Queen Of Torture
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by Wishbone Ash
from the CD Wishbone Ash
Transcribed by Rob Watson robert.watson14@btinternet.com
Intro
Gtr R
E|15p12------15p12----15p12----15p12---|15p12----15p12----15p12----15p12---|--------|------------|
B|-------12--------12-------12-------12|------12-------12-------12-------12|12------|------------|
G|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|14------|------------| x2
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|------------|
|Gtr L | | | |
E|14p12------14p12----14p12----14p12---|14p12----14p12----14p12----14p12---|15------|------------|
B|------(12)-------12-------12-------12|------12-------12-------12-------12|12------|------------|
G|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|------------|
D|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|------------|
Riff A play 4 times
(Em)
Gtr R
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|------------7-7---9p7--------|
A|7-7--10-10------------10-----|
E|-----------------------------|
|Gtr L |
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|------------7-7---9p7--------|
E|7-7--10-10------------10-----|
Verse
|Riff A |Riff A|Riff A |Riff A|
Has anybody seen my baby kickin' around the town?
|Riff A |Riff B |
She's the queen of torture, yeah,
|Riff A |Riff B |
Yeah, you know she put me down.
Riff B
(C)
Gtr R
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|----------7-7-9--------------|
A|7-7-10-10-------10-10--------|
E|-----------------------------|
|Gtr L |
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|----7-7--10p7---7------------|
E|8-8-----------8---8----------|
Harmony Guitar Section
Gtr R
E|--12----------15|14-12-------|15b17----------15-14-12------|-------------------------|
B|-----15-12-14---|------------|------------------------15-14|12-----------------------|
G|----------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|7---------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|Gtr L | | | |
E|----------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------|------------|------12---------------------|-------------------------|
G|--12-11----11-12|11----------|14b16----(16)--14-12-11-12-11|-------------------------|
D|--------14------|---14-------|-----------------------------|14-----------------------|
A|10--------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
Solo 1
A E
E|---|------------------|------------------|---------------|------0-0-0--|------|-----|
B|---|------------------|------------------|---------------|----0-------3|3b5---|3b5--|
G|--0|2b4-2b4-2b4r2p0-2-|2b4-2b4-2b4r2p0-2-|0--------------|2b4----------|------|-----|
D|2--|------------------|------------------|--2p0-------0-2|-------------|------|-----|
A|---|------------------|------------------|------2-0h2----|-------------|------|-----|
E|---|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------------|------|-----|
A
E|----0h3-----0-3|5b7r5-3---0-0--|------10---------------|-------------------------------|
B|3b5-----3b5----|--------5-----7|10b12----10b12-r10-8-10|10b11r10-8-10-8----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|----------------9-----7-9p7----|
D|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|------------------7h9-------9--|
A|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
B
E|---------------|7-------------|-------|12b14r12r10-------------| repeat intro
B|---------------|--8---8-10b11b|12-----|------------12----------|
G|7-9-7-9---9-7-9|----9---------|-------|------------------------|
D|---------------|--------------|-------|------------------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-------|------------------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-------|------------------------|
Solo 2
A
E|---------12|12----------12-------12-------12|------12-------12-------12-------12|
B|12-14-15---|15b17-15b17----15b17----15b17---|15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17---|
G|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E
E|------12-------12-------12-------12|------12-------12-------12----|-------12---------12----|
B|15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17---|15b17----15b17----15b17----15b|17--------15b17---------|
G|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|15b17r15b17-15-12-------12|12------------------------------------|---12--------------------|
G|------------------14b16---|---14b16r14-12-14-12----------12-14-12|14----12-12--------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------14-12-14---------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A
E|19p15----19p15----19p15----19p15---|19p15----19p15----19p15----19p15---|15-17b19--17-15|
B|------17-------17-------17-------17|------17-------17-------17-------17|---------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|
B
E|14-15-14------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------15-12------|12-15p14p12-------12--|14-12-12-----------------|
G|---------------14b16|------------14b15-----|-------------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
Additional verses
Has anybody seen my woman hangin' round the streets?
She ain't been home for oh, so long
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She walked right out on me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Has anybody seen my woman out around the city?
She ain't been home for two weeks now,
And ain't that such a pity, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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