Round And Round
status Quo
Intro: 8xE||--------------||B||*------------*||G||-11-11-11-11--||D||-11-11-11-9---||A||*9--9--9--9--*||E||--------------||
The B5-B6 pattern has been used throughout the song (except for the E5
as I stated above). I will only write the intro out in this rythm.
E||---------|--------|--------|--------|B||*--------|--------|--------|--------|G||---------|--------|--------|--------|D||-4-4-6-4-|4-4-6-4-|4-4-6-4-|4-4-6-4-|A||*2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|E||---------|--------|--------|--------|
E||--------|--------|--------|---------||B||--------|--------|--------|--------*||G||--------|--------|--------|---------||D||--------|--------|--------|---------||A||4-4-6-4-|4-4-6-4-|4-4-6-4-|4-4-6-4-*||E||2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2--||
Verse:
The B5 and C#5 are not played as B5-B6, C#5-C#6 but just as B5 and C#5.
Chorus:
The chordchange E-A in the chorus is played like this:
E||--------|--------||B||--------|--------||G||--------|--------|| Play the 5-6 pattern again in the D||9-9-9---|--------|| second bar but skip the first eightnote.A||7-7-7-7-|--7-9-7-||E||------5-|--5-5-5-||
The first two bars with the D-chord is played like this:
E||--------|--------||B||--------|--------||G||--------|--------|| Let the chord ring in the second bar.D||7---7---|--------||A||5---5---|--------||E||--------|--------||
The last five bars of the chorus are played like this:
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------||B|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------||G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------||D|9-9-9-7-|--------|----7-7-|7-7-7-7-|7-7-7---||A|7-7-7-5-|--------|----5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5---||E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|| Let it ring!
To keep things understandable I will give you the chordsequence
of the chorus as an overview:
|A5 |A5 |A5 |A5 |E5 |A5 |A5 |A5 |A5 |
|A5 |A5 |A5 |A5 |E5 |D5 |D5 |
|A5 |A5 |A5 |A5 |E5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |
Break:
It was very hard to unravel the break. It's not hard to play though, but
I'm not sure about it. I will give you two solutions for the guitar that
clearly beats the chords:
E|------------|---------|----|----|--------|--------|----|----|B|12-12-12-10-|12-------|----|----|8-8-8-5-|8-------|----|----|G|11-11-11-11-|11-------|----|----|7-7-7-7-|7-------|----|----|D|9--9--9--9--|9--------|----|----|5-5-5-5-|5-------|----|----|A|------------|---------|----|----|--------|--------|----|----|E|------------|---------|----|----|--------|--------|----|----|
E|--------|--------|----|----|B|5-5-5-3-|5-------|----|----|G|4-4-4-4-|4-------|----|----|D|2-2-2-2-|2-------|----|----|A|--------|--------|----|----|E|--------|--------|----|----|
But there's always the chance of hearing more than there's happening.
So I give you this alternative (maybe they are played both, can you tell?)
E|--------|---|---|---|--------|---|---|---|--------|---|---|---|B|--------|---|---|---|--------|---|---|---|--------|---|---|---|G|--------|---|---|---|--------|---|---|---|--------|---|---|---|D|--------|---|---|---|--------|---|---|---|--------|---|---|---|A|9-9-9-9-|9--|---|---|5-5-5-5-|5--|---|---|2-2-2-2-|2--|---|---|E|7-7-7-7-|7--|---|---|3-3-3-3-|3--|---|---|0-0-0-0-|0--|---|---|
The rest is played in 5-6 pattern:
|B5 |B5 |B5 |B5 |F#5 |F#5 |F#5 |F#5 | 2x
The other guitar is playing this:
E||--------------||B||*12-12-12-12-*||G||-11-11-11-10--||D||-9--9--9--9---|| 12xA||*------------*||E||--------------||
In bar 12 there's starting a little solo:
E|7-7-7-7-|7-7-7---|7-7---7-|7---7-7-|--------|B|7-7-7-7-|7-7-7---|7-7---7-|7---7-7-|7-7-7\--|G|--------|------9-|----9---|--9-----|9-9-9\--|D|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| d u d !
E|14-14-14----|14-14----14-|14----14-14-|---14-------|B|14-14-14----|14-14----14-|14----14-14-|14----14\---|G|---------16-|------16----|---16-------|---------\--|D|------------|------------|------------|----------\-|A|------------|------------|------------|------------|E|------------|------------|------------|------------| d u d !
E|7-7-7---|7-7---7-|7---7-7-|--------|B|7-7-7---|7-7---7-|7---7-7-|7-7-7\--|G|------9-|----9---|--9-----|9-9-9\--|D|--------|--------|--------|--------|A|--------|--------|--------|--------|E|--------|--------|--------|--------| d u d !
E|14-14-14----|14-14-14-14-|---------------|------------|B|14-14-14-16-|14-14-14-14-|---------------|------------|G|------------|------------|16b18r16-14----|------------|D|------------|------------|------------16-|14----------|A|------------|------------|---------------|---16-14----|E|------------|------------|---------------|---------17-| d u d !
Intro solo:
The intro-solo is played unisono with the keyboards. I play it on one
string to keep the sound constant. You can play it in one position with
pull-offs but then you can hear the crossing of the strings. This one
is repeatedly played in the outro.
2xE|------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|B|------------------||*------------------------|---------------------|G|------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|D|---------16-16-16-||-16\14-14-14-14\13-13-13-|13\11-11-11-11\9-9-9-|A|------------------||*------------------------|---------------------|E|------------------||-------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------||B|----------------|--------------------*||G|----------------|---------------------||D|9\8-8-8-8\6-6-6-|6\4-4-4-4--/16-16-16-||A|----------------|--------------------*||E|----------------|---------------------||
