------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SONG NAME - Band Name ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Guy Person Email: Tuning: Standard EADGBE, or if you're going off the Solo Acoustic album version (like I then down a semitone Intro: Em C G Em E --0-------------------0-0---------------------------| B --0-------------------1-1---------------------------| G --0-------------------0-0---------------------------| D --2--------------0----2-2--0--2---------------------| A --2----------0h2---3--3-3--------2p0----------------| E --0----------------------------------3-0------------| **Strum the first Em for a while (1 and half bars or so)** Em C G D E --0--------0-------------------3------------2--------------| B --0--------1-------------------3------------3--------------| G --0--------0---0---0-----------0------------2--------------| D --2--------2-----4------2---0--0------------0--------------| A --2--------3---------3---------2--3--2--0------------------| E --0----------------------------3---------------3--2--0-----| **This phrase is repeated at other times in the song, just listen to find out when** Verse: Em C G D Running down around the town's along the shore Em C G D I was sixteen and on my own Em C G D Though I couldn't tell you what the hell those breaks were for Em C G D I was just trying to hear my song Em C G D Jimmy found his own sweet sound, when he won that free guitar Em C G D We'd all get in the van and play Em C G D Life became the paradox, the bear, the rouge et noir Em C G D And a stretch of road running to L.A Pre-Chorus: Em C G D Pages turning, pages we were years from learning Em C G D Straight into the night our hearts were flung Chorus: C G D C G D Better bring your own redemption when you come C G D C To the barricades of heaven where I'm from Verse: Em C G D All the world was shining from those hills Em C G D The stars above and the lights below Em C G D Among those there to test their fortunes and their wills Em C G D I lost track of the score long ago Pre-Chorus: Em C G D Pages turning, pages we were years from learning Em C G D Straight into the night our hearts were flung Chorus: C G D C G D Better bring your own redemption when you come C G D C To the barricades of heaven where I'm from Bridge: Em F C Childhood comes for me at night Em F C Voices of my friends Em F C Your face bathing me in light Em F C Hope that never ends Little Musical Interlude: same chords as verse. good section for a bit of the ol' improvised solo. the key being G major (or E minor). Blues scale is always good, or any that you feel work Pre-Chorus: Em C G D Pages turning, pages we were years from learning Em C G D Straight into the night our hearts were flung Chorus: C G D C G D Better bring your own redemption when you come C G D C To the barricades of heaven where I'm from C G D C G D Better bring your own redemption when you come C G D C To the barricades of heaven where I'm from END Good song, enjoy it, I know I did | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================