WINTER TIME
As recorded by The Steve Miller Band
(From the 1977 Album BOOK OF DREAMS)
Words and Music by Steve Miller
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'David Denny - Acoustic Guitar w/ capo 1st fret'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Miller - Electric Guitar w/ capo 1st fret'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Norton Buffalo - Harmonica arr. for Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Miller - Electric Guitar w/ capo 1st fret'
Intro
Q=106
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret / w/ chorus)
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Bbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/Gb
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
|---------1-------|---------1-------|---------1-------|----------1----------|
|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2-----2-----2-|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3----------3----|
|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3-----------------|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|-2-------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Harmonica arr. for Gtr w/ capo 1st fret)
| W W W H E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------11-13-11-10-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
Bbm Bbm/Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------1--------------|--------------1--------------|
|--------2------2---------2-|----------2------2---------2-|
|------3-------------3------|--------3-------------3------|
|----3----------------------|-----3-----------------------|
|--1------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|--4--------------------------|
|
| |----3-----| |----3-----|
| H +Q Q Q E E Q +Q Q Q
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------10---|-13--------------------------|
|-11-------(11)---13--------|----13-13---(13)---11---10---|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------1-------|------------1-----------|
|--------2----2---2-|----------2----2-----2--|
|------3--------3---|--------3---------3-----|
|----3--------------|------3-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|--4----------------|---4--------------------|
|
| H H +H E E E E
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------10--|
|-13-------11-------|-(11)---------11-13-----|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
Bbm Bbm/Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------1-----------|------------1----------|
|----------2-------2----2-|---------2------2----2-|
|--------3------------3---|-------3-----------3---|
|------3------------------|-----3-----------------|
|---1---------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|--4--------------------|
|
| ~~
| +H E a E E E +H +E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(10)-------10-10p8----8-|-(8)-------(8)---------|
|--------------------11---|---------------11-10---|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
Bbm/Gb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------1-------|-------------1-----------|
|------------2---2---2-|----------2-----2-----2--|
|---------3--------3---|--------3----------3-----|
|-----3----------------|------3------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|--2-------------------|---2---------------------|
|
| E E +H. +Q Q E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-13-11-(11)-----------|-(11)-------11-13-11-10--|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
Bbm Bbm/Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------1--------------|--------------1--------------|
|--------2------2---------2-|----------2------2---------2-|
|------3-------------3------|--------3-------------3------|
|----3----------------------|-----3-----------------------|
|--1------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|--4--------------------------|
|
| |----3-----| |----3-----|
| H +Q Q Q E E Q +Q Q Q
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------10---|-13--------------------------|
|-11-------(11)---13--------|----13-13---(13)---11---10---|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bbm/Gb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------1-------|------------1--------||
|--------2----2---2-|----------2---2---2--||
|------3--------3---|--------3-------3----||
|----3--------------|------3--------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|--2----------------|---2-----------------||
|
| H H +H H
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-13-------11-------|-(11)----------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
Chorus
$
Bbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/Gb
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
||----------1-------|---------1-------|---------1-------|---------1--------|
||o-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2--|
||------3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----|
||----3-------------|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3--------------|
||o-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-2----------------|
Bbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/Gb
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
|---------1-------|---------1-------|---------1-------|---------1-------|
|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3-------------|
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|
1.
To Coda
Bbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/Gb
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
|---------1-------|---------1--------|---------1-------|---------1--------|
|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2--|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2--|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----|
|---3-------------|---3--------------|---3-------------|---3--------------|
|-1---------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-4----------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
Bbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/Gb
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
|---------1-------|---------1-------|---------1-------|---------1--------||
|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-o||
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----||
|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3--------------||
|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------||
2.
Bbm/Gb Bbm Bbm/Ab
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
|---------1-------|---------1-------|---------1-------|---------1-------|
|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|-------2---2---2-|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3-------------|---3-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-4---------------|
Bbm/Ab
Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|---------1-------|-----------------------||
|-------2---2---2-|-------2---------------||
|-----3-------3---|-----3--------15-15----||
|---3-------------|---3-------15-------15-||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-2---------------|-2---------------------||
|
| Gtr IV (El. Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret)
| W H E E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|--------------14-14----||
|-----------------|-----------15-------15-||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.
~~~~
E E Q +H +Q. E S S E E E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-15----15--(15)----|-(15)------15-15----15----|
|----15-------------|--------15-------15----15-|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| E E Q +H +Q. E S S E E E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-14----14--(14)----|-(14)------14-14----14----|
|----15-------------|--------15-------15----15-|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~
E E Q +H +Q. E S S E E E
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|----14-------------|--------------------------|
|-15----15--(15)----|-(15)------15-15----15----|
|-------------------|--------15-------15----15-|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| E E Q +H +Q. E S S E E E
|----14-------------|--------------------------|
|-14----14--(14)----|-(14)------14-14----14----|
|-------------------|--------15-------15----15-|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~
S S E Q +H +Q. E S S E S S E
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|-------14-------------|--------------------------14--|
|-15-15----15--(15)----|-(15)------15-15----15-15-----|
|----------------------|--------15-------15-----------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| S S E Q +H +Q. E S S E S S E
|-------14-------------|--------------------------14--|
|-14-14----14--(14)----|-(14)------14-14----14-14-----|
|----------------------|--------15-------15-----------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
G
Q a +E E Q E a a E Q E E Q E E
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-16b18===(16)r(16)p14-16--14h16p14-13-|-14--13-11-10--11-13-|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q a +E E Q E a a E Q E E Q E E
|-16b18===(16)r(16)p14-16--14h16p14-13-|-14--13-11-10--11-13-|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| G
| W W
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
Bbm Bbm/Gb
tr II
H.. E H.. E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-11---------------11-|-9---------------9S===|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| H.. E H.. E
|-11---------------11-|-9---------------9S===|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
|tr I
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------1--------|-----------1----------|
|----------2---2----2-|---------2---2---2----|
|--------3-------3----|-------3-------3------|
|------3--------------|-----3----------------|
|--1------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-4--------------------|
Outro
H.=H
D.S. al Coda &
Bbm/Gb Bbm/Gb
E E +H. +W W
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-2-4-(4)-----------|-(4)----------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|
| E E +H. +W W
|-2-4-(4)-----------|-(4)----------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------1-------|-----------1--------||---------1--------|
|---------2---2---2-|---------2---2---2--||-------2---2---2--|
|------3--------3---|-------3-------3----||-----3-------3----|
|---3---------------|-----3--------------||---3--------------|
|-------------------|--------------------||------------------|
|-4-----------------|--2-----------------||-2----------------|
F7 F7sus4F7 Bbm
Gtr I
E E E E +H H H W
|------------------|-------^1----|-^1----*|
|-^2-----^1-(1)----|-^1----^1----|-^2----*|
|-^3-----^2-(2)----|-^3----^2----|-^3----*|
|-^3-----^1-(1)----|-^1----^1----|-^3----*|
|--------^3-(3)----|-^3----------|-^1----*|
|-^2-----^1-(1)----|-^1----------|-------*|
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
