Not To Touch The Earth (ver 3) by The Doors
NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH
As recorded by The Doors
(From the 1968 Album WAITING FOR THE SUN)
Words and Music by The Doors
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar (clean)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar (overdriven)'
Intro
Q=116
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx5 H Q E E
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|
|------------|-----------0-|
|------------|-------------|
E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|
|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1st Verse
N.C.
E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E 7x
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)----||
||o-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-o||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Chorus
Gm N.C.
E E Q H H Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|-------------||-3---------3-3-|-3---------------------|
|-------------||-3-------------|---6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-|
|-------------||-3-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------||-5-------------|-----------------------|
|-5-----------||-5-------------|-----------------------|
|-------------||-3-------------|-----------------------|
Fm N.C. Gm N.C.
H. E S S E S S E S S E S S E E H Q E S S
|-1---------1-1-|-1---------------------|-3---------3-3-|
|-1-------------|---4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-|-3-------------|
|-1-------------|-----------------------|-3-------------|
|-3-------------|-----------------------|-5-------------|
|-3-------------|-----------------------|-5-------------|
|-1-------------|-----------------------|-3-------------|
Interlude
D5 N.C.
E S S E S S E S S E E E E Q H W H Q E E
|-3---------------------|-------------||----------|-------------|
|---6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-|-------------||----------|-----------0-|
|-----------------------|-------------||----------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-7-----------||----------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-5-----------||----------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------||----------|-------------|
E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E
|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|
|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2nd Verse
N.C.
E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E 3x
||---------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)----||
||o-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-o||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E E +E +E E
|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|--------------0-5b7==(5)r(5)---|
|-5b7==(5)r(5)----------------0-|-5b7==(5)r(5)------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-3b4--3b4--4b5--4b5--|-3b4--3b4--4b5--4b5--|
||----------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
A5 N.C.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x W H Q E S S
|---------------------|----------------------||----------||-----------5-5-|
|---------------------|---------------------o||----------||---------------|
|---------------------|----------------------||----------||-2-------------|
|---------------------|----------------------||----------||-2-------------|
|-3b4--3b4--4b5--4b5--|-3b4--3b4--4b5--4b5--o||----------||-0-------------|
|---------------------|----------------------||----------||---------------|
G5 N.C.
E S S E S S E S S E E H Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|-5---------------------|-----------3-3-|-3---------------------|
|---8-8-8-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-|---------------|---6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-3-------------|-----------------------|
A5 N.C.
H Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E E W
|-----------5-5-|-5---------------------|------|
|---------------|---8-8-8-7-7-7-6-6-6-5-|------|
|-2-------------|-----------------------|------|
|-2-------------|-----------------------|------|
|-0-------------|-----------------------|------|
|---------------|-----------------------|------|
Interlude
N.C.
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------||---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
|----------||-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---|
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
3rd Verse
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---5---5---5---5-||----5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|-3---3---4---4---||--3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4---|-3---3---4---4----|
|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
Outro
1. 2.
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-----------------||---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------||---------------------------------------------|
|---5---5---5---5--||---5---5---5---5-||------5--------5-------------5----------5----|
|-3---3---4---4----||-3---3---4---4---||---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------||--7b8-----7b8--------8b9-----------8b9-------|
|------------------||-----------------||---------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H Q Q Q +E S S S S S S E E
|------------------||-----------------||---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------||---------------------------------------------|
|------------------||-----------------||----------------------------------13---15b17r|
|------------------||-----------------||----------------------------13h15------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------||--------------------13h==15------------------|
|------------------||-------------8s==||=13-----(13)--13h15--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------5-------5-------------5------5-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---7b8-------7b8---------8b9-------8b9---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| +S S E E E +S S E Q
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-(15)p13----13---15b17r(15)p13-----------|
|---------15--------------------15-13----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------5----------5----------5-------5----|-------5-------------5-------5------5-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-7b8--------7b8--------8b9-----8b9-------|--7b8---------7b8-------8b9-----8b9---|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~
| E S S E S S E E E S S E E +S S E E E E E
|-----15-15-15----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------18-18-18---15-15---------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------17-17-|-17---15b17r(15)p13----13---15-13-----|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------15----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------5------5-------------5------5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7b8-----------7b8----8b9-----------8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9----|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| S +E. E E S +E. E E W
|-16pb18r(16)---13--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------16pb18r(16)---13-----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|----------5-----------------5------5------5-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|--7b8---------7b8--------------8b9----8b9---|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3-----|
| W E +E S +S S E Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-15pb17r(15)-15b17r(15)p13----13------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------15--------15----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------5-----------5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-------------5-----------5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--7b8----------7b8---8b9---8b9---|-7b8---7b8----8b9----------------8b9---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~
| |------3-------|
| E. S Q H H E +E +E Q
|-16b18---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------13-----------------|-------------15b16==(15)r==(15)--------|
|---------(12)--------------------|--------------------------------13-----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-------5-----5-------5-----5-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7b8---7b8---8b9---8b9---|--7b8----7b8----8b9----8b9---|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| W E E Q E E Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-15b17---------15b17---------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------5-----5------5-----5-|-------5-----5------5-----5-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--7b8----7b8----8b9---8b9---|--7b8----7b8----8b9---8b9---|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-15b17---------13-----------|-15b17---------13-----------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------5-----5------5-----5-|-------5-------5-------5-------5--|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7b8----7b8----8b9---8b9---|--7b8-----7b8-----8b9-----8b9-----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-15b17---------13-----------|-15b17---15b17---15b17---15b17----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------5-------5-------5-------5-|---------5-------5-------5-------5-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--7b8-----7b8-----8b9-----8b9----|--7b8-------7b8-----8b9-----8b9----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------13-|
|-15b17---15b17---15b17---15b16---|-15pb16-15-13---13-13---15-15------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------5-------5------5-------5-|-------5-------5-------5-------5--|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7b8-----7b8-----8b9----8b9----|--7b8-----7b8-----8b9-----8b9-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------13---15-13---x-15---13-|-16---15-13---16-15---13-16---15--|
|-13---15------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Free Time Q=104
F5 F5/Gb F5 C5
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------|---------------:---------------:
|--------------------------------|---------------:---------------:
|-------5-------5-------5------5-|-10-----10-----:-10-----12-----:
|--------------------------------|-10-----10-----:-10-----10-----:
|--7b8-----7b8-----8b9-----8b9---|--8------9-----:--8-----10-----:
|--------------------------------|---------------:---------8-----:
|
| E E E E E E E E W W
|-13---16-15---13-17---16-14-----|---------------:---------------:
|--------------------------------|---------------:---------------:
|--------------------------------|---------------:---------------:
|--------------------------------|---------------:---------------:
|--------------------------------|---------------:---------------:
|--------------------------------|---------------:---------------:
F5
W +W +W
|----------:------------:--------*|
|----------:------------:--------*|
|-5--------:-(5)--------:-(5)----*|
|-3--------:-(3)--------:-(3)----*|
|----------:------------:--------*|
|----------:------------:--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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