Intro
Scorpions - Still Loving You - Intro
Still Loving You starts out with a quiet clean electric guitar that plays the intro. The chords are G minor D# major 7 and D 7. The tricky part is to play the moving bass line under the G chord. This is why I play it in the key of G minor. It allows for an open D at the beginning and makes the rest of the bass notes much easier to reach.
Audio examples:
Guitar #1 Audio
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Guitar #2 Audio
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Both Guitars Audio
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Guitar One
Gm D#maj7 D7 4/4 Gtr I |---6-------6-----|---6-----9-8-6---|----6---------|----5----------| |-----8-------8---|-----8---------8-|------8-------|------7--------| |-------7-------7-|-------7---------|--------7-----|--------5------| |-0---------------|-----------------|-8---------8--|-7---------7---| |---------8-------|-6---------------|-6------------|-5-------------| |-----------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
Both Guitars (The second guitar joins the first guitar after four measures.)
Gm D#maj7 D7 4/4 Gtr I |---6-------6-----|---6-----9---8---6---|----6---------|-----5----------| |-----8-------8---|-----8-------------8-|------8-------|-------7--------| |-------7-------7-|-------7-------------|--------7-----|---------5------| |-0---------------|---------------------|-8---------8--|-7----------7---| |---------8-------|-6-------------------|-6------------|-5--------------| |-----------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------| | | Gtr II |-------3-------3-|-------3-------------|----3---------|---------1------| |-----3-------3---|-----3---2-1h2p1-----|------3-------|-----1----------| |---3-------3-----|---3-------------3-0-|--------3-----|---2---2--------| |-5-------3-------|-1-------------------|-1---------1--|-0--------------| |-----------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------| |-----------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------|
Verse
Scorpions - Still Loving You - Verse
Scorpions Vocalist Klaus Meine starts his vocal here almost as a whisper. Both Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs (Guitars) play seperate parts during the verse.
Audio examples:
Guitar #1 Audio
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Guitar #2 Audio
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Both Guitars Audio
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Gm
4/4
Gtr I
||----6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|
||o-----8-----8-----|-----8-----8-----|-----8-----8-----|-----8-----8-----|
||--------7-----7---|-------7-----7---|-------7-----7---|-------7-----7---|
||--0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
||--------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|-------------3---|
||o---------3-----3-|---------3-----3-|---------3-----3-|---------3-----3-|
||------3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|
||--------5---------|-------5---------|-------5---------|-------5---------|
||o---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|---5-------------|
||--3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
1. (play this section the first time)
A D
Gtr I
|---9------9------9-|----9------9------9-|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----2-----2--||
|-----10-----10-----|------10-----10-----|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----o||
|--------9------9---|---------9------9---|-------2-----2---|-------2-----2----||
|-------------------|-11-----------------|-0---------------|-0----------------||
|-0-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II
|---------------0---|----------------0---|-------------2---|-------------2----||
|----------2------2-|-----------2------2-|---------3-----3-|---------3-----3-o||
|------2------2-----|-------2------2-----|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2------||
|---2----2----------|----2----2----------|---0---0---------|---0---0----------||
|-0-----------------|--0-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------||
2. (play this section the second time to end the verse)
D
Gtr I
|---2-----2----2h3p|=2-----||
|-----3-----3------|------o||
|-------2----------|-------||
|-0----------------|-------||
|------------------|------o||
|------------------|-------||
|
| Gtr II
|--------------2h3p|=2-----||
|---------3--------|------o||
|-----2-----2------|-------||
|---0---0----------|-------||
|-0----------------|------o||
|------------------|-------||
Chorus
Scorpions - Still Loving You - Chorus
The reason I use an open G chord for this is that I just prefer the sound. Be sure to deaden the A string when playing the G chord this way. You can use a barre chord instead if you prefer. None of these chords use a third so they're niether major or minor but the progression is still in the key of G Minor.
Audio example:
Chorus first 8 barres
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Repeat this chord progression twice
Gm D# A# F
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||--0--------|----------|----------|-------||
||--0--------|-8--------|----------|-------||
||o-x--------|-6--------|-8--------|-3----o||
||--3--------|----------|-6--------|-1-----||
The Scorpions change the progression here. Sometimes they play the progression straight forward, just the basic chords.
Audio example:
Chorus barres 9 -12
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G C D G |----------|----------|----------|--------------| |----------|----------|----------|--------------| |-0--------|----------|----------|--------------| |-0--------|-5--------|-7--------|--------------| |-x--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5----(5)---5-| |-3--------|----------|----------|-3----(3)-----|
Sometimes they play with a bit more as in this example.
Audio example:
Chorus Variation barres 9 -12
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G F G C D C E G F |-------------|----------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|----------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|----------|-------------|--------------| |-------------|-5--------|-7-\5-7------|-12-10--------| |-5-\3-5------|-3--------|-5-\3-5------|-10--8------5-| |-3-\1-3------|----------|-------------|--------------|
Chorus end.
It usually ends like this.
Audio example:
Chorus last barres 13 -16
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D# F |-------------|---------------|--------------|-------| |-------------|---------------|--------------|-------| |-------------|---------------|--------------|-------| |-8-----------|---------------|-10-----------|-10----| |-6---5-6---5-|-6-5-6-5-6---7-|--8---7-8---7-|--8----| |-------------|---------------|--------------|-------|
Guitar Solos
Scorpions - Still Loving You - Solos
This solo is played in G Minor over the same chord pattern as the songs intro.
Audio examples:
Lick #2
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Guitar Licks
Scorpions - Still Loving You - Guitar Licks
These are a few of the random licks played throughout Still Loving You
Audio examples:
Lick #1
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Audio examples:
Lick #2
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