Cliffs Of Dover

Music:  Eric Johnson

Tabbed by:  Mark M. Miller

 

Ah, so many tabs of this classic!  But I love the layout Mark used, which makes it easy to follow where you are in the song.  For the purist, this is fully transcribed in Guitar World.

 

 

Guitar Solo Introduction:

|---15'-15-12-14----12-------|-12-----------------12-15-14-12----14-12------|

|----------------15----12-15'|----15-12-----12-15-------------15-------15-12|

|----------------------------|----------14'---------------------------------|

|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|-O--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

 

|-1O-12-1O-------1O--------1O-------------|-------5-7-6-5----------------------|

|----------12-1O----12-1O'----12-1O'1Op8--|---5-8---------8-5---5-7---5--------|

|----------------------------------------9|-7-----------------7-----4---7-4----|

|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------7-5|

|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

 

|---------------------------------------|--------------------7----8h10-8---|

|---------------------------------------|---------------8-1O---1O--------12|

|-4-----------------------------12'-(12)|-----9------11--------------------|

|---7-5-----5-2-----2-------------------|---7------9-----------------------|

|-------7-5-----5-2---5-2---------------|----------------------------------|

|-------------------------5-3-O---------|-8-----1O-------------------------|

 

 

|---------------------------------------------15-15----15|----15----15----15----15----15---|

|------12-------13-------15-------17-------19-------19---|-------------------------17----19|

|----9---------------------------------------------------|-19----------------17------------|

|------------14-------17-------17-------19---------------|-------19----17------------------|

|-1O------12-------14-------15-------17------------------|---------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

 

 

|-15----15----15----15----15----15----15|----15----15----15----15----15----15----15----17|

|----------------------------17----19---|-------------17----19----------------17----19---|

|----19----------------17---------------|-19----17----------------17----17---------------|

|----------19----17---------------------|------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 

 

|-15----15-19-17-15----17-15------------------------|------------------------------------

|----19-------------19-------19-15-13-17-15-13------|------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------14-12|-16-14-12-------16-14-12-------16-14

|---------------------------------------------------|----------14-12----------14-12------

|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------

|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------

 

 

|--------------------|

|--------------------|

|-14-12-------------O|

|-------14-12----17--|

|--------------------|

|-------------15-----|

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meduim Fast Shuffle = 190  ( play 3 times)

 

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|

|-8-------8------|-8--------8------|-8-------8---|

|---7pO-O---9pO-O|---11pO-O---9pO-O|---7pO-O-----|

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|

 

   ~~~~~                              ~~~

|-----------7-|-1O--------|-------7--1O-|-8----8-|

|-------8-----|-8---------|----8--------|-8------|

|-/-7---------|-0------5-/|-7-----------|-5------|

|-------------|-----------|-------------|--------|

|-------------|-----------|-------------|--------|

|-------------|-----------|-------------|--------|

 

            ~~~~~

|------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|

|-1O'-(1O)-8-8---O-|-8-------8-------|-8--------8----|-8-----8------|

|------------------|---7pO-O---9pO-O-|---11pO-O------|---7----------|

|------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------|

|------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------O-|

|------------------|-----------------|-------------8-|-----8--------|

 

                                                       ~~~

|-------------|-1O------------|----12-14----|---------------12------|

|-8--------1O-|-8----------12-|-15-------15-|-----------------------|

|-------------|-O-------12----|-------------|-------1O-15-----------|

|-----(O)-----|------12-------|-------------|----12-----------------|

|-------------|---------------|-------------|-1O--------------------|

|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|

 

             ~~~~

|------------------|-----------------|------------|--------|--------|

|------------------|-8-------8-------|-8--------8-|--------|--------|

|-14'-(14)--12---O-|---7pO-O---9pO-O-|---11pO-O---|--5-----|-7------|

|------------------|-----------------|------------|--5-----|-7------|

|------------------|-----------------|------------|--3-----|-5------|

|------------------|-----------------|------------|--------|--------|

 

 

|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----------|-17----14----------12-16\14----11-14----11-12-14/16-----|

|-14\12/14-|----14----17\16-12----------12-------12-----------------|

|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|

 

                                   ~~~~

|-------------------|----------------|------------------------------|

|-------------------|----------------|------------------------------|

|----12-16\14----11-|-12-11----------|-17----14-17\16----12-16\14---|

|-12----------12----|-------14-12----|----14----------12------------|

|-------------------|-------------14-|------------------------------|

|-------------------|----------------|------------------------------|

 

                                                         ~~~

|----------1O-------------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|----------15'----------|

|----11-14-------11-14/16----12-16\14----11-|-12-11-----------------|

|-12----------12----------12----------12----|-------14--------------|

|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|

 

 

 

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17----14-17\16----12-16\14----11-14----11-12-14/16----12-16\14----|

|----14----------12----------12-------12-------------12-------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

                        ~~~

|------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|

|------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|

|----11-(14)-|-12-11----------------|-17----14-17\16----12-16\14----|

|-12---------|-------14-12----------|----14----------12-------------|

|------------|--------------14-(12)-|-------------------------------|

|------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|

 

|----------1O-------------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|-----------------7-----|

|----11-14-------11-14/16----12-16\14----11-|-12-11-9-------7-------|

|-12----------12----------12----------12----|---------9\7-7---------|

|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|

 

|-----------------|------------|-14-17----12-|-1O-8----7------------|

|-8-------8-------|-8--------8-|-------------|------1O---1O-8-------|

|---7pO-O---9pO-O-|---11p0-0---|-------------|----------------7-----|

|-----------------|------------|-------12----|----------------------|

|-----------------|------------|-------------|----------------------|

|-----------------|------------|-------------|----------------------|

 

|-----------|---------------|-------14-15------7-1O------------12-14|

|---8-------|-8--------8----|----15----------8---8-------12-15------|

|-O---9pO-O-|---11pO-O------|-14----------/7-----O----12------------|

|-----------|---------------|----------------------12---------------|

|-----------|------------17-|---------------------------------------|

|-----------|---------------|---------------------------------------|

 

  ~~~               ~~~     

|----|-------1O-12-----------------|--------------------------------|

|-15-|-----------------------------|-8-------8-------8------8-------|

|----|----12-------12/14'(14)-12-O-|---7pO-O---9pO-O---11pO---------|

|----|-1O--------------------------|--------------------------------|

|----|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

|----|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|

 

                           ~~~~~~

|-----7-1O-8---8p7-------|----------------------14p(14)-------------|

|---8--------------8-----|-8--------------15-17---------17-15-17----|

|-9----------7-------9-7-|-------------14---------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|------------------------|--------(17)------------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------------------------|

 

                                    ~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~

|-14-17-|-14----------15-|-17'(17)----------------------------------|

|-------|----17-15-17----|---------18'------------------------------|

|-------|----------------|------------------12/14-12----(O)---------|

|-------|----------------|------------------------------------------|

|-------|----------------|------------------------------------------|

|-------|----------------|------------------------------------------|

 

|-----------------|------------8----|-------------------------------|

|-8-------8-------|-8--------8-8----|-------------------------------|

|---7pO-O---9pO-O-|---11pO-O---5----|----------17----14-17\16----12-|

|-----------------|--------------12-|-14\12/14----14----------12----|

|-----------------|--------------12-|-------------------------------|

|-----------------|--------------1O-|-------------------------------|

 

                                                                ~~~~

|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|

|-16\14----11-14----11-12-------------------------|-12-11-----------|

|-------12-------12-------14/16----12-16\14----11-|-------14-12-----|

|-------------------------------12----------12----|-------------14--|

|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|

 

|----------------------------------------10-------------------14-15-|

|----------------------------------------------------------15-------|

|----17----14-17\16----12-16\14----11-14-------11-14----14----------|

|-------14----------12----------12----------12-------12-------------|

|-12----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

                            ~~~

|----------------------15-19------|---------------------------------|

|----------------15-17-------(17)-|---------------------------------|

|-------------16------------------|-17----14-17\16----12-16\14------|

|-------14-17---------------------|----14----------12----------12---|

|-14-17---------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

 

|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|

|-11-14----11-12-14/16----12--16\14----11-(11)-|-12-11--------------|

|-------12-------------12-----------12---------|-------14-12--------|

|----------------------------------------------|-------------14-(12)|

|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|

 

|-------------------------------------1O------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-17----14-17\16----12-16\14----11-14-------11-14/16----12-16\14----11|

|----14----------12----------12----------12----------12----------12---|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|-------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|

|-----------------7-|-8--8----8------|--------8-------|-8--8----8-----|

|-12-11-9-------7---|-O---------O----|-12-(O)---------|-O-------------|

|---------9-7-7-----|-12---1O-----1O-|-12-------1O-1O-|-12---1O-------|

|-------------------|----------------|-1O-------------|---------------|

|-------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|

 

                                          ~~

|-------------------|-14-17-12----------------------------------------|

|-----------8-------|----------15-12----15'-(15)-12-1O----12-1O-------|

|-------(O)---------|----------------14----------------11-------11-9--|

|-1Oh12-------1O-1O-|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

 

|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------|

|---------------------------|---8----8---------8-------|-------8-1O---|

|------11-9-----------------|-O--------------O---------|-7-7-9--------|

|-12-9------12-9------------|-O---1O---1Oh12-----1O-1O-|--------------|

|----------------12-9-------|--------------------------|--------------|

|---------------------12-1O-|--------------------------|--------------|

 

|------------7-|-1O----------------------|------------8-12p1O---------|

|-12\1O-8-1O---|-8--8----8-------8-------|-------8-1O-----------------|

|--------------|-O-----------------------|-7-7-9----------------------|

|--------------|-O----1O---1Oh12---1O-1O-|----------------------------|

|--------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|

|--------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|

 

            ~~~~

|-8p7----------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-----8-----8-----8------------8-------|-------8-1O-12\1O-8-1O-12----|

|-------9-7----O-----------------------|-7-7-9-----------------------|

|--------------1O---1Oh12-(1O)---1O-1O-|-----------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

 

|-(1O)--------------------------|--------------|---------------------|

|--8---8----8-----------8-------|-8--8----8----|-12-1O'-(1O)---------|

|--O----------------(O)---------|-O------------|------------12-9-12--|

|--O-----1O---1Oh12-------1O-1O-|-12---1O---12-|---------------------|

|-------------------------------|--------------|---------------------|

|-------------------------------|--------------|---------------------|

 

  P.M.

|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|

|----1O-------1O----|------12-1O'-(1O)-----------1O-------1O---------|

|-O-----------------|------------------12-9-12-O---------------------|

|-------1O-1O----12-|-(1O)--------------------------1O-1O----12------|

|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|

 

|---------------------|-------------------1O-|-----------------------|

|------12-1O'-(1O)----|----1O-12-13-1O-12----|-12-1O-12--8--1O-------|

|------------------12-|----------12-------12-|-------1O--7--7--------|

|-(1O)----------------|-12-------1O-------1O-|-----------O--O--------|

|---------------------|-12-------------------|-----------------------|

|---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

 

GUITAR   ~~~~~~  SOLO           ~~~~~~

|--------------------|----------------------|-12----12---------------|

|--------------------|-------------------15-|----15----15p12----15-12|

|-------14--------12-|-14'-(14)-12----------|----------------14------|

|----14--------14----|----------------14----|------------------------|

|-12-----------------|----------------------|------------------------|

|--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|

 

|------------------------|-------------------|-------------17--------|

|------------------------|-15-17-17-2O-19-2O-|-19-------19----2O-----|

|-14-12----12------14-17-|-------------------|-------17--------------|

|-------14-----/14-------|-------------------|-----------------------|

|------------------------|-------------------|----17-----------------|

|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|

 

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           ~~~~                     ~~~~  ~~~~

|-------------|------------------------------------------------------|

|-19'-(19)-17-|---------------------------1O-----12------12-13-15----|

|-------------|------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------|------------5/7-9-1O-8--12-----14----(14)-------------|

|-------------|----5h7-(5)-------------------------------------------|

|-------------|-X\---------------------------------------------------|

 

                                                 ~~~~          ~~~

|----------------------|-------------|-------------|----------14-(14)|

|-15/17-15----------12-|-------------|----------15-|-------12--------|

|---------\14-12-12----|-14----------|-------14----|-----------------|

|----------------------|----14-------|----12-------|-12-14-----------|

|----------------------|-------15----|-------------|-----------------|

|----------------------|----------15-|-14----------|-----------------|

 

                     ~~~~

|----------------15-19--19p15-|-17-15--------------------------------|

|----------15-17--------------|-------17-15----17-15---------------17|

|-------16--------------------|-------------17-------17-14-----------|

|-14-17-----------------------|----------------------------17-14-X---|

|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------15-|-14p1O---------------------|

|-15-15-17-2Op15-------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------16-14----16-14----------|-------14-12-------11p9----|

|----------------------17-------17-14----|-------------14-12---------|

|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|

 

|-------------|-------------|-12-------------------------------------|

|-------------|-------------|----15-12-13-15-13-12-------12----13----|

|-9p7---------|-------------|----------------------14-14---/16----17-|

|-----9-7-9-7-|-------------|----------------------------------------|

|-------------|-1O-7--------|----------------------------------------|

|-------------|------1O-7pO-|----------------------------------------|

 

                    ~~~~

|----------------15-19--15-|----15-15----15-|----15----15----15------|

|-15----17-17-19-----------|-19-------19----|------------------------|

|----/19-------------------|----------------|-19----------------17---|

|--------------------------|----------------|-------19----17---------|

|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|

|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|

 

                                                         ~~~~~

|-15----15----15-|----15----15----15----15----|-17-19-2O-19-(19)\----|

|----17----19----|-------------17----19----19-|----------------------|

|----------------|-19----17-------------------|----------------------|

|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------|

|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------|

|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------|

 

                                                   ~~~~~~~~~~

|-------------------------|----------------16-17-|-19-------2O-------|

|----------------15-17----|----------16-17-------|-------------------|

|-------------16----------|-------17-------------|-------------------|

|-------14-17-------------|-16-19----------------|-------------------|

|-14-15----------------18-|----------------------|-------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|

 

    ~~~~

|-2O'--(2O)-------------------------------------|--------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------|

|--------------------17----14-17\16----12-16\14-|----11-14----11-12--|

|-----------14\12/14----14----------12----------|-12-------12--------|

|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------|

 

|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|

|-14/16----12-16\14----11-|-12-11----------|-17----14-17\16----12----|

|-------12----------12----|-------14-12----|----14----------12-------|

|-------------------------|-------------14-|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|

 

            ~~~

|--------------12----|---------------------------12-|----14-15-17----|

|----------15'----14'|-(14)----------------12-15----|-17-------------|

|-16\14--------------|-----14'-(14)-12-14'----------|----------------|

|-------12-----------|------------------------------|----------------|

|--------------------|------------------------------|----------------|

|--------------------|------------------------------|----------------|

 

   ~~~

|-19--2O----17-2O\19----15-|-19\17----14-17----14-15-17/19----15-----|

|--------17----------15----|-------15-------15-------------15--------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

 

                           ~~~~

|-19\17----14-|-15-14----------|----------------------|-14\17/14-----|

|-------15----|-------17-15----|----------------------|----------15--|

|-------------|-------------16-|-17----14-17\16----12-|--------------|

|-------------|----------------|----14----------12----|--------------|

|-------------|----------------|----------------------|--------------|

|-------------|----------------|----------------------|--------------|

 

 

|--------------------------------|--------------------|--------------|

|--------------------------------|------------------7-|-8-------8----|

|-14-----16----12-16\14----11-14-|-\12-11-9-------7---|---7pO-O------|

|----O-O----12----------12-------|----------9\7-7-----|--------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------|--------------|

|--------------------------------|--------------------|--------------|

 

 

|------------------------|-------------|-8-8h7---1O------------------|

|-------8--------8-------|-8-------8---|-------8--------8-------8----|

|-9pO-O---11pO-O---9pO-O-|---7pO-O---7-|------------(O)---7pO-O------|

|------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|

|------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|

 

                       ~~~~  Guitar Cadenza (played freely)

|------------------|-------15-------15-2O-19-15----|-17-15----15\14--|

|-------8--------8-|-18'------15-17-------------17-|-------17--------|

|-9pO-O---11pO-O---|-------------------------------|-----------------|

|------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|

|------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|

|------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|

 

                                                     ~~~

|----------15-14-1O----12----12----|---------------------------------|

|-17-15-13----------13----15----15-|-13-12---------------------------|

|----------------------------------|-------14-12\11-14'--12-15-17p12-|

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

 

|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|-14-12-------------------|------------------------------------------|

|-------14-12----------12-|--THE END --------------------------------|

|-------------14-12\1O-12-|------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|

 

 

My Notation is:

/  slide

\  slide

'  bend

~  vibrato

h  hammer on

p  pull off

 




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