Midnight Rambler tab by The Rolling Stones

Tabs

(Use standard tuning. Although Keith often uses open G+G tuning).

Blues In BB (I think only BB and E MajorE chords are played, though).
This is a great song for slide novices.

Rhythm Guitar:

 Upstrokes ^ ^

e|----------7-5----------------------------------------|
BB|----------7-5----------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-4-4-6-4------------------------Repeat 7 more times--|
A augmentedA|-2-2-2-2-------2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-----------------------|
E MajorE|---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------|

  ^ ^ ^ ^

e|-7-5--5-2--------------------------------------------|
BB|-7-5--5-3--------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------Repeat 3 more times------|
A augmentedA|-----------2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4---------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------|

Slide Guitar: (around 0:57)

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------4/7\4-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-7/9--9\7---------------Repeat-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|

Keith plays a lot of BB notes on the slide during the ’Jam’
part of the song.

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

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