DAVID WATTS
As recorded by The Jam
(From the 1978 Album ALL MOD CONS)
Words and Music by Ray Davies
Arranged by The Jam
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Weller - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=152
D
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
<
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 E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2-|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-------|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
<
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 E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2-|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)--------|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-3--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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 E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2-|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)--------||
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)--------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------3-3-3--||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
D
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 E E E +E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||----2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2-|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2-|
||--0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G A G A
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 Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-2-----2------|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--0--2------|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--0--2------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-0-----0------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----3---------|
D
PM--| PM-------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-------2---0---2-|---2---0---2---0-|-3--------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-2-2---0---2-|---2---0---2---0-|-2----4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2--|
|-2-2-2-2---0---2-|---2---0---2---0-|-0--0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--|
|-0-0-0-----------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|
Pre-Chorus
F# F# B
PM----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S W H. E S S
|-----------------|---------------2-2-||-2--------|-2-----------7-7--|
|-----------------|---------------2-2-||-2--------|-2-----------7-7--|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-2-2-2-3-3-||-3--------|-3-------(0)-8-8--|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-||-4--------|-4-------(0)-9-9--|
|-----------------|-------------------||-4--------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-2--------|------------------|
E
Q. E +Q. E +E Q E +E E E S S
|-7----7-(7)---7-|-(7)-7--7-(7)-7-7-----|
|-7----7-(7)---7-|-(7)-7--7-(7)-7-7-----|
|-8----8-(8)---8-|-(8)-8--8-(8)-8-8-----|
|-9----9-(9)---9-|-(9)-9--9-(9)-9-9-----|
|-9--------------|------------------7-7-|
|-7--------------|------------------0-0-|
Q. E +E Q E +E Q E +E E E S S
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-9----9-(9)-9--9-|-(9)-9--9-(9)-9-9------|
|-9----9-(9)-9--9-|-(9)-9--9-(9)-9-9------|
|-9----9-(9)-9--9-|-(9)-9--9-(9)-9-9------|
|-7----7-(7)-7--7-|-(7)-7--7-(7)-7-7-0-0--|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
Chorus
A D
PM------------------------------|
W +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||-------3---3---3-|---3---3----------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||-----------------|------------------|
|----------|------------||-----------------|------------------|
E
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 E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------3---3---3-|---3---3---------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-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--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
1.
A D
PM--------------------------------|
W +W E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|----------|------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-----------------|--------------------|
|----------|------------|-----------------|--------------------|
2.
D
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 E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------o||-----------------|--------------------|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2--||---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2--|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--||-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-------------------o||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
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 E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2-|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2--|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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 E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2-|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2--|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Outro
D
PM------------------------| 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 E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||o-----------------|--------------------|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-------||----2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)--------|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-------||--0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)--------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-||o-----------------|-------------3-3-3--|
|-----------------|-------------------||------------------|--------------------|
1. 2.
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
|-----------------|--------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------o||-------------------|
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-2-4-2--||---4---2-(2)-------|
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-(0)-------|
|-----------------|-------------------o||-------------3-3-3-|
|-----------------|--------------------||-------------------|
PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||----2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)-------|
||--0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-------|
||o-----------------|-------------3-3-3-|
||------------------|-------------------|
PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E 3x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|---2---4---2---5-|---4---2-(2)--------||
|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)--------||
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-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
