Since this is a rather simple song and it appeared on the wanted list I
figured I'd post it. I'll try to post Civil War when I have more time
(I want to post a complete job sans solo, not just the chords).
I include my rendition of Slash's first solo in this transcription. I
think it's fairly accurate. I play a variation of the first solo because
people recognize it, but the second solo I improvise; and I don't feel like
figuring it out since Slash always plays something different in concert anyway.
Key: H - hammer-on
/ - slide
P - pull-off
^ - half bend
^^ - full bend
~ - vibrato
(ACK! Did we decide on a standard somewhere for ASCII tab notation. Could
someone send me a copy of the article since I apparently missed it.)
This is the picking at the very beginning of the song. The picking varies
throughout, and you should do whatever feels best instead of trying to
restrict yourself to how it sounds on record. GN'R is constantly mutating
this song in concert anyway (even doing it with a reggae beat).
G5 D C
-3---3--------------2-0-------|-----------------0--------------------|--------
-3-----3---3------3-----3---3-|----------1--------------1------------|--------
-0-------0------2---------2---|-0------0---0----------0---0-0------0-|--------
-0------------0---------------|-0-2----------2------2-------0-2------|--------
------------------------------|--H---3-----------------------H---3---|--------
-3----------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------
This is the picking for the first line. Again, the picking will vary
throughout the song.
G5 D Am
-3--------------2-------2-0-------|-0-----H-------0----------------------|
-3---3-------3--3-------3-------0-|-1----0-1-------------1---------------|
-0---0-----0----2----2-------2----|-2--2-----2---------2---2------0---0--|
-0---0-----0----0----0------------|-2----------2-----2-------0-2----2----|
----------------------------------|-0-------------------------H----------|
-3--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Song goes like this:
Intro:
Twice with picking G5 D C
Twice just power chords G5 D C
Verse 1 (with picking)
G5 D Am
Mamma take this badge from me
G5 D C
I can't use it anymore
G5 D Am
It's getting dark, too dark to see
G5 D C
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Chorus (if you're really concerned about playing it like the
CD, listen to it for rhythm. But this song has been done by so
many people so differently that you might as well give it your own
feel.)
G5 D5 C5
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
C5
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
G5 D5 C5
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door,
C5
(no lyrics)
G5 D5 C5
Ooh, knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
C5
Ooh yeah
G5 D5 C5
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
C5
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
First Guitar Solo
G D C
------------------------------------------------------
----^^---P---------15--^------~~~~~~~~~~~~------------
-12-14-14-12-14-------14-12-12-------------------12---
------------------------------------------13/14-------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
G D C
---------------P------------P--------P------------------15----
15/17---15---13-12-13/15--13-12---13--12----------12-13----13-
-------------------------------------------~~~~~~~------------
-----------------------------------------14-------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
G ^^ D ^^ ^^ C
--~~~-------15-17--17--17--17--15-----------------------------
12---15/17----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
G ^^ ^^ D C
--20-20-19-20--19-20--20-20-20---~~~~~----------------------------------
-------P-----------------------17------^^----^^-------------------------
---------------------------------------19-19-19-19-^-----^--------------
---------------------------------------------------19-19-19-19----------
---------------------------------------------------------------17--17---
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional lyrics:
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That cold black cloud is comin' down
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Guns n' Roses - Don't Cry
GUNS N ROSES
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Subject: Guns N Roses, "Don't Cry"
This is the main guitar line. It, or minor variations of it, repeats
throughout the song.
Am Dm G
E |-------0-------------1---------------3-----------------------|
B |---------1---------3---3---------------3---------------------|
G |-----2-----2-----2-------2---------0-----0-------0-----0-----|
D |---2---------0-0-----------------0-------------0-----0-------|
A |-0-------------------------0---2-----------0-3-----2-----3-2-|
E |-----------------------------3-------------------------------|
The chorus is basically:
F G Am
And, according to Guitar for the Practicing Musician, the loud
distorted chords in the middle of the song are:
C5 G/B A5 G5 F5 G5 A5
Here's the music:
DON'T CRY - GNR
Intro:
N.C. Am Dm G G/B (C)
----------0------------1----------------3------------------------
-----------1----------3-3----------------3-----------------
--------2----2------2-----2-----------0----0------------0-------0-----
------2---------0-0-----------------0-----------------0-------0-----
----0-------------------------0---2-------------0---3-------2-----3-2-0-
-3------------------------------3---------------------------------------
|____________________________________________________________________|
Main Riff
|__|
Only in intro
End of intro (after riff is played twice (through Dm only)
D---------------------------------2-------
""""""'Scratch that above'""""""""""""""
End of intro (after riff is played twice (through Dm only)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------0------------
-------0------------2
-----2--------------0-
---3-------2--3--4-----
Song:
Intro
riff played four times
chorus:
F F G G Am
Don't you cry tonight
Am----------------------.
I still love you baby
F F G G Am
Don't you cry tonight
F F G G C
Don't you cry tonight
C C
There's a heaven above you baby
F F G G Am
And Don't you cry tonight
riff at end of verse 1
----------------------------------------
--------0--0/1------------
-----2----------2-------
--2------------2-----
--------------------------
---------------------------
Loud part in middle of song:
C G A G F G A AAAAA
solo (not posted)
verse 3
( verse 2 follows riff at end of verse one)
song ends on :
------0----------
------1--------------
------0----------
------0/2------
------3-------
------0----
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Subject: Guns N Roses, "Don't Cry"
This is the main guitar line. It, or minor variations of it, repeats
throughout the song.
Am Dm G
E |-------0-------------1---------------3-----------------------|
B |---------1---------3---3---------------3---------------------|
G |-----2-----2-----2-------2---------0-----0-------0-----0-----|
D |---2---------0-0-----------------0-------------0-----0-------|
A |-0-------------------------0---2-----------0-3-----2-----3-2-|
E |-----------------------------3-------------------------------|
The chorus is basically:
F G Am
And, according to Guitar for the Practicing Musician, the loud
distorted chords in the middle of the song are:
C5 G/B A5 G5 F5 G5 A5
Here's the music:
DON'T CRY - GNR
Intro:
N.C. Am Dm G G/B (C)
----------0------------1----------------3------------------------
-----------1----------3-3----------------3-----------------
--------2----2------2-----2-----------0----0------------0-------0-----
------2---------0-0-----------------0-----------------0-------0-----
----0-------------------------0---2-------------0---3-------2-----3-2-0-
-3------------------------------3---------------------------------------
|____________________________________________________________________|
Main Riff
|__|
Only in intro
End of intro (after riff is played twice (through Dm only)
D---------------------------------2-------
""""""'Scratch that above'""""""""""""""
End of intro (after riff is played twice (through Dm only)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------0------------
-------0------------2
-----2--------------0-
---3-------2--3--4-----
Song:
Intro
riff played four times
chorus:
F F G G Am
Don't you cry tonight
Am----------------------.
I still love you baby
F F G G Am
Don't you cry tonight
F F G G C
Don't you cry tonight
C C
There's a heaven above you baby
F F G G Am
And Don't you cry tonight
riff at end of verse 1
----------------------------------------
--------0--0/1------------
-----2----------2-------
--2------------2-----
--------------------------
---------------------------
Loud part in middle of song:
C G A G F G A AAAAA
solo (not posted)
verse 3
( verse 2 follows riff at end of verse one)
song ends on :
------0----------
------1--------------
------0----------
------0/2------
------3-------
------0----
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