SCATTERBRAIN

As recorded by Jeff Beck

(From the 1975 Album BLOW BY BLOW)
Transcribed by Tone Jone's Words an
Middleton

PR = 278
A Intro/Drum's Gtr.1Distortion Gtr.
Gtr.2 Distortion

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H P H sl. sl. P H P H sl. sl. P

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