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Kung Fu Fighting Tab by Carl Douglas

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

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