ROUNDABOUT
Yes
from the album “Fragile” (1972)
transcribed by Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)
This is the correct way to play the intro to Roundabout. I’ve
transcribed the middle and ending acoustic parts as well, but
they’re basically the same as the intro with a couple of minor
changes.
IMPORTANT: All notes in < > are harmonics!!
INTRO: (0:07)
|------|---7----5h7p5p3--------5---|
|------|------------------7--------|
|------|---------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------|
|------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---7----5h7p5p3-------|-----------------------|
|-------------|------------------7---|-----------------------|
|-------------|----------------------|---4h5h7---------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|----------4h5h7--------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------3---|
|-------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|---7----5h7p5p3--------5---------|
|-------------|------------------7----------7---|
|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------------|
|---2----3---3p2p0------0---------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------3-------3---1---0---|---3---0---1-------0-----------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------2-------0---2---|
|---0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------3---------------|---2-------0-------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------3-------2---|
VERSE HARMONICS:
(0:44)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/y/yes/roundabout_tab_ver_3.html ]
|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE:
(4:57)
|--------|---7----5h7p5p3--------5---|
|--------|------------------7--------|
|--------|---------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------|
|--------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---7----5h7p5p3-------|-----------------------|
|-------------|------------------7---|-----------------------|
|-------------|----------------------|---4h5h7---------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|----------4h5h7--------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------3---|
|-------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|---7----5h7p5p3--------5---|
|-------------|------------------7--------|
|-------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------|
|---7----5h7p5p3-------|---------------------------|
|------------------7---|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---4--5--7-----------------|
|----------------------|------------4--5--7--------|
|----------------------|-----------------------3---|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
ENDING:
(8:21)
|---2---3--3p2p0------0--------------------------------------0-----|
|-----------------3------3--1--0---3--0--1-----0-------------0-----|
|-------------------------------------------2-----0---2------1-----|
|---0--------------------------------------------------------2-----|
|---------------------3------------2-----0-------------------2-----|
|----------------------------------------------3------2------0-----|
