I'M READY
As recorded by Bryan Adams
(From the 1997 Album MTV UNPLUGGED)
Words and Music by Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Scott - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bryan Adams - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Davy Spillane - Low Whistle'
Intro
Q=72
G
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-6-----5-------3-------------3-5-|-6-----5-------3------------------|
|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0-----|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0---0--|
|---5-----5-------5---5---5-------|---5-----5-------5---5---5---5----|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-6-----5-------3-------------3-5-|-6-----5-------3----------------||
|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0-----|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0----||
|---5-----5-------5---5---5-------|---5-----5-------5---5---5---5--||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G Em Fsus2
Gtrs I, II
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------3-------------3---------|-----1-------1-------1-----1-0-|
||o-3---------3---0---------0---|-1-------1-------1-------1-----|
||----0---0-------------0-----0-|---0-------0-------0-----------|
||----------0---0---2-----2-----|-3-----3-------3-------3-------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--3-------------0-------------|-------------------------------|
Am C G C D
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S +S E S S S S S +S S S S
|-------------0---------------|-------3-(3)-----0-----2-(2)-----3-|
|-----1---1-3-------3---1---1-|-----3-------3-----1---------3-----|
|-----------------0-------0---|---0-----------0-----0---------0---|
|---2---2---------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0-------------3-----3-------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
G Em Fsus2
S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------3-----0-(0)-------|-----1-------1-------1-----1-0--|
|-3---3-----3---0-----0---------0-1-|-1-------1-------1-------1------|
|-------0-----------0---------2-----|---0-------0-------0------------|
|---0---------0---------------------|-3-----3-------3-------3--------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-------3-------0-----------------|--------------------------------|
Am C Dsus2
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|-------------0---------------|-------0--------------||
|-----1---1-3-------3---1---1-|-----3---3------------||
|-----------------0-------0---|---2-------2---2------||
|---2---2---------------------|-0-----------0---0----||
|-0-------------3-----3-------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------||
Chorus
$
G
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-----5-------3-------------3-5-|-6-----5-------3-----------------|
|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0-----|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0---0-|
|---5-----5-------5---5---5-------|---5-----5-------5---5---5---5---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Dm F Csus4 C
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-1-----0-------------------------|-------------------0-------|
|-------------3-1-----------------|-------1-----1-------1-3-5-|
|-----2-----2-----------2-------2-|---------------0-----------|
|---0-----0-----------3---3---3---|-3---3---2-------2---------|
|-------------------3-------3-----|---3-------3---------------|
|-----------------1---------------|---------------------------|
G
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-----5-------3-------------3-5-|-6-----5-------3-----------------|
|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0-----|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0---0-|
|---5-----5-------5---5---5-------|---5-----5-------5---5---5---5---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
To Coda
Dm F
S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S
|-----1-0----------------------------|
|---3---------3-1--------------------|
|-2---------2-----------2-(2)-----2--|
|---------0-----------3-------3------|
|-------------------3-----------3----|
|-----------------1------------------|
Csus4
6/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------0---------------0-------|
|-----1-------1-----1h3p1-------------1-----------|
|-------0---------------------0-----0---0---0---0-|
|---3-------3---2-----------2---2-2-----------2---|
|-3-------3-------3-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Flute Solo
Csus4 G Em
4/4
S S S S S S S S H E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------||--------3-------------3-------------|
|-----1-----1---1------||---3----------3---0-------------0---|
|---0-----0------------||------0---0--------------0--------0-|
|-3-----3-----3---2----||------------0---0---2-------2-------|
|----------------------||------------------------------------|
|----------------------||---3--------------0-----------------|
|
| Gtr III (Low Whistle arr. for Gtr.)
| W a H. +E a S S
|----------------------||------------------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------------------------|
|----------------------||-5s7--------------------(7)---7s5---|
|----------------------||----------------------------------7-|
|----------------------||------------------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------------------------|
Fsus2
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------1---------1-------1-----1---0----|
|-1-------------1-------1-------1----------|
|-------0---------0-------0----------------|
|-3----------3--------3-------3------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |--3---|
| S S S E +H E S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------8h==10-|
|-5-------------------------------9--------|
|---7p5h7---(7)----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Am C
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------0-----------------------|
|--------1-------1----3------------3-----1-----1---|
|--------------------------------0---------0-------|
|------2-----2-------------------------------------|
|----0------------------------3-------3------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| a Q +S T T T T S +Q +E S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-8s10-----(10)-12p10p8h10-8-(8)-----(8)---5-6h==8-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
G C D
S S S S +S E S S S S S +S S S S
|---------3-(3)-------0------2-(2)-----3--||
|-------3------3---------1---------3-----o||
|-----0------------0-------0---------0----||
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|---3-------------------------------------||
|
| a Q S S E +H
|-----------------------------------------||
|-5s6s=======5p3-3---(3)-----------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
G Em
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|------3----------------------3-----------------|
|-3--------------3----0---------------0---------|
|----0-----0---------------------0--------0-----|
|------------0-----0--------2-------2-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------0-------------------------|
|
| E. S a E a S S +S E. +E T T T T
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------5-5h6---8p5-6-(6)-8------(8)-------8-----|
|-------------------------------------7h9---9---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Fsus2
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------1-------1-------1-------1-0-|
|-1--------------1-------1-------1-------|
|-------0----------0-------0-------------|
|-3------------3-------3-------3---------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| |-3-|
| S S S T S. H E a E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3s5---|
|-8s7p5-7--------------------------------|
|---------7----7-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Am C
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------0---------------------|
|---------1---1---3---------3---1-----1---|
|-------------------------0---------0-----|
|-------2---2-----------------------------|
|--0-------------------3------3-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| +E a E E a E +E. S S S a E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-(5)-8p5---8-----------------------------|
|---------------7s9---(9)---7-5---5h7-----|
|-------------------------------7---------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Dsus2
S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H
|---------0--------------|-------0--------------||
|-------3---3------------|-3-------3-------3----||
|-----2-------2---2------|---2-------2---2------||
|--0------------0---0----|-----0-------0--------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|
| +W W
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|-(7)--------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
&
Csus4 C G
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------0-------|---------------------------------|
||o-------1-----1-------1-3-5-|-6-----5-------3-------------3-5-|
||----------------0-----------|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0-----|
||--3---3---2-------2---------|---5-----5-------5---5---5-------|
||o---3-------3---------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
Dm F
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|---------------------------------|-1-----0--------------------------||
|-6-----5-------3-----------------|-------------3-1-----------------o||
|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0---0-|-----2-----2-----------2-------2--||
|---5-----5-------5---5---5---5---|---0-----0-----------3---3---3----||
|---------------------------------|-------------------3-------3-----o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------1----------------||
Csus4 Csus4
6/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|-------------------------0---------------0-------|----------------------|
|-----1-------1-----1h3p1-------------1-----------|-----1-----1---1------|
|-------0---------------------0-----0---0---0---0-|---0-----0------------|
|---3-------3---2-----------2---2-2-----------2---|-3-----3-----3---2----|
|-3-------3-------3-------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
G
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-----5-------3-------------3-5-|-6-----5-------3-----------------|
|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0-----|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0---0-|
|---5-----5-------5---5---5-------|---5-----5-------5---5---5---5---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
H.=H
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-6-----5-------3-------------3-5-|-6-----5-------3----------------|
|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0-----|-----0-----0-5-----0---0---0----|
|---5-----5-------5---5---5-------|---5-----5-------5---5---5---5--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
W +W
|-^3--------|-(3)----*|
|-^3--------|-(3)----*|
|-^0--------|-(0)----*|
|-^0--------|-(0)----*|
|-----------|--------*|
|-----------|--------*|
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
