Blues Solo (Paul Gilbert)

Standard tuning
= 200
Intro
A7
1 2 3 4
od.guit.

¼
P.M.
8 12
X X
X X 5 7 5 5
X 7 7 (7) 7 7 7

H P sl. H P sl. H P

5 6 7 H P 8

full full
H P H P sl. H P sl. H P

13 15 15
7 5 7 (7) (7) 5 7 5 7 9 7 9 12 9 12 14 12

1st Chorus
A7 P H H
9 10 11 P 12 H

full
P
P H H H
8 8 5 5 7 5
13 8 5 5 5 6 7
14 14 (14) (14) (14) 8 8 7 5 5 7
7

D7
H P P
H P P
13 14

5:6
½ ½
H H P P P P
7 5 5
6 7 7 (7) 5 7 5 5 8 7 8 7 5 5
8 8 8 7 5 5
7

H P P sl. H
A7 E7
H
15 16 17

full full full

H P P sl. H
H
7 9 10 9 7 5 7
5 5 (5) (5) 7 8 9
7 5 2 2 4 2
7 (7) 4 4

1/6
 D7 A7 E7
H P P
P P
18 19 20

full
H P P P P
8 7 5 5
8 8 7 5 5 7 8 7 8 7 5 5
8 8 8 7 5 5 7 5 5
7 6 7
7 (7)

2nd Chorus
H A7 H H H H

21 22 23

full ¼
H H H H H
12 15 15 12 12 12 14 15
13 15 13
14 (14) (14) 12 14 17 17 14 12 14 17
(7)


D7

24 25 26

full full full full ½ full

P

14 12 15 15 (15) (15) 17 19 19 (19) 17 17

17 19 19 20 19 17 17 20
20 20 19 17 17 19
19

A7

27 28

2
full full full full

20 20 20
19 19 19 19 17 19 17
19 19 19 19 19 19

E7  P P
D7
P H H P
H H P P P P H H P P H P
H H
H H P
29 30

5:6
H H P P
H H P P P P P H H P H H H H P P H P P
12 14 16 14 12
12 14 15 15 14 12 10 12 13 12 10 10 12 10
14 13 11 11 10 12 13 12 10 10 12 13 13 13 10
X 14

2/6
 A7 H P P
E7
P P
31 P 32

full
H P P P P P

7 8 7 5 5
8 8 7 5 5 7 7 5
7 7
7 (7)

Break
H P
A7 P
33 34 P

4
½ ½
H P
P P
3 5 3 5 5 8 5 8 5 5
4 (4) 4 7 8 8 5
8 7 5

35 36

½½ ½ ½ ½ ½ full full

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5
7 5 (5) (5) X


D7

H P P
H P H P P
37 H P

3
3 4
H P H P P
H P P H P
14 15 14 14 17 15 17 15 14 14
17 17 17 15 17 15 14 14 15 14 14 17
16 17

H P P
P P P A7
 H P
H H H
H H H H
38 39

5:6 5:6 4
4 4
4
H P P P P P H H H H H H P H H

15 17 15 14 14 17 19 17 17 19 20
17 17 16 14 14 17 19 19
17 17 16 14 14 17 19
17 15 15 17 19
15 17

3/6
 
D7 E7 E5

H P P P
P P H H P H
P H P P
40 41

5:6
5:6
full
H P H P P P H H P P
P P P H
17 17 19 17 17 20 19 20 19 17 17 19 20 (20) 9 12 9 8
19 17 20 19 17 19 20 20 20 10
20 X


D7 A7

H H P P H H P P H P P H P P H P P
H P P H H P H H P P H H P P H H P P
42 43

7:6
H P P H H P H H P P H H P P H H P P H H P P H H P P H P P H P P H P P
9 12 9 8 8 9 12 9 8 8 9 12 9 8 1112 15 12 11 11 12 15 12 11 11 12 15 12 11 11 12 15 12 11 15 12 11 15 12 11 15 12 11
10 10 10 13 13 13


E7

P P P H P H H P P P H P H H P P P H P H

44

7:6 7:6 7:6

P P P H P H H P P P H P H H P P P H P H
17 15 12 11 15 11 15 17 15 12 11 15 11 15 17 15 12 11 15 11 15

17

3rd Chorus
A7

45 46

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 (7)

P P D7
47 48 P P 49

SH
full full full full full full full
P P P P
5 5 5 5
8 5 5 5 8 <20> 8 5 5
7 7 8 8 7 5 5 7 5 7 7 5 5 5
7

4/6
 A7
H P P H H P P H H P P
P P
50 51

H P P P.M. H H P P H H P P P P

(5) 4 5 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 2 2 4 5 4 2 2
5 5 4 2 4 5 5 5 5 4 2 2
5 3

52 53
E7 P P

P.M. P P
5
5 7 8 7 5 8 7 5 5
5 7 5 8 8
5 7 7 7
(3) 7 7 7

D7 A7 P H H P P
P H H P P P H H P P
P H H P P
54 P 55

full
P P H H P P P H H P P P H H P P P H H P P

8 7 5 5 7 7 5 2 4 5 4 2 7 4 5 7 5 4 9 5 7 9 7 5 11 7 9 11 9 7
7

P H H P P A7
P H H P P P H H P P
P H H P P

56 57 58

full
P H H P P P H H P P P H H P P P H H P P

12 9 11 12 11 9 14 11 12 14 12 11 16 12 14 16 14 12 19 16 17 19 17 16 19 17
19 (19)


D7

59 60 61

full ½ full ½½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½

19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 (19)
19 19 17 20 20 17
17 17 19 19 17
(19) 19 19

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 
A7

P P P P P P P P
P P P P
P P P P
62 63 64 P P P P P P

P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
(19) X 22 2017 1720 222017201715 1517 201715171512 1215 17 1512151210 10121512101210 8 8 10 1210 8 8 7 5
20 17 15 13 10

P P P P
P
65 66 67

4
½ full
P P
P P P
5 7 8 7 5 8 10 (8) 8
8 8 7 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 7 5 5 8 8 10
8 8 8 7 5 5 7 5 9 9
7 7

A7
68 69

10 8 8
10 10

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