Creepin' up on You - Status Quo
Album - Heavy Traffic
Tabbed by: Curtis (Rocker4500)
Email: Rocker4500@aol.com
Tuning: EADGBe (standard)
Some of the chords you will need -
E A D G B e
A - 5 7 7 6 5 5
A*- 5 5 5 x x x
D - x 5 7 7 x x
D - x 5 5 5 x x
All lead parts played by Francis Rossi
Intro (play tab part through twice)
D, C, C/B, G, G{stop dead}
(no chords) A A* A A A* A
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7bu8--7-5----------------------7bu8--7-5----------------------------------|
G|-----------5-6----------------------------5-6------------------------------|
D|---------------7~~----------------------------7~~--------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C D D* D C A A* A
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7bu8--7-5---------5-------------7bu8--7-5---------------------------------|
G|-----------5-6-----5-----------------------5-6-----------------------------|
D|----------------7------------------------------7~~-------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C D C A A* A
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5-7-5-7-7bu9bd7--5-7-7bu9bd7--5-7-5-7-7bu9bd7-5-----------------------|
D|-5-7-------------------------------------------------7-5-7~~---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
V1
(no playing) A A* A
I like the way you walk
A A* A
You've got a giggle when you talk
C D D* D
I like the way you talk
C A A* A
You've got a wiggle when you walk
C D
Nothing you can do, sure as one and one is two,
C A A* A (stop dead)
I'll be Creepin' up on you
V2
A A* A
I'm gonna be your man
A A* A
You better understand
C D D* D
Be your pretty little thing
C A A* A
Your puppet on a string
C D
Nothing you can do, sure as one and one is two,
C A A* A
I'll be Creepin' up on you
Solo 1 (play solo as played in intro)
Middle 8
B C C# D A
I'm gonna write a little letter
D A
Poetry for two
D A
Send you pretty flowers (I hope you like 'em)
D, C, C/B, G, G {stop dead}
Creepin' up on you
Solo 2
Chord pattern stays same as intro solo
This is the first lick of the solo, from then on, every time I've seen Rossi play it, he
improvises in A minor using alot of blues licks.
e|-8-5---5-5-8-5---5---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----8---------8-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Middle 8
Same as before, but ends with-
B, D
V3
A A* A
Gonna take a little time
A A* A
Before I make you mine
C D D* D
But I bet you anything
C A A* A
You're gonna wear my ring
C D
Nothing you can do, sure as one and one is two,
C A A* A
I'll be Creepin' up on you
C D
Nothing you can do, sure as one and one is two,
C A A* A (stop dead)
I'll be Creepin' up on you
C D (let ring)
Nothing you can do, sure as one and one is two,
(play solo 1 as outro)
I'll be Creepin' up on............ you
End on A.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Artist: Status Quo
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