Pincushion by ZZ Top

Pincushion tab by ZZ Top

Guitar tabs

PINCUSHION
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 2008 Album ANTENNA)

Transcribed by unregistered




Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Stopa 6'

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

 Intro 1
 Q=90
 4/4
 Gtr I
        PM PM  PM PM
             |3|
 W     S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------3-(3)----------|
|----------|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)----------|
|----------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5----------------|
|----------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W     H      Q    E S  +S
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------6b8==(6)-|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|


   PM PM   PM  PM
         |-3-|
  S E S E S S E  S S S +Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------5-(5)---|
|-----5---5------5-----5--5-(5)---|
|--x--5-x-5-x----5-----5----------|
|--x--3-x-3-x----3-----3----------|
|
| ~~~
| +H      +E   E   Q
|---------------------------------|
|-(6)-----------(6)r---6\---------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


   PM   PM   PM PM      PM PM     PM    PM
           |3|               |--3--|
 S  E   S E S S E S S S +Q   S E S E S   S E   S S S +Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------3-(3)--|------------------------------5-(5)---|
|-----5-------5------5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----------5--------5-5-(5)---|
|-x---5-----x-5-x----5---5--------|-x-5-x-5--x--------5--------5---------|
|-x---3-----x-3-x----3---3--------|-x-3-x-3--x--------3--------3---------|
|
| E   +Q.     Q    Q   Q   E E    E    E  E E
|-------------------/6------------|---------18pb20---18pb20---18---15----|
|-6b8---(6)-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


  PM--------------------------------------------------------|
  S S S S  S S E S S S S S S E  S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--5----7-8------5---5---7-8---5---|-5-5-7-8---5---5---7-8---5---|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E  E  +Q.     E  Q    W
|-15---15---(15)-------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|


  PM----------------------------------------------------|
  S   S S   S  S   S  E    S   S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----5--7-----8----------5------------5--------7-8---5---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E    E    +E     +E    +E    E  Q
|-13pb15---13pb15---(13)pb15---(13)pb15-(13)pb15-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


 PM--------|
 S S S S S S E Q  Q  S E S E S S +S S E +Q
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-5---7-8---5---x\-----|-x--5-x--3-x--2-(2)-x--3--(3)---||
|---------------x\-----|-x--5-x--3-x--2-(2)-x--3--(3)---||
|---------------x\-----|-x--3-x--1-x--0-(0)-x--1--(1)---||
|
|              ~~  ~~  ~~    ~~~~~~~
| W           S E S E S E   S E +Q
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|---17---15---14-------15-(15)---||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------------------||


 Intro 2
    PM PM  PM PM
         |3|
  S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------------------3-(3)--|
|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|
|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|
|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
|  ~~
| a H.          Q
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-3h5-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


    PM PM  PM PM       PM PM  PM PM
         |3|              |3|
  S E S E S S E S S S +Q    S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------5-(5)--|----------------------3-(3)--|
|------5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|
|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|
|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
|  ~~              ~~
| a H.          Q   a H.          Q
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-6h8-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3h5-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    PM   PM  PM  PM
           |3|
 S  E   S E S S E S S  S +Q
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------5-(5)--||
|------5-------5-----5----5---5-(5)--||
|-x----5-----x-5-x---5----5----------||
|-x----3-----x-3-x---3----3----------||
|
| E   +H       +E   Q
|-6b8====(6)-------------(6)r--------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||


 Verse 1
  PM PM  PM PM      PM PM  PM PM
       |3|            |3|
 S E S E S S E S S S +Q   S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)--|
|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--|
|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|
|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
| W             W
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|


  PM PM  PM PM      PM PM   PM    PM
       |3|             |--3--|
 S E S E S S E S S S +Q   S E S E S S E   S  S S +Q
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------3-(3)--|---------------------------5-(5)--|
|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5------5---------5--5-(5)--|
|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x----5---------5---------|
|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x----3---------3---------|
|
| W             H      E    +Q.
|--------------------------|-------------13b15====(13)--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|


    PM  PM  PM PM
          |3|
  S  E  S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-(3)--|
|-------5-----5-----5---5-3-(3)--|
|---x---5---x-5-x---5---5--------|
|---x---3---x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
| +S  S E  Q   H
|-(13)r--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


  PM PM  PM   PM
       |--3--|
 S E S E S S E   S S S +Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-(5)-----|
|---5---5-----5-------5-5-(5)-----|
|-x-5-x-5-x---5-------5-----------|
|-x-3-x-3-x---3-------3-----------|
|
| H      S a Q      +E.
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------3h5-----------(5)-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


  PM PM  PM PM      PM PM  PM PM
       |3|            |3|
 S E S E S S E S S S +Q   S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)---||
|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)---||
|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5---------||
|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3---------||
|
| W             W
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||


 Chorus
   PM ~       ~~~~~    PM ~
 Q S S E H   E E a Q H   Q S S E H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------5----|---------------|----------5----|
|----------5----|----------5----|----------5----|
|-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----|
|-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------|


 S S S S S S E S S S S S S E  S E S E S S +S S E +Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-0---2-3---0---0-0-2-3---0---|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||
|-----------------------------|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||
|-----------------------------|-x-3-x-1-x-0-(0)-x-1-(1)--||
|
| Gtr II
| W               W
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------||


 Interlude
    PM PM  PM PM
         |3|
  S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------3-(3)-----|
|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)-----|
|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5-----------|
|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3-----------|
|
|  ~~
| a H.          E E
|--------------------------------|
|-6h8----------------------------|
|----------------------------x\--|
|----------------------------x\--|
|----------------------------x\--|
|--------------------------------|


   PM PM   PM  PM
         |3-|
  S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------5-(5)----||
|-----5---5------5----5-5-(5)----||
|---x-5-x-5-x----5----5----------||
|---x-3-x-3-x----3----3----------||
|
|               ~~~~
| a H      +E  Q    E
|-----------------------------15-||
|--------------------------------||
|-3h5-----------(5)s==0----------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||


 Verse 2
    PM PM  PM PM      PM PM  PM PM
         |3|            |3|
  S E S E S S E S S S +Q   S E S E S S E S S S +Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------3-(3)--|-------------------5-(5)--|
|------5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5---5-5-(5)--|
|---x--5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|
|---x--3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|
|
|~~~~~~
| +H.          Q   W
|-(15)------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|


                              Chorus
  PM PM  PM PM      PM PM  PM   PM       PM ~
       |3|            |-3-|
 S E S E S S E S S S +Q   S E S E S S E  S S S +Q   Q S S E H
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|-------------------3-(3)--|-----------------------5-(5)--||----------5----|
|---5---5-----5---5-3-(3)--|---5---5-----5------5--5-(5)--||----------5----|
|-x-5-x-5-x---5---5--------|-x-5-x-5-x---5------5---------||-3--3-----3----|
|-x-3-x-3-x---3---3--------|-x-3-x-3-x---3------3---------||-1--1-x-1------|
|
| W             H      E   +Q.      W
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|-------------4b5---(4)--------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------||---------------|


    ~~~~~    PM ~
 E E a Q H   Q S S E H   S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|----------5----|-0---2-3---0---0-0-2-3---0----|
|----------5----|----------5----|------------------------------|
|-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----|------------------------------|
|-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------|------------------------------|


               Guitar Solo 1
               Gtr II
                    ~~~
 S E S E S S +S S E +Q   S S +E +H.
|--------------------------||-------------------|
|--------------------------||-6-/8-(8)-(8)------|
|--------------------------||-------------------|
|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||-------------------|
|-x-5-x-3-x-2-(2)-x-3-(3)--||-------------------|
|-x-3-x-1-x-0-(0)-x-1-(1)--||-------------------|


 S S S S  +H.    E  +Q  +E   +E +E +E +E
|-------5b6-(5)------|-----------------------------------|
|-8-6----------------|-6b8==(6)r=(6)b8==(6)-(6)-(6)-(6)r-|
|-----7--------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|


 ~    ~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~    ~~~~~~  ~    ~~
 H  S E. +Q   S S E +Q  S S S S +E E  H  S S Q.
|-----------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|-3---------------|--------------------------|-3-------------|
|-x----5\-3--(3)--|--------------------------|-x----5-3-5----|
|-5---------------|-5-3-5-(5)--5-3-----------|-5-------------|
|-----------------|----------------5---------|---------------|
|-----------------|------------------3-(3)-x-|---------------|


   ~~         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
 S S Q.  S S E +Q   E E E. S +S S S S Q
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-3-5----------------|-----------------------|
|----------5-3---------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----1--3-(3)-3---3-1--|
|--------------\3-(3)--|-3-3-------------------|


 ~~~~~~~~~      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~~
 E E E S E  E.  +Q   E E E. E E.  +Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------3b5-3pb5==(3)r--|---------------------|
|-----1-------------------|-----1--3-1pb3r(1)---|
|-3-3---3-----------------|-3-3-----------------|


          ~~~~~~
 S S Q S S S S S S +Q   S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------11----------|
|------------------3-(3)--|-10---10---10---10---10-12----12-(12)--|
|----------------3--------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------5----------|---------------------------------------|
|-3-1-3--3-1-3------------|---------------------------------------|


  +Q  S S S S S Q.  +S
|---------------------------------|
|----------11---------------------|
|-(12)--12----12-10---------------|
|-------------------12-10----(10)-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


                         ~~~~     ~~~~~~~
  S S S S S S S S S S S E. E   Q   +Q  S S S S +Q
|------------------------------------|-/13b15--(13)--15-13-------------|
|---------------------------11-------|---------------------15----------|
|-10---10---10---10---10-12----12----|------------------------15-(15)--|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------x-|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------x-|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------11----------------|
|-10---10---10---10------12-10----------|
|------------------------------12-(12)--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


  S S E E E S S S E +E.  E.  E.  E.  E   E.  E
|--------------------------------|-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-10-12-12-10-12-10-----------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------12-(12)-|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  +S  E   E.  E.  E   +Q  +S
|-(13)-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15==(13)--(13)-||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
|  W
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||


 Interlude
  +H          H          W
|-(13)r-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|
|  S  S E  S S E  S S E  S S E   S S E  S S E  S S E  S S E
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|---5-----3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r|=5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r5---3pb5r==||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||


 Verse 3
 Gtr I
 S E S E S S H   S E S E S S H   S E S E S S E S S +Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------3-(3)--|
|---5---5----------|---5---5----------|---5---5---------3-(3)--|
|-x-5-x-5-x--------|-x-5-x-5-x--------|-x-5-x-5-x--------------|
|-x-3-x-3-x--------|-x-3-x-3-x--------|-x-3-x-3-x--------------|


       Chorus
         PM ~       ~~~~~    PM ~
 W      Q S S E H   E E a Q H   Q S S E H
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||----------5----|---------------|----------5----|
|----------||----------5----|----------5----|----------5----|
|----------||-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------|-3--3-----3----|
|----------||-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------|-1--1-x-1------|


 PM------------------------|    PM ~       ~~~~~
 S S S S  S S E S S S S S S E  Q S S E H   E E a Q H
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0---2-3-----0---0-0-2-3---0---|----------5----|---------------|
|-------------------------------|----------5----|----------5----|
|-------------------------------|-3--3-----3----|-5-5-----------|
|-------------------------------|-1--1-x-1------|-3-3-5h6-------|
|
| Gtr II
|      ~~~~~~~~
| E  E  a Q   H        W        W
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------5-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5---5-------------------------|---------------|---------------|
|-3---3---5h6-------------------|---------------|---------------|


   PM ~    PM------------------------|
 Q S S E H   S S S S  S S E S S S S S S E
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|----------5----|-0---2-3-----0---0-0-2-3---0---*|
|----------5----|-------------------------------*|
|-3--3-----3----|-------------------------------*|
|-1--1-x-1------|-------------------------------*|
|
|              ~~~~~~~~
| W        E  E  a Q   H
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|---------------|-------------------------------*|
|---------------|-----------------5-------------*|
|---------------|-5---5-------------------------*|
|---------------|-3---3---5h6-------------------*|



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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