ZZ Top - La Grange
ZZ Top - La Grange
ZZ Top - La Grange
ZZ Top
Composio: Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill / Frank Beard
Tom: A
(clean sound)
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-------2--2--2--2--2--|.-2----2----2-4--2--2--2--2--2-.|
----2--2--2--2--2--2--|.-2-2--2-4--2-2--2--2--2--2--2-.|
----0-----------------|----0----0----------------------|
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v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
During the first verse, keep repeating the section above between |:
and :|
occasionally playing it this way to emphasize the words:
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---2----2----2----2--2--2--2--2----
---2----2----2-2--2--2--2--2--2----
-----3----5----0-------------------
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^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Then after 'They got a lot o' nice girls' comes the break. Resume
playing
the same as above with heavy distortion:
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-------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-----------------|----3----5----0-----------------|
----------------------|--------------------------------|
v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Keep repeating the part in between |: :| during the second verse, then
after 'I might be mistaken', switch to:
Pgina 1 / 2
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--|
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--|
----------------------------|.-----8--8-10--
10-------------------------.|
----10-10--10--10--10--10---|.--10-8--8-10--10-10--10--10--10--10--
10--.|
----10-10--10--10--10--10---|---10-------------10--10--10--10--10--
10---|
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--|
v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Then, during the guitar solo, keep playing the above section between
|: :|
When the solo comes to an end, this is the pattern and the break:
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---------------------------------8--8-10--
----10-10--10--10--10--10-----10-8--8-10--
----10-10--10--10--10--10-----10----------
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v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v
|-------5---5---5-----5---5---5-----5---5---5----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|.--------------------------------------------------------2-.|
|.--4/5---5---5---3/4---4---4---2/3---3---3---------------2-.|
|-----------------------------------------------0--0--3h4----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
(I usually play the D string with my pick and the E string with
my middle finger. You can, of course, play both with your pick)