SUSIE Q
As recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
(From the 1968 Album CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL)
Words and Music by D. Hawkins, S.J. Lewis & E. Broadwater
Arranged by John Fogerty
Transcribed by Slowhand
E5 A C5 B5
0 7 9 9 x x x 0 2 2 2 x x 3 5 5 x x x 2 4 4 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Fogerty - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Tom Fogerty - Electriuc Guitar'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=126
N.C.
4/4
W W W W
Gtr I
E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----3------------|------------------|-----3-----------|------------------|
|---------2-0------|------------------|---------2-0-----|------------------|
|------------------|-2---2-----0------|---------------0h|=2---2-----0------|
|------------------|-------0h2--------|-----------------|-------0-2--------|
|-0---0---0----0---|-0---0---0---3b4--|-0---0---0---0---|-----0---0---3b4--|
H Q E E H Q E E
E5
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q E E E Q H
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----3-----------|------------------|-----3-----------|--------------||
|---------2-0-----|------------------|---------2-0-----|--------------||
|---------------0-|-2---2-----0------|---------------0h|=2------------||
|-----------------|-------0-2--------|-----------------|--------------||
|-0---0---0---0---|-----0---0---3b4--|-0---------------|--------------||
H Q E E
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Verses
$
$$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Q E E E Q E E E Q H Q E E E Q E E E Q H
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
||o----3-----------|--------------|----3-----------|---------------|
||---------2-0-----|--------------|--------2-0-----|---------------|
||---------------0h|=2------------|--------------0h|=2-------------|
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
1.
To Dbl. Coda To Coda
A C5 B5 E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E Q E E E Q H
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----2------2--|-----5------4--|-----3-----------|--------------o||
|-----2------2--|-----5------4--|---------2-0-----|---------------||
|-----2------2--|-----5------4--|---------------0h|=2-------------||
|-0---0--0---0--|-3---3--2---2--|-----------------|--------------o||
|---------------|---------------|-0---------------|---------------||
Guitar Solo
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
|-3-|
E E Q H E +Q. S S S E Q
|--------------||--------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------------|
|--------------||-9b11==(9)----10p9p7---7--|
|-2------------||---------------------9----|
|--------------||--------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
+E E E E Q Q E +E E E +E E E a E
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(7)-7-9-7-9b11--9b11--|-9b11r(9)-7-9-(9)-12-14-12h14--|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
A
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
E +E E E E E +E E Q +E E E Q E
|------------12-------12---------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------15b17------------------|-------------------------------|
|-14b16-(14)-------------14b16r(14)-12-|-14b16r=(14)-12-14-12---14b16==|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
C5 B5 E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
|------3-------|
+Q Q E E E E Q E E Q Q Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(14)r=14--14b15-12-------|-----12-14-14b16-14b16---[14]b16-|
|--------------------14-12-|-14------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
|-3-|
Q +E E E E E E a Q Q E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|-14b16r=(14)-12-14-12-------|-7h9--9b11--9p7---7-9-|
|----------------------14-12-|----------------9-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
E +E E +E E +E E +E E +E +E. S Q E E
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-8b10-(8)-8b10-(8)-8b10-(8)-8b10-(8)-|-8b10==(8)r(8)p7----------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------9--7-9---|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
A A
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
E +S S E E +E Q E E +E E +E E +E E +E
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-8b10-(8)-8b10-(8)-8b10-(8)-8b10-(8)-|
|-9b11r(9)p7---7-(7)-9---9-|-------------------------------------|
|------------9-------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C5 B5 E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
|-3-|
E +E E E E +E E E E W
|--------------------------|---------------|
|-8b10-(8)-8p7-------------|---------------|
|--------------9-(9)-------|---------------|
|--------------------8p7-5-|---------------|
|--------------------------|-7-------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
+W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
|---------------||------------------|-----------------||
|---------------||o-----3-----------|----------------o||
|---------------||----------2-0-----|-----------------||
|---------------||--------------2-0h|=2---2-----0-----||
|-(7)-----------||o-----------------|-------0h2------o||
|---------------||--0---0---0-------|---0---------3---||
D.S. al Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----3-----------|----------------||
|---------2-0-----|----------------||
|-------------2-0h|=2---2-----0----||
|-----------------|-------0h2------||
|-0---0---0-------|---0---------3--||
Interlude
&
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E E Q H Q E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|----0---3-------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|---3-------------|
|--------------|--------------3s|=4---4---2-0-----|
|-2------------|----------------|---------------0h|
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E 3x
||------0---3-------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|---3--------------o||
||----------------3s|=4---4---2-0-------||
||--2---------------|---------------0h==||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E 3x
|-----0---12s15-----||------0---0---0-----|------0---12s15------||
|---------------5h8-||o-(8)---5---3-------|----------------5h8-o||
|-------------------||----------------3-4-|-(4)-----------------||
|-2-----------------||--------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------||o-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------||--------------------|---------------------||
E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
+Q E E E E E E +Q Q H W W W
|--------0---0-----|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-(8)--5---3---4-5-|-(5)-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
||o-----3-----------|----------------o||-----3-----------|-----------------||
||----------2-0-----|-----------------||---------2-0-----|-----------------||
||--------------2-0h|=2---2-----0-----||-------------2-0h|=2---2-----0-----||
||o-----------------|-------0h2------o||-----------------|-------0h2-------||
||--0---0---0-------|---0---------3---||-0---0---0-------|---0---------3---||
Chorus
&&
E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----3-----------|--------------|
|---------2-0-----|--------------|
|---------------0h|=2------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-0---------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Q E E E E E E E E Q H
||-----------------|---------------||
||o----3-----------|--------------o||
||---------2-0-----|---------------||
||---------------0h|=2-------------||
||o----------------|--------------o||
||-----------------|---------------||
A C5 B5 E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E Q E E E Q H
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----2------2--|-----5------4--|-----3-----------|--------------||
|-----2------2--|-----5------4--|---------2-0-----|--------------||
|-----2------2--|-----5------4--|---------------0h|=2------------||
|-0---0--0---0--|-3---3--2---2--|-----------------|--------------||
|---------------|---------------|-0---------------|--------------||
Outro
E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
|-3-|
Q Q +H Q E E E +E Q E E E H E E
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|----9b11===(9)r====|=9--7-9-9b11r(9)-7--|-9p7---7-----9-7-|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----9-----------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
Q Q Q Q
| |
/ /
|-3-|
Q E E E E +E E +E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-9b11--9p7---12b14-(12)-12b14-(12)-|
|-----------9-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
A C5 B5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
|-----3-----| |-3-|
Q +Q Q a Q Q Q E E E S S S S S S E
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-12b14r(12)---9-7h9--7--|-9b11--9p7---7h9p7h9-7h9-9b11===|
|------------------------|-----------9--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
+S +S S S H +E E +E E a E +E +E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------12-------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------12----15b17-|
|-(9)r(9)p7----7-----(7)S12-|-(12)-14-14b15-(15)pb16==(15)r(15)-------------|
|-----------h9--------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q
| |
/ /
|----3-----|
Q S +S S E E E S +S S S
|-12------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----14b16r(14)p12----12-14-14b16r(14)----12-|
|-------------------14------------------14----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q
| |
/ /
S E. E E +E E E +E
|------------12------------12------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(12)-14b16----14b16r(14)----14b16r(14)-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
A
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Q E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------12-------12-15-|
|-----------------------|---------------------15b17-------|
|-12--14-12-14p12-11-12-|-14-12-14b16-(14)----------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
C5 B5 E5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Q E E E E S S E a Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15b17----12-------12----------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------12-15b17-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------14p12-12-|-12h14b16--14p12-----h12-14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------h14-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q
| |
/ /
|--3---| |----3----|
E S S S E E +Q E E +E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-14b16-14p12-----h12----------12-14b16-(14)---|
|-------------h14-----14-(14)------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
|--3--|
E E E E E E E E Q S S S E E +E E E
|-12-------12-------12-------12-12-|-15b16--12-------12---------------15b17-|
|----15b17----15b17----15b17-------|-----------15-12------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------14b16r(14)-12-------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q
| |
/ /
|--3--|
+E S S E E E +E E E E
|-(15)-12-------12------------------12-|
|---------15-12------------------------|
|------------------14b16r(14)p12-------|
|--------------------------------14----|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
A C5 B5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
|--3--| |--3--|
Q S S S E E +Q E Q S S S E E +S S E E
|-15b17--12-------12--------------12-|-15b17--12-------12---------------------|
|-----------15p12--------------------|-----------15p12------------------------|
|--------------------14b16r(14)------|--------------------14b16r(14)-12----12-|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------14----|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E5
Q Q Q Q
| |
/ /
|---3---| |---3---|
E +S S S E E +E +S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-14-(14)p12-----12-14b16==(14)r(14)p12-----12-14b16==|
|------------h14------------------------h14-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q
| |
/ /
|---3---|
+E +S S S E E +Q +E E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-(14)r(14)p12-----12-14b16==(14)r=(14)-12-|
|--------------h14-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
H +E E +E E +W
|---------------------------|-----------------*|
|---------------------------|-----------------*|
|---------------------------|-----------------*|
|-14-----(14)-14b16r(14)-12-|-(12)------------*|
|---------------------------|-----------------*|
|---------------------------|-----------------*|
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
