Band: Scorpions
Album: Blackout
Song: Can't Live Without You
Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1982)
Version 1.0 - (30/06/06)
Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
p - pre bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - harmonic
Tuning E A D G B E
Intro
[-----------------------------PM------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [--------------PM----------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------------------|[-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|[-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[[--------------PM----------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|[---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|[---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Main Riff
Guitar 1 [PM] [------------PM----------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------|[-----6-5-----6-5-----6-5---6-5-------------------------------|[-----7-6-----7-6-----7-6---7-6-------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------|[-0-0---------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ [PM] [PM] [PM] PM [------------PM----------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------|[-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2---3-2-------------------------------|[-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2---2-2-------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------|[-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|[-------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1 [PM] [-----PM-----------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------|[-----6-5-----6-5-----6-5---6-5-------------------------------|[-----7-6-----7-6-----7-6---7-6-------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|[-0-0---------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ [PM] [PM] [PM] PM [-----PM-----------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------|[-----3-2-----3-2-----3-2---3-2-------------------------------|[-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2---2-2-------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|[-0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|[-------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Guitar 1
[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[-2---2---(2)-------2---2---(2)-------2---2---(2)------------------|[-0-x-0---(0)---x-x-0-x-0---(0)---x-x-0-x-0---(0)---x--------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ t[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[---------4b-brp2p0---------4b-brp2p0---------4b-brp2-4b-11pr-4p2--|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 [--PM--][------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[-2---2---(2)-------2---2---(2)-------2---2---(2)---------2-2-2-2--|[-0-x-0---(0)---x-x-0-x-0---(0)---x-x-0-x-0---(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ ph ph t[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[---------4b-brp2p0---------4b-brp2p0---------4b-brp2-b-14pr----\--|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|[------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus Rpt Main Riff with lead fills.
ph ~~|----------------------------||----------------------------||-7b---r-6-7-6---------------||--------------7-5-----------||------------------7-6-5-3---||----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------||-7-b7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||------------------7---7--||-------------------------||-------------------------|
ph~~~ ph|-----------------------------------------------||--------1010---1010---1010---1010--------------||-6-5-/9b-----9b-----9b-----9b-----7----p5------||------------------------------------------7-5--||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
ph ~~|----------------------------||----------------------------||-7b---r-6-7-6---------------||--------------7-5-----------||------------------7-6-5-3---||----------------------------|
Rpt Verse
Rpt Chorus with lead fills
h h h h t t t t|----------------------------------------------------------------||-10-13p10-13p10-13p10-13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
t t|-------------------||-18p13p10-17p13p10-||-------------------||-------------------||-------------------||-------------------|
|-----17----------17----------17---------17--------------||-/17----20p17-------20p17-------20p17------17-----------||--------------19b---------19b---------19b-----19b--fb---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-----------------------||-8---8---------7b-5-0--||-7b----7br-7br-7b-5-0--||-----------------------||-----------------------||-----------------------|
ph~~~phphphphph~~~~~~|----------------------||----------------------||----------------------||----------------------||-3---3-3-3-5-3--------||----------------------|
Mid 8
~~|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||-7-7-\5/7---2------2----||-5-5-\3/5---0------0----||-----------------3------| Rpt 3 X
Guitar 1 [----------------------------PM-----------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-------------------------------------------------------------------|[-5-------------------------------7---------------------------------|[-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
[Guitar 2[-3--------------(3)----------------------------------------------|[-3--------------(3)----------------------------------------------|[-0--------------(0)----------------------------------------------|[-0--------------(0)--------------2---------------(2)-------------|[---------------------------------0---------------(0)-------------|[-3--------------(3)----------------------------------------------|
Backing for guitar solo
|------------3----------------------------------||------------3----------------------------------||-2----------0----------2-----------------------||-2----------0----------3-----------------------||-0---------------------3----------3---3----5---||------------3----------1----------1p0-1----3---| Rpt 3 X
|------------3------------------------------------||------------3------------------------------------||-2----------0----------2-------------------------||-2----------0----------3-------------------5--4--||-0---------------------3----------3---3----3--2--||------------3----------1----------1p0-1----------|
Guitar solo
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~|-17--------\-17--------\-17--------\-22fb-r-22fbr22fbr22fb-------\-||-20fb--------20fb--------20fb--------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~|----20fb------r17-20p17----17-----17----------17---------------------||-17---------------------20----20b----20p17-------20p17-20b-20p17-----||-------------------------------------------19b-------------------19b-||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~ ~~~[-PM-]ph~~[PM] ph|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-19p17-------19b---19p17-------7---------5-------5-----5---5-----||-------19-17-------------19--\-----7-5-7-----5-7---------7---5-7-||----------------------------------------------------/7-----------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~ ~~~~ h h h ~~~~ ~~~~ t|--------------------------------------------------------------------||-8-10p8-------------------------------------------------------------||-9------9-9-9p7-5-----------------------5-7b---p5-7b----14p7p5-7br5-||------------------7p5-----------------5-----------------------------||----------------------7-3---0-0-5-6-7-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
ph ~~~~~~~~~~~~|---------------------------15fb-----------||----/15-15fb--r15p13-15-13----------------||-7b---------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
Over mid 8 ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~|-15fb-15fb-r-b-r-b-r-b-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------15fb-15-15fb------------------||---12------------------------------------------------14----------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G ~~~|----------------------------------------------12----||-----------------5---5-8p5-8/10p8-10-12p10-12-------||-----5-----7-5-7---7--------------------------------||-5-7---7-5------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
A C D h h h h h h h ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~|-9-10-12p10p9-10-12p10p9-10-12p10p-15p12----12-13fb-----15fb------\-||-----------------------------------------15-------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||-5------7--------||-3------5--------||-----------------|
Rpt chorus to fade with lead fills
|------5-----5-----5-----8-----8-------10--||------------------------------------------||-/5-6---5-6---5-6--/8-9---8-9--/10-11-----||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
h|----------------------------------||-------8b-5-8p5-------------------||-7b-7b----------7p5-7b-r7p5-7p5---||--------------------------------7-||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------------||-0-------------------------||-0-1/----------------xx----||---------------------------||---------------------------||---------------------------|
t t t t|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||-7b---14pr7p5-14pr7p5-14pr7p5-14pr7p5-||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-7-9-10p9p7-9-10p9p7-9-10p9p7-9-10p9p7-9-10p9p-7-9-10p9p-7-9-10p9p-||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------| Rpt
~~~~ ~~~~|-/17-17171717171717171717171717171717-22fb--22fb-22fb-22fb-22fb----||-----17171717171717171717171717171717------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[PM] ~~~~~~~~~~[PM]~~~[PM]~~~~|-22fb-22fb-22fb-22fb-22fb-\-------5---------------------------------||------------------------------5b----5-8----5-\4----------5------5---||----------------------------6-5b-----------5-\4----------5------5---||----------------------------------------xx--------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------0-0----0-0-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[PM] ~~~~~|----------------------------||-----5-\4-------------------||-----5-\4----to fade--------||----------------------------||-0-0------------------------||----------------------------|
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