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>From: macon@gallifry.Berkeley.EDU (Glen Macon)
072
Title: HONKY TONK WOMAN
intro :
---------------------------------
-0--0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- sounds nice through distorsion
-0--0-0--3-1-0-1-0-3-1-0-0-0-1-0-
-------------------------2-------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
G C
I met a gin soked bar ...
G A D
She tried to take me ...
G C
She had to heave me ...
G D G
cause I just can't seem to ...
D G
Shes a Hooooonky ...
D G
gimmie gimmie gimmie ...
C
I layed her some folks ...
G A D
I had to put up ...
G C
The lady then she ...
G D G
She blew my nose and ...
D G
Shes a Hooooonky ...
D G
gimmie gimmie gimmie ...
GUITAR SOLO ON VERSE
D G
Shes a Hooooonky ...
D G
gimmie gimmie gimmie ...
>From: fredh@cv.hp.com (Fred Handloser)
Subject: Re: TAB: Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones) (repost)
Steve Portigal (stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca) wrote:
: Glen Macon spake:
: Title: HONKY TONK WOMAN
:
: G C
: I met a gin soked bar ...
I think the version in G is called "Country Honk" (don't know
from what album). It think it is done with acoustic guitars.
Here is a chopro version of Honky Tonk Woman in A.
=====================================================================
{t:Honky Tonk Woman}
{st:Rolling Stones}
I [A]met a gin soked bar ....[D]phis
She [A]tried to take me [B]....[E]ride ...... [A]
She [A]had to heave me ....shoul[D]der
cause I [A]just ...[E]drink ....[A]mind
{soc}
It's the [A]Hoooo[E]onky tonk [A]women
[A]gimmie g... [E]gimmie...tonk [A]blues
{eoc}
[A]I played a ...[D]city
I [A]had to ...[B]some ...[E]fight .....[A]
The [A]lady then ...with [D]roses
She [A]blew ...and [E]then she .......[A]
{soc}
It's the [A]Hoooo[E]onky tonk [A]women
[A]gimmie ...[E]gimmie ...[A]blues
{eoc}
{comment: Do a verse length of lead}
It's the [A]Hoooo[E]onky tonk [A]women
[A]gimmie ... [E]gimmie ...tonk [A]blues
It's the [A]Hoooo[E]onky tonk [A]women
[A]gimmie g...e [E]gimmie ...tonk [A]blues
>From: hns@solan.unit.no (Henrik Nissen S{tness)
Subject: Re: Req: HonkyTonkWomen tabulature
This is done by mind so please excuse any errors...
Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
==================================
e--------...------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------...-------3---3---3---3-3-0---0-3------------------------------------
G--------...-------4---4-0-2-0-4-2-0---0-2------------------------------------
D-5---5--...-------------------------2-----5---------5---5--------------------
A-5---5--...-------------------------------5---------5---5--------------------
E-3---3--...-------------------------------3---------3---3--------------------
Goes on and on.. Here we go again..
These G5-chords are played on the upstrokes, but listen to the record to
get the correct rythm..
| | | |
e-------------------------------------3-1-------------------------------------
B----------------5-------6---6-5------5-3-3-0---0---0---2---2-3---3-2---------
G------------0---5-------5---5-5----------4-0---0-2-0---2---2-2---2-2---------
D--5---5---------5-------5---5-5------------0---0-2-0---2---2-4---4-2---------
A--5---5--0h2-----------------------------------------------------------------
E--3---3----------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | | |
e-------------------------------------------------------------3-1-----
B--7-------8---8-7---------------------------------6---6-5----5-3-3-0-
G--7-------8---7-7-------0---------------0---------5---5-5--------4-0-
D--7-------7---7-7-------------------------5-------5---5-5------------
A--5------------------0h2-2p0--------0h2---3--------------------------
E-------------------3---------3----3----------------------------------
| | |
e--1---------------------------------------------
B--3--------------7------7-8-------------------0-
G---------------0-7-----------4-gl-2-4-----0-2-0-
D-----------------7-----------4-gl-2-5---------0-
A-----------0h2---5------------------5-----------
E---------3--------------------------3-----------
Now the chorus comes along.. G chord and D chord, and then a little riff:
e---------------------
B--12---13-12---13-12-
G--12---14-12---14-12-
D--12---12-12---12-12-
A---------------------
E---------------------
This riff twice, before some more g chord and D chord, and then the
end-of-chorus-riff:
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G---2gl4-4-----2-2gl4gl2-0---0-
D---4gl5-5-----4-4gl5gl4-0-2-0-
A------------------------------
E------------------------------
This riff I'm not so sure about.. The glissandos are right, but I think there's
supposed to be some more up'n'down..
Keef of course plays the thing differently on the second verse, but I've never
bothered to do that.. All the parts that lead up to a different chord can be
changed around and altered, and I think that it's mainly this Keith R. does.
A final remark: This is of course not correct, since Keith plays this in open-G-
tuning (d-B-G-D-G WITHOUT the 6th string).
If there is enough interest, I can dig out the solo too..
---
Henrik. - hns@solan.unit.no
******************************************************************************
* Why would I care to express the meanings * "The music is your only friend" *
* of the Norwegian Institute of Tecnolgy? * - Jim Morrison *
******************************************************************************
>From: ttgssa@eua.ericsson.se (Stefan Svala)
Subject: TAB: Honky Tonk Woman - open G
Hi,
This one really sounds best played in open-G tuning, this is
(more or less) how I play it.
So, here it is...
H O N K Y T O N K W O M A N
=============================
by
T H E R O L L I N G S T O N E S
For open-G tuning: tune down E-high to D, tune down A to G.
Now it is -GDGBD low to high.
G
|------|---------|...|---------|-----0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|----0-|-0---0-0-|...|-0---0-0-|-0---4-2-0-2-0-|-4-2-0---0-2-0-0-|-0---0-0-|
|----0-|-0---0-0-|...|-0---0-0-|-0-------------|-------2---------|-0---0-0-|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
C G A D
|------------|---------|-----5-3-0-0--|---------|---------|---------|
|------------|-5---6-6-|-5------------|---------|-----3-2-|-7---8-8-|
|-0--------0-|-5---5-5-|-5---0-0-0-3b-|-0-------|-2---2-2-|-7---7-7-|
|-0--------0-|-5---7-7-|-5------------|-0-------|-2---4-2-|-7---9-9-|
|-----0-3b---|-5---5-5-|-5------------|-0---0-1-|-2---2-2-|-7---7-7-|
|------------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|
G C G
|------------|---------|--------|---------|-----5-3-0-0--|----------|
|-7----------|---------|--------|-5---6-6-|-5------------|----------|
|-7--------0-|-----0-0-|------0-|-5---5-5-|-5---0-0-0-3b-|-0------0-|
|-7--------0-|-----0-0-|------0-|-5---7-7-|-5------------|-0------0-|
|-7---0-3b---|-0-------|-0-3b---|-5---5-5-|-5------------|-0-0-3b---|
|------------|---------|--------|---------|--------------|----------|
G
|-------------|----...
|-7-----------|----...
|-7-------(7)-|-0--...
|-7---(7)-----|-0--...
|-7-----------|-0--...
|-------------|----...
/Stefan Svala e-mail: ttgssa@eua.ericsson.se
From: TPLBA@aol.com
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Honky Tonk Woman
Jagger/Richards
A D
I met a gin-soaked ...
A B E
She tried to ...
A D
The lady had to heave ...
A E A
Now I just can't seem ...
CHORUS
A E A
She's a ho-onky-...
E A
Give me, give me, give me ...
A E A
Ho-onky-tonk women. [riff]
E A
Give me, give me, give me ...
From: spxhaw@astro.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright)
Honkey Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
-----------------------------------------------
tabbed by Howard Wright
OK for this one you need to learn the open G tuning
- it was Keith Richards favourite tuning
From low to high it is : D G D G B D
so tune both Es down to D and tune the A down to a G and you've got it
Most of the song can then be played using very simple shapes :
DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD
000000 555555 557565 222222 777777
G C F/C A D
DGDGBD DGDGBD
779787 002000
G/D G6
I can't remember all the words, but try this :
G C F/C C
I met her at a ............
G A D G/D D
She said she wants ...
G C F/C C
.........................................
G D G
Chorus :
G G6 G G6 D G/D D G
Hon - - key ...
G G6 G G6 D G/D D G
Give me Give me Give ...
There's quite a scope for using variations on these shapes, but this
should give you the basic sound
Howard
From: TPLBA@aol.com
Sender: TPLBA <TPLBA@aol.com>
Honky Tonk Woman
Jagger/Richards
A D
I met a gin-soaked ...
A B E
She tried to take me ...
A D
The lady had to heave ...
A E A
Now I just can't seem to ...
CHORUS
A E A
She's a ho-onky-...
E A
Give me, give me, give ...
A E A
Ho-onky-tonk women. [riff]
E A
Give me, give me, ...
From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
HONKY TONK WOMEN- The Rolling Stones
TUNING: D G D G B D (OPEN G)
|------|---------|...|---------|-----0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|----0-|-0---0-0-|...|-0---0-0-|-0---4-2-0-2-0-|-4-2-0---0-2-0-0-|-0---0-0-|
|----0-|-0---0-0-|...|-0---0-0-|-0-------------|-------2---------|-0---0-0-|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
C G A D
|------------|---------|-----5-3-0-0--|---------|---------|---------|
|------------|-5---6-6-|-5------------|---------|-----3-2-|-7---8-8-|
|-0--------0-|-5---5-5-|-5---0-0-0-3b-|-0-------|-2---2-2-|-7---7-7-|
|-0--------0-|-5---7-7-|-5------------|-0-------|-2---4-2-|-7---9-9-|
|-----0-3b---|-5---5-5-|-5------------|-0---0-1-|-2---2-2-|-7---7-7-|
|------------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|
G C
G
|------------|---------|--------|---------|-----5-3-0-0--|----------|
|-7----------|---------|--------|-5---6-6-|-5------------|----------|
|-7--------0-|-----0-0-|------0-|-5---5-5-|-5---0-0-0-3b-|-0------0-|
|-7--------0-|-----0-0-|------0-|-5---7-7-|-5------------|-0------0-|
|-7---0-3b---|-0-------|-0-3b---|-5---5-5-|-5------------|-0-0-3b---|
|------------|---------|--------|---------|--------------|----------|
G
|-------------|----...
|-7-----------|----...
|-7-------(7)-|-0--...
|-7---(7)-----|-0--...
|-7-----------|-0--...
|-------------|----...
G C
I met a gin-soaked ...
G A D
She tried to take me ...
G C
The lady had to heave me ...
G D G
Now I just can't seem to ...
CHORUS:
G D G
She's a ...
D G
Give me, give me, ...
G D G
Honky-tonk w...
D G
Give me, give me, ...
NOTE: This is just a tidying up of previous versions designed to fit
onto a single page.
>From: macon@gallifry.Berkeley.EDU (Glen Macon)
072
Title: HONKY TONK WOMAN
intro :
---------------------------------
-0--0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- sounds nice through distorsion
-0--0-0--3-1-0-1-0-3-1-0-0-0-1-0-
-------------------------2-------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
G C
I met a gin soked bar ...
G A D
She tried to take me ...
G C
She had to heave me ...
G D G
cause I just can't seem to ...
D G
Shes a Hooooonky ...
D G
gimmie gimmie gimmie ...
C
I layed her some folks ...
G A D
I had to put up ...
G C
The lady then she ...
G D G
She blew my nose and ...
D G
Shes a Hooooonky ...
D G
gimmie gimmie gimmie ...
GUITAR SOLO ON VERSE
D G
Shes a Hooooonky ...
D G
gimmie gimmie gimmie ...
>From: fredh@cv.hp.com (Fred Handloser)
Subject: Re: TAB: Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones) (repost)
Steve Portigal (stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca) wrote:
: Glen Macon spake:
: Title: HONKY TONK WOMAN
:
: G C
: I met a gin soked bar ...
I think the version in G is called "Country Honk" (don't know
from what album). It think it is done with acoustic guitars.
Here is a chopro version of Honky Tonk Woman in A.
=====================================================================
{t:Honky Tonk Woman}
{st:Rolling Stones}
I [A]met a gin soked bar ....[D]phis
She [A]tried to take me [B]....[E]ride ...... [A]
She [A]had to heave me ....shoul[D]der
cause I [A]just ...[E]drink ....[A]mind
{soc}
It's the [A]Hoooo[E]onky tonk [A]women
[A]gimmie g... [E]gimmie...tonk [A]blues
{eoc}
[A]I played a ...[D]city
I [A]had to ...[B]some ...[E]fight .....[A]
The [A]lady then ...with [D]roses
She [A]blew ...and [E]then she .......[A]
{soc}
It's the [A]Hoooo[E]onky tonk [A]women
[A]gimmie ...[E]gimmie ...[A]blues
{eoc}
{comment: Do a verse length of lead}
It's the [A]Hoooo[E]onky tonk [A]women
[A]gimmie ... [E]gimmie ...tonk [A]blues
It's the [A]Hoooo[E]onky tonk [A]women
[A]gimmie g...e [E]gimmie ...tonk [A]blues
>From: hns@solan.unit.no (Henrik Nissen S{tness)
Subject: Re: Req: HonkyTonkWomen tabulature
This is done by mind so please excuse any errors...
Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
==================================
e--------...------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------...-------3---3---3---3-3-0---0-3------------------------------------
G--------...-------4---4-0-2-0-4-2-0---0-2------------------------------------
D-5---5--...-------------------------2-----5---------5---5--------------------
A-5---5--...-------------------------------5---------5---5--------------------
E-3---3--...-------------------------------3---------3---3--------------------
Goes on and on.. Here we go again..
These G5-chords are played on the upstrokes, but listen to the record to
get the correct rythm..
| | | |
e-------------------------------------3-1-------------------------------------
B----------------5-------6---6-5------5-3-3-0---0---0---2---2-3---3-2---------
G------------0---5-------5---5-5----------4-0---0-2-0---2---2-2---2-2---------
D--5---5---------5-------5---5-5------------0---0-2-0---2---2-4---4-2---------
A--5---5--0h2-----------------------------------------------------------------
E--3---3----------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | | |
e-------------------------------------------------------------3-1-----
B--7-------8---8-7---------------------------------6---6-5----5-3-3-0-
G--7-------8---7-7-------0---------------0---------5---5-5--------4-0-
D--7-------7---7-7-------------------------5-------5---5-5------------
A--5------------------0h2-2p0--------0h2---3--------------------------
E-------------------3---------3----3----------------------------------
| | |
e--1---------------------------------------------
B--3--------------7------7-8-------------------0-
G---------------0-7-----------4-gl-2-4-----0-2-0-
D-----------------7-----------4-gl-2-5---------0-
A-----------0h2---5------------------5-----------
E---------3--------------------------3-----------
Now the chorus comes along.. G chord and D chord, and then a little riff:
e---------------------
B--12---13-12---13-12-
G--12---14-12---14-12-
D--12---12-12---12-12-
A---------------------
E---------------------
This riff twice, before some more g chord and D chord, and then the
end-of-chorus-riff:
e------------------------------
B------------------------------
G---2gl4-4-----2-2gl4gl2-0---0-
D---4gl5-5-----4-4gl5gl4-0-2-0-
A------------------------------
E------------------------------
This riff I'm not so sure about.. The glissandos are right, but I think there's
supposed to be some more up'n'down..
Keef of course plays the thing differently on the second verse, but I've never
bothered to do that.. All the parts that lead up to a different chord can be
changed around and altered, and I think that it's mainly this Keith R. does.
A final remark: This is of course not correct, since Keith plays this in open-G-
tuning (d-B-G-D-G WITHOUT the 6th string).
If there is enough interest, I can dig out the solo too..
---
Henrik. - hns@solan.unit.no
******************************************************************************
* Why would I care to express the meanings * "The music is your only friend" *
* of the Norwegian Institute of Tecnolgy? * - Jim Morrison *
******************************************************************************
>From: ttgssa@eua.ericsson.se (Stefan Svala)
Subject: TAB: Honky Tonk Woman - open G
Hi,
This one really sounds best played in open-G tuning, this is
(more or less) how I play it.
So, here it is...
H O N K Y T O N K W O M A N
=============================
by
T H E R O L L I N G S T O N E S
For open-G tuning: tune down E-high to D, tune down A to G.
Now it is -GDGBD low to high.
G
|------|---------|...|---------|-----0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|----0-|-0---0-0-|...|-0---0-0-|-0---4-2-0-2-0-|-4-2-0---0-2-0-0-|-0---0-0-|
|----0-|-0---0-0-|...|-0---0-0-|-0-------------|-------2---------|-0---0-0-|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
C G A D
|------------|---------|-----5-3-0-0--|---------|---------|---------|
|------------|-5---6-6-|-5------------|---------|-----3-2-|-7---8-8-|
|-0--------0-|-5---5-5-|-5---0-0-0-3b-|-0-------|-2---2-2-|-7---7-7-|
|-0--------0-|-5---7-7-|-5------------|-0-------|-2---4-2-|-7---9-9-|
|-----0-3b---|-5---5-5-|-5------------|-0---0-1-|-2---2-2-|-7---7-7-|
|------------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|
G C G
|------------|---------|--------|---------|-----5-3-0-0--|----------|
|-7----------|---------|--------|-5---6-6-|-5------------|----------|
|-7--------0-|-----0-0-|------0-|-5---5-5-|-5---0-0-0-3b-|-0------0-|
|-7--------0-|-----0-0-|------0-|-5---7-7-|-5------------|-0------0-|
|-7---0-3b---|-0-------|-0-3b---|-5---5-5-|-5------------|-0-0-3b---|
|------------|---------|--------|---------|--------------|----------|
G
|-------------|----...
|-7-----------|----...
|-7-------(7)-|-0--...
|-7---(7)-----|-0--...
|-7-----------|-0--...
|-------------|----...
/Stefan Svala e-mail: ttgssa@eua.ericsson.se
From: TPLBA@aol.com
Sender: TPLBA <TPLBA@aol.com>
Honky Tonk Woman
Jagger/Richards
A D
I met a gin-soaked ...
A B E
She tried to ...
A D
The lady had to heave ...
A E A
Now I just can't seem ...
CHORUS
A E A
She's a ho-onky-...
E A
Give me, give me, give me ...
A E A
Ho-onky-tonk women. [riff]
E A
Give me, give me, give me ...
From: spxhaw@astro.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright)
Honkey Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
-----------------------------------------------
tabbed by Howard Wright
OK for this one you need to learn the open G tuning
- it was Keith Richards favourite tuning
From low to high it is : D G D G B D
so tune both Es down to D and tune the A down to a G and you've got it
Most of the song can then be played using very simple shapes :
DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD
000000 555555 557565 222222 777777
G C F/C A D
DGDGBD DGDGBD
779787 002000
G/D G6
I can't remember all the words, but try this :
G C F/C C
I met her at a ............
G A D G/D D
She said she wants ...
G C F/C C
.........................................
G D G
Chorus :
G G6 G G6 D G/D D G
Hon - - key ...
G G6 G G6 D G/D D G
Give me Give me Give ...
There's quite a scope for using variations on these shapes, but this
should give you the basic sound
Howard
From: TPLBA@aol.com
Sender: TPLBA <TPLBA@aol.com>
Honky Tonk Woman
Jagger/Richards
A D
I met a gin-soaked ...
A B E
She tried to take me ...
A D
The lady had to heave ...
A E A
Now I just can't seem to ...
CHORUS
A E A
She's a ho-onky-...
E A
Give me, give me, give ...
A E A
Ho-onky-tonk women. [riff]
E A
Give me, give me, ...
From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
HONKY TONK WOMEN- The Rolling Stones
TUNING: D G D G B D (OPEN G)
|------|---------|...|---------|-----0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|----0-|-0---0-0-|...|-0---0-0-|-0---4-2-0-2-0-|-4-2-0---0-2-0-0-|-0---0-0-|
|----0-|-0---0-0-|...|-0---0-0-|-0-------------|-------2---------|-0---0-0-|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
|------|---------|...|---------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
C G A D
|------------|---------|-----5-3-0-0--|---------|---------|---------|
|------------|-5---6-6-|-5------------|---------|-----3-2-|-7---8-8-|
|-0--------0-|-5---5-5-|-5---0-0-0-3b-|-0-------|-2---2-2-|-7---7-7-|
|-0--------0-|-5---7-7-|-5------------|-0-------|-2---4-2-|-7---9-9-|
|-----0-3b---|-5---5-5-|-5------------|-0---0-1-|-2---2-2-|-7---7-7-|
|------------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|
G C
G
|------------|---------|--------|---------|-----5-3-0-0--|----------|
|-7----------|---------|--------|-5---6-6-|-5------------|----------|
|-7--------0-|-----0-0-|------0-|-5---5-5-|-5---0-0-0-3b-|-0------0-|
|-7--------0-|-----0-0-|------0-|-5---7-7-|-5------------|-0------0-|
|-7---0-3b---|-0-------|-0-3b---|-5---5-5-|-5------------|-0-0-3b---|
|------------|---------|--------|---------|--------------|----------|
G
|-------------|----...
|-7-----------|----...
|-7-------(7)-|-0--...
|-7---(7)-----|-0--...
|-7-----------|-0--...
|-------------|----...
G C
I met a gin-soaked ...
G A D
She tried to take me ...
G C
The lady had to heave me ...
G D G
Now I just can't seem to ...
CHORUS:
G D G
She's a ...
D G
Give me, give me, ...
G D G
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D G
Give me, give me, ...
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