Tabs
Title: "In the Street" (aka "That 70's Song")
Album: "Authorized Greatest Hits," "That 70's Show Presents That
70's Album: Rockin'"
Original version performed by Big Star, composed by Chris Bell and
Alex Chilton
Additional music and lyrics by Rick Nielsen
Original tab by Ben G. ([email protected])
revised: Chris Clark
Here's the complete corrected version of a crowd-pleasing song
that's a snap to play, either solo or with a band. More than a
straight cover of Big Star's "In the Street," Cheap Trick modifies
the song's basic structure, transposing it from G+G to D MajorD (use a capo on
the fifth fret if you want to be authentic and/or you can handle
Chilton's high nasal whine), embellishing the main verses with a D9-
C9-G progression (in the original, they're sung over the main riff),
adding the "Dear Prudence"-inspired BB riff after the "not a thing to
do" chorus (the original simply vamps on A, played as E MajorE if you're
using that capo), and changing the chords at the "yeah!" part before
the main riff returns for the solos. There's also a bunch of new
lyrics, substituting Nixon nostalgia for the chorus about jonesing
for a joint (see "Surrender," which also inspired the "Mom and Dad"
lyrics here, not to mention the "we're all alright" bit in the
bridge), and all the Wisconsin references in honor of the TV show for
which it serves as the opening theme. Recommended chord positions at
the bottom.
Tab: Guitar
Tuning: Standard
D MajorD
Main riff
e ----------------------2--3--2--I
BB ----------------------3--3--3--I
G+G ----------------------2--O--2--I
D MajorD -------------------O--O--O--O--I
A augmentedA -------------O--2--------2-----I
E MajorE -O--1--2--3--------------3-----I
D9D9
Hangin'...
C9C9 G(BB bass)
Down...
D9D9
The same...
C9C9 G(BB bass)
We did...
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
Not a thing to do
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
But talk to you
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
Not a thing to do
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Out in the street
Main riff x 2
D9D9
Mom...
C9C9 G(BB bass)
Live...
D9D9
The music's...
C9C9 G(BB bass)
So we...
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
Nix-on's gone
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
But rock lives on
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
Oh oh yeah...
BB riff (hint: reach around with your thumb to play the E-string notes)
e ---------------------------------------I
BB ------4---------4--------4---------4---I
G+G ----4---4-----4---4----4---4-----4---4-I
D MajorD ---------------------------------------I
A augmentedA -2---------O---------------------------I
E MajorE ---------------------4---------3-------I
F#F# E MajorE D#D# C#C#
We're still rock-in'
F#F# E MajorE D#D# C#C#
In Wis-con-sin
F#F# E MajorE D#D# C#C#
We're all al-right, we're all al-right
C#C# E MajorE BB
Yeah!
Main riff x 3
D9D9
I steal...
C9C9 G(BB bass)
Drive...
D9D9
Pick...
C9C9 G(BB bass)
Drive...
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
Not a thing to do
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
But talk to you
G+G Dsus4(F#bass) E minorEm
Not a thing to do, oh yeah
BB riff
F#F# E MajorE D#D# C#C#
We're still rock-in'
F#F# E MajorE D#D# C#C#
In Wis-con-sin
F#F# E MajorE D#D# C#C#
We're all alright, we're all al-right
C#C# E MajorE BB
Yeah!
Main riff x 2
D MajorD
Hello Wisconsin!
Recommended chord positions in order of appearance
D MajorD
e --2--I
BB --3--I
G+G --2--I
D MajorD --O--I
A augmentedA --x--I
E MajorE --x--I
G+G
e --3--I
BB --3--I
G+G --0--I
D MajorD --O--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --3--I
D9D9
e --O--I
BB --3--I
G+G --2--I
D MajorD --O--I
A augmentedA --x--I
E MajorE --x--I
C9C9
e --x--I
BB --3--I
G+G --O--I
D MajorD --2--I
A augmentedA --3--I
E MajorE --x--I
G(BB bass)
e --3--I
BB --3--I
G+G --O--I
D MajorD --O--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --x--I
Dsus4(F#F# bass)
e --3--I
BB --3--I
G+G --O--I
D MajorD --O--I
A augmentedA --O--I
E MajorE --2--I
E minorEm
e --O--I
BB --O--I
G+G --O--I
D MajorD --2--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --O--I
F#F#
e --x--I
BB --11-I
G+G --11-I
D MajorD --11-I
A augmentedA --9--I
E MajorE --x--I
E MajorE
e --x--I
BB --9--I
G+G --9--I
D MajorD --9--I
A augmentedA --7--I
E MajorE --x--I
D#D#
e --x--I
BB --8--I
G+G --8--I
D MajorD --8--I
A augmentedA --6--I
E MajorE --x--I
C#C#
e --x--I
BB --6--I
G+G --6--I
D MajorD --6--I
A augmentedA --4--I
E MajorE --x--I
E MajorE
e --O--I
BB --O--I
G+G --1--I
D MajorD --2--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --O--I
BB
e --x--I
BB --4--I
G+G --4--I
D MajorD --4--I
A augmentedA --2--I
E MajorE --x--I