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The Entertainer
Scott Joplin
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"The Entertainer"
Scott Joplin
Transcribed from piano
4-4 time
Great song. I didn't bother adjusting the tempo, but there's still some there between
notes. Some of the ~'s on there aren't really noticeable in the actual song, but it just
good when you play it like that.
I didn't tab any hammer-ons or pull-offs since you can't do those on a piano, but if you
screw with it a bit it always fun too.
Key:
~ = elongate / let ring for short time
Intro
E|-10-12-8----------|--------------|------------------|
B|---------10~-12-8-|--------------|------------------|
G|------------------|-7-9-5--------|------------------| G
D|------------------|-------7~-9-5-|------------------|
A|------------------|--------------|-5-7-3------------|
E|------------------|--------------|-------5~-7-5-4-3-|
Verse 1
E|------8---8---8~-|-8-10-11-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|
B|-----------------|-----------------------------|
G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|------8---8---8~-|------------8-12~-10-8----10~|
B|-----------------|-10~-8-7-10------------12----|
G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|------8---8---8~-|-8-10-11-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|
B|-----------------|-----------------------------|
G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-8-10-12-8-10-12~-8-10-8-|-12-8-10-12~-8-10-8-|-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|
B|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
Verse 2
E|------8---8---8~-|-8-10-11-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|
B|-----------------|-----------------------------|
G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|------8---8---8~-|------------8-12~-10-8----10~|
B|-----------------|-10~-8-7-10------------12----|
G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|------8---8---8~-|-8-10-11-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|
B|-----------------|-----------------------------|
G|-7-8-9---9---9---|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|
E|-8-10-12-8-10-12~-8-10-8-|-12-8-10-12~-8-10-8-|-12-8-10-12~-8-10~-8-|
B|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
Solo?
E|----------------|----------------|-12------------10---------|
B|------7-8~-10-8-|------7-8~-10-8-|---13--10-12-13--13-10----|
G|-9-10-----------|-9-10-----------|-----12---------------12~-|
D|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|------------------------------------|
B|------7-8~-10-8-|------7-8~-10-8-|-8-10-11-12-12--12--10----8---------|
G|-9-10-----------|-9-10-----------|----------------------11-----10~9~7-|
D|----------------|----------------|------------------------12----------|
A|----------------|----------------|------------------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------12-15-12-------------10-10----|
B|----------13-10-13-10-13-10----13----------13----10-13-------13-|
G|-12p11h12-------------------12----------------12----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo 2?
E|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12------------10-12-10--10--12-13-15-17-|
B|--------------------|--------------------|---13--10-12-13--------13--13------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|-----12----------------------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-15-17-18-19-19--19--17-15--15-|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------15---|
G|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12-13-14-15~-17-15-|-12-------------10-12-10--10----|
B|--------------------|--------------------|---13---10-12-13--------13--13~-|
G|--------------------|--------------------|-----12-------------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------12-15~-12-----------12-10-----|
B|---------13--10-13--10-13-10--13---------13--10--13-------13~-|
G|-12-11-12-------------------12-------------12-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
After that it's just back to Verse and then on to other stuff but yeah that's all I got
tell me what you guys think!