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Cant You Hear Me Knocking

Rolling Stones

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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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From : Jean-Pierre Trolet
5 july 2002
You will find a MP3 for each part of this song recorded by myself to illustrate
the tab and how to contact me on my webpage here:
http://jptrol.free.fr/mus


                   CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING - JAGGER-RICHARDS

   Following honky tonk women here is another tune with syncopated riffs and
instrumental prolongations. This is the tale of Romeo and Juliet seen by our rockers.
Juliet is reluctant and the disappointed Romeo is vociferating. The tab is divided
into three parts :
- the main theme with intro, verse and chorus
- the middle jazzy part with a saxophone (this saxophone is not tabbed here)!
- Mick Taylor's solo

This is the full tab of the entire song.

FIRST PART:

The first part is played with a lead guitar tuned in OPEN G, that is from low
to high :  D G D G B D.

The rhythm guitar is in standard tuning and plays full chords in a staccato way
in the verse part.
In the verse part I noted the chord for each stroke :

C : 8 10 10 9 8 8
C#: 9 11 11 10 9 9
D : 10 12 12 11 10 10
G : 3 5 5 4 3 3
F : 1 3 3 2 1 1

In the chorus part simply play them slowly.

LEGEND :
p : pull-off
h : hammer -on
x : choke
hbu : half bend up
\  : slide down
n_ : last longer on the note

INTRO :

D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +--10p9--7--9p7-----------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +--10p9--7--9p7--10p9--7--7--9--7-----+-7-(7)-7--9p7--10p9--7--7--9--7------+
G  +----------------10p9--7--7--7--7-----+-7-(7)-7--9p7---7----7--7--7--7------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
                                                          ^drums enter here


D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +-10--7--9p7-----------------7--------+--10p9--7--9p7-----------------7-----+
D  +-10--7--9p7--10p9--7--7--9--7--------+--10p9--7--9p7--10p9--7--7--9--7-----+
G  +-------------10p9--7--7--7-----------+----------------10p9--7--7--7--------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------5x-5--------------+--5x------5--5--------5x-5-----------+
E  +---------------------------5---------+------5-----------5-----------5------+


D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +-9_hbu--7-x--------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-9_hbu--7-x--7--7--9--7--------------+-7--7--7--9p7--10p9--7--7--9--7------+
G  +-------------7--7--7--7--------------+-7--7--7--7-----7----7--7--7--7------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-5x----5-5----5x-5-------------------+-5x-----5---5-------5x-5-------------+
E  +----5-------5--------5---------------+----5-----------5--------------------+


D  +-------------------------------------+---7--7--7--5------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+---7--7--7--5--7--5------------------+
G  +--7--7-7-7-7-7------5----------------+---------------7--5------------------+
D  +--7--7-7-7-7-7------5----------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +--------------------5----------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +--5x-----5-5-------3x--3-------------+--3x-----3-3-------------------------+
E  +-----5-------5------------3----------+------3-------3----------------------+


VERSE

               D D D D D                   D    x   D     C#     C C C C C
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-----5-----0-------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +-----5-----0---0---------------------+-10p9--7--9p7-----------------5------+
D  +-----5-----0---0---------------------+-10p9--7--9p7---10p9----------5------+
G  +--5--------0---0---------------------+----------------10p9----------5------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
     Yeah you got.. satin shoes

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +--5x-5-----5x-----5--5---------------+--------------------3x--3------------+
E  +--------5-----5---------5------------+----------------------------3--------+


                         C x C   G  G G             ^   D D D D D        C#
D  +-----7-7-7-5-------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-----7-7-7-5--7-5------5-5---0-------+-------------------------------------+
G  +--------------7-5------5-5---0-------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-----------------------5-5---0-------+------0--5----3--0-----0-------------+
G  +---------------------5-------0--0-0--+-2h4----------------5----------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
                       Yeah you got..                plastic boots
BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +---3x-----3-3------------------------+-------------5---5-5---------4-------+
E  +-------3-------3-----------3---3-3---+-------------------------------------+


     C C C C C                 C  X C   C#  D D D D D   D    x   D    C#
D  +-------------7-7-7-5-----------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------7-7-7-5-7-5------5-5----+--0----------------------------------+
G  +-----5---------------7-5------5-5----+--0--0--------10p9--x--10p9--7-------+
D  +-----5------------------------5-5----+--0--0--------10p9--x--10p9--7-------+
G  +-----5---------------------5---------+--0--0-------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
                             You all got   cocaine eyes
                Can't you hear me knocking ?....

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-3x--3------3x-----3-3---------------+-5x--5-----5x----5--5----------------+
E  +-------3--------3------3-------------+-------5------5--------5-------------+


     C C C C C                 C x C  G
D  +-------------7-7-7-5-----------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------7-7-7-5-7-5-----5-5-----+-------------------------------------+
G  +------5--------------7-5-----5-5--0--+-------------------------------------+
D  +------5----------------------5-5--0--+-------------------------------------+
G  +------5--------------------5------0--+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-3x-3------3x-----3-3----------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-------3-------3---------3--------3--+-------------------------------------+


CHORUS
      G    G  F               C  C          G
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +--0-0--12\10--10--10---10\5--5--5----+--0----------------------------------+
D  +--0-0--12\10--10--10---10\5--5--5----+--0------------0--5------------------+
G  +--0-0--12\10--10--10---10\5--5--5----+--0--0-0--2h4--------0---------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
          Hear me singing soft and low

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-3-3--3\1---1----1-------8---8--8----+--3--3-3--3--3-3--3------------------+

      G    G  F               C  C          G                    ^         etc...
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-------------------------------------+--8p6---------------------0--0-0-----+
G  +--0-0--12\10--10--10---10\5--5--5----+-------7--5\3--0----------0--0-0-----+
D  +--0-0--12\10--10--10---10\5--5--5----+------------------3--5----0--0-0-----+
G  +--0-0--12\10--10--10---10\5--5--5----+--------------------------0--0-0-----+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E  +-3-3-3\1----1----1-------8---8--8----+--3--3-3--3--3-3--3------------------+


         D D D D D     D    x
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B  +-----0-------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +--5--0--0----------10p9--etc.....----+-------------------------------------+
D  +--5--0--0----------10p9--------------+-------------------------------------+
G  +--5--0--0----------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

BASS
G  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D  +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A  +---5x-5---------5x------5--5---------+-------------------------------------+
E  +---------5----------5---------5--etc...------------------------------------+


SECOND PART :

				Can't you hear me knocking - part II

Two guitars tuned in the standard way. If you go on playing with the guitar that
had been tuned in OPEN G in the first part see the varying passage down below.

FIRST GUITAR