The Step Up
The Step Up
View video
The Step Up
How to Play Blues Guitar: Trills
A trill is a really fast hammer and pull - another great way to add zest to your blues! View video
The Step Up
How to Play a D Major Scale Tapping Lick
LickLibrary contributor Andy James demonstrates how to play a tapping lick in the key of D major View video
The Step Up
Learn to Play American Pie by Don McClean on Guitar
View video
The Step Up
How to Play Skyway Avenue by We The Kings on Guitar - Part 3 of 4
Learn how to play Skyway Avenue on Acoustic Guitar View video

Status Quo : "Caroline" Guitar tabs

Play full song
free music
free music

"Wish You Were Here" backing track. Record your guitar over this track now. Click here.

Here is the Guitar tabs for "Caroline" by Status Quo. To get the complete songlist of this band please visit the Status Quo guitar tabs archive for guitar tabs, bass tabs and chords. We also have a review section with Status Quo CD reviews. Please help us to build our bass and guitar tabs archive, submit missing Status Quo tabs here. You will find a printer friendly version of Status Quo: Caroline Guitar tabs here

Caroline tabs Send "Caroline" Ringtone to your Cell Caroline tabs 




From: "Stephan Hantel" 
Subject: s/status_quo/caroline.tab
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:02:23 +0200

                                    CAROLINE
                            As recorded by Status Quo
                          (From the 1973 Album HELLO!)

Words and Music by Rossi/Young
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

   Intro
    Q=3D158
     F
   4/4
    Gtr I
      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  3x  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-o||-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
||---13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|
|   Gtr II
|           W                 3x           W
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|
||o--------------------------o||-------------------------|
||----------------------------||-------------------------|


     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     7x
||------------------------------||
||o----------------------------o||
||------------------------------||
||------------------------------||
||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15----o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----||
|
|    a  Q  E  E  E  Q  E        7x
||------------------------------||
||o----------------------------o||
||------3--2-----3--2-----------||
||---3--------3--------3--------||
||o----------------------------o||
||------------------------------||


    $
                                Bb
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---------------------------||-------------------------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------------|
||---------------------------||-------------------------|
||---------------------------||-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-o||-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||-------------------------|
|
|       Q  E  E  E  Q  E     4x  Q  E  E  E  Q  E
||---------------------------||-------------------------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------------|
||------3--2-----3--2--------||--3--1-----3--1----------|
||------------3--------3-----||--------3--------3-------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------------|
||---------------------------||-------------------------|


                            F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|--------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15--|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|
|  Q     E  E  E  Q     E    Q     E  E  E  Q     E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3-----1-----3--1-------|--3-----2-----3--2--------|
|-----------3-----------3-|-----------3-----------3--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


                            C
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|
|
|  Q     E  E  E  Q     E    S  S  E  E  E  E  E  Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--3-----2-----3--2-------|--2h=3D3p=3D2--5--3--2--0--0-|
|-----------3-----------3-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Bb                        F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  Q       Q     E  E  E  Q     E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2--0--1--1--1--0-------|--3-----2-----3--2-------|
|--------------------3----|-----------3-----------3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                             Verse 1 & 2,  3 & 4
                   D.S.
                              F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-||o-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|
|  Q     E  E  E  Q     E                  W
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|--3-----2-----3--2-------||--------------------------|
|-----------3-------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|


                            Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|
|
|           W                            W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                            F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  C                         F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|-------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  C                         F
   |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|-------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|-------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


                            Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|


                            F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  C                         F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|-------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


                           Chorus
  C                         F
   |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|-------------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|-------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


                            Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|--15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15--|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|---------------------------|


    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15----|
|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----|
|-----------------------------|


  F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  C                         Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-19-17-17-17-19-17-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  F                         C
                             |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-----||
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-----||
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----o||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
|           W                         W
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||


     Guitar Solo
       F
        E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E     4x
|-||---------------------------------||
|-||o-------------------------------o||
|-||---------------------------------||
|-||---------------------------------||
|-||o--15-15-17-15---18-15-17-15----o||
|-||---13-13-13-13---13-13-13-13-----||
|
|       Q  E  E  E Q  E              4x
|-||---------------------------------||
|-||o-------------------------------o||
|-||----3--2-----3-2-----------------||
|-||----------3-------3--------------||
|-||o-------------------------------o||
|-||---------------------------------||


    Bb                              F
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E          E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||--15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15--||-||---------------------------||
||o-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-o||-||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-o||
||---------------------------||-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||
|
|    Q  E  E  E  Q     E             Q  E  E  E  Q     E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---3--1-----3--1-----------||-||---3--2-----3--2-----------||
||---------3-----------3-----||-||---------3-----------3-----||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||


   C
    E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--17-17-19-17---20-17-19-17------|
|--15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15------|
|---------------------------------|
|
|   S  S  E  E E  E     E    Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---2h=3p=2--5-3--2-----0----0----|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


  Bb                        F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-------------------------|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q       E  E  Q  E  E  Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2--0--1--1--1--0-------|-----------3--2-----3----|
|-----------------------3-|-----3--3--------3-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     3x
|-------------------------||------------------------------||
|-------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|-------------------------||------------------------------||
|-------------------------||------------------------------||
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-||o-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15----o||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----||
|
|  Q     E  E  E  Q     E               W                 3x
|-------------------------||------------------------------||
|-------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|--3-----2-----3--2-------||------------------------------||
|-----------3-----------3-||------------------------------||
|-------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|-------------------------||------------------------------||


 Verse 5
  F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|


  Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  F                         C
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17-17-19-17-17-17-19-17-|
|-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|


  F                         C
                             |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|


   Chorus
    F                               Bb
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||-||--15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15--||
||o-15-15-17-15-15-15-17-15-o||-||o-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||-||---------------------------||


      F
       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o----------------------------o||
|-||------------------------------||
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15----o||
|-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----||


  C                         Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  F                         C
                             |--3--|  |--3--|
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q. E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|-------------------------|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-------------------------|


    F                               Bb
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||-||--15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15--||
||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15-o||-||o-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--||-||---------------------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|    Q  E  E  E  Q  E        4x      Q  E  E  E  Q  E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---3--2-----3--2-----------||-||---3--1-----3--1-----------||
||---------3--------3--------||-||---------3--------3--------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||


      F
       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o----------------------------o||
|-||------------------------------||
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15----o||
|-||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----||
|
|      Q  E  E  E  Q  E
|-||------------------------------||
|-||o----------------------------o||
|-||---3--2-----3--2--------------||
|-||---------3--------3-----------||
|-||o----------------------------o||
|-||------------------------------||


  C                         Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-17-17-19-17-20-17-19-17-|-15-15-17-15-18-15-17-15----*|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|
|  S  S  E  E  E  E  E  Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|-------------------------|----------------------------*|
|--2h=3p=2--5--3--2--0--0-|--2--0--1--1--1--0----------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------------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 =3D amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =3D   - 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 -  =3D BPM(8/16=3Ds8/s16), where s8 =3D =
swing 8ths, s16 =3D swing 16ths


*************************************************************************=
* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - =

caroline-tab tabs Send "caroline-tab" Ringtone to your Cell caroline-tab tabs