RASPBERRIES - "Play On" Tablature
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"Play On"
(S. McCall - E. Carmen)
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
C#m
It's a cold-hearted business, keep away from the draft
F#m A
And your fingers and your throat get sore
F#m A B
But they're out there beggin' for some more
Chorus:
E A/E F#7 B
So play on (while the lights shine around your head)
G# C#m G#7 C#m
Play on (every night in a different bed)
A Asus2 A F#m/B
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:
C
Critics comin' 'cause you're Number One (Number One)
Am
Play your hits and all the girls will come
Em
(So play on) play on
C
(Play on) play on
A A/B
Play on
[repeat intro riff, 2X]
[guitar solo over verse chords]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 1 w/harmony vocal]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
F#m G#m A A/B E
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----------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
(...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:
E5
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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-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
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