Tabs
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"It?s Martini Time"
Reverend Horton Heat
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Song: It?s Martini Time
Artist: Reverend Horton Heat
Album: It?s Martini Time 1996
Guitarist: Jim Heath
Transcribed by: Phil Trujeque
E-mail: [email protected]
youtube.com/c/thephilth
Standard Tuning
Intro
C#C# 
F#F# 
BB 
E MajorE
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
BB|-----9--12---9/11------------|--------7--10---7/9-------------||
G+G|---9----------------11-------|-----7----------------9---------||
D MajorD|11----------------------13\--|--9-----------------------11\---||
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
C#C# F#F# BB E MajorE
E|------------------------14\--|--------------------------12\---||
BB|-----9--12--9-/-11-----------|--------7--10---7/9-------------||
G+G|---9----------------11-------|-----7----------------9---------||
D MajorD|11---------------------------|--9-----------------------------||
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
C#C# F#F# BB E MajorE
E|---------------------------11|--14---x--13--12-------12--10/12||
BB|-----9--12--9-/-11-------12--|--------------------------------||
G+G|---9----------------11-11----|--------------------------------||
D MajorD|11---------------------------|--------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
A augmentedA
E MajorE|9----------------------------|--------------------------------||
BB|-----10-----10---------------|(10)----------------------------||
G+G|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
D MajorD|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
A7A7
E MajorE|17\--------------------------|----/9----(9)-------------------||
BB|-----------------------------|---//8----(8)-------------------||
G+G|-----------------------------|---//9----(9)-------------------||
D MajorD|-----------------------------|---//7----(7)-------------------||
A augmentedA|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E MajorE|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
Raise chord to pitch with Bigsby
"It's Martini Time!"
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A major 6A6
E MajorE|5-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|| Play 2x's
BB|7-------------------------------|7-------------------------------||
G+G|6-------------------------------|6-------------------------------||
D MajorD|7-------------------------------|7-------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E MajorE|5---3---2---1-/-5---3---2---1---|5---3---2---1-/-5---3---2---1---||
*Hiccup *Hiccup
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Verse Rhythm
A augmentedA
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Play 2x's
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E MajorE|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5---3---2---1-/-5---3---2---1---||
V1 Hey buddy do you got the time?
No I don't got a watch. Can you spare a dime?
E MajorE|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G+G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|-----------------------------------||
E MajorE|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5-5-0-0-9-9-0-0-10-10-0-0-11-11-0-0||
V1 No but I got two olives and a couple of limes...
Guess what that...
E7E7 A major 6A6
E MajorE|--------------------------------|5-------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------|7-------------------------------||
G+G|13------------------------------|6-------------------------------||
D MajorD|12------------------------------|7-------------------------------||
A augmentedA|11------------------------------|--------------------------------||
E MajorE|12------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Means... it's martini time.
"Mar---"(After 2nd Verse)
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Chorus 1 and 2
Cadd9Cadd9 
C7C7
E MajorE|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--||
BB|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-||
G+G|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--||
D MajorD|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
--tini time... Martini time....
(vodka ice shaker!) (olive or lime!)
Bb7Bb7 
C#7C#7 
F#7F#7 
B7B7 E7E7
E MajorE|6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|9---------9--------7--------7---||
BB|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|9---------11-------7--------9---||
G+G|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|10--------9--------8--------7---||
D MajorD|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|9---------11-------7--------9---||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|11--------9--------9--------7---||
E MajorE|-------------------------------|9------------------7------------||
Martini time.... Make it with a layer of ice this time.
(gotta have glasses!)
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Solo
E MajorE|------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
BB|------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G+G|-------------0-----------------0----|--------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------0-4h5----0--------0-4h5----0|--------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---0-4h5------4h5----0-4h5------4h5-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E MajorE|4h5---------------4h5---------------|5---3---2---1-/-5---3---2---1---||
E MajorE|----------8-9p8--------------17\|--------------------------------||
BB|7-10-9p7-------10--7-10-9p7-9---|--------------------------------||
G+G|--------9---------9-------------|--------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E MajorE|--------------------------------|5---3---2---1-/-5---3---2---1---||
A augmentedA A7A7 Cadd9Cadd9 
C#add9C#add9
E MajorE|5\------/9\------/10\------/11\|5--5-5---9---10--10--11--11-11-||
BB|5\------/8\------/7-\------/8-\|5--5-5---8---7---7---8---8--8--||
G+G|6\------/9\------/9-\------/10\|6--6-6---9---9---9---10--10-10-||
D MajorD|7\------/7\------/10\------/11\|7--7-7---7---10--10--11--11-11-||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Dadd9Dadd9
E MajorE|12---/12--/12---9----------12-12||
BB|9-----------------10---10-------||
G+G|11------------------------------||
D MajorD|12------------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------||
D MajorD
E MajorE|10--8-------8-10-8--------------|--------------------------------11-12\||
BB|------10--10------10-8----------|----------------------8-10-11-12------||
G+G|-----------------------11--10-10|----7h9p7--7-9-10-9-10----------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|8-10----------------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------14----15--16\--/12-/12||
BB|--------------------------------|----10-12---11---12-------12----------------||
G+G|---7-9---7-10---7-9---7-10---7-9|--10------11---11---11----------------------||
D MajorD|/8-----8------8-----8------8----|11------------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ < >
E MajorE|9-------------------------------|----/9----(9)\------------------||
BB|--10--10------------------------|---//8----(8)-\-----------------||
G+G|--------------------------------|---//9----(9)\-\----------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|---//7----(7)-\-\---------------||
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|---/-----------\----------------||
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Use vibrato arm to raise into pitch
starting a half step low.
Then slowly lower pitch again.
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Verse 3
A augmentedA
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Play 2x's
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E MajorE|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5---3---2---1-/-5---3---2---1---||
V3 I live my life for a layer of ice.
Just like those poured by my bartender vice.
E MajorE|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G+G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A augmentedA|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|-----------------------------------||
E MajorE|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|5-5-0-0-9-9-0-0-10-10-0-0-11-11-0-0||
V3 Any taste of Vermouth would be really sublime.
When you...
E7E7
E MajorE|0------------------------------||
BB|3------------------------------||
G+G|1------------------------------|| (Go to Chorus)
D MajorD|2------------------------------||
A augmentedA|2------------------------------||
E MajorE|0------------------------------||
...have a good martini time!
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Outro
A augmentedA A7A7 Cadd9Cadd9 C#add9C#add9
E MajorE|5--------9--------10--------11-|5--------9--------10--------11-||
BB|5--------8--------7---------8--|5--------8--------7---------8--||
G+G|6--------9--------9---------10-|6--------9--------9---------10-||
D MajorD|7--------7--------10--------11-|7--------7--------10--------11-||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Dadd9Dadd9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E MajorE|5--------9--------10--------11-|12-----------------------------||
BB|5--------8--------7---------8--|9------------------------------||
G+G|6--------9--------9---------10-|11-----------------------------||
D MajorD|7--------7--------10--------11-|12-----------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E MajorE|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E MajorE|12--12---9--------------|| |-5------------------5---||
BB|-----------10-10--------|| |-7------------------7---||
G+G|------------------------|| |-6------------------6---||
D MajorD|------------------------|| |-7------------------7---||
A augmentedA|------------------------|| |------------------------||
E MajorE|------------------------|| |-5------------------5---||
"It's mar-tini time"
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Chord Chart
A major 6A6 E7E7 Cadd9Cadd9 C7C7 Bb7Bb7
X
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
O | | | | O 5fr | O | | | | 11fr | | | | O | 7fr | | | | | O 8fr | | | | | O 6fr
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | O | | O | O | | | | | | | | | | | | O | | | | | O | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | O | O | | | | O | | | | | O | | | | O | | | | | O | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | O | | O | | | | O | | | | | O |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
1 x 3 2 4 1 2 1 3 4 x x x x 3 2 1 4 x x 3 2 1 4 x x 3 2 1 4
C#7C#7 F#7F#7 B7B7 E7E7
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
O | O | O O 9fr | O | O | O 9fr O | O | O O 7fr | O | O | O 7fr
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | O | | | | | | | | | | | O | | | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| O | | | | | | O | O | | O | | | | | | O | O |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
1 3 x x x x x 1 3 1 4 1 1 3 x x x x x 1 3 1 4 1
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A augmentedA A7A7 C#add9C#add9 Dadd9Dadd9
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | O O 5fr | | O | | | 7fr | | | | O | 8fr | | | | O | 9fr
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | O | | | | | | O | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | O | | | | | | O | O | | | O | | | | | O | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | O | | O | | O | | O
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
x x 3 2 1 1 1 3 x x x x x x 3 2 1 4 x x 3 2 1 4
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Lyrics
Hey buddy do you got the time?
No I don't got a watch, can you spare a dime?
No, but I got two olives and a couple of limes.
Guess what that means---it's martini time.
(Hiccup)
Tee Martoonis that brought you the loss.
I didn't even ask or care what they cost.
I lost my job for no reason or rhyme.
Guess what that means---it's martini time.
Martini time!
(Vodka ice shaker!)
Martini time!
(Olive or lime!)
Martini time!
(Gotta have glasses!)
Make it with a layer of ice this time.
Dirty, dry up, or in between.
From the very first sip you'll know what I mean.
When you're out with a babe you don't nickel or dime.
Guess what that means---it's martini time.
Martini time
(Vodka ice shaker!)
Martini time
(Olive or lime!)
Martini time
(Gotta have glasses!)
Make it with a layer of ice this time.
(Hiccup!)
Solo
It's martini time!
I live my life for a layer of ice.
Just like those poured by my bartender vice.
Any taste of Vermouth would be really sublime.
When you have a good martini time!
It's Martini time
(Vodka ice shaker!)
Martini time
(Olive or lime!)
Martini time
(Gotta have glasses!)
Perfectly poured and top of the line.
(Hiccup!)
It's martini time!
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| 🏷Legend
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull off
| ~ vibrato with Bigsby
| < volume swell on
| > volume swell off
| v pre-bend with vibrato arm
