It's Martini Time Tab by Reverend Horton Heat

It's Martini Time tab by Reverend Horton Heat

Guitar Tab

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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

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

  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

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