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Tie Your Mother Down Guitar Tablature
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                          Queen: Tie Your Mother Down
                             Live Killers version

riff A
|-------------|------|-3-----2---------------|-------|   0///  
|-------------|------|-3-----3-----1---------|-------|   ///0 : repeat last  
|(2)--2-----2-|--0/--|-0-----2-----0-----0---|-0///--|          three bars
|-2--(2)---(2)|--/0--|-0-----0-----2-----0---|-///0--| 
|-0-----3p0(0)|------|-------------3-----2---|-------|  
|-------------|- 5X -|-----------------------|- 4X --| 

riff B
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--9--------9-11--9----9-11--9-----9-11--9---9-11--|
|2/7--------7-7---7----7-7---7-----7-7---7---7-7---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
riff C
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-9---1212--1212--1212--|
|-7---1010--1010--1010--|
|------------------------|

riff D
|-------------|------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------|------|-------------------------------------|
|(2)--2-----2-|--0/--|-2-----------------------------------|
|-2--(2)---(2)|--/0--|-2-----------2-----2-----------------|
|-0-----3p0(0)|------|-0---10-----0-----2-----3-----4-----|
|-------------|- 4X -|-------------------------------------|

 riff E 
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2-4-----2---2-4-----2--2-4---4-2---2-4---2-|
|-0---0-0-x-x-0---0-0-----0--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
  riff F
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------2---2-0---0-2------------2-----2---2-2---|
|-2-----2---2-0---0-0------------2-----2---2-2---|
|-0---0-----------------3b-0---0-----0-----0-0---|
|------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------|----|
|------------------------|----|
|-2-2---2-4-----2---2-2--|-0/-|
|-0-0---0-0-----0---0-0--|-/0-|
|------------------------|----|
|------------------------|----|

G D C G

riff A (with  % 5X, % 2X)
riff B
riff C
riff D (with  % 1X  )
riff E 
riff F
riff E
G D C G
riff A (with % 5x, - )
G D C G


solo
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7b8---------------7-7b8---------------7-7b8---7-7b8-----|
|-7b9---------------7-7b9---------------7-7b9---7-7b9-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

G D C G

|------------------------------------------|
|-b8r7-5-7---5-----------b8r7-5-7---7b9----|
|-b9r7-5-7---5-----------b9r7-5-7---7b8----|
|-----------------7-5---7------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|
|-8r7-5-7--5--------------------------|
|-9r7-5-7--5--------------------------|
|--------------7-5--------------------|
|------------------7-5-3-5-3---3/10--|
|----------------------------5--------|
                                      "slide on"
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-9---7-7-----9--------------------------|
|-9---7-7-----9-------12---14----9-------|
|-7---5-5---0-7-------10---12----7-------|
|----------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|
|/14--14--14--14--/14--14--14--14--|
|/14--14--14--14--/14--14--14--14--|
|/14--14--14--14--/14--14--14--14--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
                        |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|------17---/15------------------------------------------------------|
|-15/17----------15-14-12/14----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14----12-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------1412----10/12----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------12----1210----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|
|/14--14--14--14---/14--14--14--14--|
|/14--14--14--14---/14--14--14--14--|
|/14--14--14--14---/14--14--14--14--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

  .   .        .              .       . :pick
|--------------------------------------------|
|----1412/-1412-/1412-/1412--/14-12/14---|
|----1412/-1412-/1412-/1412--/14-12/14---|
|-12-1412/-1412-/1412-/1412--/14-12/14---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

 E       G A E      G

|--------------------------------------------|
|--/14-----/14--14---//17--17-/17-/17---|
|--/14-----/14--14---//17--17-/17-/17---|
|--/14-----/14--14---//17--17-/17-/17---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

     "slide off"
|--------|
|--------|
|-2------|
|-0------|
|--------|
|--------|


riff E

G D C G

riff A (with % 5X, - )
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-5-----4---5-2---4-5---2-4---5-7---4-5-----4---5-7---4-5---|
|-----------4-5-----4---5-2---4-5---2-4---5-7---4-5-----4---5-7---4-5---|
|-2---------4-5-----4---5-2---4-5---2-4---5-7---4-5-----4---5-7---4-5---|
|-0-----------------------------------------0---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G D C G

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----4-5---2-4---5-7-----5-----7-----0-----2-----5-----7---------------|
|-2---4-5---2-4---5-7-----5-----7-----0-----2-----5-----7---------------|
|-2---4-5---2-4---5-7-----5-----7-----0-----2-----5-----7---5---5-7-5---|
|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G D C G

riff A (with % 5X, - )

D
A

end

solo for the studio version
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-5b----------------------------------------------8b10--8v--|
|-5b--------------7--5b6r5--------------7--6-b6r5-----------|
|-------7--7----5-------------7--7----5---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8-7-5--7p5--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7p5----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------7-6-5-3p0h3vvvp0-5p3p0h3v---5p3p0h3v---5p3p0h3v----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------5--------|
|---------------------------------------5---5-7----------|
|-5p0-0-5p0-3p0-5p0-3p0-5p0-3p0-5p0-5-7---7--------7vv---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------11b13__r11p9-11--9----9-|
|-(0)-5--0-7--5b------------9-9---------------------11---|
|----------------7vv-/11--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------|
|-12b14_12b13_rp10-12----10--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

slide on
|----------------------------------------|
|-----14---14-14_-------14-14---14-14---|
|-----14---14-14_-------14-14---14------|
|-/14-14---14-14_5/14---14-14---14------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|-14-------17-------1715-----------------------------------------|
|----16/17-------17---------17_15---1513---13/14----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------14---1412----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------|
|-13/14---14-14---14--------------------14-|
|-13/14---14-14---14--------------------14-|
|-13/14---14-14---14-142---2/14---14---14-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|-------14-------------------------------------------|
|-1410/--12/_14-12---14-12/_14-12/14------14-----|
|--------------14-------14-12/_14-12/14------14-----|
|-----------------------------------------14--------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0--|
transcribed by Pinter Denes

Lyrics:
 
Get your party gown
Get your pigtail down
Get your heart beatin' baby
Got my timin' right
Got my act all tight
It's gotta be tonight my little
Schoolbabe

Your momma says you don't
And your Daddy says you won't
And I'm boilin' up inside
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time 

Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
Lock your Daddy out of doors
I don't need him nosing around
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
Give me all your love tonight

You're such a dirty louse
Go get outta my house
That's all I ever get from your
Family ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard
A single little civil word
from those guys
But you know I don't give a light
I'm gonna make out all right
I've got a sweetheart hand
To put a stop to all that
Grousin' an' snipin'

Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down
Take your little brother swimmin'
With a brick (that's all right)
Tie your Mother down,
Tie your Mother down
Or you ain't no friend of mine

Your momma and your Daddy gonna
Plague me til I die
Why can't they understand I'm just a
Peace lovin' guy
Tie your Mother down
Tie your Mother down...
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