SARAH
As recorded by Thin Lizzy
(From the 1979 Album BLACK ROSE)
Words and Music by Philip Parris Lynott & Gary Moore
A Bm/G F#m/D F#m7
x 0 2 2 2 0 3 x 4 4 3 2 x x 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 3'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 4'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 5'
Intro
Gently Q=125
N.C. A Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 F#m7
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Wx2 E E E E +E Q E +Q E E +Q E E
|------------||--9--10-12-10-(10)-9-----|----------10-(10)--9----|
|------------||o---------------------10-|-(10)--10------------10-|
|------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------||o------------------------|------------------------|
|------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| Wx2 Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +Q. E
|------------||--0---------2--(2)-----2-|--(2)------2--(2)-----2-|
|------------||o-2---------3--(3)-----2-|--(2)------3--(3)-----2-|
|------------||--2---------4--(4)-----2-|--(2)------4--(4)-----2-|
|------------||--2---------4--(4)-----0-|--(0)------4--(4)-----2-|
|------------||o-0----------------------|----------------------4-|
|------------||------------3--(3)-------|-----------3--(3)-----2-|
Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7/E
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
+H. E E +E a Q. +H
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-(10)-------------10-|-(10)-10s12-----(12)----|
|---------------11----|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
| +Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +H
|--(2)---2-(2)------2-|--(2)---------2--(2)----|
|--(2)---3-(3)------2-|--(2)---------3--(3)----|
|--(2)---2-(2)------2-|--(2)---------2--(2)----|
|--(2)---4-(4)------0-|--(0)---------4--(4)----|
|--(4)---2-(2)--------|--------------2--(2)----|
|--(2)----------------|--------------0--(0)----|
A Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 F#m7
~~~~~~~~~ ~~
E E E E +E Q E +Q E E +Q E E
|-9--10-12-10-(10)-9-----|----------10-(10)--9----|
|---------------------10-|-(10)--10------------10-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +Q. E
|-0---------2--(2)-----2-|--(2)------2--(2)-----2-|
|-2---------3--(3)-----2-|--(2)------3--(3)-----2-|
|-2---------4--(4)-----2-|--(2)------4--(4)-----2-|
|-2---------4--(4)-----0-|--(0)------4--(4)-----2-|
|-0----------------------|----------------------4-|
|-----------3--(3)-------|-----------3--(3)-----2-|
Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7/E
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
+H. a E E +E Q. +Q E E
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|-(10)----------------10-|-(10)------------------||
|---------------10s11----|------11-----(11)--7s9-||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Gt
| +Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +H
|--(2)---2-(2)---------2-|--(2)------2--(2)------||
|--(2)---3-(3)---------2-|--(2)------3--(3)------||
|--(2)---2-(2)---------2-|--(2)------2--(2)------||
|--(2)---4-(4)---------0-|--(0)------4--(4)------||
|--(4)---2-(2)-----------|-----------2--(2)------||
|--(2)-------------------|-----------0--(0)------||
1st & 2nd Verses
A Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 F#m7
W W
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|
|r II
| E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----2-------------|
|-----2-----3----|-------2-------3---|
|---2------------|-------------4-----|
|---------4----0-|-(0)-------4-------|
|-0--------------|-------------------|
|-------3--------|---------3-------2-|
Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7/E A Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 F#m7
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----2-------------|-------------------|-----2--------------|
|-----2-------3---|-------2-------3---|-----2-------------|-------2-------3----|
|---2-------2-----|-----------------2-|---2---------4-----|-------------4------|
|-2-------4-----0-|-(0)---------4-----|---------------4-0-|-(0)-------4--------|
|-------2---------|-----------2-------|-0-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---------0---------|-------3-(3)-------|---------3-------2--|
Chorus
Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7/E A Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
Gtrs II, III
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-----2------------||----------------|----------------------|
|-----2-------3---|-------2-------3--||-2----2-3-5---7-|-(7)-7---5-(5)-5-5----|
|---2-------2-----|---------------2--||-2----2-4-6---6-|-(6)-6---4-(4)-4-4----|
|-2-------4-----0-|-(0)---------4----||--------------7-|-(7)-7---6-(6)-6-6----|
|-------2---------|-----------2------||--------------5-|-(5)-5---4-(4)-4-4-2--|
|-----------------|---------0--------||----------------|----------------------|
A Gmaj7
Gtr I
|--3--|
W E E E E E S S S E E
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------14-15-14h15p14-------|
|----------------|--------14----------------14----|
|----------------|-----14----------------------14-|
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| E E E E E Q E +H E E E E
|----------------|---------------2----------------|
|-----3---2----0-|-(0)--------------3-------------|
|---2-------2--0-|-(0)-----------------------4----|
|-4------------0-|-(0)--------------------------5-|
|-------0--------|--------------------------------|
|--------------3-|-(3)----------------------------|
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
W W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2----2-3-5---7-|-(7)-7---5-(5)-5-5----|
|-2----2-4-6---6-|-(6)-6---4-(4)-4-4----|
|--------------7-|-(7)-7---6-(6)-6-6----|
|--------------5-|-(5)-5---4-(4)-4-4-2--|
|----------------|----------------------|
1.
A Gmaj7
Gtr V
W H E a S +S Q
|----------------|-------------------------||
|----------------|----------10s12-(12)----o||
|----------------|-------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------||
|----------------|------------------------o||
|----------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| W H E a S +S Q
|----------------|-------------------------||
|----------------|------------------------o||
|----------------|-------------------------||
|----------------|-----------7s=9--(9)-----||
|----------------|------------------------o||
|----------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtrs II, III
| E E E E E Q E +H E E Q
|----------------|--------2------------2---||
|-----3---2----0-|-(0)----------0---------o||
|---2-------2--0-|-(0)---------------------||
|-4------------0-|-(0)---------------------||
|-------0--------|------------------------o||
|--------------3-|-(3)---------------------||
Chorus
2.
A Gmaj7 A Dmaj7
Gtr I
|--3--|
W E E E E E S S S E E W
|----------------|--------------------------------||---------------|
|----------------|-----------14-15-14h15p14-------||---------------|
|----------------|--------14----------------14----||---------------|
|----------------|-----14----------------------14-||---------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------||---------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------||---------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| E E E E E Q E +H E E E E Q E E E Q E
|----------------|---------------2----------------||---------------|
|-----3---2----0-|-(0)--------------3-------------||-2----2-3-5--7-|
|---2-------2--0-|-(0)-----------------------4----||-2----2-4-6--6-|
|-4------------0-|-(0)--------------------------5-||-------------7-|
|-------0--------|--------------------------------||-------------5-|
|--------------3-|-(3)----------------------------||---------------|
C#m7 Bm7
E e E e E e E S +S
|-----17---14------------------|
|-----------------17---14-(14)-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|
| +E E E E +E E E E
|------------------------------|
|-(7)--7----5-(5)--5-5---------|
|-(6)--6----4-(4)--4-4---------|
|-(7)--7----6-(6)--6-6---------|
|-(5)--5----4-(4)--4-4--2------|
|------------------------------|
A Gmaj7
+Q S E. E E E +E +E E a E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(14)---15p14------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------14------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------16-14-(14)-|-(14)-14-14s16-14----------14-|
|-------------------------------|------------------14----16----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------17-------|
|
| E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------5----------|
|---------3--------2------------|-------------3--------3-------|
|------2--------------2------4--|--(4)--4--------4--------4----|
|---4------------------------4--|--(4)-----------------------2-|
|---------------0---------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------3--|--(3)-------------------------|
A Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
+W W
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|-(14)-------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E +E E E E +E E E E
|------------------|---------------------|
|---2-----2-3-5--7-|-(7)-7---5-(5)-5-5-3-|
|---2-----2-4-6--6-|-(6)-6---4-(4)-4-4-2-|
|----------------7-|-(7)-7---6-(6)-6-6-4-|
|----------------5-|-(5)-5---4-(4)-4-4-2-|
|------------------|---------------------|
Gmaj7
Gtr IV
|--3---|
W H Q Q Q
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------14-14--||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|---------------------||
|
| +Q. S S E Q E +E E Q +H
|------------------|---------------------||
|-(3)---5p3-2------|-------3--(3)--------||
|-(2)---------2----|-------4--(4)--------||
|-(4)--------------|-----4---------------||
|-(2)--------------|---------------------||
|----------------3-|-(3)-----------------||
Guitar Solo
F#maj7 Bm7 Bm7/E
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
S +E. +Q E +E +E E S S S S Q +E E E E
|-16b18==(16)-(16)r---16b18r(16)-(16)-16-|-16h=17p16p14-----------------19-|
|----------------------------------------|--------------15---(15)-17-19----|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +Q. E
|--1----------------1-(1)--------------2-|-(2)-------------2--(2)--------2-|
|--2----------------2-(2)--------------3-|-(3)-------------3--(3)--------3-|
|--3----------------3-(3)--------------2-|-(2)-------------2--(2)--------2-|
|--3----------------3-(3)--------------4-|-(4)-------------4--(4)--------4-|
|--------------------------------------2-|-(2)-------------2--(2)--------2-|
|--2----------------2-(2)----------------|-----------------0--(0)--------0-|
Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 F#maj7
~~~~~~~ ~~
Q E E +Q. S S E E E a E +E E E E
|-16----------------------|--------------------------------|
|------17-14-(14)---------|-----14-15----------------------|
|-------------------16p14h|=16--------14s13-(13)-14-16-15--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +Q. E
|--0-------0--(0)----2----|-(2)-----------4--(4)--------1--|
|--2-------2--(2)----2----|-(2)-----------5--(5)--------2--|
|--1-------1--(1)----2----|-(2)-----------4--(4)--------3--|
|--2-------2--(2)----0----|-(0)-----------6--(6)--------3--|
|--0-------0--(0)---------|---------------4--(4)-----------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------2--|
Bm7 Bm7/E Amaj7
~~~~ ~~~
|--3---|
+Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q E +E
|---------------------------|--------17-19b21--19b21==(19)r-|
|---------------------------|-----19------------------------|
|-(15)----15-16-18----16h18-|-19----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| ~~~
| |--3---|
| Q E S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q E +E
|---------------------------|--------14-16b18--16b18==(16)r-|
|------------12-14----12-14-|-12--15------------------------|
|---------15----------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| +Q. E +Q. E +H Q. E
|--(1)-----1----(1)----2----|-(2)--------2--------------0---|
|--(2)-----2----(2)----3----|-(3)--------3--------------2---|
|--(3)-----3----(3)----2----|-(2)--------2--------------1---|
|--(3)-----3----(3)----4----|-(4)--------4--------------2---|
|----------------------2----|-(2)--------2--------------0---|
|--(2)-----2----(2)---------|------------0------------------|
E7sus4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E E +H +W
|-16---16b17-16-(16)-----|-(16)-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q E E +H +H S S S S S S S S
|-12---12b14-12-(12)-----|-(12)---------12------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------14-12-------12---------|
|------------------------|-----------------------14-13----14------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------16---|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| +Q. E +Q. E +E E S E S E E E E
|-(0)---------0--(0)---0-|--(0)-0---0----0-----------0------------|
|-(2)---------2--(2)---3-|--(3)-3---3----3-----------3------------|
|-(1)---------1--(1)---2-|--(2)-2---2----2-----------2------------|
|-(2)---------2--(2)---2-|--(2)-2---2----2-----------2------------|
|-(0)---------0--(0)-----|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
F7sus4
~~~~
+W W
|-(16)------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| |----3----|
| S S S S S S S S S E S E E +Q. S S Q Q Q
|---------------------12-14-16-17---19---19b22==|=(19)r-------20-18-17--------15---|
|---------------12-14---------------------------|------------------------18--------|
|---------13-14---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--14--16---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E S E S E E E E E E S E S E E E E
|----------0--------0--------0---------0--------|-------1---1--------1------1------|
|----------3--------3--------3---------3--------|-------4---4--------4------4------|
|----------2--------2--------2---------2--------|-------3---3--------3------3------|
|----------2--------2--------2---------2--------|-------3---3--------3------3------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chorus
Bb Ebmaj7
W W
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|
| |-----3-----| |---3---|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|------13----------10-----------||--------------------|
|-15----------13------11---13---||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||-14-----------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
|
| E E S E S Q e E Q E E E E E E
|----1------1-------1----1------||--------------------|
|----4------4-------4----4------||--3----3-4-6---8----|
|----3------3-------3----3------||--3----3-5-7---7----|
|----3------3-------3----3------||---------------8----|
|-------------------------------||---------------6----|
|-------------------------------||--------------------|
Dm7 Cm7 Bb Abmaj7
Gtr I
E E +E S S E +E E E +Q E E +Q Q
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----15-(15)----------------18-15-|-(15)---18---------------|
|-------------17-15-17--(17)-------|-----------15-(15)-------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E Q E
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(8)--8-------6----(6)---6---6----|---------4------3--------|
|-(7)--7-------5----(5)---5---5----|------3------------3---5-|
|-(8)--8-------7----(7)---7---7----|---5-------------------5-|
|-(6)--6-------5----(5)---5---5--3-|------------1------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------4-|
Bb Ebmaj7
H E E a S +S E +H H
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------15-15s17-(17)-15-|-(15)--------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------4---4------------------|---3-----3-4-6---8-|
|-(5)-5--------5---------------|---3-----3-5-7---7-|
|-(5)-----5----------5-------3-|-----------------8-|
|------------------------------|-----------------6-|
|-(4)--------------------------|-------------------|
Gtrs II, III
+E E E E +E E E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(8)-8---6-(6)-6-6---|-----4---3------|-------4---4-------|-3----3-4-6---8--|
|-(7)-7---5-(5)-5-5---|---3-------3--5-|-(5)-5-------5-----|-3----3-5-7---7--|
|-(8)-8---7-(7)-7-7---|-5------------5-|-(5)-----5-----5-3-|--------------8--|
|-(6)-6---5-(5)-5-5-3-|-------1--------|-------------------|--------------6--|
|---------------------|--------------4-|-(4)---------------|-----------------|
Dm7 Cm7 Abmaj7
Gtr I
W W
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| +E E E E Q Q +Q. S S E Q E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-(8)-8---6----4--|-(4)---6-4-3------|
|-(7)-7---5----3--|-(3)---------3----|
|-(8)-8---7----5--|-(5)--------------|
|-(6)-6---5----3--|-(3)--------------|
|-----------------|----------------4-|
Bb Ebmaj7
H E E a S +S E +H H
|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------15------------------|-------------------|
|--------------15-15s17-(17)-15-|-(15)--------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------4----4------------------|---3-----3-4-6---8-|
|-----5---------5-----5---------|---3-----3-5-7---7-|
|---------5-------------------3-|-----------------8-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------6-|
|-(4)---------------------------|-------------------|
Outro
Dm7 Cm7 Bb Abmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7
Gtrs II, III
+E E E E Q Q +Q. S S E Q E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------||-----------------|
|-(8)-8---6----4--|-(4)---6-4-3------|-------4---4-------||o-3----3-4-6---8-|
|-(7)-7---5----3--|-(3)---------3----|-----5-------5-5---||--3----3-5-7---7-|
|-(8)-8---7----5--|-(5)--------------|---------5-------3-||---------------8-|
|-(6)-6---5----3--|-(3)--------------|-------------------||o--------------6-|
|-----------------|----------------4-|-(4)---------------||-----------------|
Dm7 Cm7 Bb Abmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7
+E E E E +E E E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-(8)-8---6-(6)-6-6---|-----4---3------|-------4---4-------|-3----3-4-6---8--|
|-(7)-7---5-(5)-5-5---|---3-------3--5-|-(5)-5-------5-----|-3----3-5-7---7--|
|-(8)-8---7-(7)-7-7---|-5------------5-|-(5)-----5-----5-3-|--------------8--|
|-(6)-6---5-(5)-5-5-3-|-------1--------|-------------------|--------------6--|
|---------------------|--------------4-|-(4)---------------|-----------------|
Dm7 Cm7 Bb Abmaj7
+E E E E +E E E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|--------------------||
|-(8)-8---6-(6)-6-6---|-----4---3------|-------4---4-------o||
|-(7)-7---5-(5)-5-5---|---3-------3--5-|-(5)-5-------5------||
|-(8)-8---7-(7)-7-7---|-5------------5-|-(5)-----5-----5-3--||
|-(6)-6---5-(5)-5-5-3-|-------1--------|-------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------4-|-(4)----------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
|
