Hellacopters - Big Guns guitar tab
Rory Gallagher - Big Guns
From the album Jinx 1982
Also recorded bu the Hellacopters as a B-Side for the Carry me Home single (2003).
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This is like Rory Gallagher plays it (in B that is).
The Hellacopters plays it in Db which i one note above.
But I think that they plays the main riff with the base in E (the 0 in the tab).
Opening/Main Riff (played twice):
e|------------------------------
b|-----------------------------
G|------------------------------
D|-----------------------------
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-0-9-9--7-7-7-7-7
E|-7-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-7--0-5-5-0-5
e|------------------------------
b|-----------------------------
G|------------------------------
D|-----------------------------
A|---------------5-7------------
E|-0-5-0-5-0-5-7----------------
Vers (x4):
B A D A B
e|-----------_ ----------------
b|----------- ----------------
G|-----9----9 | ----------------
D|-----9----9 - x2 -> ---------7-7----
A|-9-9--9-9-- | -7--7-7--5-5-7-9
E|-7-7--7-7--_/ -5--5-5------5-7
This is how I play it. But basicly it's just B A D A B
Chorus: Gb - > Lyrics: But now you're running scared you've got no place to run
No guitar on the end of the chorus: You're caught between the law and the Big Guns.
Improvise the solos with the vers as rythm.
The Complete Lyrics:
Well, you think you're sitting pretty,
But you're sitting on a powder keg.
Well, you think you're standing steady,
But you're weak as a matchstick leg.
Well there's a rumble in the city,
There's a call out for your head.
Now isn't a pity,
You're future's just a lump of lead.
But now you're running scared you've got no place to run,
You're caught between the law and the Big Guns.
Yeah...
Well, it's a long way from the pool halls,
To the rackets and the petty crime.
Well, you thought you were a tough one,
But you've bitten off too much this time.
You've stepped on the wrong toes,
Now look who you've upset.
Well, you walked on the wrong turf,
You got your picture on the police gazette.
Well, now you're running scared, got no place to run,
You're caught between the law and the - Big Guns.
Yeahhh..
Your back's against a wall, you don't like it there at all.
Now your world's about to fall, you got no friends you can call.
Well, you never felt so gritty,
Well, the sweat's pouring down your back.
You're like a tiger in the jungle,
And you can't find your way back.
You haven't played your cards right,
You hadn't seen the signs.
Well, you tried to run the whole game,
Now you've come to the end of the line.
Well, now you're running scared, you've got no place to run.
Now you're face to face with the Big Guns.
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Tabbed by Johan Ullman
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