PEACHES
As recorded by The Stranglers
(From the 1977 Album RATTUS NORVEGICUS)
Words and Music by Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Jet Black & Dave Greenfield
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Hugh Cornwell - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=73(16=s16)
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
S S S S E S S +S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------||------------6---------------|
|-----------------------------||o-----------6h7-------------|
|-----------------------------||------------6h8-------------|
|-----------------------------||----------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-4-4-----------------||o-4s6---4-------------------|
|-------------6-(6)-6-6-6-4-2-||------6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a S S S S E S S +S S S S E E
|-----------6----------------||--------------------------------||
|-----------6h7-------------o||--------------------------------||
|-----------6h8--------------||--------------------------------||
|----------------------------||--------------------------------||
|-4s6---4-------------------o||-4s6-6-6-6-4-4------------------||
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2--||---------------6-(6)-6-6-6-4-2--||
1st & 2nd Verses
N.C.
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
||------------6---------------|-----------6----------------|
||o-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7--------------|
||------------6h8-------------|-----------6h8--------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4--------------------|
||------6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2--|
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|-----------6---------------|-----------6---------------|
|-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7-------------|
|-----------6h8-------------|-----------6h8-------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4-------------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|
1.
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|-----------6---------------|-----------6---------------|
|-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7-------------|
|-----------6h8-------------|-----------6h8-------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4-------------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|
2.
a S S S S E S S +S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|--------------------------------||-----------6----------------|
|-------------------------------o||-----------6h7--------------|
|--------------------------------||-----------6h8--------------|
|--------------------------------||----------------------------|
|-4s6-6-6-6-4-4-----------------o||-4s6---4--------------------|
|---------------6-(6)-6-6-6-4-2--||-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2--|
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|-----------6---------------|-----------6---------------|
|-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7-------------|
|-----------6h8-------------|-----------6h8-------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4-------------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|
a S S S S E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-4s6-6-6-6-4-4-----------------||
|---------------6-(6)-6-6-6-4-2-||
3rd & 4th Verses
N.C.
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
||------------6---------------|-----------6----------------|
||o-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7--------------|
||------------6h8-------------|-----------6h8--------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4--------------------|
||------6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2--|
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|-----------6---------------|-----------6---------------|
|-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7-------------|
|-----------6h8-------------|-----------6h8-------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4-------------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|
1.
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|-----------6---------------|-----------6---------------|
|-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7-------------|
|-----------6h8-------------|-----------6h8-------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4-------------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a S S S S E S S +S S S S E E
|-----------6---------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------6h7-------------|--------------------------------o||
|-----------6h8-------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6-6-6-6-4-4------------------o||
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|---------------6-(6)-6-6-6-4-2---||
2.
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a S S S S E S S +S S S S E E
|-----------6---------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------6h7-------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------6h8-------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6-6-6-6-4-4------------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|---------------6-(6)-6-6-6-4-2--|
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|-----------6---------------|-----------6---------------|
|-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7-------------|
|-----------6h8-------------|-----------6h8-------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4-------------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|
a E S S E S S S S S S E E
|-----------6----------------||
|-----------6h7--------------||
|-----------6h8--------------||
|----------------------------||
|-4s6---4--------------------||
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2--||
Bridge
N.C.
e S S Q H e S S Q H
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|
|---7-6---------|---------------|
|-6-------------|---7-6---------|
|---------------|-6-------------|
e S S Q e S S Q e S S Q e S S Q
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|---7-6-------------|-------------------||
|-6----------7-6----|---5-4------3-2----||
|----------6--------|-4--------2--------||
Interlude
N.C.
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E 4x
||------------6---------------|-----------6-----------------||
||o-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7--------------o||
||------------6h8-------------|-----------6h8---------------||
||----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4--------------------o||
||------6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2---||
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E
||------------6---------------|-----------6----------------|
||o-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7--------------|
||------------6h8-------------|-----------6h8--------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4--------------------|
||------6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2--|
1. 2.
a E S S E S S S S S S E E a E S S E S S S S S S E E e S S Q H
|-----------6---------------|-----------6----------------||---------------|
|-----------6h7-------------|-----------6h7-------------o||---------------|
|-----------6h8-------------|-----------6h8--------------||---------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------||---7-6---------|
|-4s6---4-------------------|-4s6---4-------------------o||-6-------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2--||---------------|
e S S Q H e S S Q e S S Q e S S Q e S S Q
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---7-6-------------|-------------------||
|---7-6---------|-6----------7-6----|---5-4------3-2----||
|-6-------------|----------6--------|-4--------2--------||
Outro
N.C.
a E S S E S S S S S S E E
||------------6---------------|
||o-----------6h7-------------|
||------------6h8-------------|
||----------------------------|
||o-4s6---4-------------------|
||------6-----------6-6-6-4-2-|
a E S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S +S S S S E E
|-----------6----------------||-----------------------------|
|-----------6h7-------------o||-----------------------------|
|-----------6h8--------------||-----------------------------|
|----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-4s6---4-------------------o||-6-6-6-6-4-4-----------------|
|-----6-----------6-6-6-4-2--||-------------6-(6)-6-6-6-4-2-|
S S S S E S S +S S S S T T S E W S S E Q H
|----------------------------------|----------|-6-------------*|
|----------------------------------|----------|-6h7-----------*|
|----------------------------------|----------|-6h8-----------*|
|-4-4-4-4-3-3----------------------|----------|---------------*|
|-------------4-(4)-4-4-4-3h4p3-1/-|----------|---------------*|
|----------------------------------|----------|---------------*|
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
