Caroline Tab by Status Quo

Caroline tab by Status Quo

Guitar Tab

CAROLINE
                            As recorded by Status Quo
                          (From the 1973 Album HELLO!)

Words and Music by Rossi/Young
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

   Intro
    Q=3D158
     F
   4/4
    Gtr I
      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  3x  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-o||-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
||---13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

|   Gtr II
|           W                 3x           W
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|


     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     7x
||------------------------------||
||o----------------------------o||
||------------------------------||
||------------------------------||
||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15----o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----||
|
|    a  Q  E  E  E  Q  E        7x
||------------------------------||
||o----------------------------o||
||------3--2-----3--2-----------||
||---3--------3--------3--------||
||o----------------------------o||
||------------------------------||


    $
                                Bb
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---------------------------||-------------------------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------------|
||---------------------------||-------------------------|
||---------------------------||-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-o||-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||-------------------------|
|
|       Q  E  E  E  Q  E     4x  Q  E  E  E  Q  E
||---------------------------||-------------------------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------------|
||------3--2-----3--2--------||--3--1-----3--1----------|
||------------3--------3-----||--------3--------3-------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------------|
||---------------------------||-------------------------|


                            F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|--------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15--|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|
|  Q     E  E  E  Q     E    Q     E  E  E  Q     E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3-----1-----3--1-------|--3-----2-----3--2--------|
|-----------3-----------3-|-----------3-----------3--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


                            C
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|
|
|  Q     E  E  E  Q     E    S  S  E  E  E  E  E  Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--3-----2-----3--2-------|--2h=3D3p=3D2--5--3--2--0--0-|
|-----------3-----------3-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Bb                        F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  Q       Q     E  E  E  Q     E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2--0--1--1--1--0-------|--3-----2-----3--2-------|
|--------------------3----|-----------3-----------3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                             Verse 1 & 2,  3 & 4
                   D.S.
                              F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-||o-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|
|  Q     E  E  E  Q     E                  W
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|--3-----2-----3--2-------||--------------------------|
|-----------3-------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|


                            Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|
|
|           W                            W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                            F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  C                         F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|-------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  C                         F
   |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|-------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|-------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


                            Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|


                            F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  C                         F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|-------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


                           Chorus
  C                         F
   |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|-------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|-------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


                            Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|--15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15--|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|---------------------------|


    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15----|
|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----|
|-----------------------------|


  F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  C                         Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-19-17-17-17-19-17-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  F                         C
                             |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-----||
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-----||
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----o||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
|           W                         W
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||


     Guitar Solo
       F
        E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E     4x
|-||---------------------------------||
|-||o-------------------------------o||
|-||---------------------------------||
|-||---------------------------------||
|-||o--15-15-17-15---18-15-17-15----o||
|-||---13-13-13-13---13-13-13-13-----||
|
|       Q  E  E  E Q  E              4x
|-||---------------------------------||
|-||o-------------------------------o||
|-||----3--2-----3-2-----------------||
|-||----------3-------3--------------||
|-||o-------------------------------o||
|-||---------------------------------||


    Bb                              F
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E          E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||--15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15--||-||---------------------------||
||o-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-o||-||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-o||
||---------------------------||-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||
|
|    Q  E  E  E  Q     E             Q  E  E  E  Q     E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---3--1-----3--1-----------||-||---3--2-----3--2-----------||
||---------3-----------3-----||-||---------3-----------3-----||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||


   C
    E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--17-17-19-17---20-17-19-17------|
|--15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15------|
|---------------------------------|
|
|   S  S  E  E E  E     E    Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---2h=3p=2--5-3--2-----0----0----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


  Bb                        F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q       E  E  Q  E  E  Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2--0--1--1--1--0-------|-----------3--2-----3----|
|-----------------------3-|-----3--3--------3-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     3x
|-------------------------||------------------------------||
|-------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|-------------------------||------------------------------||
|-------------------------||------------------------------||
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-||o-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15----o||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----||
|
|  Q     E  E  E  Q     E               W                 3x
|-------------------------||------------------------------||
|-------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|--3-----2-----3--2-------||------------------------------||
|-----------3-----------3-||------------------------------||
|-------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|-------------------------||------------------------------||


 Verse 5
  F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  F                         C
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17-17-19-17-17-17-19-17-|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|


  F                         C
                             |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|


   Chorus
    F                               Bb
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||-||--15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15--||
||o-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-o||-||o-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||-||---------------------------||


      F
       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o----------------------------o||
|-||------------------------------||
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15----o||
|-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----||


  C                         Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  F                         C
                             |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|


    F                               Bb
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||-||--15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15--||
||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-o||-||o-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||-||---------------------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|    Q  E  E  E  Q  E        4x      Q  E  E  E  Q  E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---3--2-----3--2-----------||-||---3--1-----3--1-----------||
||---------3--------3--------||-||---------3--------3--------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||


      F
       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o----------------------------o||
|-||------------------------------||
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15----o||
|-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----||
|
|      Q  E  E  E  Q  E
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o----------------------------o||
|-||---3--2-----3--2--------------||
|-||---------3--------3-----------||
|-||o----------------------------o||
|-||------------------------------||


  C                         Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15----*|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|
|  S  S  E  E  E  E  E  Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|--2h=3p=2--5--3--2--0--0-|--2--0--1--1--1--0----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------------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 =3D amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =3D   - 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 -  =3D BPM(8/16=3Ds8/s16), where s8 =3D =
swing 8ths, s16 =3D swing 16ths


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Last updated: March 27, 2017

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