E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Stage Whispers - Be Bop Deluxe
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Tabbed by: axe victim

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Tuning: EADGBe


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| s  very rapid slide, sounds like one note
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato or sustain
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| <  pick scrape
| b  bend
| r  relax bend
| pb pre-bend
| ^  quarter tone bend
| (x7678x) chord shape







Intro: Many guitars mixed up, tricky to unravel, so I have tabbed it as one guitar.



___E5______________________________________________________________

E|--------12-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15b17~---15-12h15p12--12h15p12--12h15p12--12h15p12--12h15p12----|
G|---------------------14--------14--------14--------14--------14--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  ( Free time... )


___E5____D#5__C#5__________________________________________________

E|-15b17-15~--12---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------12-15----12----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------14-12-12---14-12h13--12----------------------|
D|----------------------------14-14------14--14-12-14p12--12-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------14--14\12p10~|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


___F#5_____________________________________________________________

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------17p16--16|
G|-------------------------------------------------14h16h18------18|
D|---------------------12------14--16p14--14--16h18----------------|
A|---------10-12--12/14---14/16---------16-------------------------|
E|-12p10h12--------------------------------------------------------|


E|---------------| G#5------------A5------------------------C5---------

E|------16h17-19-16-19-16-19-19b21~~~21r19b21r19b21r19~~--19-------|
B|-17h19----------------------------------------------------19b21--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


___D5______________________________________________________________

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-16-17p16--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------18--16--18p16\14--16p14\13--14p13\11--13p11\9--11p9\7--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


___D5______________________________________________________________

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9p7\5-\4-\2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------5--3p2h5--3---p2------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------5----p3----p2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|




Verse: ( 4/4 time )  " Well I'm... "


___A_______________A/G#_____________F#m_____________E______________
" Waiting in the wings with all the strings and things that help me make the... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x-2------|--------------------------------|
D|-2---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x--4---x-x-4---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x-|
A|-0---x-x-0---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x--4---x-x-4---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x-|
E|-----------------4-------4---x-x--2---x-x-2---x-x-0---x-x-0---x-x-|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


___D_______________________G/D______D______________________________
 " Music...                                                     Just... "
E|-------------------------3------|-2------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------3------|-3------------------------------|
G|-2-----------------------2------|-2------------------------------|
D|-0-----------------------0------|-0------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|---------| <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-------|
E|--------------------------------|---------| <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-------|
                                     ( pick scrape, first time only... )


___A_______________A/G#_____________F#m_____________E______________
" another  curtain call  before I   fall  into your arms again my... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x-2------|--------------------------------|
D|-2---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x--4---x-x-4---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x-|
A|-0---x-x-0---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x--4---x-x-4---x-x-2---x-x-2---x-x-|
E|-----------------4-------4---x-x--2---x-x-2---x-x-0---x-x-0---x-x-|



___D_______________________G/D______D______________________________
 " Beauty...                                  This guitar does not... "
E|-------------------------3------|-2------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------3------|-3------------------------------|
G|-2-----------------------2------|-2------------------------------|
D|-0-----------------------0------|-0------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___E5______F#5_____G5____F#____E5__________________________________
 " lie...                               The great deception is not... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2-------4-------5-----4--------|--------------------------------|
A|-2-------4-------5-----4--------|--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------|



E|---C-(x3x01x)------| F-(1332xx)-------D-(xx023x)---------------------
 " My      -       y               achievement "
E|-7--h8--p7----------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------8------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------9--------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------------------9----------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------10-/12~~~10/12~~~~~~~~\-----------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



Repeat verse, more or less the same.


Middle part:


___D_(xx023x)______________________________________________________
 ( Lead guitar... )
E|--------------------------------|-10----12----14-14b15-14---15---|
B|-3-----------------------------10--------------------------------|
G|-2--------------------------11--|--------------------------------|
D|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___B_________________________A______B_______________________A______
 " Where...                                         is          the... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-4-------4-4-4---4---4-----2----|-4-------4-4-4---4-------2------|
D|-4-------4-4-4---4---4-----2----|-4-------4-4-4---4-------2------|
A|-2-------2-2-2---2---2-----0----|-2-------2-2-2---2-------0------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Lead guitar... )
E|-14~~~~\0-----------------------|-------------------------14b15r14-|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|




___G_________________________F#_____G_______________C______________
 " One...                                                       who... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------5-----5-----5--|
D|-5-------5-5-5---5--------------|-----------------5-----5-----5--|
A|-5-------5-5-5---5--------------|-----------------3-----3-----3--|
E|-3-------3-3-3---3---3-----2----|-3-------3-3-3------------------|
( Lead guitar... )
E|-12------\10--------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------------10h12~~~~~~~~--|-----------------12----12----12-|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___B_________________________A______B_______________B_______A______
 " knows...                                     the shape of things to... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-4-------4-4-4---4---4-----2----|-4---------------4-------2------|
D|-4-------4-4-4---4---4-----2----|-4---------------4-------2------|
A|-2-------2-2-2---2---2-----0----|-2---------------2-------0------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Lead guitar... )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-12~~~~~~~~~~~~~\---------------|-----12-b13-r12--10-------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------12--12--11-|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___G_________________________F#_____G_______________G_______F#_____
 " come?                                      the thrills that I have... "
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-5-------5-5-5---5--------------|--------------------------------|
A|-5-------5-5-5---5--------------|--------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-3-3---3---3-----2----|-3---------------3-------2------|
( Lead guitar... )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------10b12~~~10b12~~~|
G|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\7~~~7~~~~~~~---|-------------7------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-----7h8h9----------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___E_________________________D______E______________________________
 " Won...                                       the kiss that time's... "
E|---------0-0-0---0---0----------|--------------------------------|
B|---------0-0-0---0---0-----3----|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------2----|--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------0----|-2------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-2------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
( Lead guitar... )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-10b12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\---|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___A7_______________________________A______________________________
 " Begun...                     for me. "
E|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-3------------------------------|-2------------------------------|
G|-0------------------------------|-2------------------------------|
D|-2------------------------------|-2------------------------------|
A|-0------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
( Lead guitar... )
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6-p0-6------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|




Instrumental: Funky Guitar Riff... ( note stretched bars )

01:26

___Dm__________________C___________G______________________________
( wah-wah pedal... )
E|-10--10--10--10------8-------x---7---7---7----------------------|
B|-10--10--10--10------8-------x---8---8---8----------------------|
G|-10--10--10--10------9-------x---7---7---7------/12-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

 | 1   -   &   -   2   -   &   -   3   -   &   -   4   -   &   -  |



___Dm_________________C________G__________________________________
( wah-wah pedal... )
E|-10--10--10--10------8-------7---7------------------------------|
B|-10--10--10--10------8-------8---8------------------------------|
G|-10--10--10--10------9-------7---7-------7------/12-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


___Dm_________________C____________G______________________________
( wah-wah pedal... )
E|-10--10--10--10------8-------x---7---7---7----------------------|
B|-10--10--10--10------8-------x---8---8---8----------------------|
G|-10--10--10--10------9-------x---7---7---7------/12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------/12-------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


E|---C-----------| F-----------C--------------------------------------
( wah-wah pedal... )
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-----------10----------8~\------------------------------------|
G|-9-----------10----------9~\------------------------------------|
D|-10----------10----------10\------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|



Repeat verse.

Drum solo:


End Guitar solo:

___D________________________________Bm_____________________________
02:10
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-7------------9b11~~9b11~~9b11~-|
D|------------------------------9-|-7------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



Repeat until:

___D________________________________Bm_____________________________

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-9b11~~~r9----------------------|-7~~~~~~\----------------10h11--|
D|-----------------------------7h9--7~~~~~~\-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


__D________________________________Bm______________________________
02:23
E|-10-----------------------------|---------------------10---------|
B|------10------------------------|-----13b15---13b15-------13p10--|
G|------10h11---------------------|------------------------------10h11-|
D|-------------12~~~~~~~~~\-------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


__D________________________________Bm______________________________

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----10-------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-12------12---------------------|-12----------------------12h14p12-|
A|------------12/14------------12h14-------------------12h14--------14-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


__D________________________________Bm_____________________________

E|-------------------------17-----|-----17-14--14------------------|
B|--------------15p14--14---------|----------15--15----------------|
G|---------14h16-----16-----------|----------------14~~------------|
D|-12h14h16-----------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Stretched bars...

___D______________________________________________________________

E|-14--12--10-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------14--12--10-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------12--11--9------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------12--11--9------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------12--10--9------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------12-|

 | 1   -   &   -   2   -   &   -   3   -   &   -   4   -   &   -  |


___Bm_____________________________________________________________

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------7--h9--|
A|-9---------------9---------------9~~~~~~\-----------------------|
E|---------12--------------12-------------------------------------|



__D________________________________Bm______________________________
02:37
E|--------------------------------|-------------------7------------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------7---10-7--7-10-|
G|-7-9-----9---9^~~~~~~~r9-7~~~---|---------7---9^----------9------|
D|--------------------------------|-----9--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

__D________________________________Bm______________________________

E|-----------------------------7--|--------------------------------|
B|-10b12-10b12-10b12~~~~~~~------10-7---10------7~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
G|--------------------------------|---------9----------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Stretched bars...

___D______________________________________________________________

E|-12b13---12p10-------10--12-h13-p12--10------10--12-h13-p12--10-|
B|-----------------12----------------------12---------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

 | 1   -   &   -   2   -   &   -   3   -   &   -   4   -   &   -  |


___Bm_____________________________________________________________

E|-----10--12-h13-p12--10------10--12-h13-p12--10------10---------|
B|-12----------------------12----------------------12------13--12-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


___D______________________________________________________________

E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10------10-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----12------12--9--h10-p9-------9-----------------------------9-|
D|-----------------------------12------12--10--9-------9--10--12--|
A|-------------------------------------------------12-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


___Bm_____________________________________________________________

E|-----------------------------10--12--14--------------10--12--12b14-|
B|---------------8h10-/12--14--------------10--12--14-------------|
G|-11--9p7h9--11--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|



Ending: ( No chord )


E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
02:51
E|-12b14-12b14-12b14-------12-14--|-10-----------------------------|
B|------------------------------10----10------------------------13b15~|
G|--------------------------------|-----10^------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|---------12~~~~~~---------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-13b15-13b15--13b15--13p10---10-|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------12----|-12b14~~~~~~~~~~\---------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------10--12-|
G|--------------------------------|-------7-----9------/11---------|
D|-----------------------------7--|-9------------------------------|
A|-------------5-------7---9------|--------------------------------|
E|-5-----7------------------------|--------------------------------|


E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-10--12--14-12~~-----10---------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------12--10-|-12\----------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|