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Song: "Misirlou"
Artist: Dick Dale
Album: Pulp Fiction Soundtrack
Guitar Tab | Bass Tab | Drums Tab 

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

                                    MISERLOU
                   As recorded by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones

Music by Dick Dale and the Del-Tones
Transcribed by Gareth Simpson

           E                    F                E(type 2)                A
      x 7 9 9 9 x        x 8 10 10 10 x         x 7 9 9 9 7          5 7 7 6 5 5

           G                  Eopen
      3 5 5 4 3 3          0 2 2 1 0 0

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'elec w/ slight distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brass section arr. for guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Trumpet arr. for guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 1 without distortion'

 Intro
  Fast surf style Q=176
  N.C.
 4/4
       Gtr I
       TP     TP          TP
  H    H      W          +W
|-----------|----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|--------|
|-----------|----------|--------|
|------7S===|=0--------|-(0)----|


   TP   TPTP TP   TP   TP TP TP   TP          TP
  +Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E  Q  Q    W          +W
|---------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|-(0)---1-4--5--|-7----8-11--8--|-7--------|-(7)\----|


  TP   TPTP TP   TP   TP TP TP   TP          TP
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E  Q  Q    W          +W
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|-0----1-4--5--|-7----8-11--8--|-7--------|-(7)----|


  TP TPTPTPTPTPTP   TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP   TP          TP
  Q  E E E S S Q    E S E E E S S S Q    W          +W
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------|
|-8--7h8-7h8p7-5--|-7-5h7-5-7-5h7p5-0--|-4--------|-(4)----|


  TP TPTPTPTPTPTP   TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP   TP          TP    TP
  Q  E E E S S Q    E S S E E S S E Q    W          +W
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------7\----||
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------------||
|-----------------|--------------------|----------|--------------||
|-7--5-7-5h7p5-4--|-5-4h5-4-5-4h5p4-1--|-0--------|-(0)----------||
                                                     H     H


 Main theme
  E(type 2)
  Gtr II
  Q   E E Q  E E   Q   E E  Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E    Q    E E Q  E E
      | |    |         | |     |        | |    |           | |    |
      / /    /         / /     /        / /    /           / /    /

  TP    TPTP TP    TP    TP TP TP    TP               TP
  Q.    E Q  Q     Q.    E  Q  Q     W               +W
|-0-----1-4--5---|-7-----8-11--8---|-7-------------|-(7)\--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|


  Q   E E Q  E E   Q   E E  Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E    Q   E E Q  E E
      | |    |         | |     |        | |    |          | |    |
      / /    /         / /     /        / /    /          / /    /

  TP    TPTP TP    TP    TP TP TP    TP               TP
  Q.    E Q  Q     Q.    E  Q  Q     W               +W
|-0-----1-4--5---|-7-----8-11--8---|-7-------------|-(7)--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|


  F
  Q  E E Q     E E   Q     E   E   Q       E E
     | |       |           |   |           |
     / /       /           /   /           /

  TP TPTPTPTPTPTP    TPTPTP  TP  TP  TPTPTPTP
  Q  E E E S S Q     E S E   E   E   S S S Q
|-8--7h8-7h8p7-5---|-7-5h7---5---7---5h7p5-0---|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|


  E
  Q  E E Q  E E    Q   E E Q  E E
     | |    |          | |    |
     / /    /          / /    /

  TP               TP
  W               +W
|-4-------------|-(4)---------------|
|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-------------------|


  F
  Q  E E Q     E E   Q     E E Q     E E
     | |       |           | |       |
     / /       /           / /       /

  TP TPTPTPTPTPTP    TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP
  Q  E E E S S Q     E S S E E S S E Q
|-7--5-7-5h7p5-4---|-5-4h5-4-5-4h5p4-1---|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W                  W
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|


  E
  Q  E  E Q    E E   Q    E E Q   E E
     |  |      |          | |     |
     /  /      /          / /     /

    Gtr V
  TP
  Q  Q.     Q.       Q.     E H
|-0--0-------------|------------------||
|----0------0------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-2----------------||
|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------||
|
| W                  E  E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|----5-4-5-6-7-8-9-||
|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------||


 Trumpet solo
  A                                    G
   Q  E E Q  E E     Q   E E Q  E  E    Q  E E Q  E E     Q   E E Q   E  E
      | |    |           | |    |          | |    |           | |     |
      / /    /           / /    /          / /    /           / /     /

  Gtr III
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   W                +H.         E  E    W                +H.          E  E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-10-------------|-(10)---------9-10-|-12-------------|-(12)---------10-12--|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------------|


  F                                      E
   Q   E E Q   E  E    Q   E E Q   E E    Q  E E Q  E E     Q   E E Q  E E
       | |     |           | |     |         | |    |           | |    |
       / /     /           / /     /         / /    /           / /    /

   ~~~                 ~~~                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   H.          E  E    H.          Q      W                +W
|-------------------|-11----------11---|-12-------------|-(12)--------------|
|-13----------12-13-|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|


  F
  Q     E  E  Q        E   E     Q        E  E  Q       E E
        |  |           |                  |  |          |
        /  /           /                  /  /          /

  E  E  E  E  E  S  S  E  +E     E  S  S  E  E  S  S  Q   E
|---13-12-13-12h13p12-10-(10)-|-12-10h12-10-12-10h12p10---8-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  E
  Q  E E Q  E E    Q   E E Q  E E
     | |    |          | |    |
     / /    /          / /    /

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  W               +H.         Q
|-7-------------|-(7)-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|


  F                                      E
   Q  E E Q     E E   Q  E E Q     E E   Q  E E Q  E E    Q    E E Q   E E
      | |       |        | |       |        | |    |           | |     |
      / /       /        / /       /        / /    /           / /     /

                                         ~
   Q  E E S S E Q     Q  E E S S E Q     W               +E  E E E E E E E
|-10--7h8-7h8p7-5---|-7--5h7-5h7p5-----|---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------6---|-5-------------|-(5)-5-4-5-6-7-8-9--||
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------||


 Interlude
  N.C.
  Gtr I
   TP           TP      TPTP  TP          TP      TPTP
   W           +H.      E E   W          +H.      E E
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|--0---------|-(0)--------0-|-2--------|-(2)------0-2--|
|------------|----------4---|----------|---------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  ~~
|  H    H       W             W           W
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|-10---------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|


  TP      TPTP  TP   TP TP   TP          TP
  H.      E E   H    Q  Q    W          +W
|-------------|------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|------------|----------|--------|
|-3-------2-3-|-6----3--6--|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-------------|------------|----------|--------|


  TP TPTPTPTPTPTP   TPTPTPTPTPTP TP   TP          TP
  Q  E E E S S Q    E S E E E E. Q    W          +W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-8--7h8-7h8p7-5--|-7-5h7-5h7p5--3--|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|


  TP TPTPTPTPTPTP   TPTPTPTP TP TP
  Q  E E E S S Q    E S S Q  Q  Q
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-5--3h5-3h5p3-2h=|=3-2h3p2--0-----||
|-----------------|-------------1--||


 Piano comes in
  N.C.
   TP
   W
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   TP
  +W
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------------------------------------|
|
|  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24--22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


   TP
  +W
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------------------------------------|
|
|  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24--22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


   TP
  +W
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)-----------------------------------------------|
|
|  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24--22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


  Gtr IV
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-19-17-15-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-19-17-15-14--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-19-17-15-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-19-17-15-14--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


                           Gtr I
                                           TP
   H.      Q    W          W          H    H
|-24----------|----------|----------|------7\----||
|-------------|----------|----------|------------||
|-------------|----------|----------|------------||
|-------------|----------|----------|------------||
|-------------|----------|----------|------------||
|-------------|----------|----------|------------||


 Main theme returns
  N.C.
  TP   TPTP TP   TP   TP TP TP   TP          TP
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E  Q  Q    W          +W
|-0----1-4--5--|-7----8-11--8--|-7--------|-(7)\----|
|--------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|---------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|---------|


  TP   TPTP TP   TP TPTP TP TP   TP          TP
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q  E E  Q  Q    W          +W
|-0----1-4--5--|-7--7-8-11--8--|-7--------|-(7)----|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|---------------|----------|--------|


  TP TPTPTPTPTPTP   TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP   TP          TP
  Q  E E E S S Q    E S E E E S E Q    W          +W
|-8--7h8-7h8p7-5--|-7-5h7-5h7p5-5-0--|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|


  TP TPTPTPTPTPTP   TPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTPTP
  Q  E E E S S Q    E S S E S E S S S Q
|-7--5h7-5h7p5-4--|-5-4h5-4h5-4h5p4-1-1--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|


  Gtr V
   W
|-!0----------------------------------------------|
|-!0----------------------------------------------|
|-!1----------------------------------------------|
|-!2----------------------------------------------|
|-!2----------------------------------------------|
|-!0----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   Q           E     E     Q           E     E
|--------------0-----0-----------------0-----------||
|--------------0-----0-----------------0-----------||
|--------------1-----1-----------------1-----------||
|--------------2-----2-----------------2-----------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||


   Outro
    Eopen
    Gtr V
     Q           E     E     Q           E     E
||---------------0-----0-----------------0----------|
||o--------------0-----0-----------------0----------|
||---------------1-----1-----------------1----------|
||---------------2-----2-----------------2----------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr IV
|    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
||--24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|


   Q           E     E     Q           E     E
|--------------0-----0-----------------0----------|
|--------------0-----0-----------------0----------|
|--------------1-----1-----------------1----------|
|--------------2-----2-----------------2----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   Q           E     E     Q           E     E
|--------------0-----0-----------------0----------|
|--------------0-----0-----------------0----------|
|--------------1-----1-----------------1----------|
|--------------2-----2-----------------2----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


   Q           E     E     Q           E     E
|--------------0-----0-----------------0------------||
|--------------0-----0-----------------0-----------o||
|--------------1-----1-----------------1------------||
|--------------2-----2-----------------2------------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19-24-22-20-19---||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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