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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Tab by Bruce Springsteen

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town tab by Bruce Springsteen

Guitar Tab

Capo on 3rd
Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bruce Springsteen - Electric Guitar w/ capo 3rd fret'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steven Van Zandt - Electric Guitar w/ capo 3rd fret'

  🎅 Intro:

  Q=129
    A             Bm    E       A             Bm    E
   4/4
   Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr. w/ capo 3rd fret)
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
e||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
B||o-2-----------|-3-----0-----|-2-----------|-3-----0------o||
G||--2-----2-----|-4-----1-----|-2-----2-----|-4-----1-------||
D||--2-----2-----|-4-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-4-----2-------||
A||o----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0---o||
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||


 🎅 Verse 1:
   A             Bm    E       A             Bm    E
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
B|-2-----------|-3-----0-----|-2-----------|-3-----0------||
G|-2-----2-----|-4-----1-----|-2-----2-----|-4-----1------||
D|-2-----2-----|-4-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-4-----2------||
A|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0---||
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


 🎅 Chorus:
     A             Bm    E       A             Bm    E
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
e||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
B||o-2-----------|-3-----0-----|-2-----------|-3-----0-----o||
G||--2-----2-----|-4-----1-----|-2-----2-----|-4-----1------||
D||--2-----2-----|-4-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-4-----2------||
A||o----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--o||
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


 🎅 Verse 2:
   A              D/A            A              D/A
   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
B|-2----2-2-----|-3----3-3-----|-2----2-2-----|-3----3-3------||
G|-2----2-2-----|-2----2-2-----|-2----2-2-----|-2----2-2------||
D|-2----2-2-----|-4----4-4-----|-2----2-2-----|-4----4-4------||
A|-0--0-0-0--0--|-0--0-0-0--0--|-0--0-0-0--0--|-0--0-0-0--0---||
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||


 🎅 Chorus:
   A                D/A              A                D/A
   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
B|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x--|-3-3-x-3-3-3-x--|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x--|-3-3-x-3-3-3-x---|
G|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x--|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x--|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x--|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x---|
D|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x--|-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x--|-4-4-x-4-4-4-x---|
A|-0-0-x-0-0-0-x--|-0-0-x-0-0-0-x--|-0-0-x-0-0-0-x--|-0-0-x-0-0-0-x---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|


   A       F#m       Bm7     E         A5        A
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
e|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0----||
B|-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
G|-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-0-1-1-1-0-|-2----2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
D|-2-2-2-0-4-4-4-0-|-4-4-4-0-2-2-2-0-|-2----2-2--2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----||
A|-0-0-0---4-4-4---|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-0----0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
E|---------2-2-2---|---------0-0-0---|---------------|------------------||


 🎅 Bridge:
 Q=135
   Em7    A7       Dmaj7            Em7    A7       Dmaj7
   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E Q  E E E
e|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-5--5-5-5-5-5---|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2----|
B|-3--3-0-2--2-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7---|-3--3-0-2--2-0-|-2--2-2--2-2----|
G|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-6--6-6-6-6-6---|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2----|
D|-2--2-0-2--2-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7---|-2--2-0-2--2-0-|-0--0-0--0-0----|
A|-2--2---0--0---|-5--5-5-5-5-5---|-2--2---0--0---|----------------|
E|-0--0----------|----------------|-0--0----------|----------------|


   B9     B7      B9   B7        E7
   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q    q  H.
e|-2--2-2-2--2--|-2--2-2--2-2--|-0----------|
B|-2--2-2-4--4--|-2--2-4--5-4--|-0----------|
G|-2--2-2-2--2--|-2--2-2--2-2--|-1----------|
D|-4--4-4-4--4--|-4--4-4--4-4--|-0----------|
A|-2--2-2-2--2--|-2--2-2--2-2--|-2----------|
E|--------------|--------------|-0----------|


   W          W          H.       Q
e|----------|----------|--------------||
B|----------|----------|--------------||
G|----------|----------|--------------||
D|----------|----------|--------------||
A|----------|----------|--------------||
E|----------|----------|---------12\--||


 🎅 Verse 3:
 Q=145(8=s8/shuffle feel)
   A                         D/A                       A
   |-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 E E E E
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G|-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-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                            🎅 Chorus:
   D/A                        A
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
   E E E E E E E E E E E E    Q  Q.   E E E
e|-------------------------||---------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-x--2----2-2-2-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-x--2----2-2-2-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-x--2----2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-x--0----0-0-0-|
E|-------------------------||---------------|


   D/A                  A
          |-3-| |-3-|
   Q  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q.   E E E
e|--------------------|-----------------|
B|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-x--2----2-2-2---|
G|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-x--2----2-2-2---|
D|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-x--2----2-2-2---|
A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-x--0----0-0-0---|
E|--------------------|-----------------|


   D/A              A      F#m7     Bm7    E        A
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
e|----------------|---------------|--------0--0-0-|-----------------|
B|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2--2-0-|-3--3-0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
G|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-0-|-2--2-0-1--1-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2--2-0-|-4--4-0-2--2-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0--------|-2--2---2--2---|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|----------------|--------2--2---|--------0--0---|-----------------|


                     🎅 Solo:
   A          E7        A
   E E E E e  E E E     Q   E  E E E E E
e|------------0-0-0-||-------------------|
B|-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-||--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-||--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-||--2---2--2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-||--0---0--0-0-0-0-0-|
E|------------0-0-0-||-------------------|
 |
 | Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist. & capo 3rd fret)
 |                               ~
 | H       E  Q   E     E E E  E Q   E E
e|------------------||-------------------|
B|------------------||-------------------|
G|-----------/9---9-||----9-9----9---9-9-|
D|------------------||-11-----11---------|
A|------------------||-------------------|
E|------------------||-------------------|


    D/A                        A
    Q     E  E  E   E   E E    Q   E  E E E E E
e|--------------------------|--------------------|
B|--3-----3--3--3---3---3-3-|--2---2--2-2-2-2-2--|
G|--2-----2--2--2---2---2-2-|--2---2--2-2-2-2-2--|
D|--4-----4--4--4---4---4-4-|--2---2--2-2-2-2-2--|
A|--0-----0--0--0---0---0-0-|--0---0--0-0-0-0-0--|
E|--------------------------|--------------------|
 |
 |  E  E  E  E  E  +E   E E    E E E  E Q   E E
e|--------------------------|--------------------|
B|----10-10----10-(10)\-----|--------------------|
G|-11-------11------------9-|----9-9----9---9-9--|
D|--------------------------|-11-----11----------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------|


   D/A                 A                      D/A
                                                            |-3--|   |--3--|
    Q   E E  E E E E   Q   Q.     E  E    E    Q     E  E   E  E E   E   E E
e|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--3---3-3--3-3-3-3-|-x---2------2--2----2-|--3-----3--3---3--3-3---3---3-3-|
G|--2---2-2--2-2-2-2-|-x---2------2--2----2-|--2-----2--2---2--2-2---2---2-2-|
D|--4---4-4--4-4-4-4-|-x---2------2--2----2-|--4-----4--4---4--4-4---4---4-4-|
A|--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-|-x---0------0--0----0-|--0-----0--0---0--0-0---0---0-0-|
E|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
 |
 |        ~~               ~~~~~                            ~~~~
 |  E E E Q.     Q     Q   H         Q         E  E  E  E  +Q       +Q
e|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------|----12b14-----12b14---|-10----10-12-(12)-----(12)\-----|
G|-11-9s7-7\---------|----------------------|----11--------------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|


   A
   Q   Q.           E       E       E
e|------------------------------------|
B|-x---2------------2-------2-------2-|
G|-x---2------------2-------2-------2-|
D|-x---2------------2-------2-------2-|
A|-x---0------------0-------0-------0-|
E|------------------------------------|
 |
 |     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 |              |------3-------|
 | Q   Q       +Q      Q       Q
e|------------------------------------|
B|----12b14===(12)r---12b14---12b14---|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|


   D/A                          A             F#m7
    Q     E     E   E   E E E   Q     E   E   Q     E   E
e|----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3---3---3-3-3-|-2-----2---2---2-----2---0----|
G|--2-----2-----2---2---2-2-2-|-2-----2---2---2-----2---0----|
D|--4-----4-----4---4---4-4-4-|-2-----2---2---2-----2---0----|
A|--0-----0-----0---0---0-0-0-|-0-----0---0------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------2-----2--------|
 |
 |                               |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |--3--|
 |   E  E  E  a  E  +Q     Q     E E E E E   E E E E E E   E
e|----------------------------|-----5-------5-----5-------5--|
B|-10----10-10h12-(12)\-------|-6h7---6h7-----6h7---6h7------|
G|----11----------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|


   Bm7        E               A
   Q  E   E   Q   E     E     Q   E E  E E E E    Q   E E E  E   E E
e|------------0---0-----0---|------------------|---------------------||
B|-3--3---0---0---0-----0---|-2---2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2---2-2-2--2---2-2-||
G|-2--2---0---1---1-----0---|-2---2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2---2-2-2--2---2-2-||
D|-4--4---0---2---2-----0---|-2---2-2--2-2-2-2-|--2---2-2-2--2---2-2-||
A|-2--2-------2---2---------|-0---0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-||
E|------------0---0---------|------------------|---------------------||
 |
 | ~                          ~~                  ~~~   ~
 |    |--3--|     |---3---|
 | Q  E E   E E E S S E   E   Q.    E  E E E E   +Q   E Q   +E   Q
e|-5------------------------|----------------5-|-(5)-----------------||
B|----7p5---7-5-------------|------------5-7---|------7-5---(5)\-----||
G|----------------5p4p2---4-|-2-----2-/6-------|---------------------||
D|--------------------------|------------------|---------------------||
A|--------------------------|------------------|---------------------||
E|--------------------------|------------------|---------------------||


 🎅 Bridge:
   Em7    A7       Dmaj7            Em7    A7       Dmaj7
   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E Q  E E E
e|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-5--5-5-5-5-5---|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2----|
B|-3--3-0-2--2-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7---|-3--3-0-2--2-0-|-2--2-2--2-2----|
G|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-6--6-6-6-6-6---|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2----|
D|-2--2-0-2--2-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7---|-2--2-0-2--2-0-|-0--0-0--0-0----|
A|-2--2---0--0---|-5--5-5-5-5-5---|-2--2---0--0---|----------------|
E|-0--0----------|----------------|-0--0----------|----------------|


   B9     B7      B9   B7        E7
   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E Q  E Q    q  H.
e|-2--2-2-2--2--|-2--2-2--2-2--|-0----------|
B|-2--2-2-4--4--|-2--2-4--5-4--|-0----------|
G|-2--2-2-2--2--|-2--2-2--2-2--|-1----------|
D|-4--4-4-4--4--|-4--4-4--4-4--|-0----------|
A|-2--2-2-2--2--|-2--2-2--2-2--|-2----------|
E|--------------|--------------|-0----------|


   W          W          H.       Q
e|----------|----------|--------------||
B|----------|----------|--------------||
G|----------|----------|--------------||
D|----------|----------|--------------||
A|----------|----------|--------------||
E|----------|----------|---------12\--||


 🎅 Verse 4:
   A           A7            D/A         Dm/A          A           A7
   |-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 E E E E
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G|-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-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                            Chorus
   D/A         Dm/A           A
   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
   E E E E E E E E E E E E    Q  Q.   E E E
e|-------------------------||---------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-x--2----2-2-2-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-x--2----2-2-2-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-x--2----2-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-x--0----0-0-0-|
E|-------------------------||---------------|


   D/A                  A
          |-3-| |-3-|
   Q  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q.   E E E
e|--------------------|-----------------|
B|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-x--2----2-2-2---|
G|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-x--2----2-2-2---|
D|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-x--2----2-2-2---|
A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-x--0----0-0-0---|
E|--------------------|-----------------|


                                                    🎅 Interlude:
                                                    Q=135
   D/A              A      F#m7     Bm7    E          A
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E     Q  Q  Q  Q
e|----------------|---------------|--------0--0-0-||---------------|
B|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2--2-0-|-3--3-0-0--0-0-||o-2------------|
G|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-0-|-2--2-0-1--1-0-||--2-----2------|
D|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2--2-0-|-4--4-0-2--2-0-||--2-----2------|
A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0--------|-2--2---2--2---||o----0-----0---|
E|----------------|--------2--2---|--------0--0---||---------------|


                                                 🎅 Outro:
                                                 Q=145(8=s8/shuffle feel)
   Bm    E       A             Bm    E             A
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   6x     Q  Q.   E E E
e|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||----------------|
B|-3-----0-----|-2-----------|-3-----0-----o||-||o-x--2----2-2-2-|
G|-4-----1-----|-2-----2-----|-4-----1------||-||--x--2----2-2-2-|
D|-4-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-4-----2------||-||--x--2----2-2-2-|
A|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--o||-||o-x--0----0-0-0-|
E|-------------|-------------|--------------||-||----------------|


   D/A                  A               D/A
          |-3-| |-3-|
   Q  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q.   E E E   Q  E E E E E E
e|--------------------|---------------|-----------------||
B|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-x--2----2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
G|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-x--2----2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--||
D|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-x--2----2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-x--0----0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
E|--------------------|---------------|-----------------||


  ritardando H.=H
   A    F#m7   Bm7  E      A   Amaj7A6  Amaj7  A
   H    H      H    H      E E E. S E E E. S   E E E E  H
e|-----------|------0----|-------------------|---0-----------*|
B|-2----2----|-3----0----|-2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-----0-^2----*|
G|-2----2----|-2----1----|-2---1----2---1----|-2---2---^2----*|
D|-2----2----|-4----2----|-2---2----4---2----|-2-------^2----*|
A|-0---------|-2----2----|-0---0----0---0----|-0-------^0----*|
E|------2----|------0----|-------------------|---------------*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|   h    -  hammer-on
|   p    -  pull-off
|   x    -  muted |-3-:  -  triplet
|  /\    -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")    :    -  bar   |:   -  double bar  |:o   -  repeat start  o|:   -  repeat end
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