E MAN
As recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd
(From the 1974 Album PRONOUCED LEH-NERD SKIN-NERD)
Words and Music by Ron Van Zant & Allen Collins
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm clean elec'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm clean elec w/phaser'
Gtr III, IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr V, VI (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead w/dist'
Intro
Q=60
4/4
Gtr I
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------|---------------------------------|-------------------------3--------|
|-------|---------1-----------------------|---------1---------1-------1------|
|-------|---0-------0---0---------0-------|---2-------2---2-----2------------|
|-------|-----2-------2-----0-------0---0-|-----2-------2---------2----------|
|---0-2-|-3-----3-------------2-------2---|-0-----0---------0-----------0-2--|
|-------|-----------------3-----3---------|----------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
w/Rhy Fig 1 x3
Gtr II
W H Q E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------0-2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S +S S S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------3-(3)-------|
|-------1-(1)-------------------------|-----------------1-(1)-----------1-----|
|---0---------0-----------0-(0)-------|-------2-(2)-----------2---------------|
|---------------------0---------0-----|-------------2-----------3-------------|
|-3---3---------3-2---------------2---|-0-3-0---------0-------------------0-2-|
|-------------------3---3-----------3-|---------------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------3---------||
|-------1-(1)-------------------------|---------1-----1-(1)-------1-------||
|---0---------0-----------0-(0)-------|---2-------2---2-(2)-2-------2-----||
|---------------------0---------0---0-|-----2-------2---------2-----------||
|-3---3---------3-2---------------2---|-0-----0-----------------------0-2-||
|-------------------3---3-------------|-----------------------------------||
Verse 1
Rhy Fig 1 + 2 x3
w/Rhy Fig 1 + 2 x3
Gtrs III, IV
W H Q E S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------0-2-|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +S a S S S Q +S a S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3-------(3)-5s7s5p3-------------5s7s5p3-|
|---------------------3-------(3)---------|
|-Riff A
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +S S S S S T T E +E S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------0-2--|
|-5-------(5)-0-3-0--3s=5p3h5---(5)\--------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +S a S S S Q +S a S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-3-------(3)-5s7s5p3-------------5s7s5p3-|
|---------------------3-------(3)---------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Q +S S S S S E. +E E
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-5-------(5)-0-3-0--3s=5------(5)\-------||
end Riff A-|
Verses
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Gtrs III, IV
W H Q. S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------2--------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------2----x-x-||
|---------------------------------|-----------------0----x-x-||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtrs I, II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|---------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------1-----------------------|--------------------------||
|---0-------0---0---------0-------|---2-----2----------------||
|-----2-------2-----0-------0---0-|-----2-----------2--------||
|-3-----3-------------2-------2---|-0-----0-----5---0--------||
|-----------------3-----3---------|-----------0-3-0----------||
Chorus
Gtrs III, IV
Q. S S Q. S S Q +S S S S Q. S S
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-5----5------------|-----------------------|
|-5----5---4----4---|-2--(2)-------2----x---|
|-5----5---5----5---|-2--(2)-------2----x---|
|-3----3---5----5---|-0--(0)-------0------3-|
|--------3-3----3-0-|--------0-3-0--------3-|
|-Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3-|
Q. S S Q. S S Q +S S S S Q. S S
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-5----5------------|-------------------------|
|-5----5---4----4---|-2--(2)-------2----------|
|-5----5---5----5---|-2--(2)-------2----------|
|-3----3---5----5---|-0--(0)-------0----x-3---|
|--------3-3----3-0-|--------0-3-0------x-3---|
w/Rhy Fig 3 x1.5
To Coda
Gtr IV
Q. E H Q +S S S S Q. S S Q. E Q. E
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5----5---/12--------|-----------------------|-5----5---/12----12\---|
|-5----5---/12--------|-2--(2)-------2----x---|-5----5---/12----12\---|
|-5----5---/12--------|-2--(2)---0---2----x---|-5----5---/12----12\---|
|-3----3---/10--------|-0--(0)-------0----x-3-|-3----3---/10----10\---|
|---------------------|--------0-3-0----------|-----------------------|
1.
Gtrs III, IV Gtr I |-w/Rhy Fig 2
Q +S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------1-----------------------|
|-2--(2)-------2--------|---0-------0---0---------0-------|
|-2--(2)-------2--------|-----2-------2-----0-------0---0-|
|-0--(0)-------0----0-2-|-3-----3-------------2-------2---|
|--------0-3-0----------|-----------------3-----3---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------3----------||
|---------1---------1-------1-------o||
|---2-------2---2-----2--------------||
|-----2-------2---------2------------||
|-0-----0---------0-----------0
|