Bruce - Light Of Day guitar tab
Subject: s/Springsteen.Bruce/Light_Of_Day.tab
Light Of Day (xxplugged version)
by Bruce Springsteen
NOTE:
Listen to the recording for exact timing & phrasing !
INTRO
(4 bars only drums)
- Give me some slap on this Fender !
(E) (noise in E)
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------0-----I
------------/3-Z-I----------------I----------------I----------0-----I
------------/4-Z-I----------------I----------------I----------1-----I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I------------2-0-I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I------------2---I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----x\\0-----0---I
Ahh...stand back!
(3 times)
(0:15)B B - - - R P
-----0-----------I(0)-------------I----10----------I----10----------I
-----0-----------I(0)-------------I10--------------I10------10\\-8---I
-----------------I----------------I.---------------I--------------9.I
-----------------I----------------I.--(lead fig.1)-I---------------.I
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-0---------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
(open string noise) B B - - - R P
-----------------I-------B-R-P----I----10----------I----10----------I
-----------------I8---------------I10--------------I10------10\\-8---I
-9-------9\\------(0)-----2(2)\\0---I----------------I--------------9-I
-----------------(0)------------2-I----------------I----------------I
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B (see above) P
-------------10--I----10----------I----10----------I----10----------I
-10----------10--I10------10\\-8---I10--------------I10------10\\-8---I
-----------------I--------------9-I----------------I-------------9\\7I
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1/2B (0:40) P P
---------------0-I3------B--R-P---I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0-I
---------------0-I----------------I--------3-------I--------30303---I
-9---9-----------I-------2-(2)\\0--I------------2\\0-I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I2---------------I2---------------I
-----------------I----------------I--(lead fig.2)--I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----0-------BRP-I----0---BRP----0I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0-I
---------3-------I---------------0I----0---3-------I----0---3---0---I
-------------2\\0-I--------2\\0-----I------------2\\0-I----------------I
-2---------------I2-----------2---I----------------I2---------------I
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B - RP
-----0---0-------I----------------I----0-----------I----------------I
---------3---0---I-----0----0-----I----0-----------I----------------I
---------------2-I-2\\0-0----0-----I----1-----------I----------------I
-2---------------I--------2---2---I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I2---------------I----------------I
-----------------I--------------x\\I0---------------(0)--------------I
VERSE (0:58)
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-(0)-------------(0)--------------I----------------I----------------I
Well I've been out ...
(main riff)
E *=bend down 1/2 step w/bar and R
-----------------I-------H--0-----I----------------I----------------I
----/3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---0-----I----------------I----------------I
----/4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I---------(2)----I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I(2nd guitar)----I----------------I
-----------------I----------------(0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0)I
Well I'm a little hot wired...
E (see above)
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-----3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---------I----------------I----------------I
-----4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------2-----I----------------I----------------I
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-(2nd guitar continue the same)---I----------------I----------------I
I got some money in my...
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------(main riff again)-----------I----------------I----------------I
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I got to make it down to Galveston...
A
Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling O.K.
B
Got a little lost along the way
CHORUS:
(1:29)
E D A E D A
I'm just around the corner to the light of day Well
I'm just around the corner to the light of day
2nd VERSE
E (4 bars under keyboard fill)
E (guitars like in 1st verse)
Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah
I got rock'n'roll music on my radio
I got a brother on a rig just off the Gulf coast
He says the girls down there are really the most, man
A
Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK
B
I got a little lost along the way
CHORUS 2
(2:19)
E D A E D A
Just around the corner to the light of day
(repeat 4 times)
(KEYBOARD SOLO)
(2:44)
A B
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---------H-------I----------------I----------------I-H-------H------I
.2-Z-------------I--2-Z-----------I--4-----4-------I---------------.I
.2-Z-------2-4-2-IZ-2-Z-----2-4-2-I--4-----4-------I----4-6-----4--.I
-0-Z----34-------I--0-Z--34-------Ix-2-----2-------I5/6-----5/6-----I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
After the keyboard solo looong improvised guitar solos in
E blues scale over the chorus chord progression (E D A).
After Bruce finds out that his audience is alive, he leads the
band to the third verse:
(6:10)
E
Well I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo
Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know
I hope he wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter
Things can't get any worse, they gotta get better
A
I'm a little down under but I'm doing OK
B
Got a little lost along the way
CHORUS 3
E D A E D A
Just around the corner to the light of day
(repeat many times)
CODA
(7:55)
E D A E D A E D A E
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---0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z-----I
-1-1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-1-Z-----I
-2(2-2-2)0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z-----I
-2-----------0-2-I------------0-2-I------------0-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z-----I
-0-------------0-I--------------0-I--------------0-I--0-0-0-0-Z-----I
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Some symbols:
- = about 1/16th of a bar
B = bend up full step
R = release bend
P
\\ = pull-off
H
/ = hammer-on
\\ = slide down
/ = slide up
Comments & corrections welcome
Antti Kauppinen
akauppi@cs.joensuu.fi
