Rough Boy

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Rough Boy - ZZ Top

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Song: Rough Boy

Band: ZZ Top

Album: Greatest Hits

Tabbed by: ShecterMan71

Tempo: 80

This is a great song tabbed from the ZZ Top Anthology book … once again,

I’ve made this as simple as possible … on the INTRO, Guitar 1 chords are

Strummed 1x

A lot of synthesizer work is done on this song … on most of the chords

you can do a continuous palm mute in its place … just listen to it

INTRO

Guitar 1

A E F#m7 C#m7 A E F#m7 C#m7

Guitar 2

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|------9----------|------9----------|------9----------|------9----------|

D|-9/11---119---7-|-9/11---119-----|-9/11---119---7-|-9/11---119-----|

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Guitar 1 (Palm Mute)

A5 F#5

Guitar 2

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|------9----------|------9----------|------9----------|------9----------|

D|-9/11---119--9--|-9/11---119-9-7-|-9/11---119-9-7-|-9/11---119--9-|

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Guitar 1 (Palm Mute)

B5 E5

Guitar 2

e|-----------------|-----------------|-5----(5)/-------|-5----(5)/-------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-5----(5)/-9-(9)-|-5----(5)/-9-(9)-|

G|-6b--(6)-4-------|-6-7-----6-4-----|-2----(2)/-------|-2----(2)/-------|

D|--------------7--|-----------------|-2----(2)/-------|-2----(2)/-------|

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

VERSE 1 - Guitar 1

A5

What in the world’s come all over me?

F#5

I ain’t got a chance in one in three

B5

Ain’t got no rap, ain’t got no line

E5

But if you’ll give me just a minute I’ll be feeling fine

Guitar 2

e|-------0---------|

B|-----3-----------|

G|-1/2-------------|

D|-----------------|

A|-----------------|

E|-----------------|

VERSE 2 - Guitar 1

A5

I am the one who can fade the heat

F#5

The one they all say, “You just can’t be beat”

E5

I’ll shoot it to you straight, and look you in the eye

B5

So give me just a minute and I’ll tell you why

CHORUS

A5

I’m a rough boy … I’m a rough boy

Guitar 2

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-------9---------|------9----------|------9----------|-----------------|

D|-14/11--119-9-7-|-9/11---119-9-7-|-9/11---119-92-|-----------------|

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

SOLO - Guitar 2

Guitar 1 chord progression (muted) - C#5 / F#5 / B5 / E5

VERSE 3 - Guitar 1

A5

I don’t care how you look at me

F#5

Because I’m the one and you will see

E5

We can make it work, we can make it by

B5

So give me one more minute and I’ll tell you why

CHORUS

A5

I’m a rough boy … I’m a rough boy

Guitar 2

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----3-----------|

G|-------9---------|------9----------|------9----------|-1/2-------------|

D|-14/11--119-9-7-|-9/11---119-9-7-|-9/11---119-92-|-----------------|

A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

OUTRO SOLO - Guitar 2

Note - This outro chord progression is VERY long and complicated … these

are the correct chords for the rhythm guitar and the majority of them are

one chord per 2 bars … you’ll have to listen to the solo to get the chord

changes

OUTRO Chord Progression - Guitar 1 (palm mute)

C#5/F#5/B5/E5

A5/F#5/B5/E5

A5/F#5/B5/E5

A5/F#5/B5/E5/A

A/E-A/F#m7/E-F#

F#m7/E-F#/Bm7

E/E7sus4

That's it! Hope you enjoyed this in all it's simplicity!

| / slide up

| slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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