[LICK] Em(7) - try to ring top 3 open strings as well to make riff as full as possible 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------| B|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------| G|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------|---0------------| D|---5------------|---x---------5--|---5------------|---x---------5--| A|5h7---5--------5|---5------5-7---|5h7---5--------5|---5------5-7---| E|----------7-5h7-|5h7---5h7-------|----------7-5h7-|5h7---5h7-------|
[Intro] [Em][Em][A][A] [Em]
[Verse 1] Well, you can [Em] tell by the way I use my walk I'm a [D] woman's man, no [Em] time to talk [Em] Music loud and women warm I've been [D] kicked around since [Em] I was born
[Pre-Chorus] But now it's [A] all right, that's okay [A] You may look the other way [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Oh, when you [Em] walk
[Verse 2] Well, now [Em] I get low and I get high And if I [D] can't get either, I [Em] really try Got the [Em] wings of heaven on my shoes I'm a [D] dancin' man, and I [Em] just can't lose
[Pre-Chorus] You know, it's [A] all right, it's okay I'll [A] live to see another day [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Oooooh [Em]
[Middle 8] - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222) [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah [Em] [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah [A] I'm stayin' [Em] alive
[Verse 3] Well, you [Em] can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a [D] woman's man, no [Em] time to talk [Em] Music loud and women warm I've been [D] kicked around since [Em] I was born
[Pre-Chorus] But now it's [A] all right, that's okay [A] You may look the other way [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Yeah [Em]
[Outro = Middle 8 - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)] [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, [Em] yeah [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea [Em] h I'm stayin' a [Em] li-i-i-i-ive
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
[Intro - BPM 129 - E Riff with drums snare on each beat] x16
[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
[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 hurt 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)
[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 -------------------
[Outro] [E][D][E] Are you gonna go my way? [E][D][E] G(xxx430) A(x0x220) And I got to got to know
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