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Cowboy Song Chords by Thin Lizzy

Cowboy Song chords by Thin Lizzy

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This is the chord pattern and riff as I vaguely remember it from the album "
Live and Dangerous" ....

The chord pattern is as follows :

	G#   Cm   Fm   F D#

These are all barre chords (as I play it), on the following frets
respectively ...  4, 3, 1, 8, 6

(Now, since this comes from memory, the last two chords [F & D#] may
actually by D# and C#, but I doubt it - try it with the song and see how it
turns out)
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The riff is played simultaneously by two guitars (an octave apart) to give
that distinctive Thin Lizzy sound that has been copied by so many bands (
such as Iron Maidon) [don't flame me, I don't really know who first came up
with this sound]

I have only tabbed the higher riff - work out the lower one yourself - if I
remember rightly, it can be played around a C# power chord :

   C# power chord =	e	X
			B	X
			G	X
			D	6
			A	4
			E	X

This TAB transcription was created using TAB MASTER version 1.0

          (4)                   (3)                  (1)         (8)(6)
          G#                    Cm                   Fm           F  D#
e:---------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-|
B:--9--9-----9---------|--9--9-----9---------|--9--9-----9-----9--------|-|
G:---------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-|
D:--------11----11-11--|--------10----10-10--|--------8-----10----8-----|-|
A:---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------10-|-|
E:---------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-|


The chord pattern is shown following the riff, with the frets to barre shown
above the chord, in brackets.
The last 10 on the A string at the end of the tab may actually be an 11 if
my memory is foggy - try it out and correct as necessary. I'll post an
updated and corrected version of this song when I've checked my records at
home. I will also post some other Thin Lizzy stuff shortly.

The Lemming

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In article , peacock@che.und.ac.za (Mr Stephen Peacock - PG) writes:
>This is the chord pattern and riff as I vaguely remember it from the album "
>Live and Dangerous" ....
>
>The chord pattern is as follows :
>
>	G#   Cm   Fm   F D#
>

I always played this with the guitar down a semitone, and using the
sequence A E F#m E D.

Nice to see a Thin Lizzy TAB here, though.  Brian Downey, last I heard,
was still gigging in Slattery's Bar in Capel Street, Dublin, with
a band called Spirit Nation, and still doing Lizzy stuff.  Any
updates???

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