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Howard's Guitar Tablature
Last updates:
April 2023: Steely Dan
- guitar chords/tab for "Mister Sam" (outtake from the Katy Lied sessions)
July 2020: Joni Mitchell
- guitar tab for "I Had A King" (from the album Song To A Seagull)
You can scroll down to get to the tablature files, but please take a moment to read the following:
This is my personal collection of tablature files. I transcribed these songs myself, so my musical tastes will be pretty clear from the selection of songs and artists that you see. Anyone who plays guitar and likes the music of Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Steely Dan, The Police, Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake or Neil Young should find something of interest here. Some files contain detailed tablature for the songs, others contain chord shapes.
Please note: All the guitar tab and chord files that I have transcribed are on this page. If you are looking for a particular song and you can't find it here, try using some of the other internet tablature resources to track it down. I don't really have time to handle requests to transcribe specific songs.
If the song you are looking for isn't here, there are thousands of other guitar tablature sites that may have what you want. The simplest way to find these is by doing a general Google search, for example Frank Zappa guitar tab. You can also check out some of the large guitar transcription web sites such as Ultimate Guitar.
Artist Specific Sites
There are a number of specialist sites containing guitar tablature for individual groups/artists that are worth browsing. If you don't find the song you want on my page, have a look at:
Guitar tab: what do all of the numbers and letters mean?
If you need some explanation of the various symbols used in guitar tablature, take a look at my Guide to Guitar Tablature.
How do I play this chord?
Some of these files contain just chord names instead of tablature. The chord shapes are usually included in the file, but if you want to learn a bit about chord theory so that you can work out the chords for yourself then take a look at my Introduction to Guitar Chord Theory.
How do I play a hammer-on/pull-off/bend?
I have written a brief explanation of how to play these effects in my guitar techniques page.
Where can I find a good on-line chord dictionary or list of chords?
Most chord dictionaries and chord lists I have come across cover only basic chords and are not much use for finding shapes for slightly more unusual chords (D/F#, F#7add4, Bm11 ...). This page offers help with chord shapes, points out the common problems with chord dictionaries, and suggests a method for finding shapes for any chord shape you are interested in.
Alphabetical listing by group name and artist surname:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
All my Steely Dan guitar tablature files are now on a separate Steely Dan guitar tab page
Note that I now have a separate page that lists the Joni Mitchell piano transcriptions I have done.
For information on the system that Joni uses to classify her tunings, read my Introduction to Joni's tuning system.
I have a page that lists the tunings Joni used for the Taming The Tiger album.
Many more tab and chord files for Joni Mitchell songs, contributed by many people, can be found in the transcriptions section of the JoniMitchell.com web Site.
Another site that has a good collection of Zappa guitar tablature is the Chrome Plated Transcriptions of Destiny.
More XTC tablature can be found at the Chalkhills XTC site.
An excellent web site containing tablature for most of Nick Drake's songs (as well as general information about Nick Drake) can be found at the Nick Drake Home Page.
Last updated April 2023
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