Cool The Engines (ver3) Tab - Boston






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                                COOL THE ENGINES
                              As recorded by Boston
                        (From the 1986 Album THIRD STAGE)

Words by Tom Sholz, Fran Sheehan and Brad Delp

Music by Tom Sholz and Brad Delp
Arranged by Tom Sholz
Transcribed by TonyL

           B
      x 2 4 4 4 x

Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Gtr II (E A D G B E)
Gtr III (E A D G B E)
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Overdubbed'

 Intro
  B       E/B  B    E/B B                      B                 E/B     B
 4/4
  Gtr I
                                                                     ~~~~
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|-10-(10)b12==========(10)-----|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-(4)-4----4---------|-------------4-(4)-5---5---4--|
|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-(4)-4----4---------|-------------4-(4)-4---4---4--|
|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-(4)-4----4---------|-------------4-(4)-6---6---4--|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------4-|------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)----2----2-(2)--2h6---|------2-----------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|


  E/B   B
    ~~~~~
|--------------------------------------|
|-(10)r--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------x----------|
|--------------------------x----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------|
|---5---4-(4)-4----4-------------------|
|---4---4-(4)-4----4-------------------|
|---6---4-(4)-4----4-------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------6b8r(6)p4---|
|------------------------x-----------6-|
|--(2)-----2----2-(2)--x---------------|
|--------------------------------------|


             E/B    B    E/B B
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-6---(6)b8====(6)-----|-(6)-6-----6----6r==(6)--4-|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|---4-(4)----5--5---4--|--5--4-(4)-4----4----------|
|---4-(4)----4--4---4--|--4--4-(4)-4----4----------|
|---4-(4)----6--6---4--|--6--4-(4)-4----4----------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------4-|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-2--------------------|--2-----2----2-(2)---2h6---|
|----------------------|---------------------------|


            E/B       B
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-x-4----4----(4)-6b8---4-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|
|-------------------------|
|-----4-(4)-5--5------4---|
|-----4-(4)-4--4------4---|
|-----4-(4)-6--6------4---|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|


                                    1st verse
  E/B  B                                     E/B  B
                    ~~
|------7------7-----7-------------||------------------|
|------7------7-------------------||------------------|
|--6b8----------------------------||------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|--5---4--(4)-4-------------------||---4-(4)-5-5--4---|
|--4---4--(4)-4-------------------||---4-(4)-4-4--4---|
|--6---4--(4)-4-------------------||---4-(4)-6-6--4---|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------4-6b8r(6)-||------------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------|
|-(2)------2----2-2h5p2-----------||-2----------------|
|---------------------------------||------------------|


  E/B B                              E/B  B    E/B B
      Gtr II
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|--5--4-(4)-4----4---------|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-(4)-4---------------------|
|--4--4-(4)-4----4---------|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-(4)-4---------------------|
|--6--4-(4)-4----4---------|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-(4)-4---------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|
|     Gtr III
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------4-|-----------------|---------------------4-----------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-(2)----2----2-(2)--2h6---|-2---------------|-(2)----2----2-2h5p2---2h5p2-----|
|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------5b6-|


          E/B  B    E/B B                                     E/B  B
|-----------------|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-(4)-4---------------------|---4-(4)-5-5--4---|
|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-(4)-4---------------------|---4-(4)-4-4--4---|
|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-(4)-4---------------------|---4-(4)-6-6--4---|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|------------------|
|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------4-----------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|------------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)----2----2-2h5p2---2h5p2-----|-2----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------5b6-|------------------|


                                  chorus
  E/B B                            N.C.
                                                   ~
|-------------------------------||---------------------------|
|--5--4--4--4-------------------||---------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4-------------------||---------------------------|
|--6--4--4--4-------------------||-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|
|-------------------------------||---------4---------2h4-----|
|-------------------------------||-2-2-2-6---------5---------|
|
|                                                  ~
|-------------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------6b8r6p4-----------||---------------------------|
|---------------------6p4-------||-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|
|-(2)---(2)---------------6-6p2-||---------4---------2h4-----|
|-------------------------------||-2-2-2-6---------5---------|


                    E5 B   N.C.
  Gtrs II, III
                                           ~
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------5--4-|---------------------------|
|-------------------4--4-|---------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)---2--4-|-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|
|---------4-------2----2-|---------4---------2h4-----|
|-2-2-2-6----------------|-2-2-2-6---------5---------|


                    E5
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------5-----------|
|-------------------4-----------|
|-----------4-(4)---2-----------|
|---------4-------2---2h6p2-----|
|-2-2-2-6-------------------5---|


  N.C.                                          E5 B
                  ~
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5--4-|
|---------------------------|-------------------4--4-|
|-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|-----------4-(4)---2--4-|
|---------4---------2h4-----|---------4-------2----2-|
|-2-2-2-6---------5---------|-2-2-2-6----------------|


  N.C.
                  ~
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|-----------4--5--6--7----|
|---------4---------2h4-----|---------4-------------7-|
|-2-2-2-6---------5---------|-2-2-2-6---------------7-|


  E5
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|
|-9--------|-(9)------(9)----------|
|-9--------|-(9)------(9)----------|
|-7--------|-(7)------(7)-x--------|
|-7--------|-(7)------(7)-x-5b6---|


    B     E/B  B    E5  B
  Gtr II
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------4-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)----2----2-(2)--2h6---|
|-----------------|--------------------------|


          E/B  B    E/B B
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-(4)-4-------------------------------|
|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-(4)-4-------------------------------|
|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-(4)-4-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------|-----------------------------7-------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------6b8r(6)b8-(6)---6b8r(6)-4---|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------6-|
|-2---------------|-(2)----2----2-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|


 2nd Verse
          E/B  B    E/B B
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------4-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)----2----2-(2)--2h6---|
|-----------------|--------------------------|


          E/B  B    E/B B
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-(4)-4-----------------------|
|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-(4)-4-----------------------|
|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-(4)-4-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------4-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)----2----2-2h5p2---2h5p2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------5p2---|


          E/B  B    E/B B
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-(4)-4----4---------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------4-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-2---------------|-(2)----2----2-(2)--2h6---|
|-----------------|--------------------------|


          E/B  B    E/B B
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|---4-(4)-5-5--4--|--5--4-4-4--------------------||
|---4-(4)-4-4--4--|--4--4-4-4--------------------||
|---4-(4)-6-6--4--|--6--4-4-4--------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------6b8r6p4------------||
|-----------------|-------------------6p4--------||
|-2---------------|-(2)---2---------------6-6p2--||
|-----------------|------------------------------||


 Chorus
  N.C.
  Gtrs II, III
                  ~
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|
|---------4---------2h4-----|
|-2-2-2-6---------5---------|


                    E5 B   N.C.
                                           ~
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------5--4-|---------------------------|
|-------------------4--4-|---------------------------|
|-----------4-(4)---2--4-|-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|
|---------4-------2----2-|---------4---------2h4-----|
|-2-2-2-6----------------|-2-2-2-6---------5---------|


                    E5
|-----------------------------|
|-------------------5---------|
|-------------------4---------|
|-----------4-(4)---2---------|
|---------4-------2---2h6p2---|
|-2-2-2-6-------------------5-|


  N.C.                                          E5 B
                  ~
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5--4---|
|---------------------------|-------------------4--4---|
|-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|-----------4-(4)---2--4---|
|---------4---------2h4-----|---------4-------2----2---|
|-2-2-2-6---------5---------|-2-2-2-6------------------|


  N.C.                                                  E5
                  ~
|---------------------------|-------------------------|------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|-9----|
|-----------4-(4)-------2h4-|-----------4--5--6--7----|-9----|
|---------4---------2h4-----|---------4-------------7-|-7----|
|-2-2-2-6---------5---------|-2-2-2-6---------------7-|-7----|


                              N.C.
|------------|------------||------------------------|
|------------|------------||o-----------------------|
|-(9)--------|-(9)--------||-------------------7b8--|
|-(9)--------|-(9)--------||--7h9-9-9-9--7h9-9-7b8--|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------||o-----------------------|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------||------------------------|
|
|                         Gtr III
|------------|------------||------------------------|
|------------|------------||o-----------------------|
|------------|------------||------------------------|
|------------|------------||------------------------|
|------------|------------||o-2---2-2-2--2---2------|
|------------|------------||------------------------|


                                     4x
|------------------------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------------------o||------------------------|
|---------9---9-7h=8-------9--7h=8---||------------------7b8---|
|-7h9-9-9-9-9-9-7-(7)-9-9--9--7-(7)--||-7h9-9-9-9--7h9-9-7b8-9-|
|-----------------------------------o||------------------------|
|------------------------------------||------------------------|
|
|                                    4x
|------------------------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------------------o||------------------------|
|------------------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------------------||------------------------|
|-2---2-2-2-----------2-2-(2)-2-----o||-2---2-2-2--2---2-----2-|
|------------------------------------||------------------------|


|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||o------------------------|
|---------------9---9-7h=8--x-x-||-------------------7b8---|
|-7h9-9-9-9-7h9-9---9-7-(7)-x-x-||--7h9-9-9-9--7h9-9-7b8-9-|
|-------------------------------||o------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||o------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2---2-----x-x-||o-2---2-2-2--2---2-----2-|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|


                                 3x
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||
|---------------9---9-7h=8--x-x--||
|-7h9-9-9-9-7h9-9---9-7-(7)-x-x--||
|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------||
|
|                                3x
|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|-2---2-2-2-2---2-2---2-----x-x-o||
|--------------------------------||


          ~          ~            ~            ~
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------9----------7--|---------6--------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------7-5-|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-----|
|-----------------------|------------------------|


          ~          ~            ~            ~
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------9----------7--|---------6--------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------7-5-|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-----|
|-----------------------|------------------------|


          ~          ~            ~            ~
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------9----------7--|---------6---------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------7-5--|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  Gtr I
          ~          ~              ~          ~~
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------10---|
|--------------------7--|---------9-9---------11---|
|---------9----------7--|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|         ~          ~            ~
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------9----------7--|---------6----------------|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2--7-5-|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|


  B
  Gtrs I, II
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-4-----4-----4-----4-----||
|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-4-----4-----4-----4-----||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||


 Solo
  Gtr II
                        ~                                      ~
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------4--(4)--------------2h=4-|-------------4--(4)----------2h4--|
|--------------4----------------2h4-------|-----------4-------------2h4------|
|-2-2--2-----6----------5-----------------|--2--2-2-6----------5-------------|
|
| Gtr I
|                                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----17b21========(17)r==(17)-14---12h14p|=12-11---------(11)---12----------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|


                                                       ~~
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------4----(4)----------------------------------------2h=====4-----|
|--------------------------------4---------------------------------2h=====4-------------------------|
|--2-----2--------2--------6---------------------------5--------------------------------------------|
|
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