RIVIERA

PARADISE
STEVIE
RAYVAUCiHAN
WRITTENBYStevieRay Vaughan TRANSCRIBED
BYAndy Aledort

Tune guitar down one half step (low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb).

Bass tuning (low to high ): Eb Ab Db Gb.
All notes and chords sound one half step lower than written (key of Eb minor).
chord s for Gtr. 1 (Stevie)
Dm

Cm

. 7fr
tl f7'
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Bbm

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1 23

12 3

D6

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Cmaj7

14 3

143

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Gl,13

T 123

chord s for Gtr . 2 (kybd. arr. for gtr .)

A13

2 134

[AlIntro

Fm9

T 124

Al,13

2134

Fmaj7

124

G13

13 4

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Ebmaj7

F#13

43I I

123

Gl,13

124

Ebmaj7

124

F#13

134

87#9

T 12 4

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432 1

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87#9

87b9

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213 1

87b9

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(0:00).

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q = 80

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(0:27)

(Band in)

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As heard on Stevie RayVaughan's Epic/Legacyrecording /n Step

C>1984 RayVaust.anMv$ic(ASCAP)/Adm
inisttted by 8va Music.AUri&htsresecved.Usedby pe,mission.Rtp,inttd by pe,missionof Hal Leonard Corporation.

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RAYVAUGHAN
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pr ev. chord)

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1st Guitar Solo, 1st Choru s

Em9

(1:17)

A13

Fm9

Em9

Ctr. 2 (kybd. arr. far gtr.) plays Rhy. Fig. I three times (see previous page)

w!r,icka,uJfin ger

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(A13)

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G13

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87#9 871,9

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strum st rings
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(5:23)

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2nd chorus
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w/bor

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(7:51)

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115

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