Midnight Rambler chords

The Rolling Stones

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			Opening riff:
 
 
 
-|-----------------5--5-----------------------------------------------
 
-|-----------------8--8-----------------------------------------------
 
-|-----------------7--7-----------------------------------------------
 
-|-----------------5--5--7--7--7--9--9--7--7--9-----------------------
 
-|--7--7--7--9--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------
 
-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 
 
>From: [email protected] (Daniel E. Platt)
 
Subject: Re: REQ: Midnight Rambler (fwd)
 
 
 
In the meantime, here's some other chords to try on that song.
 
Hope you like them...
 
 
 
In article <[email protected]>, you write:
 
 
 
|>
 
|>
 
|> Well, this is by no means complete TAB, but it's such fun just to play the intro that I figured I'd post
it. Keith probably used some wierd tuning and played it completely different!  You might have to do
some muting on that funny chord.
 
|> Also, I have no idea what the "real" key is on the record.
 
|>
 
|>                                                      Marc
 
|>
 
|>      Midnight Rambler
 
|>
 
|> Opening riff:
 
|>
 
|> -|-----------------5--5-----------------------------------------------
 
|> -|-----------------8--8-----------------------------------------------
 
|> -|-----------------7--7-----------------------------------------------
 
|> -|-----------------5--5--7--7--7--9--9--7--7--9-----------------------
 
|> -|--7--7--7--9--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------
 
|> -|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 
 
Should be:
 
 
 
 -|-----------------x---x-----------------------------------------------
 
 -|-----------------15--14-----------------------------------------------
 
 -|-----------------14--14-----------------------------------------------
 
 -|-----------------14--14--5--7--7--9--9*-7--7--9-----------------------
 
 -|--5--7--7--9--7--xx--xx--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------
 
 -|--5--5--5--5--5--xx--xx-----------------------------------------------
 
 
 
        *This '9' is sometimes a '5' on the live version.
 
 
 
 -|-----x---x-----------------------------------------------
 
 -|----14--12---7---5---------------------------------------
 
 -|----14--14---7---5---------------------------------------
 
 -|----14--14---7---5---------------------------------------
 
 -|----xx--xx----------5---7---7---9--9---10---10---9-------
 
 -|----xx--xx----------5---5---5---5--5----5----5---5-------
 
 
 
The 'A' chord (you're playing the 1-5-8 version with no 3rd --
 
not major or minor) is actually two chords, a suspension that
 
resolves to the major -- played at the 12th fret (drag).
 
 
 
Once it gets to the break, there's the two chord da Daahh da Daahh
 
stuff... those chords are
 
 
 
------------------
 
------7-----------
 
------7------5h6--          (Do various riffs here)
 
------7------5----
 
---7--5---7--7----
 
---5--5---5--5----
 
 
 
The 5'th fret on the D string is a min 7 interval making the 
 
major a dominant 7.  The 5h6 is a hammer-on (gives it that
 
bluesy feel).
 
 
 
Dan
 
 
 
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Daniel E. Platt                                      [email protected]
 
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D chord