Status Quo - Creepin Up On You (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Status Quo - Creepin' Up On You First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Status Quo. Other chords and tabs for the "Creepin' Up On You" can find at the bottom of the page.

Album - Heavy Traffic

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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