Think Tab by The Rolling Stones

Think tab by The Rolling Stones

Guitar Tab

THINK

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)

Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Jones - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Jones - Electric Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Electric Guitar'

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 Intro
  Q=130
  N.C.               E         D       A
 4/4
  Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
  W              Q.    E E E Q      Q     Q   E  E Q
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------4-----|--7-----6---4--6-----|
|--------------|-2-----4s6---6---|-----------------4---|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
| H    E E E E   Q   Q   E Q   E   +E  Q.    +E  E E E
|--------------|-----0---0-0-----|---------------------|
|--------------|-----0---0-0---3-|-(3)-2-----(2)-------|
|--------------|-----1---1-1---2-|-(2)-2-----(2)-------|
|--------------|-----2---2-2---0-|-(0)-2-----(2)-------|
|--------0-----|-----2---2-2-----|-----0-----(0)-0-----|
|----------4-2-|-0---0---0-0-----|-----------------4-2-|
|
| Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ fuzz)
| W              W                  W
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|


         E          D       A
  Q.        E E E Q      Q     Q   E  E Q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------4-----|--7-----6---4--6-------|
|-2---------4s6---6---|-----------------4-----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q      Q    E Q   E   +E  Q.    +E  E E E
|--------0----0-0-----|-----------------------|
|--------0----0-0---3-|-(3)-2-----(2)---------|
|--------1----1-1---2-|-(2)-2-----(2)---------|
|--------2----2-2---0-|-(0)-2-----(2)---------|
|--------2----2-2-----|-----0-----(0)-0-------|
|-0------0----0-0-----|-----------------4-2---|
|
| E  S S H.             +H         H
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|----2-1-2------------|-(2)-------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


                                            $
         E          D       A
  Q.        E E E Q      Q     Q   E  E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------4-----|--7-----6---4--6-----|
|-2---------4s6---6---|-----------------4---|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q      Q    E Q   E   +E  Q.    +E  E E E
|--------0----0-0-----|---------------------|
|--------0----0-0---3-|-(3)-2-----(2)-------|
|--------1----1-1---2-|-(2)-2-----(2)-------|
|--------2----2-2---0-|-(0)-2-----(2)-------|
|--------2----2-2-----|-----0-----(0)-0-----|
|-0------0----0-0-----|-----------------4-2-|
|
| E  S S H.             +H         H
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|----2-1-2------------|-(2)-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


   1st - 4th Verses
    D
    E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----7-7-----7-7-|-------7-7-----7-7-|
||------7-7-----7-7-|-------7-7-----7-7-|
||------7-7-----7-7-|-------7-7-----7-7-|
||o-5-5-----5-5-----|--5--5-----5-5-----|
||------------------|-------------------|
|
|   Q   E E Q   E E    Q    E E Q   E E
||------2-2-----2-2-|-------2-2-----2-2-|
||o-----3-3-----3-3-|-------3-3-----3-3-|
||------2-2-----2-2-|-------2-2-----2-2-|
||--0---0-0-0---0-0-|--0----0-0-0---0-0-|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
|
|   W                 +H.           Q
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||--0---------------|-(0)-----------0---|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|


  B                                     A
  E E E E E E E E    E  E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E    Q   E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|----5-----5---5-|------5-----5------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----5-----5---5-|------5-----5------|
|-----4-4-----4-4-|-------4-4-----4-4-|----6-----6---6-|------6-----6------|
|-----4-4-----4-4-|-------4-4-----4-4-|----------------|----------------6--|
|-2-2-----2-2-----|--2--2-----2-2-----|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-5--------------|-------------------|
|
| Q   E E Q   E E    Q    E E Q   E E   Q  E E Q   E E    Q   E E Q   E E
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----4-4-----4-4-|-------4-4-----4-4-|----2-2-----2-2-|------2-2-----2-2--|
|-----4-4-----4-4-|-------4-4-----4-4-|----2-2-----2-2-|------2-2-----2-2--|
|-----4-4-----4-4-|-------4-4-----4-4-|----2-2-----2-2-|------2-2-----2-2--|
|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|--2----2-2-2---2-2-|-0--0-0-0---0-0-|--0---0-0-0---0-0--|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|
| W                 +H.           Q     W                +H.          Q
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)-----------2---|-0--------------|-(0)----------0----|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|


  F#
  Q  Q   +E  E E E    Q   Q   +E  E E E
|----2---(2)-2-2---|------2---(2)-2-2---||
|----2---(2)-2-2---|------2---(2)-2-2---||
|----3---(3)-3-3---|------3---(3)-3-3---||
|-4----------------|--4-----------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
| Q  E E  Q    E E    Q   E E  Q    E E
|------------------|--------------------||
|----2-2-------2-2-|------2-2-------2-2-||
|----3-3-------3-3-|------3-3-------3-3-||
|----4-4-------4-4-|------4-4-------4-4-||
|----4-4-------4-4-|------4-4-------4-4-||
|-2--2-2--2----2-2-|--2---2-2--2----2-2-||
|
| W                  +W
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|-2----------------|-(2)----------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  E
  E E   E  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------6----7---6---|-------6---7---6---|
|-7-7--------------7-|-(7)-7-----------7-|
|----------0---0-----|---------0---0-----|
|
| Q     E  E Q   E E    Q    E E Q   E E
|-------0--0-----0-0-|-------0-0-----0-0-|
|-------0--0-----0-0-|-------0-0-----0-0-|
|-------1--1-----1-1-|-------1-1-----1-1-|
|-------2--2-----2-2-|-------2-2-----2-2-|
|-------2--2-----2-2-|-------2-2-----2-2-|
|-0-----0--0-0---0-0-|--0----0-0-0---0-0-|
|
| E S S H.             +H        H
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---2-1-2------------|-(2)---------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


  +E  E   E  E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|---------6--------6---|-------6-------6---||
|-(7)--------7-7-----7-|-(7)-------7-------||
|-----0----------0-----|-----0---0---0---0-||
|
|  Q      E  E Q   E E    Q    E E Q   E E
|---------0--0-----0-0-|-------0-0-----0-0-||
|---------0--0-----0-0-|-------0-0-----0-0-||
|---------1--1-----1-1-|-------1-1-----1-1-||
|---------2--2-----2-2-|-------2-2-----2-2-||
|---------2--2-----2-2-|-------2-2-----2-2-||
|--0------0--0-0---0-0-|--0----0-0-0---0-0-||
|
|  E  S S H.             +H        H
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|-----2-1-2------------|-(2)---------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------||


 Chorus
 1.,2.,D.S.
  A
  E E E E E E E E   +E  Q   E +E  E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------5-7-8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)---7-5-|
|-----6---6-------|---------------6-----|
|-7-7-------------|---------------------|
|-------0---------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E    E  E E E  E  E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| W                 +W
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|


  +E  E E E Q   E E   +E  Q   E +E  E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(5)-------5---7-8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)---7-5-|
|-------6-----------|---------------------|
|-----7-------------|---------------7-----|
|---------0---------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
|  E  E E E E E E E    E  E E E  E  E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
|  W                  +W
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|--0----------------|-(0)-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|


  E E E E Q   E E   +E  Q   E +E  E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------5---7-8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)---7-5--|
|-----6-----------|----------------------|
|-7-7-------------|---------------7------|
|-------0---------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E    E  E E E  E  E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| W                 +W
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|


                                                                To Coda
  E              D       A             E              D       A
  E  E E E E E E E   +E  Q.   +H       E  E E E E E E E   +E  Q.   +H       3x
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||
|--------------6-7-|-(7)-6----(6)----|--------------6-7-|-(7)-6----(6)------||
|------6---9-------|-----------------|------6---9-------|-------------------||
|-7--7-------------|-----------------|-7--7-------------|------------------o||
|--------0---0-----|-----------------|--------0---0-----|-------------------||
|
| E  E E E Q   E E   +E  Q.   +H       E  E E E Q   E E   +E  Q.   +H       3x
|-0--0-0-0-0---0-2-|-(2)-------------|-0--0-0-0-0---0-2-|-(2)---------------||
|-0--0-0-0-0---0-3-|-(3)-2----(2)----|-0--0-0-0-0---0-3-|-(3)-2----(2)-----o||
|-1--1-1-1-1---1-2-|-(2)-2----(2)----|-1--1-1-1-1---1-2-|-(2)-2----(2)------||
|-2--2-2-2-2---2-0-|-(0)-2----(2)----|-2--2-2-2-2---2-0-|-(0)-2----(2)------||
|-2--2-2-2-2---2---|-----0----(0)----|-2--2-2-2-2---2---|-----0----(0)-----o||
|-0--0-0-0-0---0---|-----------------|-0--0-0-0-0---0---|-------------------||
|
| H.           E E   +W                H.           E E   +W                3x
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||
|----------------0-|-(0)-------------|----------------0-|-(0)--------------o||
|-0----------------|-----------------|-0----------------|-------------------||


 Guitar Solo
  3.
  A
   E E E E  E  E  E  E       +E   Q       E +E      E  E  E
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------7----|
|------6----9--9-11-12----|-(12)-11-------9-(9)-----9-----9-|
|----7------7--7-----0----|--(0)--0-------7-(7)-----7-----7-|
|--0-----0----------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV (Clean El. Gtr.)
|  H        E  E  E  E       +Q      Q       S   S  E  E  E
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------13-15b17-|-(15)----15b17---15--13----------|
|-14-------12-14----------|------------------------14-12-14-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  W                         +H.                       Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--0----------------------|--(0)----------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|


   E E  E E E E  E  E       +E   Q    E +E           E  E  E
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------7-----|
|-------6---9-9-11-12----|-(12)-11----9-(9)----------9-----9--|
|----7------7-7-----0----|--(0)--0----7-(7)----------7-----7--|
|--0------0--------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|  Q    H        E  E       +Q      Q    S      +S   E  E  E
|------------------------|---------15-------------------------|
|-13---------------15b17-|-(15)---------15pb17r(15)-13--------|
|------14----------------|-----------------------------14-14--|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|  W                        +H.                         Q
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--0---------------------|--(0)-------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|


    E  E  E    E  E     E  E  E    +E     Q       E +E      E   E  E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------7----|
|---------6-------9-----9-11-12-|-(12)---11-------9-(9)-----9------9-|
|------7----------7-----7-----0-|--(0)----0-------7-(7)-----7------7-|
|---0----------0----------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|  +Q     Q       S  S  E  E  E     Q        Q       S   S  E  +Q
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------15b17---15-13----13----|--15b17----15b17---15--13-----------|
|-(14)-----------------14----14-|--------------------------14-(14)---|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|   W                              +H.                          Q
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---0---------------------------|--(0)-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|


     E
      E  E     E E     E E     E  E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------6--7-|
|--------------6-------9------------|
|-----7-----------------------------|
|--------0-------0-------0----------|
|
|  a  Q     a  Q    a  Q    a  E  E
|-----------------------------------|
|----15-------15------15------15-17-|
|-14h16----14h16---14h16---14h16-16-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
|     H.                       E  E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0-|
|-----0-----------------------------|


                                                           D.S. al Coda
   +E  Q.   +H           E  E     E E     E E     E  E    +E  Q.   +H
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|--(7)-6----(6)----|------------------------------6--7-|--(7)-6----(6)----||
|------------------|--------------6-------9------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----7-----------------------------|------------------||
|------------------|--------0-------0-------0----------|------------------||
|
|  +W                 a  Q     a  Q    a  Q    a  E  E    +W
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-(17)-------------|----15-------15------15------15-17-|-(17)-------------||
|-(16)-------------|-14h16----14h16---14h16---14h16-16-|-(16)-------------||
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|
|  +W                    H.                       E  E    +W
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|--(0)-------------|---------------------------------0-|--(0)-------------||
|------------------|-----0-----------------------------|------------------||


   Outro
    &
    E
    Q.     E E  E Q     Q    Q   E  E E E
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||--------------4----|--7----6---4--6-----|
||---------4s6----6--|------------------2-|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||--0----------------|----------------0---|
|
|   Gtr IV
|   Q    E E E  E Q     Q    E E E  E Q
||------12-----12----|------12-----12-----|
||o-----12-----12----|------12-----12-----|
||------13-----13----|------13-----13-----|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   W                  +H.            Q
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|----------------2---|
||--0----------------|-(0)----------------|


  Q.     E E  E Q     Q    Q   E  E E E
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------4----|--7----6---4--6------||
|--------4s6----6--|------------------2--||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-0----------------|----------------0----||
|
| Q    E E E  E Q     Q    E E E  E Q
|-----12-----12----|------12-----12------||
|-----12-----12----|------12-----12-----o||
|-----13-----13----|------13-----13------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------||
|
| W                  +H.            Q
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|----------------2---o||
|-0----------------|-(0)-----------------||


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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