Intro lick:
1|---------3-3-x-3-3-x--3-3-3--3--|
2|---0--1--3-3-x-3-3-x--0-0-0--1--|
3|--------------------------------|
4|--------------------------------|
5|--------------------------------|
6|--------------------------------| Play this three times then:
1|------------------------------|
2|--5--5-3-5--5-3-5-5-5-3-------|
3|------------------------------|
4|------------------------------|
5|------------------------------|
6|------------------------------|
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After playing the second time around:
1|-------------------|
2|--(3)/8-8--(8)-----|
3|-------------------|
4|-------------------|
5|-------------------|
6|-------------------|
Chords played under the intro lick: (All power chords, just the root and the fifth, for the whole song)
C, D, G, C X3 C, B, A, DVERSE 1GC
Hanging out with Lars down on 6th street
G
He knew I was in trouble
D
I was feeling much like the devil
G
There was something burning deep inside of me
C
Ran into 3 Puerto Ricans
G
These girls took us to the fun-house
DGD
Where we played a lonely pinball machine
CHORUS:
CDGC
Standing on the corner of 52nd and Broadway
CDGC
Cars passing by but none of them seem to go my way
CDGC
New York City, I wish I was on the highway
CGD
Ba--ack to Olympia
VERSE 2 (Same chords as verse 1)
GC
I'm having a hard time understanding
G
It gets so hard and demanding
D
She's all cold and I'm stranded
G
Something burning deep inside of me
C
All I know it's 4'o'clock and
G
She ain't never showed up and
DGD
I watched a thousand people go home from work
chorusBRIDGE:
Lead guitar:
1|--15-15---15-15-15-15-18-18-18-18--15-15---------------------------------------------|
2|--15-15---15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17--15-15---------------------------------------------|
3|------------------------------------------17--15-17-17b--r-17p15------------15h17----|
----------------------------------------------------------------------17-17------------|
5|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1|--15-15--15-15-15-15-18-18-18-18--15-15----------------------------------------------|
2|--15-15--15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17--15-15----------------------------------------------|
3|----------------------------------------17-15-17-17b-r-17-15-----15-17-17b-17br-15---|
4|--------------------------------------------------------------17------------------17-|
5|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2|-------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----------|
3|--17--15--17b---17b--17br--15-----------------------------------------------17-------|
4|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chords played underneath:
G, C, G, C, F, D X2
F, D, F, DVERSE 3: (Same chords again) G, C, G, D, G, C, G, D, G, D
How many times will it take me?
Before I go crazy?
Before I lose everything?
Something burning deep inside of me
Ran into 3 Puerto Ricans
These girls took us to the fun-house
I don't wanna be alone again
Yeah!
ChorusOutro is the same as the intro, both lead and chords
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