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UP AROUND THE BEND - Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Tabbed by: Terry Long
Email: mrmaestro1 'at' gmail.com
This is my interpretation of how to play the song. I don't guarantee that this tab is
correct, but it sounds almost exactly like the real song to me and I think it's a lot more
than other tabs of this song.
Time Signature: 4/4
INTRO D Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E Ee||-----------------10~~~~--------------|----------------10~~~~--------------|B||.-----------------------10------10---|-----------------------10------10---|G||-----------9/11-------------11-------|----------9/11-------------11-------|D||----0--------------------------------|---0--------------------------------|A||.------------------------------------|------------------------------------|E||-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A D Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E Ee|----------------5~~~~~----------------|---------------10~~~~~-------------||B|-----------------------5-------5------|----------------------10------10--.||G|----------4/6--------------6----------|---------9/11-------------11-------|| x2D|--------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------||A|---0----------------------------------|----------------------------------.||E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
VERSE 1 D E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Ee|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|B|---------------3--------------3---|---(3)----------3------3-------3--------|G|-------2-h-4---2------2-h-4---2---|---(2)---2-h-4--2----------4---2--------|D|---0------------------------------|----------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| There's a place up ahead and I'm go - in'
A D E E E Q Q E E E E Q E S S Ee|----------------------------------|------------------------2-------2-------|B|----------------2------2------2---|---(2)---2-p-0---3------3-------3-------|G|-------2-h-4----2------2------2---|---(2)---2--(2)--2----------2h4---------|D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|A|---0------------------------------|----------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| Just as fast as my feet can fly
D E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Ee|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|B|---------------3--------------3---|---(3)----------3------3-------3--------|G|-------2-h-4----------2-h-4-------|--------2-h-4--------------4---2--------|D|---0------------------------------|----------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| Come a - way come a - way if you're goin'
A D E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E Ee|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|B|----------------2------2------2---|---(2)---2-p-0----3------3---3---3------|G|-------2-h-4----2------2------2---|---(2)---2--(2)---2------2---2---2------|D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|A|---0------------------------------|----------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------| Leave the sink - in' ships be - hind
CHORUS - The 'A' chord written here is how it sounds during the solo. During the actual
the 'A' is always played as 8 eighth-notes in each measure, with the top 'e' (open)
sometimes played with it and sometimes not.
G D A Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E Ee|----3-------3-------2-------2-------|--------------------------------------|B|----0-------0-------3-------3-------|----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----|G|----0-------0-------2-------2-------|----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----|D|----0-------0-------0-------0-------|----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----|A|----2-------2-----------------------|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|E|----3-------3-----------------------|--------------------------------------| Come on the ris - in' wind We're
G D A Q Q Q Q Q E Q E E Ee|----3-------3-------2-------2-------|----------------0-------0-------------|B|----0-------0-------3-------3-------|----2-------2---2-------2---2---2-----|G|----0-------0-------2-------2-------|----2-------2---2-------2---2---2-----|D|----0-------0-------0-------0-------|----2-------2---2-------2---2---2-----|A|----2-------2-----------------------|----0-------0---0-------0---0---0-----|E|----3-------3-----------------------|--------------------------------------| goin' up a - round the bend Ooh! (3-4th time:"Yeah!")
A E E E E E E E Ee|-----------------------------0---0----|B|---(2)---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|G|---(2)---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|D|---(2)---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|A|---(0)---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|E|--------------------------------------|
VERSE 2 - Same as VERSE 1
Bring a song and a smile for the banjo
Better get while the gettin's good
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
Where the neons turn to wood
CHORUS
VERSE 3 - Same as VERSE 1
You can ponder perpetual motion,
Fix your mind on a crystal day,
Always time for a good conversation,
There's an ear for what you say.
CHORUS
BRIDGE - Same as INTRO
SOLO - 2nd guitar plays CHORUS underneath SOLO
Q E E Q S S E Q E E E E E Ee|------------------------------------|-------------------0------------------|B|----------------3---5b7----5h3------|--------------------------------------|G|----0------2/4-----------------4----|----2------4-b-6--(6)--pb6-b-4---2----|D|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Q E E Q S S E Q E E E E E Ee|------------------------------------|-------------------0------------------|B|----------------3---5b7----5h3------|--------------------------------------|G|----0------2/4-----------------4----|----2------4-b-6--(6)--pb6-b-4---2----|D|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| Ooh!
Q Q S S E Qe|------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------|G|----4b6----4b6----4b6b4---2---------|D|------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------|
VERSE 4 - Same as VERSE 1 plus the 4 measures below played overtop VERSE 1 starting in
4
Catch a ride to the end of the highway
And we'll meet by the big red tree,
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Come along, come along with me.
(2nd guitar) (Q) (Q) (E) E S S E We|------------------------12b14--12p10------|---10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|B|-------------------------------------12---|--------------------------------|G|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| ...big red tree There's a place up ahead
(Q) (Q) (E) E S S E We|------------------------12b14--12p10------|--------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------12---|---10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|G|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|D|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| and I'm go - in' Come along, come along...
CHORUS
OUTRO - Repeat continuously and fade away - 2nd guitar plays VERSE 1 underneath
D (E) E E Q E E E E E E Q E (Q)e||----------------5~~~-----------5~~~|--(5)----------5~~~-------------------|B||.-------6-h-7----------6-h-7-------|-------6-h-7----------7---------------|G||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|D||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|A||.----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|E||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| Do do doo do
(E) E E Q E E E E E (E) H (E)e|-----------------5~~~-----------5~~~|--(5)--------------------------------||B|---------6-h-7----------6-h-7-------|-------7----------------------------.||G|------------------------------------|-----------------7~~~----------------||D|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------.||E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| Do do doo do
| / slide up
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend
| pb pre-bend
| ~ vibrato
| (#) Tied note
Rhythms:
| S = 16th note
| E = 8th note
| Q = Quarter note
| H = Half note
| W = Whole note
| ( ) = Rest
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