Lenny Kravitz-Are You Gonna Go My Way - BPM - 129
[Intro - BPM 129 - E Riff with drums snare on each beat - Full drums halfway through] x16Low Riff then High Riff - then full drums in
[Verse - Drums straight now - no Hendrix chords whilst playing]
[E] I was born long ago
[E] I am the chosen, I'm the one
[E] I have come to save the day
[E] And I won't leave until I'm done
[G] So, that's why you've got to try
[G] You got to breath and have some fun
[Riff at end - 33x22x11x22x33x - Play double snares on each fretted not SSxSSxSSxSSxSS)]
[E] Though I'm not paid, I play this game
[E] And I won't stop until I'm done
[Chorus]
[G(xxx430)] But what I [A(x0x220)] really want to know is (E D and G riff - see notes)
[E] [D] [E] Are you gonna go my way? [E] [E] [G] [E]
[G(xxx430)] And I got to, [A(x0x220)] got to know (drums stop for a bit x x x S)
[Riff with drums - snare on all to start then straight] x8
[Verse - no Hendrix chords whilst playing]
[E] I don't know why we always cry
[E] This we must leave and get undone
[E] We must engage and rearrange
[E] And turn this planet back to one
[G] So, tell me why we got to die
[G] And kill each other one by one
[E] We've got to love and rub a dub
[E] We've got to dance and be in love
[Chorus]
[G(xxx430)] But what I [A(x0x220)] really want to know is (E D and G riff - see notes)
[E] [D] [E] Are you gonna go my way?
[G(xxx430)] And I got to [A(x0x220)] got to know (hold - then count back in with 1 2 3 4)
[Riff Vamp with solo halfway through]
[E] [D] [A] x12
E -------------------
B -9---7--7--5-7-5---
G -9---7--7--6-6-6---
D -9---7--7--7-7-7---
A -7---7--7--0-0-0---
E -------------------
Stop on [G] ( count 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 to come back in)
[E Riff] x8
[G(xxx430)] [A(x0x220)] [G(xxx430)] [A(x0x220)]
[Outro]
[E] [D] [E] Are you gonna go my way?
[E] [D] [E] G(xxx430) A(x0x220)
And I got to got to know
[End]
E D and G riff
E -------------------------
B --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------
G --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------
D --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------
A --7-7-7-7----------------
E --(0)ring to fatten sound
On acoustic how riff for E and G could work
DURING VERSE YOU CAN PLUCK LOW E AS WELL AS NOT PLAYING SNARE ON EACH 1/4 NOTE
Ch E
E --------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------8-
G 2h4p0-------------every 2nd time----7-
D -----2---0--2-----------------------6-
A -----2---0--2-----------------------7-
E (0)--0---0--0-------------------------
Dr S S
Ch G - Pluck bass note with thumb and treble line with first finger
E ---------------
B ---------------------------
G 5h7p5p3------------------------
D -------5---3--5-----------------
A -------5---3--5-----------------
E 3------3---3--3---------------33-22-11-22-33
Dr S S