"STRANGLEHOLD"
As recorded by Ted Nugent
(From the 1975 Album TED NUGENT)
Words and Music by Ted Nugent
Transcribed by Patrick Mabry
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=74
N.C. A5 C5 D5 C5 A5 G5A5
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM PM| PM PM--| PM| PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------10-----10-------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------9------9---9-----5---5-7-7-|-7p5-------------9---9---------|
|-5h7------7------7---7-----5---5-7-7-|-7p5-------7-----7---7---0-----|
|-0---0-0----0-0----0---0-0---0-------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-5-7-|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------3-5-|
N.C. A5 C5 D5
PM| PM| PM PM| PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T
|----------------------------------------|
|---------10-----10---10-----------------|
|----------9------9----9-----5---5-7-7---|
|-5h7------7------7----7-----5---5-7-7---|
|-0---0-0----0-0----0----0-0---0---------|
|----------------------------------------|
C5 A5 Asus4 A5 G A
PM--| PM| PM PM|
T T S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|------------------(10)-----------------|
|-----------10------10----10-----12s14\-|
|-7p5--------9-------9-----9-----12s14\-|
|-7p5--------7-------7-----7-----12s14\-|
|-----0-0-0----0-0------0----0----------|
|------------------------------0--------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
N.C. A5 C5 D5 D C A5 G5A5
PM| PM| PM PM| PM PM--| PM| PM| PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S S S S S T T S S S E E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-7p5-----------------------------|
|---------------9---9-----5---5-7-7-|-7p5-------------9-----9---------|
|-5h7-----7-----7---7-----5---5-7-7-|-7p5-----5-7-----7-----7---0-----|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0---0-------|-----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0-5-7-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------3-5-|
|
| W H Q E E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------4-6-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------5-7-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------5-7-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------3-5-|
N.C. C5A5C5D5
PM PM--| PM------|
S S S S S T T S S T T S S S S S S T T
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5---5-7-7-|
|-5h7-7-5-7-------7-----------5-7-5-7-7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| W
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
C5N.C. G5 N.C. C5D5N.C.
PM----| PM|
T T S S T T S T T S S S S S S E E S E S S S S S S S S S E S T T
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7p5-------------------------------|------0-------------------5-7------|
|-7p5-7-7-5-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-0-----|-5h7-----7------7---5h7---5-7-7p5--|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-7-|-0-------0--0-0-0-0-0---0----------|
|-------------------------------3-5-|-----------------------------------|
|
| H Q E E S E. +H E E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------5-7------|
|-------------------------------4-6-|--------------------------5-7------|
|-------------------------------5-7-|-5h7----------------------5-7------|
|-------------------------------5-7-|-0------(0)------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-5-|-----------------------------------|
G5A5 N.C. C5D5N.C.
T T E S E S S +S S S S E E S E S E S S S S S S E S T T
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5-7-----|
|-7p5----5--7--5-7-(7)-5-7-0-----|-5h7-----7--5-7---5-7---5-7-7-7-|
|-----0-----0--0-0-(0)-0---0-5-7-|-0----0--0--0---0-----0---------|
|----------------------------3-5-|--------------------------------|
|
| S E. +H E E S E. +H E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5-7-----|
|----------------------------4-6-|------------------------5-7-----|
|-5h==7----------------------5-7-|-5h7--------------------5-7-----|
|-0--------(0)---------------5-7-|-0------(0)---------------------|
|----------------------------3-5-|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G5 A5
T T E S E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-7p5----5--7--5--7---(7)-5-7-0----------||
|-----0-----0--0--0---(0)-0---0--5--7----||
|--------------------------------3--5----||
|
| S E. +H E E
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------4--6----||
|-5h==7--------------------------5--7----||
|-0--------(0)-------------------5--7----||
|--------------------------------3--5----||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q E S. T Q +E. S
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-------------------7s=9--------(9)---x\-||
|-------------------------------------x\-||
|----------------------------------------||
1st. 2nd. and 3rd Verses
$
N.C. C5D5
S E S S S S S S S S S E S T T
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||---------------------------5-7-----|
||--5h7--5--7------7---5h7---5-7-7p5-|
||o-0-------0--0-0-0-0-0---0---------|
||-----------------------------------|
|
| S E. +H E E
||-----------------------------------|
||o--------------------------5-7-----|
||---------------------------5-7-----|
||--5h7----------------------5-7-----|
||o-0------(0)-----------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
G5A5 N.C. C5D5N.C.
T T E S E S S +S S S S E E S E S E S S S S S S E S T T
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5-7-------|
|-7p5----5--7--5-7-(7)-5-7-0-----|-5h7-----7--5-7---5-7---5-7-7-7---|
|-----0-----0--0-0-(0)-0---0-5-7-|-0----0--0--0---0-----0-----------|
|----------------------------3-5-|----------------------------------|
|
| S E. +H E E S E. +H E E
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5-7-------|
|----------------------------4-6-|------------------------5-7-------|
|-5h==7----------------------5-7-|-5h7--------------------5-7-------|
|-0--------(0)---------------5-7-|-0------(0)-----------------------|
|----------------------------3-5-|----------------------------------|
G5A5
T T E S E S S +S S S S E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7p5----5--7--5-7-(7)-5-7-0-----|
|-----0-----0--0-0-(0)-0---0-5-7-|
|----------------------------3-5-|
|
| S E. +H E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------4-6-|
|-5h==7----------------------5-7-|
|-0--------(0)---------------5-7-|
|----------------------------3-5-|
N.C. C5D5N.C. G5A5
S E S S S S S S S S S E S T T T T E S E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-7-----|---------------------------------|
|-5h7--5--7------7---5h7---5-7-7p5-|-7p5----5--7--5-7-(7)-5-7-0------|
|-0-------0--0-0-0-0-0---0---------|-----0-----0--0-0-(0)-0---0-5-7--|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------3-5--|
|
| S E. +H E E S E. +H E E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-7-----|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-7-----|----------------------------4-6--|
|-5h7----------------------5-7-----|-5h==7----------------------5-7--|
|-0------(0)-----------------------|-0--------(0)---------------5-7--|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------3-5--|
To Coda
N.C. C5D5N.C. G5A5
S E S E S S S S S S E S T T T T E S E S S +S S S S E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------------------------5-7-----|--------------------------------||
|-5h7-----7--5-7---5-7---5-7-7-7-|-7p5----5--7--5-7-(7)-5-7-0-----||
|-0----0--0--0---0-----0---------|-----0-----0--0-0-(0)-0---0-5-7-||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-5-||
|
| S E. +H E E S E. +H E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------------------------5-7-----|--------------------------------||
|------------------------5-7-----|----------------------------4-6-||
|-5h7--------------------5-7-----|-5h==7----------------------5-7-||
|-0------(0)---------------------|-0--------(0)---------------5-7-||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-5-||
1.
N.C. C5 D5 N.C.
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~
Q E S S +S S E +E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------5-5----(5)--5---5---(5)-7--------|
|-7b9-------7b9-----7b9==(7)r-7b9---------9b11-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S E S S S S S S S S S E S T T
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------0-----------------------------5--7--------|
|-5h==7-----7-------7---------5h==7----5--7----7p5-|
|-0---------0---0-0-0-----0---0-----0--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S E. +H E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5--7--------|
|--------------------------------------5--7--------|
|-5h==7--------------------------------5--7--------|
|-0--------(0)-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
G5 A5
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----3------|
Q E S S +Q +E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8------------8----8--8------(8)--------(8)--10------10-----|
|-10b12--------10b12---10b12==(10)-------(10)r-12b14---12b14--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| T T E S E S S +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7p===5----5--7----5--7------(7)-5-7-0----------------------|
|---------0-----0----0--0------(0)-0---0---5---------7--------|
|------------------------------------------3---------5--------|
|
| S E. +H E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------4---------6--------|
|--5h=====7--------------------------------5---------7--------|
|--0-----------(0)-------------------------5---------7--------|
|------------------------------------------3---------5--------|
N.C. C5
D5N.C.
|------3------|
E S S E E E E S S T +T +S S T
T
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------5p0---|
|-10--------8-----------8----10------10------10------5---5-----------------------|
|-12b14----10b12-10b12-10b12-12b14---12b14---12b14---7b9-7b9-7b9r(7)b9-(7)-----7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E S E S S S S S S E S T
T
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------5-------------7-----|
|--5h===7---------------7----------5-------7-------5-7-------5-------------7-7-7-|
|--0--------------0-----0----------0----------0----------0-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E. +H E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------5-------------7-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------5-------------7-----|
|--5h===7----------------------------------------------------5-------------7-----|
|--0-------------------(0)-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G5 A5
T S T T T S S. T T T T T T T T T T T S S S E
|----------5p0-------------7------7--------------------------------------||
|-5------------5-5-----------8-8-----10-10-10-----------20-----20-20\---o||
|---7b9-------------5--7s9------------------------17-19-19b21==19-19r\---||
|---------------------------------------------/19------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| T T E S E S S +S S S S E E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-7p5------------5--7----5---7---(7)-----5------7-----0------------------||
|-------0-----------0----0---0---(0)-----0------------0--5---------7----o||
|--------------------------------------------------------3---------5-----||
|
| S E. +H E E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------------4---------6-----||
|-5h====7------------------------------------------------5---------7-----||
|-0----------------(0)-----------------------------------5---------7----o||
|--------------------------------------------------------3---------5-----||
Bass Solo
2.
F#5 A B F#7 A Bm F# A5
Gtr I
~~~ ~~~
E E +H E E Q. +E +Q Q Q +H E E H Q. S S
|-----------------|-2----(2)-(2)------|-0---(0)--------|---------------||
|-------------2-4-|-2----(2)-(2)------|-2---(2)----2-4-|---------------||
|-------------2-4-|-3----(3)-(3)------|-3---(3)----2-4-|-3----3--------||
|-------------2-4-|-4----(4)-(4)--x\--|-4---(4)----2-4-|-4----4----2-2-||
|-4--4-(4)----0-2-|-4----(4)-(4)--x\--|-4---(4)----0-2-|-4----4----0-0-||
|-2--2-(2)--------|-2----(2)-(2)------|-2---(2)--------|-2----2--------||
|
| Gtr II
| H. E E W H. E E W
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-------------2-4-|-------------------|------------2-4-|---------------||
|-------------2-4-|-------------------|------------2-4-|---------------||
|-------------2-4-|-------------------|------------2-4-|---------------||
|-4-----------0-2-|-4-----------------|-4----------0-2-|-4-------------||
|-2---------------|-2-----------------|-2--------------|-2-------------||
1st Guitar Solo
C5 D5 N.C.
Gtr III
~~~~~
E S T T H E +E
|-----------5-5-----------------------------------|
|------8b10------8b10---------------8b10==(8)-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S E S S S S S S S S S E S T T
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-----------------------5------7------|
|-5h7------------7--------7---5h7---5------7--7p5-|
|-0--------------0----0-0-0-0-0---0---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S E. +H E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5------7------|
|-----------------------------------5------7------|
|-5h7-------------------------------5------7------|
|-0-------------(0)-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
G5 A5
~
+E. +S S S S S Q S T T T T S
|----------------------------------------------|
|-(8)r=====(8)-------5-8-----------------8-8-8-|
|---------------5--5------5--------5-7s9-------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| T T E S E S S +S S S S E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--7p=5-----5---7----5-7-(7)-5-7-0-------------|
|-------0-------0----0-0-(0)-0---0-5-----7-----|
|----------------------------------3-----5-----|
|
| S E. +H E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4-----6-----|
|--5h===7--------------------------5-----7-----|
|--0-----------(0)-----------------5-----7-----|
|----------------------------------3-----5-----|
N.C. C5 D5 N.C.
~~~~~~~ ~~
T T S S S +E S T T S S S S E S S
|----------12---------------------------15---------------|
|------10-----10-(10)-10-------13-13-13----13-13-15b17---|
|-9s11-------------------12s14---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E S E S S S S S S E S T T
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5--7---------|
|-5h====7----------7---5--7--------5--7-----5--7--7----7-|
|-0------------0---0---0--------0--------0---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E. +H E E
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5--7---------|
|-------------------------------------------5--7---------|
|-5h====7-----------------------------------5--7---------|
|-0---------------(0)------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
G5 A5
|-----3-----| |----3----| |------3-------|
+E +E E E E E +Q E S +S E
|-----------------15----------15----------------------15----------------|
|-(15)-----(15)-------15b17--------15b17====(15)r--------15pb17r(15)-13-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| T T E S E S S +S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7p5---------5--7--------5----7-(7)----5-------7-0-------------------|
|-------0----------0--------0----0-(0)----0---------0--5----------7-----|
|------------------------------------------------------3----------5-----|
|
| S E. +H E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------4----------6-----|
|---5h==7----------------------------------------------5----------7-----|
|---0-------------(0)----------------------------------5----------7-----|
|------------------------------------------------------3----------5-----|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E +E +H. W
|-/17----(17)-(17)---------|-[17]----------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~
| S E. H. +S E. +E E Q +Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-7--------------------|---------------------------------|
|---0----------(0)--[0]----|-([0])-[0]-([0])-[7]-[0]--([0])--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Q +Q H
|
| S E. H. W
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-7--------------------|---------------------------------|
|---0----------(0)---------|---0-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
Q +H.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. E +S. T
|-([17])-------------|-([17])------([17])-([17])----|
|--------------------|--------------(17)---(17)--17-|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +Q +H. +W
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--([0])--([0])------|--([0])-----------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|
| +W +W
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|---(0)--------------|---(0)------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
Gtr I
< >
~~~
Q Q H Q +H. +Q. +E H W
|--17\-----------|-------------|----------------|------||
|-(17)\----------|-------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|-------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|-7--(7)------|-(7)---(7)------|------||
|----------------|-------------|----------------|------||
|----------------|-------------|----------------|------||
2nd Guitar Solo
Gtr III
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
S E. Q H S E. Q H
|-----------------------|-17------17\-----------|
|-20------20\-----------|-20b22==(20)r\---------|
|-19b21==(19)r\---------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
S E. Q H S E. Q S T T S S S S E
|-----------------------|-17------17\----------------------------|
|-20------20\-----------|-20b22==(20)r\------18p17-------18-17---|
|-19b21==(19)r\---------|--------------------------17-16---------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~
|---3----|
|------3------|
E E E E S S +S S S +S +Q +Q E S +S
E S +S S S +Q
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-20-------20-------20--------------20-------------------|--------20------------20-------------20-20-(20)---|
|----19b21----19b21----19b21==(19)r----19b21==(19)-(19)--|-(19)r-----19b21-(19)----19b21==(19)----19-(19)r--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|