Tell Me Tab by The Rolling Stones

Tell Me tab by The Rolling Stones

Guitar Tab

TELL ME (YOU'RE COMING BACK)


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richard - Acoustic 12-string Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Jones -  Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  tempo rubato Q=134
  Bb
 4/4
  Gtr I (Ac. 12-string Gtr.)
   E E E E H      +W            E E E E H      +W
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||
|-^3-4-3---3----|-(3)--------|-^3-4-3---3----|-(3)----||
|-^3-----5-3----|-(3)--------|-^3-----5-3----|-(3)----||
|-^3-------3----|-(3)--------|-^3-------3----|-(3)----||
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------||

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   1st - 3rd Verses
    in tempo Q=118
    $
    Bb                                F          Fsus2           F
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-|
||--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Bb                                F          Fsus2           F
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2--||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  Dm                  Eb
  Q   E E  E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------|
|-6---6-6--6--6-6-6-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-7---7-7--7--7-7-7-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-7---7-7--7--7-7-7-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| Q.    E +E  E Q     Q  H       Q
|-------------------|----------------|
|-6-----6-(6)---6---|-8--8-------8---|
|-7-----7-(7)---7---|-8--8-------8---|
|-7-----7-(7)---7---|-8--8-------8---|
|-5-----5-(5)-5-5---|-6--6-------6---|
|-------------------|----------------|


  F                       Bb   F     Bb
   Q   E E   E   E  E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|--1---1-1---1---1--1-1-|-------------------|
|--1---1-1---1---1--1-1-|-3--3-1-(1)-3-3-3--|
|--2---2-2---2---2--2-2-|-3--3-2-(2)-3-3-3--|
|--3---3-3---3---3--3-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|
|  Q   Q    +E   E  Q     Q  Q    E  E Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-10--10---(10)-10-10---|-------------------|
|-10--10---(10)-10-10---|-------------------|
|-10--10---(10)-10-10---|-8--8----8--8-8----|
|--8---8----(8)--8--8---|-8--8----8--8-8----|
|-----------------------|-6--6----6--6-6----|


  Dm               Eb
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|----------------|----------------|
|
| H      Q   Q     Q  Q   Q   Q
|----------------|----------------|
|-6------6---6---|-8--8---8---8---|
|-7------7---7---|-8--8---8---8---|
|-7------7---7---|-8--8---8---8---|
|-5------5---5---|-6--6---6---6---|
|----------------|----------------|


  C7                F
  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
|-----------------|--------------------------||


 Chorus
  $$
  Bb                                  Gm
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5----|
|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3----|


  Eb
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|
|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|


                   To Coda
                   To Coda
  F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-10----10----10----10-----|-10----10----10----10-----||
|--8-----8-----8-----8-----|--8-----8-----8-----8----o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||


 Interlude
  Bb
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|
| Q  E E E Q   E   Q  E E E E E E
|--------6-------|-6------6-------|
|--------6-------|-6------6-------|
|------7---------|------7---7-----|
|----8---------8-|------------8---|
|----------8-----|----8-----------|
|----------------|----------------|


  F                 Fsus2                F
  Q    E  E   E   E E  E    E  E  E  E E  E  E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-1----1--1---1---1-1--1-|--1--1--1--1-1--1--1-1--|
|-2----2--2---2---2-0--0-|--0--0--0--0-0--2--2-2--|
|-3----3--3---3---3-3--3-|--3--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E  E  E  +E   E E  E    E  E  E  E E  E  E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------10-(10)---------|----10---------10-------|
|--------10-(10)-10------|-10----10---------10----|
|-----10--------------10-|----------10------------|
|---8---------------8----|-------------8----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


  Bb
  Q   E E E E E E    Q    E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   +E  Q   E E E Q
|-------6---------|-----6---------6---|
|---6-------------|-------------------|
|-----7---7---7---|---------7---------|
|-8-------------8-|-(8)-------8-------|
|-----------8-----|-------------8-----|
|-----------------|-------------------|


  F                Fsus2                    F
  Q   E  E   E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E   E   E  E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-1---1--1---1---1--1--1-|--1--1--1--1---1---1--1-1--|
|-2---2--2---2---2--0--0-|--0--0--0--0---0---2--2-2--|
|-3---3--3---3---3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3---3---3--3-3--|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Q   E  E  +E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  +E   E  Q
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------10-(10)----------|-10-------10-(10)----------|
|----10---------10-------|----10------------10-------|
|------------------10-10-|-------10------------10----|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|


  Dm                       Eb
  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E   Q   E E  E  E E E
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-6-----6--6--6--6--6--6-|-8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|
|-7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|
|-7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|
|-5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|-6---6-6--6--6-6-6-|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
| E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   E E E E +E  E Q
|------------10----------|-------------------|
|---------10----10-------|-------8-(8)-------|
|------10----------------|-------8-(8)-------|
|---12-------------12-12-|-----8-------8-----|
|------------------------|---6-----------6---|
|------------------------|-------------------|


  F                        Bb    F     Bb
  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E   Q   E E +E  E E E
|-1-----1--1--1--1--1--1-|--------------------|
|-1-----1--1--1--1--1--1-|-3---3-1-(1)-3-3-3--|
|-2-----2--2--2--2--2--2-|-3---3-2-(2)-3-3-3--|
|-3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-|-3---3-3-(3)-3-3-3--|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   E E E E +E  E Q
|------------------------|-------6-(6)--------|
|---------10-------------|-------6-(6)--------|
|------10-10-10----10----|-----7-------7------|
|---10----------10----10-|---8-----------8----|
|-8----------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|


  Dm                       Eb
   Q     E  E  E  E  E E   Q   E E  E  E E E
|------------------------|-------------------|
|--6-----6--6--6--6--6-6-|-8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|
|--7-----7--7--7--7--7-7-|-8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|
|--7-----7--7--7--7--7-7-|-8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|
|--5-----5--5--5--5--5-5-|-6---6-6--6--6-6-6-|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  Q     E E E E +E  E Q
|----------10-------10---|-------------------|
|-------10----10---------|-------8-(8)-------|
|----10------------------|-------8-(8)-8-----|
|-12-------------12------|-----8---------8---|
|------------------------|---6---------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|


  C7                F
  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
|-----------------|--------------------------||


 Chorus
  Bb                                  Gm
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5----|
|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3----|


  Eb
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---|
|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|


                                        D.S. al Coda
  F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-10----10----10----10----|-10----10----10----10-----||
|--8-----8-----8-----8----|--8-----8-----8-----8-----||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||


                                                        Outro
  &    D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
  F                           F                          Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------||-------------------------||-----------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|--------------------------||-------------------------||-----------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------||-------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------||-----------------|
|-10----10----10----10-----||-10----10----10----10----||-----------------|
|--8-----8-----8-----8-----||--8-----8-----8-----8----||-8---8---8---8---|
|--------------------------||-------------------------||-6---6---6---6---|


                    Gm
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-*|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-*|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-*|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-8---8---8---8---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---*|
|-6---6---6---6---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
n:  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
   - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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The Rolling Stones tabs for Tell me

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