Scorpions - Is There Anybody There

IS THERE ANYBODY THERE / SCORPIONS
Music:Rudolf Schenker
Lyrics:Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell

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| Transcribed by Agis Mesolongitis (agism@hotmail.com) http://agis.s5.com |
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This song is a wonderfull combination of reggae rythms and alternative Scorpions rock.
The intro riff rythm is transcribed in the end.

intro : gt1 (clean funky sound)       : Bm         |
        gt2 (overdrive or distortion) :     D5 E5  | x4

Voices: (with overdrive or distortion)
D5 C5 B5 E5 / D5 C5 B5
Ah

(intro x2)

(verse1)

Bm
Open my mind ...
Bm                   A
Tell me the way ...
A                    Bm
   And a place ...

Bm
Where is ...
Bm                 A
Show me ...
A                  Bm
   'Cause I'm ...

"Now you should use an overdrive or distortion device for the chorus."

(chorus)

         G         A        D          Bm
Is there anybody ...
      G          Bm
Who shows ...
         G        A           D        Bm
Is there anybody ...
     G            Bm
To bring ...

(intro x2)

(verse2)

Bm
I find myself ...
Bm                A
Life's like ...
A                 Bm
   Where's ...

Bm
Save me ...
Bm                     A
I need ...
A                      Bm
   In the darkness ...

(chorus)

         G         A        D          Bm
Is there anybody ...
      G          Bm
Who shows ...
         G        A           D        Bm
Is there anybody ...
     G            Bm
To bring ...

(intro x2)

(Solo)
(not transcribed yet)
"The chord used during the solo is Bm with a funky rythm"

(chorus)

         G         A        D          Bm
Is there anybody ...
      G          Bm
Who shows ...
         G        A           D        Bm
Is there anybody ...
     G            Bm
To bring ...

(intro x2)

Voices for outro: (overdrive or distortion)
D5 C5 B5 E5 / D5 C5 B5
Ah

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* Intro guitar rythm is transcribed here: *
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Guitar 1: (shuffle rythm) (This rythm is used in the verses and the solo)

     Bm

     |--|  |--|    |--|  |--|
     |  |  |  |    |  |  |  |
     /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
                         .  .
e||--x--x--7--7----x--x--7--7--||
B||--x--x--7--7----x--x--7--7--||
G||--x--x--8--8----x--x--8--8--||
D||--x--x--9--9----x--x--9--9--|| Repeat
A||--x--x--9--9----x--x--9--9--||
E||--x--x--7--7----x--x--7--7--||

Guitar 2:

         D5    E5
         |     |
       __|     |
      /_/ .    /

e||---------------||
B||---------------||
G||----7-------9--||
D||----7-------9--||
A||----5-------7--||
E||---------------||

Legend:

. : staccato (instantly release left hand pressure)

Chords:

     Bm  D5  E5  C5  B5  A   G   D
e||--7-------------------5---3---5---||
B||--7-------------------5---3---7---||
G||--8---7---9---5---4---6---4---7---||
D||--9---7---9---5---4---7---5---7---||
A||--9---5---7---3---2---7---5---5---||
E||--7-------------------5---3-------||