I Shall Be Released Live tab by The Pretenders

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: A

The Pretenders - I Shall Be Released
Standard tuning (mix of A major and F# minor pentatonic)
tabbed by jjhand


Intro Solo:

   at 0:24         i    p   r
e|-----------------14-|-------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------|-17----------------------------------------|
G|-----g14-16b18------|----18pbr16--16b18~~--------16b18br16-14---|
D|-/14----------------|----------------------------------------16-|
A|--------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|-17p16-16p14-14----------14--------|
B|--------------------------------|---------------17b19-------17b19---|
G|-14h16--16--16~~----------------|-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-19pbr17-17-17~----14h15p14--14------|-----------------------|
G|---------------------------16--------|-14--------------------|
D|----------------------------------16-|-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|


Solo:
   starts at 2:19 with 2 beats of lead-in notes

e|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|----------------------|----5-------------5--------------------|
G|--------------2--4_____b6---4pb6~~---------6pbr4----2--4--4/6-|
D|-----2--4--4----------|--------------------------4------------|
A|-3/4------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-6--4--4\2---2/4--4~~~-----------/13\--|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
                                                   2 beats
e|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------10/12-12/15-15p14------------------|------------------------|
G|----9--9/11-------------------14-------14h16---|-14~--------14----------|
D|/11------------------------------14h16---------|------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------|

   2 beats
e|-----------------12/14-|-14~--14~--14\12-12---12/14-14---12-------|
B|-----------12/14-------|------------------------------------------|
G|-14---14---------------|------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|

                                                   2 beats
e|-14~--14~--14\12-12---12/14-14/17-17~--17~-|-17~--17~--17~--17~--|
B|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|

    2 beats                   this run repeats in the last chorus
e|-17~--17~--17~--17---|-17----14----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------|----17----14-17----14----------------------------|
G|---------------------|----------------16----14-16----14----------------|
D|---------------------|----------------------------16----14-16----------|
A|---------------------|----------------------------------------16----14-|
E|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-12~------------------------|
E|----------------------------|


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| g   Grace note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| >   Accented note
| t   Tapping
| b   Bend
| r   Release
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato

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