Don't Believe A Word tab by Thin Lizzy

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Thin Lizzy "Don't believe a word", from the album "Johnny the Fox".

This version is also found on "Lizzy Killers", (collection).

Another (slower) version is played on Gary Moore's solo album "Parisienne
Walkways" (there exists a few different versions of this record, so this
is
no guarantee) where Gary sings duet with Phil Lynott.
The slower version can also be found on "LiveLife". The chords are the same,
more info below...


*Intro 8 bars:

A minorAm

Guitar 1:
e-------------------|--------------------|-------------
--------------------|--------------------|---------------
--------------------|--------------------|----------------------
-------7-5-----5-4--|-------7-5-----5-4--|------Repeat 5 times---
---0-0-----(7)------|--0-0------(7)------|----------------------
E-------------------|--------------------|--------------

Guitar 2:
e-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-
--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-
--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-
-------10-9~---9-7--|------10-9~----9-7--|-------Repeat----|---
---0-0--------------|--0-0---------------|-----------------|---
E-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-

Guitar 1 plays 4 bars solo, then guitar 2 kicks in and they play three
bars
together. The last intro bar looks like this:

Guitar 1:     Guitar 2:
--------------|  |---------------
--------------|  |---------------
--------------|  |---------------
--5-5-4---7---|  |---9-9-7-------
--------5-----|  |---------7-0---
--------------|  |---------------


Guitar tacet, drums by the one and only Brian Downey! (one bar or
something..)

*Verse 1:

Tacet         A minorAm
Don't ..
            DmDm (C majorC) G+G
Not ..
     A minorAm        G+G    FF
Don't ..
DmDm    C majorC    G+G
I'm ..

The guitar playing in the verses are power/barre chords (Ex: A minorAm G+G FF
progression).
Where a chord is played for a "long" time, play this figure instead of
the chord:

Over Dm:             Over Am:         Over E minorEm
-----------------------|    |--------------------    +2 compared
to DmDm
-----------------------|    |--------------------
-------(8)-(7)-(8)-----|    |--------(6)-(5)--(6)-
--------10--8---10-----|    |---------8---6----8---
-----------------------|    |--------------------
--8--8-----------------|    |---5--5------------

Both guitars play bass tones, then Git1 "parenthesised" notes, Git2 the
others.

*Verse 2:

Don't ..
That ..
That's ..
I'm ..)


*Bridge (or is this the chorus.. never mind):

         E minorEm              DmDm
Don't ..
                            A minorAm
And ...


*Solo

Same chord progression as the verses, play it twice.
My suggestion: A augmentedA pentatonic, harmonic minor or "blues scale".
Scott Gorham (I guess its him) plays with wah-wah and Les Paul guitar.

*Bridge again

        E minorEm                 DmDm
Don't ..
                              A minorAm
But ...


*Verse 3:

Repeat first verse..

*Outro (slight, barely audible wah fills..)

      G+G    A minorAm G+G FF
Don't .
       G+G    A minorAm G+G FF
No .
       G+G   A minorAm  G+G   FF
Don't ..
        G+G   A minorAm  G+G   FF
Not ..

Hey ..!!


Intro riff 7 bars, 8th (last) bar:

e----------------------
----------------------
----------------------
----7--5---------------
-----------7---7\------
E--------------5\----- (Hold A5A5 chord and slide down)

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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

The "slow" version(s):

Intro:

A minorAm (Am7Am7 sounds nice during the intro)
----------------0/(3)--|--------------------------
----------------1------|--------------------------
----------------2/(0)--|-------------------------
----------------2------|--Repeat..----------------
--------3--0----0------|---------------------------
--0--3-----------------|----------------------------
        let ring

(The bass plays the figure on the E MajorE and A augmentedA strings)


On the LiveLife, one guitar plays Am7Am7 arpeggios (one string at a time),
and the figure is:

------------------3---------
------------------1----------
------------------0-------
------------------2--------
--0---3--3---0----0--------
---------------------------
          let ring

Solos sounds best in harmonic minor, to create a "mood".
The riffs are gone, of course, just play open chords..

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Chords: Cut this out if you know them..

A minorAm x02210 or A minorAm barre 577555, Am7Am7 x02013

DmDm xx0231 or barre 8 10 10 8 8 8

E minorEm 022000

G+G barre 355433 or open 320003 alt 320033

FF barre 133211 or "open" skip the E,A strings

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Credit for lyrics and chords: A augmentedA piano Lizzy book
(I hate when pianists transcribe music made for guitar,
 especially "easy play" type books!)

Any comments, corrections welcome! Any Lizzy stuff more welcome!!

Kristoffer Rydquist

[email protected]


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