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Maid In Heaven - Be Bop Deluxe
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Tabbed by: Axe victim
Email: Leave a message on my Ultimate Guitar profile.
Thought I would try to do a more complete tab
of this BBD classic. With due respect and acknowledgement
to previous tabbers.
Again, this is in between the live and studio versions.
* ( guitar solo corrected and tab tidied up, sorry I took
so long to do this. )*
Tuning:EADGBe
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| A/D chord/bass note or chord inversion
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend
| r release bend
Intro: Power chords...
___F____________________________________D_______A__________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|-----7--------------------------|D|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-----7-------7------------------|A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-----5-------7------------------|E|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-------------5------------------|
Twice and then:
__F_________________________________G________________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-5---5---5---5---5/-------------|A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|-5---5---5---5---5/-------------|E|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|-3---3---3---3---3/-------------|
(Rhythm Guitar - play this twice)
___D____________________________________A/D_____G/D________________
e|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-----9-------7---7--------------|B|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-----10------8---8--------------|G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|-----9-------7---7--------------|D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-----0-------0---0--------------|A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Alternatively play the lead part below.
A typical Bill Nelson lick, it's a bit of a stretch!
(Lead Guitar)
___D_____________________________________________________________
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|-17-p15-p12--19-p15-p12--17-p15-p12--19-p15-p12--17-p15-p12h15-|G|---------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
________A/D________________G/D___________________________________
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|-h19---------------------12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------|G|---------10------h11-------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
___D_____________________________________________________________
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|-17-p15-p12--19-p15-p12--17-p15-p12--19-p15-p12--17-p15-p12h15-|G|---------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
________A/D________________G/D___________________________________
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|-h19-----------------------------------------------------------|G|---------10------h11-------------------------------------------|D|-------------------------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Then:
( rhythm guitar, or play solo below.. )
___D_______________A________________G_______________Bm_____________
e|-2---2-----------0---0----------|-3---3-----------2---2----------|B|-3---3-----------2---2----------|-3---3-----------3---3----------|G|-2---2-----------2---2----------|-0---0-----------4---4----------|D|-0---0-----------2---2----------|-0---0-----------4---4----------|A|-----------------0---0----------|-x---x-----------2---2----------|E|--------------------------------|-3---3--------------------------|
___D_______________A________________G_______________Bm_____________( Lead guitar )e|--------------------------------|-----------------------17b19r17~|B|--------------------------------------------------15-------------|G|----------------------------------14---------14h16---------------|D|-----------------12----------14h16-------------------------------|A|-12---------12h14------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Main riff:
___A_______D___A___D___A_______D________A___D___A___D___A__________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|---------3--p2---3--p2-------3-------p2---3--p2---3--p2----------|G|-2-------2---2---2---2-------2--------2---2---2---2---2----------|D|-2-------4--p2---4--p2-------4-------p2---4--p2---4--p2----------|A|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---0----------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___A_______D___A___D___A_______D________A___D___A___D___A__________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|---------3--p2---3--p2-------3-------p2---3--p2---3--p2----------|G|-2-------2---2---2---2-------2--------2---2---2---2---2----------|D|-2-------4--p2---4--p2-------4-------p2---4--p2---4--p2----------|A|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---0----------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Verse section:
___D___________________A_______G__________________(___mute + wah___) " She's a maid...in.....heaven..."e|-2-------------------0-------3--|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|B|-3-------------------2-------0--|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|G|-2-------------------2-------0--|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|D|-0-------------------2-------0--|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|A|---------------------0-------2--|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|E|-----------------------------3--|-----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
___Bm__________F#m_____________Bm_______A_______G__________________ " He's a knight on the tiles a bat out of...e|-2-----------2---2-----------2--|-----0-------3---3--------------|B|-3-----------2---2-----------3--|-----2-------3---3--------------|G|-4-----------2---2-----------4--|-----2-------0---0--------------|D|-4-----------4---4-----------4--|-----2-------0---0--------------|A|-2-----------4---4-----------2--|-----0-------x------------------|E|-------------2---2--------------|-------------3------------------|
___D________________________________________G________________________ " hell, oh well! ...It's just a question of..."e|---------2----------------------|---------3----------------------|B|---------3----------------------|---------3----------------------|G|---------2----------------------|---------0----------------------|D|-0-------0----------------------|---------0----------------------|A|--------------------------------|---------x----------------------|E|-----------------0-------2---3--|---------3----------------------|
( riff 2 )
"..style."e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|---------2---------------2----------------0----------------------|D|-0---4---------------2----------------0-------------------0--h2--|A|-------------4---------------2------------------------2----------|E|--------------------------------|-------------3------------------|
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|---------2---------------2----------------0----------------------|D|-0---4---------------2----------------0-------------------0--h2--|A|-------------4---------------2------------------------2----------|E|--------------------------------|-------------3------------------|
Repeat verse section, then:
( riff, second time )e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|---------2---------------2----------------0----------------------|D|-0---4---------------2----------------0-------------------0--h2--|A|-------------4---------------2------------------------2----------|E|--------------------------------|-------------3------------------|
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G|---------2---------------2----------------0----------------------|D|-0---4---------------2----------------0-------0------------------|A|-------------4---------------2-----------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|-----------------3-------2------|
__Em_______________G___________D____________________D______________ " I...........................know..."e|-0---------------3-----------2--|-----2----------/5-------5\-----|B|-0---------------0-----------3--|-----3----------/7-------7\-----|G|-0---------------0-----------2--|-----2----------/7-------7\-----|D|-2---------------0-----------0--|-----0-------0------------------|A|-2---------------x--------------|--------------------------------|E|-0-----------2---3--------------|--------------------------------|
___Em______________G___________D________D_______A______ "..It's not easy to live this way..."e|-0---------------3-----------2--|-----2--------------------------|B|-0---------------0-----------3--|-----3-------2------------------|G|-0---------------0-----------2--|-----2-------2------------------|D|-2---------------0-----------0--|-----0-------2-------4b6-4p2----|A|-2---------------x--------------|-------------0---------------4--|E|-0-----------2---3--------------|--------------------------------|
___Em______________G___________D________________A__________________ " Just ...an hour and a fleet - ing kiss 'til the..."e|-0---------------3-----------2--|-----2--------------------------|B|-0---------------0-----------3--|-----3-------2-------2---2------|G|-0---------------0-----------2--|-----2-------2-------2---2------|D|-2---------------0-----------0--|-----0-------2-------2---2------|A|-2---------------x--------------|-------------0-------0---0------|E|-0-----------2---3--------------|--------------------------------|
___G______________________________ " mor............................."e|-3------------------------------|B|-3------------------------------|G|-0------------------------------|D|-0------------------------------|A|-x------------------------------|E|-3------------------------------|
( Main riff: )
___A_______D___A___D___A_______D________A___D___A___D___A__________"..ning..."e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|---------3--p2---3--p2-------3-------p2---3--p2---3--p2----------|G|-2-------2---2---2---2-------2--------2---2---2---2---2----------|D|-2-------4--p2---4--p2-------4-------p2---4--p2---4--p2----------|A|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---0----------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___A_______D___A___D___A_______D________A___D___A___D___A__________
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|B|---------3--p2---3--p2-------3-------p2---3--p2---3--p2----------|G|-2-------2---2---2---2-------2--------2---2---2---2---2----------|D|-2-------4--p2---4--p2-------4-------p2---4--p2---4--p2----------|A|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---0----------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat verse until:
( "Was made in heaven for...)
___D____________________________________G__________________________"..you..............................was made in heaven for..."e|---------2----------------------|-----3--------------------------|B|---------3----------------------|-----3--------------------------|G|---------2----------------------|-----0--------------------------|D|-0-------0----------------------|-----0--------------------------|A|--------------------------------|-----x--------------------------|E|-----------------0-------2---3--|-----3--------------------------|
..Repeat three times and then:
( riff )"..You................................."e|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|G|---------2-----------2---------------------------------------------------|D|-0---4-----------2-----------0----4-----------2-----------0-----------0--|A|-------------4-----------2------------0---4-----------2-----------0------|E|--------------------------------|-----------------3-----------2----------|
___D______________________________
e|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2/-|B|-----3---3---3---3---3---3---3/-|G|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2/-|D|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|A|--------------------------------|E|-0------------------------------|
___D______________________________
e|/10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|B|/10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|G|/11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|D|/0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|A|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|
repeat this next part three times...
___D____________________________________A/D_____G/D________________
e|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-----9-------7---7--------------|B|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-----10------8---8--------------|G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|-----9-------7---7--------------|D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-----0-------0---0--------------|A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
...alternatively play guitar solo below...
e|---12b14---12b14---12b14---12b14--12--10-------------------------|B|------------------------------------------10---------------------|G|----------------------------------------------10-h11-------------|D|------------------------------------------------------12---------|A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
e|---17b19--pb19rb17--17b19-------|B|--------------------------------|G|--------------------------------|D|--------------------------------|A|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|
Then, a BIG finish...
___D______________________________
e|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|B|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|A|--------------------------------|E|--------------------------------|
___D_______A/C#____G/B_____A_______G________D/F#____Em__D_!!!!_____
e|-2----------------------------------------------------2----------|B|-3-------2-------0-------2-------0--------3-----------3----------|G|-2-------2-------0-------2-------0--------2-----------2----------|D|-0-------2-------0-------2-------0--------0-------2---0----------|A|---------4-------2-------0-------x--------0-------2--------------|E|---------------------------------3--------2-------0--------------|
Lyrics:
She's a maid in heaven
He's a knight on the tiles
A bat out of hell, oh well!
It's just a question of style...
It's a time for giving
In the two-star hotel
Where breakfast in bed, per head
Is just the price of a smile...
I know
It's not easy to live this way
Just an hour and a fleeting kiss
'til the morning.
Silent night of wonders
Day breaks through the door
So broken and torn, reborn
Two shadows thrown on the floor.
Hold me now go lightly
Take the rough with the smooth
A token of love, my love
Was made in heaven for you.
| pb pre-bend
|(4) optional note/effect
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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