Still Of The Night by Whitesnake Song: Still of The Night Band: Whitesnake Album: Whitesnake (1987) Tuning: E,A,D,G,B,e Riff 1 e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------9b11-9b11r9~~------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-x-14\------4-----------4-----7b9--7b9r-7~~--x\--| E|-x-14\----0-2---------0-2--------------------x\--| * * Riff 2 e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---4-------------4-------2-0-----| E|-0-2-----------0-2-----------2---| * * * * * "In the Still of the Night..." Riff 2a e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------4-----| D|----------------------------------------4-------2---4-----| A|-2-3-2---2-------2-3-2---2----------------------2---2-----| E|-------5---5-2-0-------5---5-2-0-2--2-2----2--0-0---------| * * * * * * * e|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------4--2-----| D|----------------------------------------4--------4--2-----| A|-2-3-2---2-------2-3-2---2-----------------------2--0-----| E|-------5---5-2-0-------5---5-2-0-2--2-2----2--0-----------| * * * * * * * Riff 2b e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|-4--------------4---------2-0---| E|-2------------0-2-------------2-| * * * * "In the Shadow of the Night..." Play Riff 2a Riff 3 X2 e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------9--7~-| D|--------------------------------------------9--7~-| A|-------7-----------7------------7-----------------| E|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0----0-0-0---0---0-0-0-------| * * * * * * * * * * * * Riff 4 e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|-2--2--------2--2--------2--2--------2------------| A|-0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0--2p0-------| E|------0-3-0--------0-3-0-------0-3-0--------3-0---| * * * * * * * * * * * "Now I just wanna..." e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-4--4--------4--------2-------------| A|-2--2----0---2--14\---0--5--3------| E|-------2---2----14\------3--1------| * * * "An' I just wanna make..." Riff 3 X2 "In the Still of the Night..." Riff 2a Riff 2b "In the heat of the day..." Riff 3 X2 Riff 5 e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------7-7------5-5-----5-5---------------------| G|-7--7------7-7------5-5-----5-5------5-----5h7--5---| D|-7--7------7-7------5-5-----5-5------5-----5h7--5---| A|-5--5--7h9------5h7-----5h7------0-0---0-0----------| E|----------------------------------------------------| * * * * e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-x\---3--------------2---Dive----| E|-x\---1--------------0-----------| "In the Still of the Night..." Now there's the quiet part Riff 6 X2 e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4-----2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4--| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|-----4-4-5-5-4-4--------4-4-5-5-4-4-----4-4-5-5-4-4-| A|-3-3----------------3-3-------------5-5-------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Second time there's another guitar that plays this e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|-0-0-2-2-4-4-2-2-----0-0-2-2-4-4-2-2--| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|-----2-2-4-4-2-2--------2-2-4-4-2-2-----2-2-4-4-2-2-| D|-2-2----------------2-2-------------4-4-------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Riff 6a X2 e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------4-4------------------------------| D|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4-----5-5-4-4-5-5-2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4--| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------7-7--------------| D|-----4-4-5-5-4-4-----4-4-5-5-4-4-----5-5-4-4-5-5--| A|-5-5-------------3-3------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-----4-4-5-5-4-4-----4-4-5-5-4-4-| A|-3-3-------------5-5-------------| E|---------------------------------| Riff 7 X4 e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|-9----7------12------7------5------7----| D|-9----7------12------7------5------7----| A|-7--0-5--0-0-10--0-0-5--0-0-3--0-0-5--0-| E|----------------------------------------| * * * * * * * * * * 1st and 3th ending: e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|--7----7-------7----5----| D|--9----7-------7----7----| A|-10--0-9---0-0-7--0-8--0-| E|-------------------------| * * * * * 2nd and 4th ending: e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|--7----7-------7----4----| D|--9----7-------7----6----| A|-10--0-9---0-0-7--0-7--0-| E|-------------------------| * * * * * Riff 2a Riff 2b "In the Still of the Night..." Riff 3 X2 Riff 4 "Now I just wanna..." Riff 8 X2 e|------------------------------------| B|--------------------5---------------| G|-9------7---5-------5---------------| D|-9------7---5-------5--4--2---------| A|-7--0-0-5---3---5h7----2--0---5---3-| E|------------------------------3---1-| * * "In the Still of the Night..." Riff 8a e|----------------------------------------------| B|--------------------5-------------------------| G|-9------7---5-------5--4------5-----5h7-5-----| D|-9------7---5-------5--4------5-----5h7-5-----| A|-7--0-0-5---3---5h7-------0-0---0-0--------3--| E|-------------------------------------------1--| * * * * * * "In the Still of the Night..." Riff 8b e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------5------------------------------------------------| G|-9------7---5-------5--4------5-----5h7-5----------------------------| D|-9------7---5-------5--4------5-----5h7-5----------------------------| A|-7--0-0-5---3---5h7-------0-0---0-0--------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-| E|-------------------------------------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-| * * * * * * "Still of the Night..." Riff 9(fade out) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9-----7-------12---------7-------5------5-----------------------------------| D|-9-----7-------12---------7-------5--5---5---5--2----------------------------| A|-7-----5---0-0-10-----0-0-5---0-0-3--2---3---2--0--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-| E|---------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-| * * * * * * "Still of the Night..." 10^ = bend a quarter step. 10b11 = bend a half step. 10b12 = bend a full step. 10b12r10 = bend and release. [10]12 = pre-bend. [10]12r10 = pre-bend and release. {14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most previous bend. = touch the string above the 17th fret while previous note(s) is(are) still ringing. 10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret. 7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret. 12~* = tremolo bar vibrato. x = mute with fret-hand * = palm mute X\\ = pick slide h = hammer-on p = pull-off ~ = vibrato t = finger tap / = slide up \ = slide down h. = natural harmonics a = artificial harmonics (9) = ghost note tm = trem picking tr = trill www.TAB6.com