GENIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN LAMP
As recorded by The Shadows
(From the 1965 Album THE SOUND OF THE SHADOWS)
Music by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Brian Bennett & John Rostill
Transcribed by Slowhand
D Am G Em
x x 0 2 3 2 x 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bb C F A
x 1 3 3 3 1 x 3 5 5 5 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 x 0 2 2 2 0
F#m Bm E
2 4 4 2 2 2 x 2 4 4 3 2 0 2 2 1 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Hank Marvin - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Bruce Welch - Acoustic Guitar '
Q=176
D Am
4/4
Gtr II
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr I
Q E E E Q E +Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|----10-10----10--13-|-(13)--10----10----10-10-|
|----------12--------|----------12----12-------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
D Am D
W H H
| | |
/ / /
+Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|--------------|
|-(10)--10-10----10-----|-10-----------|
|-------------12----12--|--------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------|--------2--3--|
|-----------------------|--------------|
G Em Am D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H E E +Q Q Q H H E E +Q Q Q
||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
||---------4-------|-2-----------------|--------2-------|--------------------|
||-----------------|---5-(5)---4---5---|----------------|-5-4-(4)---2---4----|
||o-5--------------|-------------------|-3--------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
1.
G Em Am D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H E E +Q Q Q W H Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------o||
|--------2-------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-5-5-(5)-----------|----------------|-----------------||
|-2--------------|-----------2---3---|-5--------------|--------2---3---o||
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||
2.
$
D Bb C F Bb C Bb
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|-----------------||-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------10-||-12--12-12-14-14-14-14-|-10-10-10-12-(12)-----10-|
|--------------12-||-14--14-14-15-15-15-15-|-12-12-12-14-(14)-----12-|
|-----------------||-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|-------------------------|
C F Bb C Bb
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E E E H. E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-12--12-12-14-14-10-10-|-12-------------10-|
|-14--14-14-15-15-12-12-|-14-------------12-|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
C F Bb C
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-12--12-12-14-14-14-14-|-10-10-10-12-(12)-----12-|
|-14--14-14-15-15-15-15-|-12-12-12-14-(14)-----14-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D C D
Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
H. E E H E E E E
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||
|-14------------12-|-14----------10-12-||
|-16------------14-|-16-------12-------||
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||
D
Q Q E Q E Q E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10----10--(10)----------|-10----10---(10)----------|
|----12-------------10-12-|----12-----------10-10-10-|
|----------------12-------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Q Q E Q E Q E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E Q H E E E E
|-10-------------------|---------------------|
|-----10-13-10---------|---------------------|
|--------------12-10---|---------------10-12-|
|----------------------|-12---------12-------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
Q Q E Q E Q E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E E Q +E E E E E E Q +E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10----10--(10)----------|-10----10---(10)----------|
|----12-------------10-12-|----12-----------10-10-10-|
|----------------12-------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Q Q E Q E Q E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E Q E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------||
|-12-----10-------------|------------------||
|-----12----12-10-------|-5----------------||
|-----------------13\---|-----5----7---8---||
G Em Am D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H E E +Q Q Q H H E E +Q Q Q
||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
||---------4-------|-2-----------------|--------2-------|--------------------|
||-----------------|---5-(5)---4---5---|----------------|-5-4-(4)---2---4----|
||o-5--------------|-------------------|-3--------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
To Coda
G Em Am
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H E E +Q Q Q W
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|--------2-------|--------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-5-5-(5)------------|----------------|
|-2--------------|-----------2---3----|-5--------------|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
D D Bb
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H Q Q H Q E E
|-----------------||-------------------||
|----------------o||-------------------||
|-----------------||--------------10---||
|-----------------||--------------12---||
|--------2---3---o||-------------------||
|-----------------||-------------------||
&
Am
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W +W
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-5----------------|-(5)----------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
D
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+W +H. E E
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|------------------5-||
|--------------------|------------------7-||
|-(5)----------------|-(5)----------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
G C F G F
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-7--7-7--9--9--9--9-|-5-5-5-7-(7)-----5-|
|-9--9-9-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-9-(9)-----7-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
G C F G F
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E E E H. E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-7--7-7--9--9-5-5-|-7---------------5-|
|-9--9-9-10-10-7-7-|-9---------------7-|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
G C F G
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-7--7-7--9--9--9--9-|-5-5-5-7-(7)-----7-|
|-9--9-9-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-9-(9)-----9-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
A G A
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H. E E H Q Q
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
|--9---------------7-|--9----------------||
|-10---------------9-|-11------------0---||
|--------------------|-----------4-------||
|--------------------|-------------------||
A F#m Bm E
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H E E +Q Q Q H H E E +Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------2-------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-4-2-(2)---1---2---|--------4-------|-2-1-(1)-------1----|
|-2--------------|-------------------|-0--------------|-----------4--------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
A F#m Bm E
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H E E +Q Q Q W H Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------4-------|-2-2-(2)-----------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------0---|-2--------------|-----------------|
|-4--------------|-----------4-------|----------------|--------4---5----|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|
A F#m Bm E
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H E E +Q Q Q H H E E +Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------2-------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-4-2-(2)---1---2---|--------4-------|-2-1-(1)------------|
|-2--------------|-------------------|----------------|-----------4---6----|
|----------------|-------------------|-5--------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
A F#m Bm
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H E E +Q Q Q W +W
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|--------0-------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-2-2-(2)-----------|------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------0---|-2----------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-4--------------|-----------4-------|------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
E A D
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-5--5-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-------0--2-0-----|------------------|-6--6-6-7-7-7-7-|
|-----2--------2-0-|-2---2-1--0-------|----------------|
|------------------|------------3-0---|----------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|
G A G A D G A
E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E E E W +W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E +Q E E Q E E E E E E W +W
|-------------------|----------------|----------|--------*|
|-3-3-3-5-(5)-----3-|-5--5-5-7-7-3-3-|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-4-4-4-6-(6)-----4-|-6--6-6-7-7-4-4-|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-------------------|----------------|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|--------*|
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
