ROGERS KENNY - "the greatest" Tablature

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 19:47:25 -0400
From: "Jeremy L. Tharp" <jtharp2@wvu.edu>
Subject: r/rogers_kenny/the_greatest.tab

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Song: The Greatest
Artist: Kenny Rogers
Tab by: Jeremy L. Tharp (jtharp2@wvu.edu)
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Legal stuff:
This is for private use only (in other words don't sell it),
and if you use it, give me credit eh? I did the work.
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Key:

. = one beat (located above staff)
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide
^ = bend half
^^ = bend full
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Capo 1
All fingerings and chords relative

Moderately fast (listen to cd for tempo)

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Intro:
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. . . .

e ||----------0h2-----0----------------||
B ||----------3---------------3--------||
4 D ||·-----2-------2---------------2---·||
4 G ||·-0-------------------------------·||
A ||-----------------------------------||
E ||-----------------------------------||

(Yes this means play it twice)

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Main riff:
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D
. . . . . . . .
e |----------0h2-----0----------------|----------0h2-----0----------------
B |----------3---------------3--------|----------3---------------3--------
4 D |------2-------2---------------2----|------2-------2---------------2----
4 G |--0--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------
A |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------

A (Asus4) G
. . . . .
e |-----------------------------------| ----------
B |----------2h3-----2----------------| -----3----
4 D |----------2---------------2--------| 1 -----0----
4 G |------2-------2---------------2----| 4 ----------
A |--0--------------------------------| ----------
E |-----------------------------------| --3-------


Yes it's hard to read that but it is just an extra one quarter beat
measure as far as I can tell.

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Lyrics:
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(I do a lot of ad-libbing in the other chord progressions -- sounds just
fine)

[Play the main riff during the main verse]

verse1
D
D
A
G D
verse2

chorus
A
A
G D
A
G
D

[Intro 1X]

verse3
verse4
chorus

[Intro 1X]

Bridge:

Bm
G
D
A

verse5
verse6
chorus

[Intro 1X]


verse7
verse8 x2