Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special Tab

hb- half bend
fb- full bend
r-  release bend
~-  vibrato
h-  hammer-on
p-  pull-off
/\  silde
P.H-pitch Harmonic
x-  muffled strings
P.M-Palm mute

*Intro

Moderate Rock =120 B5 A5 B5 D5 B5 A5 B5 B5 A5 N.C. D5 B5 E5 Guitar 1 W/bar (W/ slapback delay) let ring------------|
E 0
B 0
G 7 7
D 9p7 9 7 9 7~~~~~~~~~ 7/9 9p7 7 9
A 9p7 9 9 7~~~~~~~~~ 7/9 9p7 9 9
E 5
Guitars 1&2 let ring----------|
E 0 0 0 10
B 10h12 12 12p10
G 9h11 7
D 9p7 9 7 9 7~~~~~~~ 7/9
A 9p7 9 9 7~~~~~~~ 7/9
E 12\ 5
E 0
B 0
G 7 7 9 (9)\
D 9p7 9 7 7 7 9
A 9p7 9 7 5 7
E 0
/Play together if there conected /Guitar 3
hold bend
E
B 10fb~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10fb 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10r 10 10 10
G 9fb 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9r (9) 9 9 9 7
D 7
A
E
| ^ |Fill 1 |
E
B
G 9/19 Play this right after this/
D Guitar 3
A
E
| | | Rhy. Fig.1 End Rhy. fig.1 |Guitar 2 |Guitars 1&2 | |
E
B
G 7 9
D 7/9 7 9
A 7/9 12\9 12\9 7 9 7/9 12\9 5/7 0 5 7
E 5/7 10\7 10\7 0 5 7 5/7 10\7
Fill 2
E
B 10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G
D
A
E
A5 B5 D5 B5 D5 B5 N.C.A5 B5 1.A-two feets_ they come__ a___ creep - in', 2. Big Jim's. been drink - in' a whisk - ey', 3.A hand-guns_ are made__ for__ kill - in', A5 B5 D5 E5 N.C.D5 E5 like a black cat do.____ and play-in' po - ker on a los - in' night. they ain't no good for noth - in' else. A5 B5 D5 B5 D5 B5 N.C.A5 B5 And two bod - ies ar lay - in' a na - ked, And pret-ty soon ol' Jim starts a think - in, And if you like to drink_ol' whisk - ey, A5 B5 D5 B5 D5 E5 N.C.D5 E5 a creep-er think he got a - noth-in' to lose.____ a some - bod - y been cheat - in' and a ly-in'.__ you might e- ven a shoot your - self.____ Fig. 1 in parentheses N.C.(A5) (B5) (D5) (B5) (D5) (B5) (A5) (B5) So he creeps in - to_____ this a house,____ yeah,_ So big Jim com - menced to fight-in', So why don't we dump 'em peo - ple, Guitar 1 Rhy. fig. 2 play rhy. fig. 2 with words above
E
B
G 7
D 7 9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A
E
| |Guitar 2 |Rhy. fig. 2
E
B
G 7
D 2 4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A
E
(A5) (B5) (D5) (B5) and un - locks__ the door_ I would-n't tell ya no lies,_ to the bot-tom of a sea?__ Guitar 1
E
B
G 7
D 7 9 9
A
E
| |Guitar 2
E
B
G 7
D 2 4 9
A
E
Guitar 3 t 3rd time play this the first two play
E 0 0 0 0 0 the chords below
B 17 15 12\10 10 7\5
G 3rd time only
D 0
A
E
| (D5) (E5) D5 E5 |Guitar 1 | P.H.-----|
E
B
G 7~~ 9 7 7~~~ 9 9
D 9
A
E
| Pitch: F# |Guitar 2 |
E
B
G 2~~ 4 2 2~~~ 4
D 9
A
E
(A5) (B5) (D5) (B5) (D5) (B5) (A5) (B5) And as a man's reach - in' for his a - trou - sers, Big Jim done a pulled his a pis - tol, Be - fore some ol' fool come a - round here Guitar 1
E
B
G 7 9 7
D 9 (9)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A
E
| | |Guitar 2 |
E
B
G 2 4 2
D 4 (4)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A
E
(A5) (B5) (D5) (B5) E5 D5 N.C. E5 N.C. a shoots him full of a thir - ty eight__ holes._ shot his friend a right be - tween the eyes.__ wan - na shoot ei - ther you or me.___ Guitar 1
E
B
G 7 9 7 9
D 7 9 9 9 7 9
A 7
E 0 0
| | |Guitar 2 |
E
B
G 2 9 7 9
D 2 4 4 9 7 9
A 7
E 0 0

*Chorus:

Mis - ter Sat - ur - day Night Guitars 1&2
P.M P.M P.M P.M
E
B
G
D 9 9
A
E 5 6 7 7 7 5 6
Spe - cial,__ P.M P.H P.M P.M P.M-------|
E
B
G
D 9 9
A
E 7 7 7 0 5 6
pitch: D# got a bar - tel that's a blue and cold.___ P.M P.M
E
B 0
G 2
D 9 9 2 2
A 0 2
E 7 7 7 0 0 2/
D5 They ain't good__ for noth - in', P.M P.M P.M P.M---------| P.H P.M
E
B
G 7~~~~~
D 9 9 9 7~~~~~
A
E 7 7 7 5 6 7 7
pitch: D# E5 but put a man__ six a feet in a hole.______________ P.M P.M P.M----------| w/bar
E
B
G
D 9 9
A 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E 7 7 7 7 0 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Interlude

Guitars 1&2 w/ryh. fig. 1 A5 B5 D5 B5 D5 B5 N.C. A5 B5 Guitar 3
E
B 15fb r(15) 12 12 12 12 15fb
G 14 14
D
A
E
|-hold bend-|
E
B 10fb 10 10 10r 7 7 7 10fb 10 7
G 9fb 9 9 9r 7 7 7 9fb 9 9
D (9) 9 9 7
A
E

After this go back to the verse^

2nd Chorus

Mis - ter Sat - ur - day Night Guitars 1&2
P.M P.M P.M P.M
E
B
G
D 9 9
A
E 5 6 7 7 7 5 6
Spe - cial,__ P.M P.H P.M P.M P.M-------|
E
B
G
D 9 9
A
E 7 7 7 0 5 6
pitch: D# got a bar - tel that's a blue and cold.___ P.M P.M
E
B 0
G 2
D 9 9 2 2
A 0 2
E 7 7 7 0 0 2/
D5 They ain't good__ for noth - in', P.M P.M P.M P.M---------| P.H P.M
E
B
G 7~~~~~
D 9 9 9 7~~~~~
A
E 7 7 7 5 6 7 7
pitch: D# E5 but put a man__ six a feet in a hole.___________ P.M P.M P.M----------| w/bar Guitar 1
E
B /11\
G
D 9 9
A 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E 7 7 7 7 0 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interlude let ring----| let ring

w/bar
E 0
B 3/5
G 7 7 2/4
D 9P7 9 7 9 7~~~~ 7h9 9p7 9 7 9
A 9P7 9 9 7~~~~ 7h9 9p7 9 9
E 5
let ring--------------| w/bar
E 0 0 0
B 5 5 0 5/7 7 7
G 4 4 7
D 9p7 9 7 9 7/9\7~~~~~~~ (7)\
A 9p7 9 9 7/9\7~~~~~~~ (7)\
E 5
E 0 0 0 0
B 0 3/5 3/5\3 3
G 7 4\2
D 9p7 9 7 9 4 0 x x x
A 9p7 9 9
E
let ring--------| w/bar
E
B
G 7 7
D 9p7 9 7 x 7~~~~~ 7/9 9p7 9 7 9
A 9p7 9 x 7 7~~~~~ 7/9 9p7 9 9
E 5 0
1/4 bend let ring------------------| ^
E 0 0
B 15 12p10
G 0 9fb r(9) 7b
D 9\
A
E
let ring----| let ring w/bar
E 0
B 3/5
G 7 7 2/4
D 9P7 9 7 9 7~~~~ 7h9 9p7 9 7 9
A 9P7 9 9 7~~~~ 7h9 9p7 9 9
E 5
let ring--------------| w/bar
E 0 0 0
B 5 5 0 5/7 7 7
G 4 4 7
D 9p7 9 7 9 7/9\7~~~~~~~ (7)\
A 9p7 9 9 7/9\7~~~~~~~ (7)\
E 5
E 0 0 0 0
B 0 3/5 3/5\3 3
G 7 4\2
D 9p7 9 7 9 4 0 x x x
A 9p7 9 9
E \
| ^ \ | \ Play |Guitar 3 /Together | let ring----| /
E 0 0 0 7 7 /
B 3/5 5 0
G 2/4 4
D
A
E
let ring--------| w/bar
E
B
G 7 7
D 9p7 9 7 x 7~~~~~ 7/9 9p7 9 7 9
A 9p7 9 x 7 7~~~~~ 7/9 9p7 9 9
E 5 0
E
B
G 7fb r(7)
D
A
E

Guitar Solo

For the solo the guitars 1&2 play fig. 1, 2 times

Guitar 3 let ring--| let ring--| hold full bend hold full bend
E
B 10 10 10 10 10 7 10fb 7
G 9 9 r(9) 9 9 9 r(9) 7 9fb r(9) 7
D 9 9\
A
E
let ring---| hold fb--|
E 10
B 10 10 7 7 7~~~~~~~ 10fb (10)~~~
G 9 9 r(9) 7 7 7~~~~~~~ 7fb r(7)
D 9 9 (9)\
A
E
E
B 7 9 7 9 9
G (7)fb 7 9 7 9 7hb 9 7
D 9p7 9 9 9 9
A
E
GUITARS 1&2 PLAY FIG. 2 4 TIMES
E
B 9 7 15fb r(15) 12
G 9 7 9fb (9)fb 14
D 9 9
A
E
E
B 12 12 12 15fb 15fb r(15) 12
G 14 14
D
A
E
hold full bend-
E
B 15p12~~~ 12 12h15p12~~~(12)\ 12 15fb 12~~~ 10fb 10 10
G 14 7/13 9fb 9 9
D
A
E
-----| let ring-----|
E
B 10 7 10fb 7 7 9hb r(9)p7h9
G 9 r(9) 7 9fb r(9) 7 7 9fb r(9)p7h9 7
D 9 9 9
A
E
E
B 10fb~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G 9fb (9) 7 7 9 7
D 9
A
E
let ring----|let ring-|let ring fb fb hold full bend------------------------------| |--| |--|
E
B 10fb (10) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 9
G 9fb (9) 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 r(9) 9 r(9) 9 r(9)
D
A
E

Back to verse 3.

3rd Chorus

Mis - ter Sat - ur - day Night Guitars 1&2
P.M P.M P.M P.M
E
B
G
D 9 9
A
E 5 6 7 7 7 5 6
Spe - cial,__ P.M P.H P.M P.M P.M-------|
E
B
G
D 9 9
A
E 7 7 7 0 5 6
pitch: D# got a bar - tel that's a blue and cold.___ P.M P.M
E
B 0
G 2
D 9 9 2 2
A 0 2
E 7 7 7 0 0 2/
D5 They ain't good__ for noth - in', P.M P.M P.M P.M---------| P.H P.M
E
B
G 7~~~~~
D 9 9 9 7~~~~~
A
E 7 7 7 5 6 7 7
pitch: D# E5 but put a man__ six a feet in a hole.______________ P.M P.M P.M----------| w/bar
E
B
G
D 9 9
A 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E 7 7 7 7 0 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Outro:

Guitars 1&2
E
B
G 7 9
D 7/9 7 9
A 12\9 7 9 7/9 12\9 5/7 0 5 7
E 10\7 0 5 7 5/7 10\7
E
B
G 7 9
D 7/9 7 9
A 12\9 7 9 7/9 12\9 5/7 0 5 7
E 10\7 0 5 7 5/7 10\7
Guitar 1&2
E
B
G 7 9
D 7/9 7 9
A 12\9 7 9 7/9 12\9 5/7 0 5 7
E 10\7 0 5 7 5/7 10\7
| |Guitar 3
E
B
G
D
A 7/9 12\9 7/9 12\9
E 5/7 10\7 5/7 10\7
Repeat two lines above untill fade Thats all hope u like it

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