Once Bitten Twice Shy tab by Great White

Tabs

This 80s gem was missing from your archive, so I submitted. -Sven88


This s a very extensive tab that took quite a while to make.

I. Hunter

1. Chords and rhythm

 C5C5     G5G5   D5/A   Bb5Bb5   Eb5/Bb   F5F5    G+G
EA D MajorD GBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
81010XXX  355XXX  5577XX  688XXX  6688XX  133XXX  355433

 G5/D     D5D5     Bb7Bb7   F5/C
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BE  E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD GBE  EADGBE  EAD G+G BE
10101212XX  101212XXX  6867XX  881010XX
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2. Song structure and lyrics:

Intro: |C5C5  |C5C5  |C5C5  |C5C5  |C5C5  |C5C5  |

Verse 1:
[C5C5]Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a [G5G5]hummin' and a strummin' all [D5D5]over God's world
[C5C5]You can't remember when you got your last meal
And [G5G5]you don't know just how a [D5D5]woman feels

[Bb7Bb7]You didn't know what rock 'n' roll was
Un- [Eb/BbEb/Bb]til you met my drummer on a grey tour bus
[Bb7Bb7]I got there in the nick of time
Be- [Eb/BbEb/Bb]fore he got his hands across your state line

Chorus:
I said [C5C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5F5]shy, babe
[C5C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5F5]shy, babe
[C5C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5F5]shy, babe  [G+G]

Verse 2:
Now its the [C5C5]middle of the night on the open road
The [G5G5]heater don't work and it's [D5D5]oh-so cold
[C5C5]You're lookin' tired, you're lookin' kinda beat
The [G5G5]rhythm of the street sure [D5D5]knocks you off your feet

[Bb7Bb7]You didn't know how rock 'n' roll looked
Un- [Eb/BbEb/Bb]til you caught your sister with the guys from the group
[Bb7Bb7]Half-way home in the parking lot
By the [Eb/BbEb/Bb]look in her eyes she was givin' what she got

Chorus

Solo:
|C5C5  |C5C5  |F5F5  |F5F5  | 2x

Well [C5C5]Woman you're a mess gonna die in your sleep
There's [G5G5]blood on my amp and my [D5D5]fenders beat
[C5C5]Can't keep you home, you're messin' around
My [G5G5]best friend told me you're the [D5D5]best lick in town

[Bb7Bb7]You didn't know that rock 'n' roll burned
[Eb/BbEb/Bb]So you bought a candle and you live and you learn
[Bb7Bb7]You got the rhythm, you got the speed
[Eb/BbEb/Bb]Mamma's little baby likes it short and sweet

Chorus plus:
I said [C5C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5F5]shy, babe
[C5C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5F5]shy, babe
[C5C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5F5]shy, babe
[C5C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [FF]shy
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3. Tabs

There are two rhythm guitars, but I don't have a clue who's who.
So I just call them rhythm guitar 1 (the guitar panned to your right
speaker) and 2 (the guitar panned to your left speaker).

Rhythm guitar 1
===============

Use all downstrokes unless indicated otherwise

Intro:

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------x-------x---10--|10--10-h12------10------x---10-10|
E MajorE|8-------8-------x-------x---8---|8---8-----------8-------x---8--8-|
                                d u
                          .       (. = short)
 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------12------|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|
     .                .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------13------12--10--|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|
     .                .

Verse:
 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------10-----|
E MajorE|**--8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8------|
     .                .
(* The last notes of the previous bar are still ringing here on
  the first half of the first beat. So don't strike the C5-chord
  here. In following verses you do strike the C5-chord here).

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|----7---9-------7-------9-------|
A augmentedA|5--5---7-------5-------7---0---|5---5---5-------5-------5-------|
E MajorE|3--3---3-------3-------3-------|----------------------------3/--|
     .                .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|10------12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------10-----|
E MajorE|8-------8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8------|
     .                .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|----------------7-------9-------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|7---7---9-------7-------9---2---|
A augmentedA|5--5---7-------5-------7-------|5---5---5-------5-------5---0---|
E MajorE|3--3---3-------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|
     .        .        .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|
A augmentedA|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
     .        .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|
D MajorD|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|
A augmentedA|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|
     .        .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|
D MajorD|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

The Bb- and the Eb-chords are quite a stretch in first position. I've
choosen for this as the low FF can only be reached in the first
position. You can also play these chords in the sixth position but
then the distance to the low FF is very large.
This would be the alternative:

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|8---8---10------8-------10------|8---8---10------8-------10------|
E MajorE|6---6---6-------6-------6-------|6---6---6-------6-------6---1---|
     .        .        .        .
 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|8---8---10------8-------10------|8---8---10------8-------10------|
A augmentedA|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6-------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|

Chorus:

  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BB||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G+G||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA||*10--10--12------12-p10--10--10--|----10--12------12-p10--10----|
E MajorE||-8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|----8---8-------8-------8-----|
      .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------*||
G+G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
A augmentedA|3---3---5-------5--p3---3---3---|----3---5-------5--p3---3-------*||
E MajorE|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1-------1--------||
     .                .

Play these four bars three times but replace the two last bars the
third time by:
 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-3-|
BB|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-3-|
G+G|--------------------------------|----------------------------4-4-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|----------------------------5-5-|
A augmentedA|3---3---5-------5--p3---3---3---|----3---5-------5--p3---3---5-5-|
E MajorE|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1-------1---3-3-|
     .                .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
BB|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
G+G|4---------------------------4---|--- Let the last chord ring ----|
D MajorD|5---------------------------5---|------ through this bar --------|
A augmentedA|5---------------------------5---|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar 2
===============

Use all downstrokes

Intro:

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------- REST -----------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|10------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|8-------------------------------|

  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE||----------------------------------||
BB||*--------------------------------*||
G+G||----------------------------------||
D MajorD||-10--10----------10---------------||
A augmentedA||*10--10--12------10------12------*|| 4x
E MajorE||-8---8---8-------8-------8---8----||

Grab the both notes on the tenth position by making a little bar with
your ringfinger.

Verse:

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10/-|
D MajorD|10--10----------10--------------|10--10----------10--10------10/-|
A augmentedA|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10--10--12--8-/-|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8---8---8---8-/-|


 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|12--12----------12--------------|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|12--12--14------12------14------|12--12----------12-------------|
A augmentedA|10--10--10------10------10--10--|12--12--14------12-------------|
E MajorE|10*-10--10------10------10--10--|10--10--10------10---------3/--|
     .                .
 *make a bar with your indexfinger for the 10th position
  and a bar with your ringfinger for the 12th position

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10/-|
D MajorD|----10----------10--------------|10--10----------10--10------10/-|
A augmentedA|----10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10--10--12--8-/-|
E MajorE|/8--8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8---8---8---8-/-|


 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|12--12----------12--------------|----------------------------6/--|
D MajorD|12--12--14------12------14------|12--12----------12---------5/--|
A augmentedA|10--10--10------10------10--10--|12--12--14------12---------7/--|
E MajorE|10--10--10------10------10--10--|10--10--10------10---------5/--|
     .                .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|7---7-----------7-----------7---|7---7-----------7-----------8---|
D MajorD|6---6-----------6-----------6---|6---6-----------6-----------8---|
A augmentedA|8---8---10------8-------10--8---|8---8---10------8-------10--6---|
E MajorE|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|
     .                .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|8---8-----------8---8-------8---|8---8-----------8---8-------2/--|
D MajorD|8---8---10------8---8---10--8---|8---8---10------8---8---10--1/--|
A augmentedA|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6-------6---6---6---3/--|
E MajorE|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6-------6---6---6---1/--|
     .                .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|7---7-----------7-----------7---|7---7-----------7-----------8---|
D MajorD|6---6-----------6-----------6---|6---6-----------6-----------8---|
A augmentedA|8---8---10------8-------10--8---|8---8---10------8-------10--6---|
E MajorE|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|
     .                .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|8---8-----------8---8-------8---|8---8-------8---8---8-------8---|
D MajorD|8---8---10------8---8---10--8---|8---8---10--8---8---8---10--8---|
A augmentedA|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|
E MajorE|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|
     .                .

Chorus:

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10--|
D MajorD|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---10--|
A augmentedA|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---8---|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---8---|
 d  u  d    d  u  d  u    u  d    d  u  d  u
     .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x-------|
D MajorD|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---10--|
A augmentedA|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10--|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---8---|
     .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------10-|
D MajorD|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----10-|
A augmentedA|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----8--|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x----8--|
     .

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|x---8---x---8---x---8---x---10--|
A augmentedA|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|x---8---x---8---x---8---x---10--|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----------------------------8---|
     .
 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------10-|
D MajorD|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----10-|
A augmentedA|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----8--|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x----8--|
     .
 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---12-12-|
D MajorD|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---12-12-|
A augmentedA|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10-10-|
E MajorE|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10-10-|
     .                    d  u  d  d u

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|12--------------------------12--|--- Let the last chord ring ----|
D MajorD|12--------------------------12--|------ through this bar --------|
A augmentedA|10--------------------------10--|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|10--------------------------10--|--------------------------------|


Solo:

The backing for the solo is the same as the first eight bars of
the chorus.

Before you start with the solo you'll have to learn an old country-lick
which is used in rock many times (if you don't know it already).
Play the following triad:

E MajorE|--8--|       E MajorE|-----| For this  E MajorE|-----|
BB|--8--| Now it's  BB|-----| lick you  BB|-----|
G+G|--9--| about this G+G|--9--| have to  G+G|-7b9-|
D MajorD|-----| note:    D MajorD|-----| bend the  D MajorD|-----|
A augmentedA|-----|       A augmentedA|-----| note up  A augmentedA|-----|
E MajorE|-----|       E MajorE|-----| from the  E MajorE|-----|
                7th pos.

In order to place  E MajorE|--8--|  Play the bend with   E MajorE|-8---|
this into the    BB|--8--|  your ringfinger     BB|-8---|
chord you'll    G+G|-----| (supported by the    G+G|-7b9-|
have to place    D MajorD|-----|  middle finger and/or  D MajorD|-----|
a small bar     A augmentedA|-----|  the index finger if   A augmentedA|-----|
with your pinky   E MajorE|-----|  necessary)       E MajorE|-----|
on the 8th pos.

The full lick Francis plays:
 1  +  2  +
E MajorE|8-------8---8---|
BB|8-------8---8---|
G+G|7b9r7---5---5---|
D MajorD|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|

Here's the solo

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---|
BB|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---|
G+G|--------------------------------|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|8-------8---8-------------------|--------8-------8---8---10b12---|
BB|8-------8---8------*8-----------|----8-----------8---8-----------|
G+G|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---|7/9---------10------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------7-----------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
           . *keep your lefthandfingers in position while
             placing the ringfinger on the 7th fret of
             the D-string

 1   +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|10b12r10---8---10--8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---|
BB|-----------------------8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---|
G+G|-----------------------------------|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|8-------8---8-------------------|
BB|8-------8---8-----------13--15--|
G+G|7b9r7---5---5------/14----------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|

 1   +   2   +  3   +  4  +
E MajorE|15----15----15--------15---------15--15---|
BB|15b17-15b17-15b17-----15b17r15---13--15---|
G+G|------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|
      .          (.=short)

 1   +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E MajorE|15--------15--15-----------------|
BB|15b17r15--13--13-----------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|

Other versions of Once Bitten Twice Shy

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Once bitten twice shy (Ver. 2) by Great White