Creepin Up On You Tab

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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