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I added the lyrics in certain parts so you know when to play certain sections in the tab.

I know it looks like there's a lot of notes to learn but there's a lot of repetition of licks and the whole song is played in the same box (C pentatonic, 1st position). It's a good song to practice for lead playing and it's not very hard.

Hope you enjoy this one!
ZZ Top – The Squank b= bend (amount to bend is indicated at the top of the staff: 1 = whole step bend, 1/2 = half-step bend, etc) ~= vibrato r= release- allow the bent note to sound when bend is released back to normal pitch bt= bent, play the note once you've bent it p= pull-off h= hammer on = slide down /= slide up Intro 1 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- --10b-10b-8-10------8----10b-8-10-8------------8-10-8-------- ---------------8h10-----------------10----8h10--------10---- -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 1 1 1/2 1/4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------8-----------------------------8----------8--------------- -------8---8------10b-8------8--------------10b----8b------------ --8h10-------10----------8h10------7h8------------------10-x-10-x- 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