Locomotive Tabs by Guns N' Roses

Locomotive tab by Guns N' Roses

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Artist: Guns N' Roses
Song: Locomotive
Album: Use your illusion II

By Frederic Briere
Ilie_cobra@hotmail.com


h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - vibrato
t - tap (with strumming hand)
x - muted, struck string

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This is the 5 solos song from Use your Illusion II and one of the fastest
song Slash played in the Guns N' Roses era. I transcribed it as a normal
tuning but it should be played flat (half-tone down), as in every Guns song.
There may be mistakes in repetitive rhythms and I didn't detail the song too
much since it is pretty straightforward. The solos are correct though,
except possibly the outro. It's pretty complicated but it is very possible
to make it sound almost identical, even if the tab isn't perfect. I
transcribed a part of the outro but it's much more fun to finish the song
improvising really. Hope you have a good time. If you have any comment or
suggestion, I'd be willing to modify the song if there are mistakes.

Intro

E--------------------
B--------------------
G--------------------
D--6-------------3---
A--6-------------3---
E--4-------------1---


Riff 1


   PM------------------   PM-------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D--3-------------------------6-----------------------------
A--3-------------------------6-----------------------------
E--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------


Repeat riff 1 three times


Riff 2


E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------8-8--X--8-8--8-X-8-8--X-8-8------8--------
D--3---3--3-3----8-8--X--8-8--8-X-8-8--X-8-8------8--------
A--3---3--3-3----6-6--X--6-6--6-X-6-6--X-6-6--9-8-6--------
E--1---1--1-1----------------------------------------------



E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--8-8-X-8-8--8-X-8-8-X--11-11---
D--8-8-X-8-8--8-X-8-8-X--11-11---
A--6-6-X-6-6--6-X-6-6-X--9--9----
E--------------------------------



Main Riff



PM----------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-2-2-4-2-2-4-2-2-4-2-2-4-2-2-2-~~-------------------------





Play main riff through verse 1


Chorus 1 (1:21)


  I bought... and I put it on the wall... I let it fill... And I had to...
E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D--3----------6------------------3------------6------------
A--3----------6------------------3------------6------------
E--1----------4------------------1------------4------------

Riff 2

But oh the taste...


Then solo 1 (1:40)


E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------4-------4/5---------
D---------------------------4/6-6-~~-------4/6------4------
A--------2/3---2/4/6-----6---------------------------------
E---2-4-x---4----------------------------------------------


E--------4---b---------------H-P-P-------H-P-P----H-P-P----
B------4---4-7~~-----7-6-7--6-7-6-4--6--4-6-4-3--4-3-4-3-2-
G--4/5-----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------


E------H-P-------------------------------------------------
B--3--2-3-2---2--b-----------------------------------------
G-----------4----4----------------------H-P----------------
D-------------------6-4-6-~~----6-4-6--4-6-4---4-br-P------
A--------------------------------------------6---4-4-2-----
E------------------------------------------------------4---


E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D---P------------------------------------------------------
A--4-2--H-P------------------------------------------------
E------4-2-4-~~--------------------------------------------



Verse 2 (main riff)

Chorus 2 (2:23)


  Sweetness is...

E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------6-6--4-4-----4---------------------
D--6-6-5-5-5-4-4-3-3-2--6-6--4-4--6--4---------------------
A--6-6-5-5-5-4-4-3-3-2--4-4--2-2--6--2---------------------
E--4-4-3-3-3-2-2-1-1-0------------4------------------------

Repeat this riff 4 times

Then

  Cuz my baby's got...    My baby's gone off the track

E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D--6-6-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------
A--6-6-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------
E--4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------

    My baby's got...      Got to peel the bitch...

E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------
A--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------
E--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------

  I know it looks like I'm insane...

E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D--11-11-11-11---------------------------------------------
A--11-11-11-11---------------------------------------------
E--9--9--9--9----------------------------------------------

... to blame...

E---------------
B---------------
G---------------
D-----------9---
A-----------9---
E-----------7---


Then solo 2 (2:56)

E-----------------P-------P-------P-------P--------P-------
B----P-P---P-P---7-4---4-7-4---4-9-6---6-9-6---6-11-9------
G---7-6-4-7-6-4------6-------6-------8-------8--------10---
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
                          P
E------P--------------------P-----------P---------19-16----
B--9-12-9----9-12 ~-12 ~--19-16----16-21-18----18-------19-
G---------11--------------------18----------20-------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
   P      H P
E--19-16----19--16-19-16----16--b----H--P------------------
B--------19--------------19----19--16-19-16----16--b---P---
G-------------------------------------------18----18-18-16-
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------
B-------P--------------------------------------------------
G-----18-16---P--H-----------------------------------------
D--18-------18-16-18~--------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------


Verse 3 (main riff)


chorus 1 (3:37)
riff 2


Then solo 3 (3:55)

E---7p6p4-------7p6p4-------7p6p4-------7p6p4--------7b----
B---------7p6p4-------7p6p4-------7p6p4-------7p6p4--------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

E---4-7---4-------------------
B-------7---7b----------------
G-----------------------------
D-----------------------------
A-----------------------------
E-----------------------------



E--4-------4------------7---9---7--9---7-9-9/11-9-11-------
B----7-4-7---7-4-7/9~----9---9------9----------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
  H P
E--9-11-9----9--b-9-11-brP--P------------------------------
B---------11---11------11-11-9----11----9--/9~-------------
G------------------------------10----10--------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------


Verse 4

Chorus 2 (4:38)


Then solo 4 (5:11)


Repeat this riff 5 times

E-----------------
B--b-4---4-------
G--6----6---4 ~---
D-----------------
A-----------------
E-----------------

E---P-P-----------b--4---4--P-------P-----P----------------
B--7-6-4---4------7----7---7-4---4-6-4---6-4---------------
G--------6---4~---------------6-------6-----6--------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

Repeat this riff twice


   PM__  PM_  PM_
E----------------------------------------------------------
B---------P-----P-----P------------------------------------
G-4~-----6-4---6-4---6-4-----------------------------------
D-4~-----6-4---6-4---6-4-----------------------------------
A-----6-6-----6-----6--------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

And repeat this riff twice also

E----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G---------P-----P-----P------------------------------------
D-4~-----6-4---6-4---6-4-----------------------------------
A-4~-----6-4---6-4---6-4-----------------------------------
E-----6-6-----6-----6--------------------------------------

                Release bends...

E---------------b--9~-6---b--6-br-br-----------------------
B-----------b---9--8~---9-9----7--6-4~---------------------
G-------b---8--------------------------8-6-------------b---
D----b--6---------------------------------8-7-6/4---6-4~---
A--b-4----------------------------------------------6------
E--4-------------------------------------------------------


E--9-9-8-7-6-6-5-4-3-2-1-----------------------------------
B--8-8-7-6-5-5-4-3-2-1-0-----------------------------------
G------------------------6-5-3-3~--------------------------
D------------------------5-4-4-4~--------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

Then repeat chorus 2 (5:42)

Outro

Back guitar makes two chords

E---4--0---------------------------------------------------
B---4--0---------------------------------------------------
G---4--1---------------------------------------------------
D---6--2---------------------------------------------------
A---6--2---------------------------------------------------
E---4--0---------------------------------------------------


I will only tab the parts of the solo it is possible to hear, for the end,
just improvise really; it's just made for it.

6:38

E-----7---------7------------------------------------------
B-------9~-------9~----------------------------------------
G---8---------8--------br--------br------------------------
D----------------------11-9~-----11-2~---------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

7:46
               b
E--9--7-9-7--9--7-9-7--9--7-9-7--9--9-7-9-7~----P-H--7~----
B----------------------------------------------9-7-9-------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

                    H P
E--------------11-----11-12-14-11-12-11-12-11----11--------
B-----11-12-14-----14-------------------------14-----------
G--13------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

Repeat twice

E---b-11-14-b-P--P--------P-----------P--------------------
B--14-------14-14-12----14-12-------14-12------------------
G--------------------13-------13-13------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

                     Pull and release
E----------------------------------------------br----------
B--15-----12-15----12-15----12-15----12-15-----11~---------
G------13-------13-------13-------13-------13--------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------


                          H P
E--------------H--P-----------------H--P---------11-14-11--
B----P-------11-12-11----11~------11-12-11-12-14-----------
G--13-11--------------13-------13--------------------------
D--------13------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------


    H P     b   H P
E-----11-14-11----11-14---11-14-11-----11-br---------------
B--14----------14-------------------14----14-14-12---------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------


E----b-11---b-11---b--11----b--11--b--11--11-------11------
B---14-----14-----14-------14-----14--------14-12----14----
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------
B--12--14-12-11-14-12-11-12-11----12-11--------------------
G------------------------------13-------13-----------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

. . .

  b      H P     H P     H P  b
E---19--19----16-19-16-19---16-19-16------16-19-16-19------
B------------------------------------19--------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

That'S all, here's a cool ending...
   H P
E--16-19-16----16-^^-16------------------------------------
B-----------19----19----19/16----16-19-^^P--P--------------
G-----------------------------18-------18-18-16----16~-----
D-----------------------------------------------18---------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------




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