IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
As recorded by Iron Butterfly
(From the 1968 Album IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA)
Words and Music by Doug Ingle
Transcribed by Slowhand
D5/C
x x x 5 3 5
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Erik Brann - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Erik Brann - Electric Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Doug Ingle - Organ'
Intro
Q=112
N.C.
4/4
Gtr III (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------10-------10-|
|-------------------------10-------10-------10----|
|-------------12-------12-------12-------12-------|
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------------------|
|----10-13-------13-------------------------------|
3/4
S S S S S S S S H E E Q Q
|-10-------10-13-------13-17----|-15-17-13--15--|
|-------10----------15----------|---------------|
|----10----------14-------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
4/4
Q E E Q W +W
|-12--12--------|-----------|---------|
|--------15-13--|-15--------|-(15)----|
|---------------|-----------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|---------|
|---------------|-----------|---------|
D5/C
Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
W W E E e E E E E E
| | | | | | |
x x / x x x x
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.) Gtr I
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-0--0--3-2---0-|-(0)-7--6-(6)-5\--3-|-0---0---3-2---0-|
|-----------3---|--------------------|-------------3---|
|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
+E Q E +E Q E Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-||
|----------------------|-------------3---|----------------------||
|----------------------|-----------------|----------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
D5/C
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
||------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------|----------------------|
||------------------|----------------------|
||--0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-|
||o-------------3---|----------------------|
||------------------|----------------------|
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3--|
|-------------3---|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-|
|-------------3---|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-|
|-------------3---|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
Chorus
N.C. N.C.
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------1-2-1-|-2-3-2-1-2-1h2p1-----||-----------------|-------------------|
|-0-2-3-2-3-------|-----------------3-2-||-5-3---5---5-4-3-|-2---0-2---2-3-4---|
|-----------------|---------------------||-----5-----------|---2---------------|
|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-3---5---5-4-3-|-2---0-2---2-3-4-|-7-5---7---7-6-5-|-4---2-4---4-5-6-|
|-----5-----------|---2-------------|-----7-----------|---4-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
E E E e E E E E E E E E +H H H H E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|-12----11-10-11--|
|-----------------|----------------|-/8----/11----|-----------------|
|-7-5---7---7-6-5-|-4---2-4-(4)----|--------------|-----------------|
|-----7-----------|---4------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
1.
D5/C
Gtr II
W W E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
~ ~~~~~~~
H Q Q H H Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|------6--5--|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-7----------|-6----7----|-----------------|----------------------|
|------------|-----------|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-|
|------------|-----------|-------------3---|----------------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3--||
|-------------3---|----------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
2.
D5/C
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-|
|-------------3---|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-|
|-------------3---|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-|
|-------------3---|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
Drum Break
E E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
x x / x x x x x x / x x x x
Gtr I
Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E Q E Wx4
|-----------------|----------------------||--------||
|-----------------|----------------------||--------||
|-----------------|----------------------||--------||
|-0---0---3-2---0-|-(0)-7---6-(6)-5\---3-||--------||
|-------------3---|----------------------||--------||
|-----------------|----------------------||--------||
Interlude
N.C.
q q E E E e H E E E E q q E E E e E e E e E E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------10-12-|---------------|---7--------------|
|-0--0--3-2---0-|--------/12-------|-0--0--3-2---0-|-------6-5h6-7\---|
|-----------3---|------------------|-----------3---|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
~~~
q q E E E e E E E E E Q.
|---------------|---------------12----|
|---------------|---------12h13-------|
|---------------|---12h14-------------|
|-0--0--3-2---0-|---------------------|
|-----------3---|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
q q E E E e E E E E +Q +E +E
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|---5h7-7b9==(7)--(7)r(7)-||
|-0--0--3-2---0-|-------------------------||
|-----------3---|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------------------||
Outro
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------10-------10-|
|-------------------------10-------10-------10----|
|-------------12-------12-------12-------12-------|
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------------------|
|----10-13-------13-------------------------------|
3/4
S S S S S S S S H E E Q Q
|-10-------10-13-------13-17----|-15-17-13--15---|
|-------10----------15----------|----------------|
|----10----------14-------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------|
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E Q q q E E E E
|-12--12--------|---------------*|
|--------15-13--|---------------*|
|---------------|---------------*|
|---------------|-0--0--3-2---0-*|
|---------------|-----------3---*|
|---------------|---------------*|
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
