
|-0---------------------|-(0)-----------------------------||
|-2---------------------|-(2)-----------------------------||
|-2---------------------|-(2)----------------------------o||
|-0---------------------|-(0)-----------------------------||
|
| W Q E. S e E Q
|-----------------------|------------------x-12-----------||
|-----------------------|------------------x-12----------o||
|-----------------------|------------------x-12-----------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------------||
|
| H E S S e S S e S S e E Q. E
|--------15-14-15-14-12-|-14--12-11-12--------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------12---12----------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------------||
Chorus
In tempo Q=108
D
Gtr I
W E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E
|----------||----------------10---|------------------10---|
|----------||o-7--7---x-7----10---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----10---|
|----------||--7--7---x-7----11---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----11---|
|----------||--7--7---x-7---------|-6s7-x-7---x-7---------|
|----------||o--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W W E S S S S e H
|----------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------||o--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------||---------------------|-----------------------|
|----------||o--------------------|-----x-x-x-5-5---------|
|----------||---------------------|-----------------------|
Em
E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E
|---------------12---|------------------12---|
|-8--8---x-8----12---|-7-8-x-8---x-8----12---|
|-9--9---x-9----12---|-8s9-x-9---x-9----12---|
|-9--9---x-9---------|-8s9-x-9---x-9---------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| <
| W E S S S S e H
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----x-x-x-7-7---------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
D
E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E
|---------------10---|------------------10----|
|-7--7---x-7----10---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----10----|
|-7--7---x-7----11---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----11----|
|-7--7---x-7---------|-6s7-x-7---x-7----------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|
| <
| W E S S S S e H
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-----x-x-x-5-5----------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
Em D
E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E E S S +S S E S E S E S S
|---------------12---|------------------12---||----------------------------|
|-8--8---x-8----12---|-7-8-x-8---x-8----12---||-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-x--|
|-9--9---x-9----12---|-8s9-x-9---x-9----12---||-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-x--|
|-9--9---x-9---------|-8s9-x-9---x-9---------||-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-7-x-7-x-x--|
|--------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|
|
| <
| W E S S S S e H W
|--------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----x-x-x-7-7---------||----------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|
Em
E S S +S S E S E S E S S
|--------------------------------|
|-8-x-8-(8)-x-8-x-8-x--8-----x-x-|
|-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-9-x--9-----x-x-|
|-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-9-x--9-----x-x-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| Q e E Q S S e
|-------12------------12-12-12---|
|-------12------------12-12-12---|
|-------12------------12-12-12---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
D Em
E S S +S S E S E S E S S E S S +S S E S E S E S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|--8-x-8-(8)-x-8-x-8-x--8----x-x-|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|--9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-9-x--9----x-x-|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|--9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-9-x--9----x-x-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Q e E e E e E e E e E Q S S E
|-------10------10-------10-----|-12-----12------------12-12-----|
|-------10------10-------10-----|-12-----12------------12-12-----|
|-------11------11-------11-----|-12-----12------------12-12-----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D
E S S +S S E S E S E S S
|-------------------------------|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| Q e E e E e E
|-------10------10-------10-----|
|-------10------10-------10-----|
|-------11------11-------11-----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Em D
E S S +S S E S E S E S S E S S +S S E S E S E S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-8-x-8-(8)-x-8-x-8-x--8----x-x-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|
|-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-9-x--9----x-x-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|
|-9-x-9-(9)-x-9-x-9-x--9----x-x-|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7--x-7---x--7-x-x-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Q e E Q S S E Q e E e E e E
|-------12------------12-12-----|-------10------10-------10-----|
|-------12------------12-12-----|-------10------10-------10-----|
|-------12------------12-12-----|-------11------11-------11-----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Chorus
$
A D
E S S +S S E S E S E S S E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E
|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-5-x-5---x-x--||---------------10---|------------------10---|
|-5-x-5-(5)-x-5-x-5-x-5---x-x-o||-7--7---x-7----10---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----10---|
|-6-x-6-(6)-x-6-x-6-x-6---x-x--||-7--7---x-7----11---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----11---|
|-7-x-7-(7)-x-7-x-7-x-7---x-x--||-7--7---x-7---------|-6s7-x-7---x-7---------|
|-----------------------------o||--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| <
| e E e E Q S S E W E S S S S e H
|-5------5------------5-5------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|-5------5------------5-5-----o||--------------------|-----------------------|
|-6------6------------6-6------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------o||--------------------|-----x-x-x-5-5---------|
|------------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
Em
E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E
|---------------12---|------------------12---|
|-8--8---x-8----12---|-7-8-x-8---x-8----12---|
|-9--9---x-9----12---|-8s9-x-9---x-9----12---|
|-9--9---x-9---------|-8s9-x-9---x-9---------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| <
| W E S S S S e H
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----x-x-x-7-7---------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
D
E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E
|---------------10---|------------------10----|
|-7--7---x-7----10---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----10----|
|-7--7---x-7----11---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----11----|
|-7--7---x-7---------|-6s7-x-7---x-7----------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|
| <
| W E S S S S e H
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-----x-x-x-5-5----------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
Interlude
To Coda
Em Bm
E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E e E e E e E e E
|---------------12---|------------------12----||-7---7---7---7---|
|-8--8---x-8----12---|-7-8-x-8---x-8----12----||-7---7---7---7---|
|-9--9---x-9----12---|-8s9-x-9---x-9----12----||-7---7---7---7---|
|-9--9---x-9---------|-8s9-x-9---x-9----------||-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------------||-----------------|
|
| <
| W E S S S S e H W
|--------------------|------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------|-----x-x-x-7-7----------||-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------------||-----------------|
e E e E e E e E
|--7-----------7-----7-----7---|
|--7-----------7-----7-----7---|
|--7-----------7-----7-----7---|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S E E E E q
|-19-19-19-19-17-17-------17---|
|-------------------19-19------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Em
e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-12---12---12---12-------|-12-------12-------12----12---|
|-12---12---12---12-------|-12-------12-------12----12---|
|-12---12---12---12-------|-12-------12-------12----12---|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| H Q E S S e S S e S S E E q
|-------------------15-14-|-15-14-12-14-12-11-12---------|
|-------------------------|----------------------12-12---|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Bm
e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-7---7---7---7---|--7-----------7-----7-----7---|
|-7---7---7---7---|--7-----------7-----7-----7---|
|-7---7---7---7---|--7-----------7-----7-----7---|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|
| W S S S S E E E E q
|-----------------|-19-19-19-19-17-17-------17---|
|-----------------|-------------------19-19------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Em
e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E
|-12---12---12---12---|-12---12---12---12-----||
|-12---12---12---12---|-12---12---12---12-----||
|-12---12---12---12---|-12---12---12---12-----||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|
| W W
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
Outro
&
D
E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E
||----------------10---|------------------10---|
||o-7--7---x-7----10---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----10---|
||--7--7---x-7----11---|-6s7-x-7---x-7----11---|
||--7--7---x-7---------|-6s7-x-7---x-7---------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W E S S S S e H
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------------|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
||o--------------------|-----x-x-x-5-5---------|
||---------------------|-----------------------|
Em
E. S S S E Q E E S S S S S S E Q e E 4x
|---------------12---|------------------12----||
|-8--8---x-8----12---|-7-8-x-8---x-8----12---o||
|-9--9---x-9----12---|-8s9-x-9---x-9----12----||
|-9--9---x-9---------|-8s9-x-9---x-9----------||
|--------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|
| <
| W E S S S S e H 4x
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------|-----x-x-x-7-7---------o||
|--------------------|------------------------||
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 Last updated:
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