The Unknown Soldier Tab

THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
 
As recorded by The Doors
(From the 1968 Album WAITING FOR THE SUN)
 
Words and Music by Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek & Morrison
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gun Shot'
 
 
 Intro         1st Verse
  Q=122
                   A7+9
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx5           Q   E. S E  E E E   E E  E. S E  E E E
|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|------------||----13--x---13-----|-----13--x-x-13-----|
|------------||----12--x-x-12-----|-----12--x-x-12-----|
|------------||----11--x-x-11-x-x-|-x-x-11--x-x-11-----|
|------------||----12--x-x-12-x-x-|-x-x-12--x-x-12---x-|
|------------||-------------------|----------------x---|
 
 
  E E  E. S E  E E E   E E  E. S E  E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----13--x-x-13-----|-----13--x---13-----|
|-----12--x-x-12-----|-----12--x-x-12-----|
|-x-x-11--x-x-11-----|-x-x-11--x-x-11-x---|
|-x-x-12--x-x-12---x-|-x-x-12--x-x-12-x---|
|----------------x---|--------------------|
 
 
  Gsus4
  E. S E E +E  Q  E   Q  E E E E E  S  S
|--------3-(3)------|--------3------------|
|------3-------3----|------3---3----------|
|----5------------5-|----5-------5-(5)s3--|
|-5-----------------|-5-------------5s=3--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  F     C       D     Am       F          C            D          Am
  q  q  q  q    q  q  Q.   E   Q  +S  S e Q  +S  S e   Q  +S  S E H
|----1--0--0--|-2------------|-1--(1)-1-1-0--(0)-0---|--------2--------||
|-1--1--1--1--|-3--3--1------|-1--(1)-1-1-1--(1)-1-1-|-3--(3)-3-3------||
|-2--2--0--0--|-2--2--2------|-2--(2)-2-2-0--(0)-0-0-|-2--(2)-2-2-2----||
|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--2------|-3--(3)---3-2--(2)-2-2-|-0--(0)---0-2----||
|-------3-----|-------0------|------------3--(3)---3-|------------0----||
|-------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  A                                  G
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E S S
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5------|-3-------3-------|-3-----3-(3)----------|
|---5-------5-----|---5-------5-4--|---3-------3-----|---3---------3--------|
|-----6-------6---|-----6----------|-----4-------4---|-----4-----------4s6--|
|-------7-------7-|-------7--------|-------5-------5-|---------------5-5s7--|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
 
 
  A                               G#    G
  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  Q.
|-5-------5-------|-5-----5-(5)-------|-3-------3-------|-3-----3-(3)------|
|---5-------5-----|---5---------------|---3-------3-----|---3--------------|
|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6-5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4----|
|-------7-------7-|-------------7-6-6-|-------5-------5-|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
                        Interlude
  Am
  W          W           Wx15
|-0--------|----------||---------|
|-1--------|----------||---------|
|-2--------|----------||---------|
|-2--------|----------||---------|
|----------|----------||---------|
|----------|----------||---------|
 
 
  Gtr II                   Gtr I
   W          Wx5          H    Q  Q
|-----------|------------|-------------||
|-----------|------------|-------------||
|-12--------|------------|-------------||
|-12--------|------------|-------------||
|-----------|------------|-------------||
|-----------|------------|---------9\--||
 
 
 2nd Verse
  F     C       D     Am       F     C       D     Am
 4/4
  q  q  q  q    q  q  Q.   E   q  Q  q  q    q  q  Q  Q
|-1--1--0--0--|-2--2---------|-1--1--0--0--|-2--2---------|
|-1--1--1--1--|-3--3--1------|-1--1--1--1--|-3--3--1------|
|-2--2--0--0--|-2--2--2------|-2--2--0--0--|-2--2--2------|
|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--2------|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--2------|
|-------3--3--|-------0------|-------3--3--|-------0------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
 
 
  Gsus4                                F     C       D     Am
  E. S E E +E  Q  E   Q  E E E E E E   q  Q  q  q    q  q  Q.   E
|--------3-(3)------|--------3-------|-1--1--0--0--|-2--2---------|
|------3-------3----|------3---3-----|-1--1--1--1--|-3--3--1------|
|----5------------5-|----5-------5---|-2--2--0--0--|-2--2--2------|
|-5-----------------|-5------------5-|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--2------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------3--3--|-------0------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|--------------|
 
 
  F          C            D          Am
  Q  +S  S e Q  +S  S E   Q  +S  S e Q.   E
|-1--(1)-1-1-0--(0)-0---|-2--(2)-2-2--------||
|-1--(1)-1-1-1--(1)-1---|-3--(3)-3-3-1------||
|-2--(2)-2-2-0--(0)-0-0-|-2--(2)-2-2-2------||
|-3--(3)-3-3-2--(2)-2-2-|-0--(0)-0-0-2------||
|------------3--(3)-----|------------0------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  A
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E  E
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5----------|
|---5---------5---|-----5-------5------|
|-----6-----------|---------------(6)--|
|-------7---7---7-|---7---7---7--------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
 
 
  G                                   A
  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 q
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
 
 
  G
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  Q  E
|-3-------3-------|-3-----3-(3)------|
|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----|
|-----------------|------------------|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5--------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
  N.C.
  E E E E E   +E  E E   E E E E E   +E  E E
|-----5-7-7b8r(7)-5---|-----5-7-7b8r(7)-5----|
|-5-7---------------7-|-5-7---------------7\-|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E   +E  E E   E E E E E   +E  E a E
|-----3-5-5b6r(5)-3---|-----3-5-5b6r(5)-3-----|
|-3-5---------------5-|-3-5---------------3s5-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
   Outro
    N.C.
    +E  E E E E   +E  E E   E E E E E   +E  E E
||--------5-7-7b8r(7)-5---|-----5-7-7b8r(7)-5-----|
||o-(5)-7---------------7-|-5-7---------------7\--|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E   +E  E E   E E E E E   +E  E a E   +E  E E E E   +E  E E
|-----3-5-5b6r(5)-3---|-----3-5-5b6r(5)-3-----|-------5-7-7b8r(7)-5----|
|-3-5---------------5-|-3-5---------------3s5-|-(5)-7---------------7--|
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E   +E  E E    E E E E E   +E  E E   E E E E E   +E  E E
|-----5-7-7b8r(7)-5----|-----3-5-5b6r(5)-3---|-----3-5-5b6r(5)-3----||
|-5-7---------------7\-|-3-5---------------5-|-3-5---------------5-o||
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
 
 
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
X