DAVID WATTS
As recorded by The Kinks
(From the 1967 Album SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS)
Words and Music by Ray Davies
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Davies - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Nicky Hopkins - Piano'
Intro
Q=138
D
4/4
Gtr II (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
|--3---|
E E E E +E Q E +E Q E +Q Q Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-10-10-10-12-(12)-10--13-|-(13)-12--10-(10)-------|
|-11-11-11-12-(12)-11--14-|-(14)-12--11-(11)-------|
|-12-12-12-12-(12)-12--12-|-(12)-12--12-(12)-------|
|-------------------------|------------------12-12-|
|-------------------------|------------------10-10-|
|--3---|
E E E E +E Q E +E Q E +Q Q Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-10-10-10-12-(12)-10--13-|-(13)-12--10-(10)-------|
|-11-11-11-12-(12)-11--14-|-(14)-12--11-(11)-------|
|-12-12-12-12-(12)-12--12-|-(12)-12--12-(12)-------|
|-------------------------|------------------12-12-|
|-------------------------|------------------10-10-|
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
PM-----------------------
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
D
---------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||----2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|
||--0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G A/EG A
PM--------------------| PM------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S Q Q Q E E Q Q E S S E S S
|-------------------------|--------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|-2--0--2------------|
|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|--------------|-2--0--2------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|--------------|-2--0--2-2-2---2-2--|
|-------------------------|-5--5--5--5---|-0-----0-----0------|
|-------------------------|-3--3--3--3-0-|-0--3---------------|
D
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|
|---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-----|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-||
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Chorus
F# B
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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 S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-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-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-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-|-----------------|-----------------------|
E F# A
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H W
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4s|=7----------|------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2s|=5----------|------||
Interlude
1.
D
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---4-4---5-5---4-4---7-7-|---6-6---4-4---4-4---4-4-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
N.C. D
PM--------------------|
W W E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----------|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|
|----------|----------|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------------|
PM-------------------------------------------------
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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E S S E S S E S S E S S
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2--||
|-0-----0-----0-----0------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||
Interlude
2.
N.C.
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
D
Gtr II
E E E E +E Q E +E Q E +E E a E E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-12-(12)-10--13-|-(13)-12--10-(10)-------10----|
|-11-11-11-12-(12)-11--14-|-(14)-12--11-(11)----10h11----|
|-12-12-12-12-(12)-12--12-|-(12)-12--12-(12)-12-------12-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
E E E E +E Q E +E Q E +E E a E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-12-(12)-10--13-|-(13)-12--10-(10)-------10-----|
|-11-11-11-12-(12)-11--14-|-(14)-12--11-(11)----10h11-----|
|-12-12-12-12-(12)-12--12-|-(12)-12--12-(12)-12-------12--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
E E E E +E Q E +E Q E +E E a E E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-12-(12)-10--13-|-(13)-12--10-(10)-------10----|
|-11-11-11-12-(12)-11--14-|-(14)-12--11-(11)----10h11----|
|-12-12-12-12-(12)-12--12-|-(12)-12--12-(12)-12-------12-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Outro
D
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S 7x
||--------------------------|----------------------------||
||o-------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----2-2---4-4---2-2---5-5-|---4-4---2-2---2-2---2-2----||
||--0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0--------||
||o-------------------------|---------------------------o||
||--------------------------|----------------------------||
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
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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
