The Celestial Railroad tab by Van Walker

The Celestial Railroad - Van Walker



Tabbed by: Jucko

Tuning: Standard

Nb. Feel free to use this riff on any of the many, many E Major chords:

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|--------2--|
|--------3--|
|--------3--|
|-0-2r-0-0--|

Intro

One, two, three, four, five...

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|-0-2-3?3h4---2--------------------------------------------|
|-----------4---2-4-1-2-0-1--------------------------------|
|---------------------------2-4-----2?4r-2-------2-4-2---2-|
|-------------------------------2-4----------2-4-------4---|
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Verse 1
            E                      E
Well I been rolled & ragged, I been bruised and battered
      E                       E
I been made to bow down on my knees
          E                         E
And I been tricked & cheated, I been plain mistreated
         E
But now I don't need no one's sympathy

Chorus
        C#m           E                  C#m            E
?Cause I keep, I keep moving through the deep recess of time
        C#m          E
I don't need my luck improving
  A
I believe that I'll be happy
                       E                 E
Just as long as I can get myself some relief

Verse 2
            E                           E
You see I?m feared and frightened, I got chased by lightning
              E                           E
I had had that big bad wolf break down my door
           E                           E
And I been sold down the lake, I got-a stung by heartache
        E                           E
Now I'm cursed with headaches and remorse

Chorus

Verse 3
              E                        E
You see I been bought & broken, I got-a rudely awoken
         E                       E
You know I've chose to hold that bloody knife
           E                            E
And I been drowned in the water, I got-a run right over
          E                           E
You know I rolled that boulder all my life

Chorus

Solo

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----7B------7B--7r--5-5----7-5------7b------7b--7r--5-5---7-5-7B-|
G|-------------------------------6----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---5-7-5---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------9-7B--5-7-5---5---------5-5-----5-----------------------|
G|---------------------6-------4-------6-----6-4---4---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------6---6-4---4-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------7---7-4---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------7-|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------5-------5---5---5-|
G|---------------------4-6-4---4---------------4-6-------6------4h6--|
D|---------4---4-4/6--------4h6--4---2------4h6----------------------|
A|-4-7---7---7-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------7-----------|
B|---------5h7-5---5--------7r-5-----7r--5-7-7r-5-----7/9-9\7-5----5-|
G|-4-------------6---------------6-4--------------6-4-----------6----|
D|-----6-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 4
            E                           E
Well I been kidnapped by fleas, I caught every disease
           E                            E
And all my, all my doctors closed their doors
           E                               E
And I been stitched up, shook down, I been messed with, fucked around
           E                E
And now I, I ain't angry anymore

Chorus


B -  Full bend
b -  Half bend
r -  Half bend, release
h -  Hammer on
/ -  Slide up