CISSY STRUT
As recorded by The Meters
(From the 1969 Album THE METERS)
Music by Arthur Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter & Joseph Modeliste Jr.
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Leo Nocentelli - Electric Guitar'
Q=88(s16=16)
N.C. Bb F
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W S S S S +E E +E. S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S E 4x
|----------||----------------------------------|-------6-6---5---5----||
|----------||o---------------------------------|-------6-6---6---6---o||
|----------||--5-3-----------------------------|-------7-7---5---5----||
|----------||------5---------------------------|----------------------||
|----------||o-------6-(6)b6.5-3-(3)-----3-----|-3-------------------o||
|----------||------------------------3-6-----6-|----------------------||
N.C.
e S S S S S S S e. Q e S S S S S S H 4x
||------------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------o||
||--5---3-5-3---5---3-----|-5-----5-3-----------||
||------------------------|-----5-----5---------||
||o-----------------------|-------------3------o||
||------------------------|---------------------||
N.C. Bb F
S S S S +E E +E. S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S E 4x
||----------------------------------|-------6-6---5---5----||
||o---------------------------------|-------6-6---6---6---o||
||--5-3-----------------------------|-------7-7---5---5----||
||------5---------------------------|----------------------||
||o-------6-(6)b6.5-3-(3)-----3-----|-3-------------------o||
||------------------------3-6-----6-|----------------------||
N.C.
e S S S S S S S e. Q e S S S S S S H 4x
||------------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------o||
||--5---3-5-3---5---3-----|-5-----5-3-----------||
||------------------------|-----5-----5---------||
||o-----------------------|-------------3------o||
||------------------------|---------------------||
Bb6
e e e S S S S E E s s e E e S S S S E e S S
||--3-x-3-x-x-x-x-----x-x-|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x-|
||o-3-x-3-x-x-x-x-----x-x-|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x-|
||--3-x-3-x-x-x-x-----x-x-|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x-|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
e E e S S S S E e S S e E e S S S S E e S S
|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x-|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x--||
|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x-|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x-o||
|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x-|-x---3-x-x-x-x---3-x-x--||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
N.C.
e S S S S S S S e. Q e S S S S S S H 4x
||------------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------o||
||--5---3-5-3---5---3-----|-5-----5-3-----------||
||------------------------|-----5-----5---------||
||o-----------------------|-------------3------o||
||------------------------|---------------------||
N.C. Bb F
S S S S +E E +E. S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S E 4x
||----------------------------------|-------6-6---5---5----||
||o---------------------------------|-------6-6---6---6---o||
||--5-3-----------------------------|-------7-7---5---5----||
||------5---------------------------|----------------------||
||o-------6-(6)b6.5-3-(3)-----3-----|-3-------------------o||
||------------------------3-6-----6-|----------------------||
N.C.
e S S S S S S S e. Q e S S S S S S H 4x
||------------------------|---------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------o||
||--5---3-5-3---5---3-----|-5-----5-3-----------||
||------------------------|-----5-----5---------||
||o-----------------------|-------------3------o||
||------------------------|---------------------||
N.C. Bb F
S S S S +E E +E. S S S S S Q Q S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-------6-6---5---5---*|
|---------------------------------|-------6-6---6---6---*|
|-5-3-----------------------------|-------7-7---5---5---*|
|-----5---------------------------|---------------------*|
|-------6-(6)b6.5-3-(3)-----3-----|-3-------------------*|
|-----------------------3-6-----6-|---------------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
