Tab: Janet Jackson - BLACK CAT
BLACK CAT
As recorded by Janet Jackson
From the 1989 Album RHYTHM NATION 1814)
Tablature (Tab) for Guitar
Transcribed by Frank Nijs
Words and Music by Janet Jackson
E5
0 2 2 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Cat's noises'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Solo guitar'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Clean solo'
Cat's growling
Moderate Rock Q=116
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
\4/ \4/ /1\
S S S S E E Q +Q W
|---------------------------||----------|
|---------x-------x----(x)--||----------|
|---------x---x---x----(x)--||----------|
|-x-x-x-x-x---x---x----(x)--||----------|
|---------x---x---x----(x)--||----------|
|---------------------------||----------|
Gtr II
W W H E a E Q
|----------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|----------|--------x----------||
|----------|----------|--------x-3s12\----||
Intro
Em
PM PM PM PM
E +E E E Q E E +E E E E +E E E E
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------[5]--------|---------[5]b5.5-(5)-------|
||o-5b5.5-(5)-7--------7-[5]-|-(5)-7-----------------7---|
||--------------0------------|-------0-------------0---0-|
~ PM ~~
Q E E E +E E E E E H a E S S
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------[5]b5.5-(5)-----|-------------------x-x--|
|-5--7---------------7---|-----/7----(7)s12\-x-x--|
|------0---------------6-|-5-3--------------------|
Em
PM PM PM| PM
E +E E E E +E E E +E E E E +E S S E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------[5]b5.5-(5)-------|---------[5]b5.5-(5)---------|
|-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7-[5]-|-(5)-7-------------------7---|
|-------------0-------------------|-------0-------------0-0---0-|
~ PM ~~
Q E E E +E E E E E H a Q
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|--------[5]b5.5-(5)-----|-----------------------||
|-5--7---------------7---|-----/7----(7)s12\----o||
|------0---------------6-|-5-3-------------------||
1st, 2nd Verses
$
E5
Q Q E E Q Q Q H Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E S S 3x
||---------------|------------|--------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|------------|--------------|----------------o||
||---------------|------------|--------------|-----------------||
||--2-------2----|-2----------|-2-------2----|-2----------x-x--||
||o-2-------2----|-2----------|-2-------2----|-2----------x-x-o||
||--0-------0----|-0----------|-0-------0----|-0---------------||
E5
Q Q E E Q Q Q H Q Q E E Q Q Q Q a Q
|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-2-------2----|-2----------|-2-------2----|-2---------------||
|-2-------2----|-2----------|-2-------2----|-2---------------||
|-0-------0----|-0----------|-0-------0----|-0--------7s12\--||
Pre-Chorus
B5 A5
Q Q E E Q Q Q H Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|-4-------4----|-4----------|-2-------2----|-2-------------|
|-4-------4----|-4----------|-2-------2----|-2-------------|
|-2-------2----|-2----------|-0-------0----|-0-------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|-------5-5-3-5-|
To Coda
B5 A5
~
Q Q E E Q Q Q H Q Q E E Q E E E E E E Q
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
|-4-------4----|-4----------|-2-------2----|----------------||
|-4-------4----|-4----------|-2-------2----|----------------||
|-2-------2----|-2----------|-0-------0----|-----0-1-2---7--||
|--------------|------------|--------------|-3-3-------0----||
Chorus
Em
PM PM PM PM
E +E E E E +E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------[5]b5.5-(5)-------|---------[5]b5.5-(5)-------|
|-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7-[5]-|-(5)-7-----------------7---|
|-------------0-------------------|-------0-------------0---0-|
PM ~~
E +E E E E +E E E E E H a E S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------[5]b5.5-(5)-----|-------------------x-x---|
|-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7---|-----/7----(7)s12\-x-x---|
|-------------0---------------6-|-5-3---------------------|
Em
PM PM PM PM
E +E E E E +E E E +E E E S S E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------[5]b5.5-(5)-------|---------5h7p5-------|
|-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7-[5]-|-(5)-7-----------7---|
|-------------0-------------------|-------0-------0---0-|
D.S. al Coda
PM ~~~
E +E E E E +E E E E E H.
|-------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------||
|---------------[5]b5.5-(5)-----|-------------||
|-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7---|-----/7------||
|-------------0---------------6-|-5-3---------||
Breakdown
&
Em
Gtr II
~~~
+W +W
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-(7)-------------|-(7)-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| q q E e E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------8-------|---------8-(8)-------|
|--7---9--7-9---7-|-----9---7-(7)---9---|
|--7---9----9---7-|-----9-----------9---|
|-----------------|---------------7-----|
|-----------------|---------------------|
Gtr IV
\6
+H. E E +H +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------12--------|
|-------------------|-------------------/12----15b17==|
|---------------<3>-|-(<3>)-------(<3>)---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(7)---------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| q q E e E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------8---------|-----------8--(8)----------------|
|--7---9--7-9----7--|-------9---7--(7)-------9--------|
|--7---9----9----7--|-------9----------------9--------|
|-------------------|---------------------7-----------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
1st Guitar Solo
E5
Gtr II
Q Q E E Q
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~
+Q. +T +T S E +Q +E
|--------------------------------------|
|-(15)----(15)r(15)p12h15-(15)---(15)\-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
Q Q H Q Q E E Q
| | |
/ / /
|--3--| |3-| |--3--|
E S S S E S S S S S S S S E E Q S E. Q a Q
|---------14-17p16p15p14----14-------15-17b19-15-|-17b19--15--------------------|
|-x----15----------------17----15s17-------------|-----------17--17---(17)s20\--|
|---16-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
E5
Q Q H Q Q E E Q
| | |
/ / /
~~~~
E E E E +E +S S S S S S Q S S E S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------|--------10b12-------------------|
|-0s4s8-10b12==(10)r(10)p8-10-10-8-10-|-8------------10pb12r10r10-8----|
|-------------------------------------|----9-7----------------------9--|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Q Q H
|
/
~~~~~ ~~
+E +E S S S S Q +E E
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------10-10-10-----------------|
|-(9)-(9)\-/11----------11--(11)\-/11\--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
E5
Q Q E E Q
| |
/ /
S S S +S +S S S S S +S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------12----------------|
|-----12-14b15==(14)r(14)p12-14-12-15b17==(15)r----15-12----12----|
|-/12----------------------------------------------------15----15-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Q Q H
|
/
~~~~
S S S S S S S S +Q Q
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-12h16p12h16p12h16-12h14b16==(14)-------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------10\--||
2nd Guitar Solo
E5
Q Q E E Q Q Q H
| | |
/ / /
E E E E Q. E E +E S S S S Q +E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------15b17==|=(15)r(15)------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-(15)-(15)-12----14-14-12--(12)b12.5-12-|
|-----------[5]b5.5----------------|--------------14------------------------|
|---[5]-[7]---------[5]------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Q Q E E Q
| |
/ /
|---3---|
E E E E E +E E E S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------14b16==(14)r-<12>------------|
|-14-[14]-14-[14]-------------------[14]-14-12-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
E5
Q Q H
|
/
~~~~~~~
S S S S S S E +Q E S T T
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------8-10h12-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-14-12----------------------------------|
|-------14-13-12-------------(0)---------|
|----------------15-12-(12)--------------|
Q Q E E Q
| |
/ /
T T T T T T T T
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S +S +S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20p12-20p12p10p8-19p12-19p12p10p8-17p12-17p12p10p8-17p12-17p12p10p8-15b17==(15)r(15)p12---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5
Q Q H
|
/
~~~~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S E E +E +E E
|------------------14--------------------|
|---------12----------15-(15)-(15)-------|
|---12h14----14p12-----------------(11)\-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Q Q E E Q Q Q H
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E +Q. +E
|---------------------------------------------------|-17b19-------------------------------||
|---16-15-12----12-------------------------------12-|-------15-17-[17]-([17])---([17])\---||
|------------15----14b15-14-12----14----12-14-15----|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------14----14-------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Interlude
Em
~~
W S E. E E E E E E
|---------------|---/12------------------------|
|---------------|----------12s10---------------|
|---------------|----------------/12-----------|
|---------------|---------------------14-14s12s|
|---------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM PM
| q q E e E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------|------------------------------|
|-------8-------|--------------8--(8)----------|
|-7--9--7-9---7-|--------9-----7--(7)-----9----|
|-7--9----9---7-|--------9----------------9----|
|-----------7---|----------------------7-----7-|
|---------------|------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E H H
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-14s12s14s12s14s12s14s12s|=0-------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|
| ~~
| q q E e E E E E H Q
|-------------------------|---------------|
|--------------8----------|---------------|
|--7-----9-----7--9-------|---------------|
|--7-----9--------9-------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-----/7--------|
|-----------------------6-|-5-3-----------|
Em
\3
W W W H H
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|---------<5>-----||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|
| PM PM ~~
| q q E e E E E E E E +E E E E q q E e E E E E H Q
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-------8-------|-------8-(8)-------|-------8-------|-----------------||
|-7--9--7-9---7-|---9---7-(7)---9---|-7--9--7-9-----|-----------------||
|-7--9----9---7-|---9-----------9---|-7--9----9-----|-----------------||
|-----------7---|-------------7---7-|---------------|-----/7----------||
|---------------|-------------------|-------------6-|-5-3-------------||
Pre-Chorus
B5 A5
Gtr II
Q Q E E Q Q Q H Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------|
|-4-------4----|-4----------|-2-------2----|-2-------------|
|-4-------4----|-4----------|-2-------2----|-2-------------|
|-2-------2----|-2----------|-0-------0----|-0-------------|
|--------------|------------|--------------|-------5-5-3-5-|
B5 A5
~
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q E E E E E E Q
|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
|-4-------4----|-4-------------|-2-------2----|----------------|
|-4-------4----|-4-------------|-2-------2----|----------------|
|-2-------2----|-2-------------|-0-------0----|-----0-1-2---7--|
|--------------|---------5-7-5-|--------------|-3-3-------0----|
Chorus
Em
PM PM PM PM
E +E E E E +E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------[5]b5.5-(5)-------|---------[5]b5.5-(5)-------|
||o-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7-[5]-|-(5)-7-----------------7---|
||--------------0-------------------|-------0-------------0---0-|
PM ~~
E +E E E E +E E E E E H Q
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------[5]b5.5-(5)-----|---------------|
|-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7---|-----/7--------|
|-------------0---------------6-|-5-3-----------|
Em
PM PM PM PM
E +E E E E +E E E +E E E S S E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------[5]b5.5-(5)-------|---------5h7p5-------|
|-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7-[5]-|-(5)-7-----------7---|
|-------------0-------------------|-------0-------0---0-|
1.
PM ~~~
E +E E E E +E E E E E H.
|-------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------|------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------------||
|---------------[5]b5.5-(5)-----|-------------||
|-5b5.5-(5)-7---------------7---|-----/7-----o||
|-------------0---------------6-|-5-3---------||
2.
Em
Gt
E E E E E E E E +E E Q H
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|---------------9-|-(9)\-----------||
|-----5---5-5---7-|-(7)\-----------||
|-5-3-------------|----------------||
|
| Gt
| W W
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------||
Outro
Em
r III
E S S E e e e E E S S S S E E S S E E S S
|-------------12----------|-12-x-----------12-x-x-12-------|
|----------12-12-14-------|-12-x-x-15---14-12-x-x-12---12--|
|-12-x-x---12----12-12\---|------x-12---12-------------12--|
|-14-x-x---14-------14\---|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|r V
| ~~
| W H H
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------5--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
Em
E S S E e e e E E e S S E e e E E S S
|--------------12---------|---------------------------12-----------|
|---12-12---12-12-14------|---------------------------12-14-14-----|
|---12-12---12-12-12-12---|-12--------------x-12---12----12-12---x-|
|--------------------14---|-14--------------x-12---12-------14---x-|
|-------------------------|------------------------16--------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| W T +T +T T S S E E Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--7b8==(7)r(7)p5------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------7--5-------5-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------7--------------|
S S e E e e E E E S S S S E E e E E E
|--------------12--------|-12--------------12-------------------------------|
|-12---12---12-12---15-x-|-12-x-x-15-14-15-12-------------------14----------|
|-12---12---12-12---12-x-|-12-x-x-12-12-12----------------------12----------|
|--x--------12-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-----3-----|
| W H S +S S S S S E S
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------15pb17r(15)p14----12-------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------14----12------12--|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------14-------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
Em
e S S E e e E E E
|------------------------|
|-15---12----------------|
|-12---12---12------12---|
|-----------11-12---12---|
|--------------14--------|
|------------------------|
e S S S S S S S S E E S S e S S S S S S H
|------------------------------------|------------------------*|
|----------------------12------------|------------------------*|
|-12-x-12-14---12---14----12---12-12-|-12-x-12-14---12--------*|
|-12-x-12-12---12---12---------12-12-|-12-x-12-12---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
