THE LOST CITY
As recorded by The Shadows
(From the 1965 Album THE SOUND OF THE SHADOWS)
Music by Russ Ballard
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Hank Marvin - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Hank Marvin - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Bruce Welch - Acoustic Guitar'
Q=137 1.,2. 3.
A G D A D A
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E 3x Q. E Q Q
||--5-------5---3-------3---|-2-------2---5-------5----||-2-------2---5------||
||o-------------------------|-------------5-----------o||-------------5------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||--------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||----------------0---||
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| Gtr II
| Q. E Q. E Q. E H 3x Q. E H
||--5-------5---3-------3---|-2-------2---0------------||-2-------2---0------||
||o-5-----------3-----------|-3-----------2-----------o||-3-----------2------||
||--6-----------4-----------|-2-----------2------------||-2-----------2------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||--------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S 3x Q S S S S Q E E
||--0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0--||-2---2-2-2-2-0--0-0-||
||o-2---2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-2---2-2-2-2-o||-3---3-3-3-3-2--2-2-||
||--2---2-2-2-2-4---4-4-4-4-|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--||-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-||
||--2---2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2--||-0---0-0-0-0-2--2-2-||
||o-0---0-0-0-0-5---5-5-5-5-|-------------0---0-0-0-0-o||-------------0--0-0-||
||--------------3---3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||--------------------||
$
A D E A
|---3---|
H H Q. E Q Q Q H. Q
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-2---------------|----------4---2---0---|-2------------2---|
|---------4-------|-5--------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-0-0---0---0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-0-0---0---0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-1-1---1---1-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-2-2---2---2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------2-2---2---2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|----------0-0---0---0-|------------------|
A C#m D
|---3---| |---3---|
H Q Q Q Q H. Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-2----------------|---------4---2---4----|
|-0-------0---2---0---|-----4------------|-5--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|----------------------|
C#7 F#m D
H. Q H Q. E H. Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-2----------------|------------------|
|-1----------------|---------4------2-|-2----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--------------4---|------------------|--------------4---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|------------------|
|------------------|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|------------------|
To Coda
F#m B7 A F#m D E
H Q. E H. E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-2----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------||
|---------4------2-|------------------|-------------2---|---------------||
|------------------|-4----------------|------2---4------|-4-------------||
|------------------|--------------0-0-|-2s4-------------|----0---4s2----||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------0--||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---0--0-0-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-0---0--||
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---2--2-2-2--2-2-|-3--3-3-0---0--||
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-1---1--||
|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|---2--2-2-4--4-4-|-0--0-0-2---2--||
|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---0--0-0-4--4-4-|--------2---2--||
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|------------------|----------2--2-2-|--------0---0--||
A G D A G
H H W W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|-5-------5---3-------3---|-2-------2---0-----------|-5-------5---3-------3---|
|-5-----------3-----------|-3-----------2-------5---|-5-----------3-----------|
|-6-----------4-----------|-2-----------2-----------|-6-----------4-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S
|-0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|
|-2---2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-2---2-2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-|
|-2---2-2-2-2-4---4-4-4-4-|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2-2-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-2---2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-5---5-5-5-5-|-------------0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-5---5-5-5-5-|
|-------------3---3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-------------3---3-3-3-3-|
D A A
H Q Q H H
|----------------------||-----------------|
|----------------------||-5---------------|
|----------------------||---------6-------|
|----------------------||-----------------|
|----------------7-----||-----------------|
|----------------------||-----------------|
|
| Q. E H W
|-2-------2---0--------||-----------------|
|-3-----------2--------||-----------------|
|-2-----------2--------||-----------------|
|----------------------||-----------------|
|----------------------||-----------------|
|----------------------||-----------------|
|
| Q S S S S Q E S S E E E E E E E E
|-2---2-2-2-2-0--0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3---3-3-3-3-2--2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2---2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------0--0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------||-----------------|
D E A
|---3---|
Q. E Q Q Q H. Q
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------7---5---3---|-5------------5---|
|-7--------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2--2-2-2-0-0---0---0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-3--3-3-3-0-0---0---0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2--2-2-2-1-1---1---1-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0-2-2---2---2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------2-2---2---2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------0-0---0---0-|------------------|
C#m
|---3---|
H Q Q Q Q H.
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-5---5------------|
|-------------4-------|-----6------------|
|-7-------7-------7---|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-|-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------|------------------|
D C#7
|---3---|
Q. E Q Q Q H. Q
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------7---5---7---|-9-----------------|
|-7--------------------|--------------6----|
|-7--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2--2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3---3---3-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2---2---2-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0---0---0-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|----------------------|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----------------------|-------------------|
F#m D F#m B7
H Q. E H. Q H Q Q H. E E
|-9-------7------5-|-5----------------|-9-------7---5---|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-7-----------------|
|------------------|--------------6---|-----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------7-7--|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-|------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|
A F#m D E A
a Q Q a Q Q a Q Q E E Q W W
|---------------5---|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------5---5h7------|------5-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5h6---------------|-4h6------\4-2----|-2---------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|---------------4--|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---0--0-0---2--2-2-|---2--2-2--0---0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|---2--2-2---2--2-2-|---3--3-3--0---0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|---2--2-2---2--2-2-|---2--2-2--1---1--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|---2--2-2---4--4-4-|---0--0-0--2---2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|---0--0-0---4--4-4-|-----------2---2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|------------2--2-2-|-----------0---0--|-----------------|-----------------||
E B7 E
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-7---4-----------|-7---5-----------|-11----9----7---5---|-4----9-7-(7)--------|
|---------5-------|---------7-------|----12---10---9---7-|-5---10-9-(9)--------|
|-------------4---|-------------8---|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1--1-1--1--1-1-1--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|--------------------|-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--|
D.S. al Coda
C F#m B7 E
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E H +Q E E
|-7---4-----------|-8---------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------5-------|-----8---5-------|---------7-------|-9-------(9)--------||
|-------------4---|-------------5---|-6-5-6-7-8-7-8s9-|-9-------(9)--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-0--||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2---------|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--||
&
A F#m D E A F#m D E
a Q Q Q Q Q Q a Q Q a Q Q Q Q Q Q a Q Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------2---|----------------|-------------2---|-----------------||
|------2---4------|-4--------------|------2---4------|-4---------------||
|-2s4-------------|----0---4s2-----|-2s4-------------|----0---4s2------||
|-----------------|-------------0--|-----------------|-------------0---||
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
|---0--0-0-2--2-2-|-2--2-2---0--0--|---0--0-0-2--2-2-|-2--2-2---0--0---||
|---2--2-2-2--2-2-|-3--3-3---0--0--|---2--2-2-2--2-2-|-3--3-3---0--0---||
|---2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2---1--1--|---2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2---1--1---||
|---2--2-2-4--4-4-|-0--0-0---2--2--|---2--2-2-4--4-4-|-0--0-0---2--2---||
|---0--0-0-4--4-4-|----------2--2--|---0--0-0-4--4-4-|----------2--2---||
|----------2--2-2-|----------0--0--|----------2--2-2-|----------0--0---||
1.,2.
A G D A
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E 3x
||--5-------5---3-------3---|-2-------2---5-------5----||
||o-------------------------|-------------5-----------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| Q. E Q. E Q. E H 3x
||--5-------5---3-------3---|-2-------2---0------------||
||o-5-----------3-----------|-3-----------2-----------o||
||--6-----------4-----------|-2-----------2------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S 3x
||--0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0--||
||o-2---2-2-2-2-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-2---2-2-2-2-o||
||--2---2-2-2-2-4---4-4-4-4-|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--||
||--2---2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-|-0---0-0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2--||
||o-0---0-0-0-0-5---5-5-5-5-|-------------0---0-0-0-0-o||
||--------------3---3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||
3.
D A
Q. E H +W
|-2-------2---5----|-(5)----*|
|-------------5----|-(5)----*|
|------------------|--------*|
|------------------|--------*|
|------------------|--------*|
|------------------|--------*|
|
| Q. E H +W
|-2-------2---0----|-(0)----*|
|-3-----------2----|-(2)----*|
|-2-----------2----|-(2)----*|
|------------------|--------*|
|------------------|--------*|
|------------------|--------*|
|
| Q S S S S H +W
|-2---2-2-2-2-0----|-(0)----*|
|-3---3-3-3-3-2----|-(2)----*|
|-2---2-2-2-2-2----|-(2)----*|
|-0---0-0-0-0-2----|-(2)----*|
|-------------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
