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Swamp Snake
 D Main riff
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|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7p5-----3----5---7-7---------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------8-5-1----3---5-5-etc-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
 C
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|5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3---5-5---7-------------------------|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1---3-3---5-------------------------|
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 I wanna be...I wont do you wrong

Zal's fills seem to based around the D 5th & 7th fret
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|5bh7p5---------5h7p5-5-5-----------------------------|
|-------5h7p5~--------5-5-& other variations----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus use G Let me be your swamp snake
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Gang Bang
A basic 12 bar boogie style blues in C F G
Intro/Verse
 C                            G                   
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|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10-------------------------|
|--------------------10-10-10-------------------------|
|-----8-10b---8------10-10-------5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5------|
|8-11-----------11-8-------x2----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-X2---|

Chorus
     Aint nothin like a
C (8th fret 12 bar boogie style)
Gang Bang   Aint nothin like a
G (3rd fret)
Gang Bang   Aint nothin like 
C
Gang Bang       To
F    G        C     G
blow away the blues
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Faith Healer
Chug away using G until this riff comes in
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|5---3-----------|5---3-----------|
|3---------------|5---3-----------|5---3-----------|
|3---------------|5-5-3-----------|--5-------------|
|----------------|--5-------------|--5-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 Chorus
 Bb               A                G
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|2---------------|----------3h5p3-|---------3h5p3--|
|1---------------|0---------------|3h5-3h5-5------5|3h5-3h5-5------5|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 The faith healer The faith healer

The Oh oh oh bit seems to be G A Bb A Bb C Bb A G

 Then                              with previous two bars
|----------------|----------------|6b-5-3---6b-5-3-|6b-5-3---6b-5-3-|
|----------------|----------------|-------4-------4|-------4-------4|
|3b-2-0---3b-2-0-|3b-2-0---3b-2-0-|----------------|----------------|
|-------1-------1|-------1-------1|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

The end is G A Bb C Bb A G A Bb


Giddy Up A Ding Dong
Fairly much a standard Blues in E
Zal strums the E around the 7th fret
I find this better to play along with the bass
Intro
E bass           Zal strum  then  Verse
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|9---------------|2---------------|----------------|
|----------------|9---------------|2-1-------------|----------------|
|----------2-----|9---------------|2-2-------------|----------------|
|------2-4---4-2-|7---------------|0-2-------------|----------------|
|0-0h4----------4|----------------|----------------|----------------|
                                      I was riding... etc

 Chorus                            B bass           Zal strums
|----------------|----------------|----------------|7---------------|
|----------------|9---------------|----------------|7---------------|
|----------------|9---------------|----------------|8---------------|
|----------2-----|9---------------|------6-9-------|9---------------|
|------2-4---4-2-|7---------------|--6-9-----9-6---|9---------------|
|0-0h4----------4|----------------|7-------------7-|7---------------|
 Giddy up.. etc (x4)               Giddy up.. (x2)

E for piano solo

Last chorus, just before the end the chorus moves to F(x4)then C(x2)

Slower tempo bit at the end is a standard blues using E A & B then
 B
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|9----7-----9----10~-------11-10-9-8-7\-7\-7\-7\-9-----|
|9--9---9-11--11-----------11-10-9-8-7\-7\-7\-7\-9-----|
|7-------------------------9--8--7-6-5\-5\-5\-5\-7-----|

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Vambo Marble Eye
G
Hobo villa, Hobo need Even dead, fear Uli indeed
Even dead fear marble eye He been living in a lullaby
F
G
Machinery overheat Vambo teaching mastery
Over shaka, shake her fast Even old marble eye go past him

D     Bb     C      G
Vambo comin' to the rescue (3 times)

Fade out - G Bb C G - repeat

Main Riff based around G chord
|----------------|----------------|With wah wah
|----------------|----------------|& phaser?
|--------3h5p3---|--------3h5-3---|       
|3h5-3-5---------|3h5p3-5-------5-|
|3---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
Zal plays variations on this

Between first and second verse
 F
|----------------|----------------|With wah wah
|-----1----------|-----1----------|& phaser?
|-----1----------|-----1----------|       
|3-3--1----------|3-3--1----------|
|3-3-------------|3-3-------------|
|1-1-------------|1-1-------------|

Chorus 
(strum chord, x strum deadened notes, \slide down)
 D       Bb       C      G
|------x-----x-x-|-----x-----x-x--|With wah wah
|------x-----x-x-|-----x-----x-x--|& phaser?
|11-11-x\7-7-x-x-|9--9-x\4-4-x-x--|      
|12-12--\8-8-----|10-10-\5-5------|
|12-12--\8-8-----|10-10-\5-5------|
|10-10--\6-6-----|8--8--\3-3------|
 Vambo   Comin'   to the Rescue


Solo uses same verse & solo chord pattern with G blues scale
(Up & down the 2 middle strings on the dots except 10th fret)

 Fade out - strum  chords
 G                Bb               C                G
|3---------------|6---------------|----------------|3---------------|
|3---------------|6---------------|5---------------|3--------3-3-3-5|
|4---------------|7---------------|5---------------|4--------3-3-3-5|
|5---------------|8---------------|5---------------|5--------3-3-3-5|
|5---------------|8---------------|3---------------|5---------------|
|3---------------|6---------------|----------------|3---------------|
repeat


Last of the Teenage Idols
Part 1
 Chord Pattern |B...|A.G.|

 Guitar           B                A       G
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----9-7--------|----------------|----------------|
|---------9-7----|9---9-----9-7---|7---7---5-------|repeat last 2 bars
|-------------10-|7---7---7-----7-|5-----5-3-------|

 Part 2           E for verse
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|1--1-1-x-x-x----|---------------------------------|
|9-7-------------|2--2-2-x-x-x----|------------2---2----------------|
|----9-7---------|2--2-2-x-x-x----|--------2-4-------4-2------------|
|-------10-7-5-3-|----------------|0---0-4---------------4----------|

Chorus B chord

Part 3

Pick E E A B