The Greatest tab by Kenny Rogers

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 Song:    The Greatest
 Artist:  Kenny Rogers
 Tab by:  Jeremy L. Tharp (jtharp2@wvu.edu)
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 Legal stuff:
   This is for private use only (in other words don't sell it),
   and if you use it, give me credit eh? I did the work.
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 Key:

   .  = one beat (located above staff)
   h  = hammer on
   p  = pull off
   /  = slide
   ^  = bend half
   ^^ = bend full
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 Capo 1
 All fingerings and chords relative

 Moderately fast (listen to cd for tempo)

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 Intro:
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        .       .       .       .

  e ||----------0h2-----0----------------||
  B ||----------3---------------3--------||
4 D ||·-----2-------2---------------2---·||
4 G ||·-0-------------------------------·||
  A ||-----------------------------------||
  E ||-----------------------------------||

 (Yes this means play it twice)

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 Main riff:
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       D
       .       .       .       .           .       .       .       .
  e |----------0h2-----0----------------|----------0h2-----0----------------
  B |----------3---------------3--------|----------3---------------3--------
4 D |------2-------2---------------2----|------2-------2---------------2----
4 G |--0--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------
  A |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
  E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------

       A       (Asus4)                        G
       .       .       .       .              .
  e |-----------------------------------|   ----------
  B |----------2h3-----2----------------|   -----3----
4 D |----------2---------------2--------| 1 -----0----
4 G |------2-------2---------------2----| 4 ----------
  A |--0--------------------------------|   ----------
  E |-----------------------------------|   --3-------


   Yes it's hard to read that but it is just an extra one quarter beat
 measure as far as I can tell.

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 Lyrics:
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 (I do a lot of ad-libbing in the other chord progressions -- sounds just
fine)

 [Play the main riff during the main verse]

verse1
 D
      D
        A
          G        D
verse2

chorus
         A
         A
    G                      D
     A
     G
        D

 [Intro 1X]

verse3
verse4
chorus

 [Intro 1X]

Bridge:

    Bm
    G
         D
     A

verse5
verse6
chorus

 [Intro 1X]


verse7
verse8 x2