Status Quo — 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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