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From: mhermans@girtab.usc.edu (Martin Hermans)
Subject: TAB: "Burger Man" by ZZ Top

here is a really fun song by ZZ Top. The lead guitars are great.
Incidentally, this song has a really cool video that is as funny as the
song's lyrics. Anybody else seen it?

(Suggestions, comments. questions, requests, etc to : hermans@scf.usc.edu)

BURGER MAN

by ZZ Top (from "Reycler" album)

---------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
-6h8--8--------|-----------6-|-6H8-8-8------|-----------|-6H8-8-8-----|
---------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|
---------5-5h7-|-5-3---5-----|--------------|-5-3-3-5\3-|-------------|
---------5-5h7-|-5-3---5-----|--------------|-5-3-3-5\3-|-------------|
---------3-----|-----3-------|--------------|-3-----3---|-------------|

\\
My
------------|---------------|------------|
------------|-6H8--8--------|------------|
------------|---------------|------------|
-5-3-3-5\3--|-------5-5---5-|-5-3-3-5\3--|
-5-3-3-5\3--|-------5---5---|-5-3-3-5\3--|
-3----------|---------------|-3-----3----|

\\
charcoal's ..
\\

my hand ...
----------|----------------|
-12-13-13-|-------13-13-12-|
-12-12-12-|-------12-12-12-|
-12-14-14-|-------14-14-12-|
----------|----------------|
----------|----------------|

\\

sizzlin ..
----------|----------------|
-12-13-13-|-------13-13-12-|
-12-12-12-|-------12-12-12-|
-12-14-14-|-------14-14-12-|
----------|----------------|
----------|----------------|

\\

Any ..
---------------|---------------|-8-
-8b10--8b10----|-11----11------|---
---------------|----10---------|---
---------------|---------------|---
---------------|---------------|---
---------------|---------------|---

\\

I ...
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-12\|
<palm mute these two measures>
\\

<second verse uses same stuff>

solo:

------------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
------------------|--------------|-3---3-----------|----------------|
-6b5p3-5----------|-5-3---5------|---5-3-5---------|-5-3---5----3---|
------------------|-5-3-5-5------|-----------------|-5-3-5-5----3---|
------------------|-3-3-5-3------|-----------------|-3---3-3--3-----|
------------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|

\\

----------------------|----------------|
-14b16---14b--12------|----------------|
----------------------|----------------|
----------------------|-5-3---5--5-3-3-|
----------------------|-5-3---5--5-3-3-|
----------------------|-3---3----3-----|

\\

----------------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
-14b16--14b16-12------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
----------------------|----------------|-5B6P3-5-------|-5P3---5--5-3-|
----------------------|-5-3---5--5-3---|---------------|-5P3---5--5-3-|
----------------------|-5-3---5--5-3---|---------------|-3---3----3---|
----------------------|-3---3----3-----|---------------|--------------|

\\

--------------|-------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
--------------|-------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
-5B7B5p3-5----|-(5)\3-------|-14b16-14b16-12----------|-(12)\10-----14b16------|
--------------|-------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
--------------|-------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
--------------|-------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

\\

-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
-------------------|-----------------|-8b10-8b10-------|-11----11-----------|
-14b16--12-12------|----------(12)\7-|-----------------|----10--------------|
-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|

\\

-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
-13----13----------|----------------|-8b10-8b10---------|-11----11----------|
----12-------------|----------------|-------------------|----10-------------|
-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|

\\

-------------------|------11b12-----|
-13----13----------|----------------|
----12-------------|----------------|
-------------------|----------------|
-------------------|----------------|
-------------------|----------------|

\\

(Did ...Do four measures
of that same palm muting you did between verse 1 and 2 during this spoken
part

(Then do verse 3, same music as 1 and 2)

Once ...
I ..

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