KICKS
As recorded by Paul Revere & The Raiders
(From the 1966 Album MIDNIGHT RIDE)
Words and Music by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric 12-string Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=132
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. 12-string Gtr.)
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0--|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0---||
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1-------|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1--------||
|---------------|-----------3-----|---------------|-----------3------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|----1---3--1---|-----1-----------|----1---3--1---|-----1------------||
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1----1--|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1----1---||
|---------------|-----------3-----|---------------|-----------3------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
1st Verse
N.C.
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0--|----1---3--1---|
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1-------|-3----3------3-|
|---------------|-----------3-----|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----1---3--1---|-----1-----------|----1---3--1---|
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1----1--|-3----3------3-|
|---------------|-----------3-----|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
+E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----1--------0--|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0--|----1---3--1----|
|-(3)---3-1-------|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1-------|-3----3------3--|
|-----------3-----|---------------|-----------3-----|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----1-----------|----1---3--1---|-----1-----------|----1---3--1----|
|-(3)---3-1----1--|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1----1--|-3----3------3--|
|-----------3-----|---------------|-----------3-----|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
Pre-Chorus
$
Db
+E E E E Q Q e S s E e S S E e E e S S E e S S E e E
|-----------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------||---------------------|-6-------------------|
|-----1--------0--||-6---6---6-x-6-x-6---|-6---6---6---6-x-6---|
|-(3)---3-1-------||-6---6---6-x-6-x-6---|-6---6---6---6-x-6---|
|-----------3-----||-4---4---4-x-4-x-4---|-4---4---4---4-x-4---|
|-----------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM|
| +E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-----1-----------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-(3)---3-1----1--||---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------3-----||-4---------4---4-----|-4-4-------4---3-1---|
|-----------------||-------4-4-------4-4-|-------4-4-----------|
Fm Db
Q q E E E E E E q E E E E Q q E e q
|----1----!1-----|--------------------|----------------|
|----1----!1---1-|-----1--1--1--------|----6-----------|
|----1----!1---1-|-----1--1--1----1---|----6-----6-6---|
|----3----!3---3-|-----3--3--3----3---|----6-----6-6---|
|----3----!3-----|---3----3--3----3---|----4-----4-4---|
|-1-----0--------|--------------------|----------------|
|
| H H H Q. +E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------7--------|-6------5------(5)\-|-4------4-4-----|
|-1--------------|--------------------|----4-4-----4-4-|
C Bb C
E. S q S S e q E S S e S S S S E q
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|---5-5-5--3-3---5-5---5---|
|-x----6-6---x-6-6-6--|---5-5-5--3-3---5-5---5---|
|-x----6-6---x-6-6-6--|---5-5-5--3-3---5-5---5---|
|-x----4-4---x-4-4-4--|---3-3-3--------------3---|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E. S S S E a E E
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------3-------|
|---------------------|-------1----3s5-5---5s3-1-|
|-4--4-------4---3-1--|-3-3----------------------|
|--------4-4----------|--------------------------|
Chorus
Bb C Ab
E S S E S S S S e q E S S E E S S E E E
|----------------------||------------------------|
|---5-5-5-3-3---5-5----||-4----4-4-------4-4-4---|
|---5-5-5-3-3---5-5-5--||-5----5-5-------5-5-5---|
|---5-5-5-3-3---5-5-5--||-6----6-6-------6-6-6---|
|---3-3-3-----------3--||-6----6-6-------6-6-6---|
|----------------------||-4----4-4-------4-4-4---|
|
| Q E E E E Q Q. S S E E Q
|----------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------||------------------4-----|
|-3-----3-3---3---1-0--||----------6-6-6-----6---|
|----------------------||-4----------------------|
Db
E S S e E S S e E E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-6---6-6-6---------6-6-6----------|
|-6---6-6-6---------6-6-6----------|
|-4---4-4-4---------4-4-4----------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E S +S E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------6-6b8==(6)r-----4b5-(4)----|
|---6-----------------6---------6--|
|-4--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Ab
|3|
E S S E S E S S e E E
|--------------------------|
|-4----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|
|-5----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5---|
|-6----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|
|-6----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|
|-4----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|
|
| Q. S S E E Q
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------4-----|
|------------6-6-6---------|
|-4--------------------4---|
Db Ab
E S S E e S S E E E E S S E e S S e E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-4----4-4-4-----4-4-4----|
|-6---6-6-6-------6-6-6-----|-5----5-5-5-----5-5-5----|
|-6---6-6-6-------6-6-6-----|-6----6-6-6-----6-6-6----|
|-4---4-4-4-------4-4-4-----|-6----6-6-6-----6-6-6----|
|---------------------------|-4----4-4-4-----4-4-4----|
|
| Q E E +E E E E Q. S S E E Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------6b8-(6)-----4b5---|-------------------------|
|-------6-----------6-----6-|------------------4------|
|-4-------------------------|----------6-6-6-----6----|
|---------------------------|-4-----------------------|
To Coda
C Bb C Bb C
E S S S S e S S e E E Q. S S S S E Q +Q. S S E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-4----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|--------3-3s==5-5-5-5------|-(5)----3-3s=5--5-5---|
|-5----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5---|-5------3-3s==5-5-5-5------|-(5)----3-3s=5--5-5---|
|-6----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|-5------3-3s==5-5-5-5------|-(5)----3-3s=5--5-5---|
|-6----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|-3-------------------------|----------------------|
|-4----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|---------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q. S S E E Q E E E S S a E E S S E Q E E +E E Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------3--------|----------------------|
|--------------------4-----|--------2-2-3s5-----5s3p1--|----------------------|
|------------6-6-6-----6---|-3--3-3--------------------|--3---3-3---(3)-3-0---|
|-4------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
N.C.
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------||
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0--|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0--------||
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1-------|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1-------------||
|---------------|-----------3-----|---------------|-----------3-----------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------||
|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E +E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------||
|----1---3--1---|-----1-----------|----1---3--1---|-----1--------3b5r(3)--||
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1----1--|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1-------------||
|---------------|-----------3-----|---------------|-----------3-----------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------||
2nd Verse
N.C.
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0---------|
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1--------------|
|---------------|-----------3------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q S +E S
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------3b5r(3)p1-|
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1--------------|
|---------------|-----------3------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0----------|
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1---------------|
|---------------|-----------3-------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q S +E S
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------3b5r(3)p1--|
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1---------------|
|---------------|-----------3-------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0---------|
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1--------------|
|---------------|-----------3------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q S +E S
|---------------|------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------3b5r(3)p1-|
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1--------------|
|---------------|-----------3------------|
|---------------|------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|---------------|------------------------||
|---------------|------------------------||
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------0---------||
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1--------------||
|---------------|-----------3------------||
|---------------|------------------------||
|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E +E
|---------------|------------------------||
|---------------|------------------------||
|----1---3--1---|-----1--------3b5r(3)---||
|-3----3------3-|-(3)---3-1--------------||
|---------------|-----------3------------||
|---------------|------------------------||
Breakdown
&
C Bb C F
Q. S S +E Q S S E E E E S S E E E
|-------------------1---||---1---1-----1---1-|
|-5-----3-3s(5)-5-----1-||-------------1---1-|
|-5-----3-3s(5)-5-------||-2-------2h3---2---|
|-5-----3-3s(5)-5-------||-----3-------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|
| Q E E Q q E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------------||---1---1-----1---1-|
|-----------------------||-------------1---1-|
|-----------------------||-2-------2h3---2---|
|-----------------------||-----3-------------|
|-3---3-3----3\---0-----||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
D
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E
|---1---1-----1---1-|---------------------|
|-------------1---1-|---3---3-----3---3---|
|-2-------2h3---2---|---2-----2h3---2-----|
|-----3-------------|-4---0---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E
|---1---1-----1---1-|---------------------|
|-------------1---1-|---3---3-----3---3---|
|-2-------2h3---2---|---2-----2h3---2-----|
|-----3-------------|-4---0---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
Bb C
E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---3---3-----3---3-|---3---3-----3---3-|---3---3-----3---3-|------1-----1---1-|
|---2-----2h3---2---|-3---3---3h5-5-3---|-3---3---3h5-5-3---|---0--0-----0---0-|
|-0---0---------2---|-3---3---------3---|-3---3---------3---|--------2h3---2---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-3----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E Q E S S E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---3---3-----3---3-|---3---3-----3---3-|---3---3-----3---3-|------1-----1---1-|
|---2-----2h3---2---|-3---3---3h5-5-3---|-3---3---3h5---3---|---0--0-----0---0-|
|-0---0---------2---|-3---3---------3---|-3---3---------3---|--------2h3---2---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-3----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
Out-Chorus
Ab
E Q E S S E E E E S S E E S S E E E
|------------------||-------------------------|
|------1-----1---1-||o-4----4-4-------4-4-4---|
|---0--0-----0---0-||--5----5-5-------5-5-5---|
|--------2h3---2---||--6----6-6-------6-6-6---|
|-3----------------||o-6----6-6-------6-6-6---|
|------------------||--4----4-4-------4-4-4---|
|
| E Q E S S E E E Q. S S E E Q
|------------------||-------------------------|
|------1-----1---1-||o------------------------|
|---0--0-----0---0-||-------------------------|
|--------2h3---2---||-------------------4-----|
|-3----------------||o----------6-6-6-----6---|
|------------------||--4----------------------|
Db
E S S e E S S e E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-6---6-6-6---------6-6-6---------|
|-6---6-6-6---------6-6-6---------|
|-4---4-4-4---------4-4-4---------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E S +S E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------6-6b8==(6)r-----4b5-(4)---|
|---6-----------------6---------6-|
|-4-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
Ab
|3|
E S S E S E S S e E E
|--------------------------|
|-4----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|
|-5----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5---|
|-6----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|
|-6----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|
|-4----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|
|
| Q. S S E E Q
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------4-----|
|------------6-6-6-----6---|
|-4------------------------|
Db Ab
E S S E e S S E E E E S S E e S S e E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-4----4-4-4-----4-4-4----|
|-6---6-6-6-------6-6-6-----|-5----5-5-5-----5-5-5----|
|-6---6-6-6-------6-6-6-----|-6----6-6-6-----6-6-6----|
|-4---4-4-4-------4-4-4-----|-6----6-6-6-----6-6-6----|
|---------------------------|-4----4-4-4-----4-4-4----|
|
| Q E E +E E E E Q. S S E E Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------6b8-(6)-----4b5---|-------------------------|
|-------6-----------6-----6-|------------------4------|
|-4-------------------------|----------6-6-6-----6----|
|---------------------------|-4-----------------------|
E S S S S e S S e E E
|--------------------------|
|-4----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|
|-5----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5---|
|-6----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|
|-6----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|
|-4----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|
|
| Q. S S E E Q
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------4-----|
|------------6-6-6-----6---|
|-4------------------------|
C Bb C Bb C
Q. S S S S E Q +Q. S S E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------3-3s==5-5-5-5-----|-(5)----3-3s=5--5-5----o||
|-5------3-3s==5-5-5-5-----|-(5)----3-3s=5--5-5-----||
|-5------3-3s==5-5-5-5-----|-(5)----3-3s=5--5-5-----||
|-3------------------------|-----------------------o||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|
| E E E S S a E E S S E Q E E +E E Q
|--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------3-------|------------------------||
|--------2-2-3s5-----5s3p1-|------------------------||
|-3--3-3-------------------|--3---3-3---(3)-3-0----o||
|--------------------------|------------------------||
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
