Its Martini Time tab by Reverend Horton Heat

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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: Phil@Trujeque.com
youtube.com/c/thephilth

Standard Tuning

Intro

 C#       F#       B        E
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|-----9--12---9/11------------|--------7--10---7/9-------------||
G|---9----------------11-------|-----7----------------9---------||
D|11----------------------13\--|--9-----------------------11\---||
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||


 C#       F#       B        E
E|------------------------14\--|--------------------------12\---||
B|-----9--12--9-/-11-----------|--------7--10---7/9-------------||
G|---9----------------11-------|-----7----------------9---------||
D|11---------------------------|--9-----------------------------||
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||


 C#       F#       B        E
E|---------------------------11|--14---x--13--12-------12--10/12||
B|-----9--12--9-/-11-------12--|--------------------------------||
G|---9----------------11-11----|--------------------------------||
D|11---------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||

 A
E|9----------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|-----10-----10---------------|(10)----------------------------||
G|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||

                   A7
E|17\--------------------------|----/9----(9)-------------------||
B|-----------------------------|---//8----(8)-------------------||
G|-----------------------------|---//9----(9)-------------------||
D|-----------------------------|---//7----(7)-------------------||
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
                Raise chord to pitch with Bigsby
        "It's Martini Time!"
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 A6
E|5-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|| Play 2x's
B|7-------------------------------|7-------------------------------||
G|6-------------------------------|6-------------------------------||
D|7-------------------------------|7-------------------------------||
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E|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
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Play 2x's
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E|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|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|-----------------------------------||
E|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...

 E7                A6
E|--------------------------------|5-------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|7-------------------------------||
G|13------------------------------|6-------------------------------||
D|12------------------------------|7-------------------------------||
A|11------------------------------|--------------------------------||
E|12------------------------------|--------------------------------||

 Means...         it's martini time.
                                "Mar---"(After 2nd Verse)
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Chorus 1 and 2

 Cadd9              C7
E|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--||
B|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-||
G|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--||
D|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-||
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
--tini time...         Martini time....
         (vodka ice shaker!)       (olive or lime!)

 Bb7              C#7    F#7   B7    E7
E|6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|9---------9--------7--------7---||
B|9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|9---------11-------7--------9---||
G|7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|10--------9--------8--------7---||
D|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|9---------11-------7--------9---||
A|-------------------------------|11--------9--------9--------7---||
E|-------------------------------|9------------------7------------||
Martini time....         Make it with a layer of ice this time.
         (gotta have glasses!)

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Solo

E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|-------------0-----------------0----|--------------------------------||
D|--------0-4h5----0--------0-4h5----0|--------------------------------||
A|---0-4h5------4h5----0-4h5------4h5-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E|4h5---------------4h5---------------|5---3---2---1-/-5---3---2---1---||


  E|----------8-9p8--------------17\|--------------------------------||
  B|7-10-9p7-------10--7-10-9p7-9---|--------------------------------||
  G|--------9---------9-------------|--------------------------------||
  D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
  A|--------------------------------|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
  E|--------------------------------|5---3---2---1-/-5---3---2---1---||

 A    A7   Cadd9  C#add9
E|5\------/9\------/10\------/11\|5--5-5---9---10--10--11--11-11-||
B|5\------/8\------/7-\------/8-\|5--5-5---8---7---7---8---8--8--||
G|6\------/9\------/9-\------/10\|6--6-6---9---9---9---10--10-10-||
D|7\------/7\------/10\------/11\|7--7-7---7---10--10--11--11-11-||
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||

          Dadd9
         E|12---/12--/12---9----------12-12||
         B|9-----------------10---10-------||
         G|11------------------------------||
         D|12------------------------------||
         A|--------------------------------||
         E|--------------------------------||

 D
E|10--8-------8-10-8--------------|--------------------------------11-12\||
B|------10--10------10-8----------|----------------------8-10-11-12------||
G|-----------------------11--10-10|----7h9p7--7-9-10-9-10----------------||
D|--------------------------------|8-10----------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------||


E|--------------------------------|----------------------14----15--16\--/12-/12||
B|--------------------------------|----10-12---11---12-------12----------------||
G|---7-9---7-10---7-9---7-10---7-9|--10------11---11---11----------------------||
D|/8-----8------8-----8------8----|11------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------||

     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   <    >
E|9-------------------------------|----/9----(9)\------------------||
B|--10--10------------------------|---//8----(8)-\-----------------||
G|--------------------------------|---//9----(9)\-\----------------||
D|--------------------------------|---//7----(7)-\-\---------------||
A|--------------------------------|---/-----------\----------------||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
                  Use vibrato arm to raise into pitch
                  starting a half step low.
                  Then slowly lower pitch again.
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Verse 3

 A
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| Play 2x's
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0||
E|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|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|-----------------------------------||
E|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...
 E7
E|0------------------------------||
B|3------------------------------||
G|1------------------------------|| (Go to Chorus)
D|2------------------------------||
A|2------------------------------||
E|0------------------------------||
 ...have a good martini time!

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Outro

 A    A7   Cadd9  C#add9
E|5--------9--------10--------11-|5--------9--------10--------11-||
B|5--------8--------7---------8--|5--------8--------7---------8--||
G|6--------9--------9---------10-|6--------9--------9---------10-||
D|7--------7--------10--------11-|7--------7--------10--------11-||
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||


                 Dadd9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E|5--------9--------10--------11-|12-----------------------------||
B|5--------8--------7---------8--|9------------------------------||
G|6--------9--------9---------10-|11-----------------------------||
D|7--------7--------10--------11-|12-----------------------------||
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||

                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  E|12--12---9--------------||  |-5------------------5---||
  B|-----------10-10--------||  |-7------------------7---||
  G|------------------------||  |-6------------------6---||
  D|------------------------||  |-7------------------7---||
  A|------------------------||  |------------------------||
  E|------------------------||  |-5------------------5---||
  "It's mar-tini time"
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                 Chord Chart

   A6       E7       Cadd9       C7        Bb7
  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#7       F#7       B7        E7

    +-+-+-+-+-+   +-+-+-+-+-+   +-+-+-+-+-+   +-+-+-+-+-+
    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        A7      C#add9      Dadd9

   +-+-+-+-+-+   +-+-+-+-+-+   +-+-+-+-+-+   +-+-+-+-+-+
   | | | | 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