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Intro
lead guitar [bars 1-5]:
rhythm guitar [bars 3-8]:
v v v v
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----------2-----5-----7*--
-0*-0-/4----/7----/9--0---
* 1st only * 5th only
bass [bars 5-8]:
v v v v
----------4--4------------
-4**---6--------------6---
-7*-7-----------5--4------
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* first time
** repeats
lead guitar [bars 6-8]:
6 7
v v v v v v v v
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--------------------------|----------12----15----17--
--------------------------|------/13---/16-----------
----------9-----12----14--|----14--------------------
----7-/11---/14---/16-----|--------------------------
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8
v v v v
-19b21-----19b21---16-19-16-------------
----------------------------19-17-19b21-
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triplets
Verse 1:
E (w/intro riff)
It's a hard life but you play it for laughs
DO#m
It's a cold-hearted business, keep away from the draft
FA#m LA
And your fingers and your throat get sore
FA#m LA SI
But they're out there beggin' for some more
Chorus
MI LA/MI FA#7 SI
So play on (while the lights shine around your head)
SOL# DO#m SOL#7 DO#m
Play on (every night in a different bed)
LA LAsus2 LA FA#m/SI
And the nights go on and...
[1, 3: E (intro riff, 2X)]
[2: (to bridge)]
[4: G#m A (to coda)]
...on
Verse 2:
Take a break and find a place you can hide
'Cause tonight you're got to be a star personified
You're rushin' round to get your plane
Then it's back in the bubble again
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
DO
Critics comin' 'cause you're Number One (Number One)
LAm
Play your hits and all the girls will come
MIm
(So play on) play on
DO
(Play on) play on
LA LA/SI
Play on
[repeat intro riff, 2X]
[guitar solo over verse chords]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 1 w/harmony vocal]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
FA#m SOL#m LA LA/SI MI
The nights go on and on
lead guitar (rhythm guitar plays jangly E-based figure):
(E) [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
---------|-----------0-2-4-|-----------0-2-4-|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
---------|-----------1-2-4-|-----------1-2-4-|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2-0-
(...on)
bass:
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
---------|-----------131416|-------------1413|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------14----|---14--14--5-4-2-
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----14----------
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(...on)
guitar:
E5 [N.C.] E5 [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
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--------------------------|----------9-----12----14--
----------2-----5-----7---|----7-/11---/14---/16-----
-0--0-/4----/7----/9------|--------------------------
bass:
v v v v v v v v
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----------------------2---|----------------2--2--2---
----------------x--x------|--------------------------
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^ ^ drum accent
guitars:
MI5
v v v v
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----------12----15-16-17--
------/13---/16-----------
----14----------------2---
----------------------2---
----------------3--2--0---
^^^^^^^ rhythm guitar
bass:
v v v v
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----------------5--4--2---
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