'Under The Influence' by Status Quo - Guitar Tutorial

Song lyrics:

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Choose a fret
            tabbed by marcus lubbock
status quo
under the influence


1. Chords

Intro:         G5       G5
             EADGBE   EA D GBE
             355XXX   X1012XXX

Verse:         G5       E5       A5       D5
             EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
             355XXX   022XXX   577XXX   X577XX

Chorus:        G5       C5       D5
             EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
             355XXX   X355XX   X577XX

Solo:          A5       D5       G5       B5       C5       C#5
             EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
             X022XX   X577XX   355XXX   X244XX   X355XX   X466XX

Last
Chorus add:    E5
             EADGBE
             X799XX

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2. Song structure and lyrics:

Intro: |G5       |G5       |G5       |G5       | 2x

Chromatic riff: |G5       |G5       |G5       |G5       | 2x

Verse 1:
[n.c.] On a train to [G5]nowhere, in another nightmare
In a dream about falling for someone and [E5]taking her
back to my [A5]room
Tangled up in her hair and believing [D5]everything goes
and then anything more is al- [G5]right

Verse 2:
[n.c.]On a road to [G5]somewhere, where it goes I don't care
but it keeps on winding and [E5]winding and winding a- [A5]way
Sitting next to me are lovely seno- [D5]ritas
Reality way in the back of my [G5]mind [fast riff]


Chorus:
I'm under the [C5]influence I [D5]find it's [C5]all in my [D5]mind
and under the [C5]influence the [D5]blind will lead the [G5]blind
Thunder and [C5]lightning in my [D5]head but [C5]only in [D5]bed
I'm under the [C5]influence of [D5]something from the [G5]blue

Chromatic riff 2x

Verse 3:
[n.c.]When I wake a [G5]new day, on a better do day
But the dreams keep calling and [E5]calling and calling me [A5]back
Definitely no no
need a new a- [D5]migo to help me get my reality [G5]right [fast riff]

Chorus

Chromatic riff 1x

Solo:
|A5    |D5    |G5    |G5    |A5    |D5    |G5    |G5 B5 C5 C#5 |
|D5    |C5    |G5    |G5    |D5    |C5    |D5    |C5    |G5    |G5    |


Verse 4:
[n.c.]What the hell will [G5]I do
Facing up to tell you
Will I be breaking the [E5]ice and falling [A5]through?
Definitely no no
Found a new a- [D5]migo to help me get my reality [G5]right [fast riff]

Chorus:
I'm under the [C5]influence I [D5]find it's [C5]all in my [D5]mind
and under the [C5]influence the [D5]blind will lead the [G5]blind
Thunder and [C5]lightning in my [D5]head but [C5]only in [D5]bed
I'm under the [C5]influence of [D5]something from the [E5]blue
I'm under the [C5]influence of [D5]something from the [G5]blue

Break (like intro):
 8 bars
|G5        |

Chromatic riff 4x

|G5             | repeat and fade out

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3. Tabs

Intro:
         2x                   palm muted throughout the intro
       E||---------------------------|-------------------------||
Gtr 1. B||*--------------------------|------------------------*||
       G||---------------------------|-------------------------||
       D||-3/5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--||
       A||*--------------------------|------------------------*||
       E||---------------------------|-------------------------||

       E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
       B||*------------------------|------------------------*||
       G||-------------------------|-------------------------||
       D||-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--||
       A||*------------------------|------------------------*||
       E||-------------------------|-------------------------||


       E||------------------------|------------------------||
       B||------------------------|------------------------||
Gtr. 2 G||------------------------|------------------------||
       D||5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----||
       A||------------------------|------------------------||
       E||------------------------|------------------------||

          2x
       E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
       B||*------------------------|------------------------*||
       G||-------------------------|-------------------------||
       D||-5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5------||
       A||*5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----*||
       E||-------------------------|-------------------------||

                                        bend slowly
       E||------------------------|------------------------||
       B||------------------------|------------------------||
       G||------------------------|------------------------||
       D||5-----5-----5-----5-----|------------------------||
       A||5-----5-----5-----5-----|------8b10--------------||
       E||------------------------|------------------------||

Chromatic riff:
          3x
       E||--------------------------||------------------------||
Gtr 1. B||*------------------------*||------------------------||
       G||--------------------------||------------------------||
       D||-----5-4---3-2---3-4---5--||------------------------||
       A||*------------------------*||------------------------||
       E||--------------------------||------------------------||

       E||--------------------------||
Gtr 2. B||*------------------------*|| Listen for this rythm for
       G||--------------------------|| example to Rolling Home
       D||-5---5-----5-5---5-----5--|| (Blue for you) as it is hard
       A||*5---5-----5-5---5-----5-*|| to hear on this one.
       E||-3---3-----3-3---3-----3--||

          The heavy distorted guitar at the end of the riff
       E||--------------------------------|-----------||
Gtr 3. B||--------------------------------|-----------||
       G||--------------------------------|-----------||
       D||12-12-12-12-----12-12-12-12-----|12--------||
       A||10-10-10-10-----10-10-10-10-----|10-------||
       E||--------------------------------|---------||

Verse:
                             4x
E|------------------------||--------------------------||
B|------------------------||*------------------------*||
G|------------------------||--------------------------||
D|------------------------||--------------------------||
A|5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-||*----5-7---5-8---5-7---5-*||
E|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-||-----3-3---3-3---3-3---3--||
                             skip the first count here
                             to make it swing

                            4x
E|------------------------||--------------------------||
B|------------------------||*------------------------*||
G|------------------------||--------------------------||
D|2---2-x---x-2---2-x---x-||--------------------------||
A|2---2-x---x-2---2-x---x-||*7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-*||
E|0---0-x---x-0---0-x---x-||-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5--||

   2x
E||--------------------------||------------------------|-------||
B||*------------------------*||------------------------|-------||
G||--------------------------||------------------------|-------||
D||-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7--||------------------------|-------||
A||*5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-*||5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-|5------||
E||--------------------------||3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3------||
                                                        Stop here or
                                                        skip these two
                                                        bars (depending on
                                                        which verse your in.

Second rythm guitar during verse 3 and 4:
   5x
E||-----15-----x-15------------||----12-----x-12-----------|
B||*----15-----x-15-----------*||----12-----x-12-----------|
G||-----16-----x-16------------||----13-----x-13-----------|
D||----------------------------||--------------------------|
A||*--------------------------*||--------------------------|
E||----------------------------||--------------------------|

   2x
E||----8----8----7---|7---5----------------||
B||*---10---10---8---|8---5--------------*||
G||------------------|--------------------||
D||------------------|----------------------||
A||*-----------------|---------------------*||
E||------------------|----------------------||


Chorus:
   2x
E||--------------------------||
B||*------------------------*||
G||--------------------------||
D||-------------------2------||
A||*------------2h3h5-----5-*||
E||-3---3-3---3--------------||
    d   u d   u d     d   u
  3x
E||------------------------|-----------------------||
B||*-----------------------|----------------------*||
G||-------5---5------------|------7---7------------||
D||-------5---5------------|------7---7------------||
A||*3----------------------|5---------------------*||
E||------------------------|-----------------------||

Repeat the whole thing to complete the chorus.

Play this after to the last chorus:
E|-----------------------|---------------------|
B|-----------------------|---------------------|
G|------9---9------------|------9---9----------|
D|------9---9------------|------9---9----------|
A|7----------------------|7--------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------|

E|-----------------------|----------------------||
B|-----------------------|----------------------||
G|------5---5------------|------7---7-----------||
D|------5---5------------|------7---7-----------||
A|3----------------------|5---------------------||
E|-----------------------|----------------------||

Rythm part for solo:
   2x
E||------------------------|----------------------|
B||*-----------------------|----------------------|
G||------------------------|------7---7-----------|
D||-------7---7------------|------7---7-----------|
A||*------7---7------------|5---------------------|
E||-5----------------------|----------------------|

  first time
E|------------------------|-------------------------||
B|------------------------|------------------------*||
G|------------------------|-------------------------||
D|------------------------|-------------------------||
A|5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-|----5-7---5-8---5-7---5-*||
E|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|----3-3---3-3---3-3---3--||

  second time
E|------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------------|------4-----5-----6------|
A|5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-|5-----2-----3-----4------|
E|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3------------------------|


E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|7---7-9---7-7---7-9---7-|5---5-7---5-5---5-7---5-|
A|5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|


E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|5---5-7---5-5---5-7---5-|5---5-7---5-5---5-7---5-|
E|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|

   2x
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||
B||*------------------------|------------------------*||
G||-------------------------|-------------------------||
D||-7---7-9---7-7---7-9---7-|5---5-7---5-5---5-7---5--||
A||*5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-*||
E||-------------------------|-------------------------||


E||------------------------|-------||
B||------------------------|-------||
G||------------------------|-------||
D||------------------------|-------||
A||5---5-7---5-8---5-7---5-|5------||
E||3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3------||

Outro:
E||--------------------------||------------------------||
B||*------------------------*||------------------------||
G||--------------------------||------------------------||
D||--------------------------||------------------------||
A||*5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-*||5---5-7---5-8---5-------||
E||-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3--||3---3-3---3-3---3-6---7-||


   Solo:
E|------9/10--9/10--9/10--|-9/10-------------------|
B|-----11/12-11/12-11/12--|11/12---10-10---------8-|
G|------------------------|----------------7/9-----|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|

E|------10----------------|------------------------|
B|10b12----12b10--8-------|8---8-------8---8-------|
G|------------------9---7-|------9---7-------9---7-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|


E|----------------10--10--|10--10--10--10--12--12--|
B|8---8-------8---12--12--|12--10--10--10--13--13--|
G|------9---7-------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|


E|12--10--10--10--10--10--|10--10--10--10--12--12--|
B|13--12--12--12--12--12--|12--10--10--10--13--13--|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|


E|12--10--10--10----------|------10----------------|
B|13--12--12--12----------|10b12----12r10-8------8-|
G|------------------------|------------------9-----|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|

  bend slowly
E|------------------------|
B|10b12-------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
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