Sheik Tab by ZZ Top

Sheik tab by ZZ Top

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Sheik by ZZ Top: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

'Sheik' is a song from legendary Texan rockers ZZ Top's 'Tres Hombres' album. 'Sheik' is written by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hills.

Guitar on 'Sheik' is played by Billy Gibbons.

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

Sheik - ZZ Top

Verses 1 and 2
(1)                       (2)
E----------¦-------------¦¦---------¦-----------¦
B--4/6-6---¦-------------¦¦-----6---¦-----------¦
G--5/7-7-0-¦-0-3-5-------¦¦-----7-0-¦-3-5-------¦
D--------0-¦-0-3-5-------¦¦-------0-¦-3-5-------¦
A----------¦-------1-3-3-¦¦---------¦-----1-3-3-¦
E----------¦-------------¦¦-1-3-----¦-----------¦
Play this section once at¦¦repeat this section  ¦
the Beginning of the song¦¦for the rest of verse¦
and start of each verse

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Chorus
(3)
E----6------4--¦-----3--¦----6------4--¦-----32/3-¦-------32/32/3-¦
B----8------6--¦-----3--¦----8------6--¦-----32/3-¦-------32/32/3-¦
G----5------3--¦-----3--¦----5------3--¦-----32/3-¦-------32/32/3-¦
D--------------¦--------¦--------------¦-----------¦-----------------¦
A--5------3----¦--------¦--5------3----¦-----------¦-3---------------¦
E--------------¦-1-3----¦--------------¦-1-3-------¦---1-3-----------¦


E-------32/3-¦-------32/32/3-¦
B-------32/3-¦-------32/32/3-¦
G-------32/3-¦-------32/32/3-¦
D-------------¦-----------------¦
A-3-----------¦-3---------------¦
E---1-3-------¦---1-3-----------¦

1st time through return to the verse section (1) and (2) above
2nd time go to Lead Break (4)

Lead Break - Rhythm/bass

(4)                                    (5)
E----------¦                           ¦-------------¦-5-------¦
B----------¦                           ¦-------------¦-8-------¦
G----------¦ Repeat(4) 36 times then   ¦-------------¦-5-------¦
D----------¦ go to (5)                 ¦-------------¦-7-------¦
A-----1----¦                           ¦-----1-------¦-5-------¦
E-1-3------¦                           ¦-1-3---3-1-3-¦---------¦
                                                     ¦With wah ¦
                                                     ¦Let ring ¦

3rd Verse  (1) and (2)

Go to Chorus (3)

After last chorus, play Lead Break Rhythm part (4) twice then part (5)

Note - 2nd measure of part (5) above is 1st measure of outtro (6) below



Outtro (with Wah - let chords ring)

(6)
E-5-------¦-3------¦-8------¦-6---3---¦-5------¦-3------¦-8------¦
B-8-------¦-6------¦-11-----¦-9---6---¦-8------¦-6------¦-11-----¦
G-5-------¦-3------¦-8------¦-6---3---¦-5------¦-3------¦-8------¦
D-7-------¦-5------¦-10-----¦-8---5---¦-7------¦-5------¦-10-----¦
A-5-------¦-3------¦-8------¦-6---3---¦-5------¦-3------¦-8------¦
E---------¦--------¦--------¦---------¦--------¦--------¦--------¦


E-6---3---¦-6---3---¦-6---3---¦
B-9---6---¦-9---6---¦-9---6---¦
G-6---3---¦-6---3---¦-6---3---¦
D-8---5---¦-8---5---¦-8---5---¦
A-6---3---¦-6---3---¦-6---3---¦
E---------¦---------¦---------¦

Last updated: January 8, 2022

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