Band: Scorpions
Album: Virgin Killer
Song: Catch Your Train
Copyright (c) (RCA) (1977)
Version 1.0 - (DATE)
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 Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Main Riff
|---------------------------------------------------------||-10-10--10-1010-10--10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||-9--9---9--9-9--9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-7--7---7--7-7--7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------| Rpt 4 X
Solo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-/14---------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-(14)---\12-------------to feedback--------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-11-b----------------11p9-11----9----------------------------------||-----------------------------11----------------------------------\-||-----------------------------------------------------------------\-||-----------------------------------------------------------------\-|
~~~~~~~~|-------------------------12-14-15b------b------20fb--20b------||-------12-14-15-12-14-15--------------------------------------||-12-14--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
h h h ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-15-19p15-19p15\14-12-14p12-------------------------||----------------------------15-14-------------------||----------------------------------14----------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Riff A
|------------------------------------------------------------------||-10------------(10)------------\6-------------(6)---------------/-||-9-------------(9)-------------\5-------------(5)---------------/-||-7-------------(7)-------------\3-------------(3)---------------/-||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|
Rpt Main Riff once
Solo with wah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h h h h ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8fb---------8fb-8fb8fb8fb-10fbr--8p5-5-4-5-3\1---1b---------------||------------------------------------------------2------2-----------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Rpt Riff A
Rpt Main Riff
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-/7fb---------------------------------------------to feedback------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
|-3------------------3---------------------------------------||-3------10--10--10--3------10--10--10-----------------------||-0---0--9---9---9---0---0--9---9---9---10-10---10-9--9---9--||-0---0--7---7---7---0---0--7---7-x-7---10-10---10-9--9---9--||--------0------------------0-----------8--8--x-8--7--7-x-7--||-3------------------3---------------------------------------|
Guitar 1[-------------------------|[-10-10-------10-10101010-|[-9--9--------9--9-9-9-9--|[-7--7--x-x-7-7--7-7-7-7--|[-------------------------|[-------------------------|
[Guitar 2[-------------------------|[-------------------------|[------------------2---2--|[-2--2--x-x------2-2-4-2--|[-0--0------0-0--0--------|[-------------------------|
Guitar 1[-3------------------3-----------------------------------------|[-3------10--10--10--3------10--10--10-------------------------|[-0---0--9---9---9---0---0--9---9---9---10-10---10-9--9---9--9-|[-0---0--7---7---7---0---0--7---7-x-7---10-10---10-9--9---9--9-|[--------0------------------0-----------8--8--x-8--7--7-x-7--7-|[-3------------------3-----------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ ~~~~~~~~~~~[--------------------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------16b---------|[--------------------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar solo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-12fb-----------------------------------to feedback----------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~|-------------------14-15-17-15-14-----------------------------||-------12-14-15/17----------------17-15-14-12----12-14-14-----||-12-14----------------------------------------14--------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-12-12-11-12-----11-9-11-11p9-9b-r--------------------||-----------------------------------11-----------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
Rpt Verse with lead fills
|14-15p14----14----------14-15p14----14----------14-15p14----14----------||---------17----17-16-17----------17----17-16-17----------17----17-16-17-||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~|----------15-17p15-------------------------------------------||-16-17-19-----------17p15-17p15p13----13-15----13------------||-----------------------------------14-------14----14-13-12---||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------||----------------||----------------||-12p10----------||-------12--10---||----------------|
Rpt Chorus with additions
Guitar 1[-------------------------|[-10--10------10-10101010-|[-9------9----9--9-9-9-9--|[-7--------7--7--7-7-7-7--|[-------------------------|[-------------------------|
[Guitar 2[[------PM------][-------------------------|[-------------------------|[----------------2-2-2-2--|[-2--2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--|[-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|[-------------------------|
Guitar 1[-3------------------3-----------------------------------------|[-3------10--10--10--3------10--10--10-------------------------|[-0---0--9---9---9---0---0--9---9---9---10-10---10-9--9-12-10--|[-0---0--7---7---7---0---0--7---7-x-7---10-10---10-9--9-12-10--|[--------0------------------0-----------8--8--x-8--7--7-10-8---|[-3------------------3-----------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ ~~~~~~~~~~~[--------------------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------16b---------|[--------------------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------------------|[--------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1[---------------------------------------------|[-8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------|[-9-9-9-9-9--------------------------12-10----|[-9-9-9-9-9--------------------------12-10----|[-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------10-8-----|[---------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ ~~~~~~[----------15fb--r-15p1212--------------------|[---------------------------------------------|[---------------------------15-14-12-14-------|[---------------------------------------------|[---------------------------------------------|[-0--(0)--0-----------------------------------|
Guitar 1[-----------------------------------------|[-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------------|[-9-9-9-9-9----------------------12-10----|[-9-9-9-9-9----------------------12-10----|[-7-7-7-7-7----------------------10-8-----|[-----------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ ~~~~~~[----------22fb--22fb-22b22fbr22-22b------|[-----------------------------------------|[-----------------------------------------|[-----------------------------------------|[-----------------------------------------|[-0--(0)--0-------------------------------|
Guitar 1[---------------------------------------------------|[-8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------|[-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------9\7-----|[-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------9\7-----|[-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------7\5-----|[---------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ ~~~~~~[---------/15---------------------------------------|[-------------15p12----15p12------------------------|[-------------------15-------15-14-12----14-12------|[-------------------------------------14------------|[---------------------------------------------------|[-0--(0)--0-----------------------------------------|
Guitar 1[----------------------------------|[-10-10-10-10-10-------------------|[-10-10-10-10-10-------------------|[-10-10-10-10-10-------------------|[-8--8--8--8--8--------------------|[----------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ [-------910------------------------|[-101112---12-11-12-13/15-16-15-13-|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|[----------------------------------|
Guitar 1[----------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------|[-12-12-12-12-12-------------------------|[-12-12-12-12-12-------------------------|[-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------|[----------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2[ [-------------12-------------12-13-12----|[-12-13-14-15----15-13-14-15----------15-|[----------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------|[----------------------------------------|
Guitar solo
|------------------------------/17-15----------------------------------||-8b---8b8b-8-14-14--8b8b-14-12-------15-14-15-14-12-14-12-------------||-9b---9b9b-9-16b16b-9b9b----------------------------------14-12-14-12-||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-11-12-11-------11-------------------------------------------11-14-||----------14-12----14-12-11-14-12-11-12-11----------11-12-14-------||-------------------------------------------10-12-14----------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~~~|----------------------------------------------------12/15-14----12-||----------------------------------12-15-14----12-15----------15----||-12b---11-12p11-11----------12-14----------14----------------------||-------------------14-14b------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~ h |-17----------------12--------------------------------10-------||----19-17----------12-15-14-12\10--------------10-12----12p10-||----------19-18-16----------------12-11-11--------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ |--------------------------------------------19fb---r-17-15-19p15-||--------------------10-11-12p11p10----10-------------------------||-12p11p9----9-11-12----------------12----------------------------||---------12------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~|-19p15-14-15-12-14-14b-----15-\-------------13-16-------------||--------------------------------------11-14-------------12-15-||-------------------------------/10-12-------------10-13-------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------11-14-14-17------9---22fb-----------------||-10-13-------------9-11--------------------------||--------------------------9----------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
Backing for solo
|---------------3--3--||-1010--1010-10-3--3--||-9-9---9-9--9--0--0--||-7-7-x-7-7--7--0--0--||---------------------||---------------3--3--| Rpt 4 X
|---------------------||-1010--1010-10-------||-9-9---9-9--9--5--5--||-7-7-x-7-7--7--5--5--||---------------3--3--||---------------------|
|----------------------||----------------------||-7-7-x-7-7--7--5--5-/-||-7-7-x-7-7--7--5--5-/-||-5-5---5-5--5--3--3-/-||----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-7-7-x-7-7--7------------------------------------------------------||-7-7-x-7-7--7-3-3-3-5-5---5-5--5-3-3-3-2----------(2)--------------||-5-5---5-5--5-3-3-3-5-5---5-5--5-3-3-3-2----------(2)--------------||--------------1-1-1-3-3-x-3-3--3-1-1-1-0----------(0)--------------|
Rpt Chorus 4 X with lead fills
~~~~~~~ |----------17----1717-20fb----r-||-------------20b---------------||-14-12-------------------------||-------14----------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |-15----15--15-15-15-15------||-18b---18b-18b18b18b18b-----||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|
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