Black Widow Tab by Mötley Crüe

Black Widow tab by Mötley Crüe

Guitar Tab

Difficulty: Intermediate

black widow
motley crue

PM- palm mute
b- bend
\- slide down
/- slide up
()- bend to this note
b~- bend and vibrato

D tuning- DGCFAD

Intro- Palm Mute

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------5-----------------------------5-------|
F----5-4-5--5-4-5--5-4-5--5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5--5-4-5---5-4-5-|           2x
C--7-------7------6-------------5-------5-------4--------------|  (until singing starts)
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|

verse- Palm Mute

D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------5-------------------------------5-------|
F----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-|
C--7-------7-------7---------------6-------6-------6---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|

D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------5-------------------------------5-------|
F----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-|
C--5-------5-------5---------------4-------4-------4---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play the above twice then this:

pre chorus
  PM---------|                 PM----------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------|
C-9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)------------9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)-----------|
G-7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6----7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6---|
D------------------------------------------------------------|


chorus- theres a little fill after -the black widow- parts

D-----------------||       -------------------------------|
A-----------------||       -------------------------------|
F-----------------|| 3x    -------------------------------|
C-----------------|| then  -------------------------------|
G--7-7--7--7-3-3--|| this  ---7-7--7--7-5-5------0-3------|
D--5-5--5--5-1-1--|| --->  ---5-5--5--5-3-3--0-3------0-3-|


Chorus 2

D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
F-------------------------5-5--4-5--------------| Repeat
C--7-7--5-7---------------3-3--2-3--------------|   2x
G--7-7--5-7------0-3-------------------0-3------|
D--5-5--3-5--0-3-----0-3-----------0-3-----0-3--|


      PM         PM              PM                 PM
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------|
C-----------------------5---5--5--5--5--5----5---------|
G--7-77777-7--6-66666-6-3---3--3--3--3--3----3--4-44444|
D--5-55555-5--4-44444-4-------------------------2-22222|


  PM---------|                 PM----------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------|
C-9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)------------9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)-----------|
G-7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6----7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6---|
D------------------------------------------------------------|


solo #1 (with intro/outro played under)
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------12-13-12--------12-13-12-------12-13-/15b~---|
F--------4-5-4-------4-5-4------4-5-4----/7b~--/14--14----------13--13----------12--12--------------|
C-/7--7-------6--6-------5--5-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


verse- Palm Mute

D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------5-------------------------------5-------|
F----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-|
C--7-------7-------7---------------6-------6-------6---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|

D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------5-------------------------------5-------|
F----5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-|
C--5-------5-------5---------------4-------4-------4---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play the above twice then this:


Pre chorus
   PM---------|                 PM----------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------|
C-9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)------------9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)-----------|
G-7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6----7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6---|
D------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus 1 - theres a little fill after -the black widow- parts
D-----------------||       -------------------------------|
A-----------------||       -------------------------------|
F-----------------|| 3x    -------------------------------|
C-----------------|| then  -------------------------------|
G--7-7--7--7-3-3--|| this  ---7-7--7--7-5-5------0-3------|
D--5-5--5--5-1-1--|| --->  ---5-5--5--5-3-3--0-3------0-3-|


Chorus 2
D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
F-------------------------5-5--4-5--------------| Repeat
C--7-7--5-7---------------3-3--2-3--------------|   2x
G--7-7--5-7------0-3-------------------0-3------|
D--5-5--3-5--0-3-----0-3-----------0-3-----0-3--|


      PM         PM              PM                 PM
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------|
C-----------------------5---5--5--5--5--5----5---------|
G--7-77777-7--6-66666-6-3---3--3--3--3--3----3--4-44444|
D--5-55555-5--4-44444-4-------------------------2-22222|


  PM---------|                 PM----------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------|
C-9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)------------9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)-----------|
G-7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6----7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6---|
D------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo #2
 PM----------------------|     PM-----------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
F-------------------------------------------------------------|
C-------------------------------------------------------------|
G--0-0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-3-2b~--------------------------------|
D-------------------------------1-1-1-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-3b~-|


D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C--7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-10-9--------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------8-8-8-10-10-10-12-12-12-14-14-15-14--|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus
D-----------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
F-------------------------5-5--4-5--------------| Repeat
C--7-7--5-7---------------3-3--2-3--------------|   4x
G--7-7--5-7------0-3-------------------0-3------|
D--5-5--3-5--0-3-----0-3-----------0-3-----0-3--|

     PM         PM              PM                 PM
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------|
C-----------------------5---5--5--5--5--5----5---------|
G--7-77777-7--6-66666-6-3---3--3--3--3--3----3--4-44444|
D--5-55555-5--4-44444-4-------------------------2-22222|


  PM---------|                 PM----------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
F------------------------------------------------------------|
C-9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)------------9-9-9-9---7-9b(10)-----------|
G-7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6----7-7-7-7-9----------6b-(7)6---|
D------------------------------------------------------------|


Outro- 4x Palm Mute and fade

D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------5-----------------------------5-------|
F----5-4-5--5-4-5--5-4-5--5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5--5-4-5---5-4-5-|
C--7-------7------6-------------5-------5-------4--------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|

Tabbed by Andrew Foster

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