Year: 1988 - Album: Billy Idol - Greatest Hits
Written by Billy Idol, Tony James
Great punk rock song. Pretty simple, goes like this Figure 1 (Intro) -----000000000-------- -----555545755-------- ---------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- Verse:Palm Muted Repeat Figure #1 two times, 3rd time is below. Rhythm Varies and figure varies each time around, listen to song. 000000000000000 555545554555755 --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- (E) (A) (B) ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ 222222222222777777777777999999999999 222222222222777777777777999999999999 000000000000555555555555777777777777 Chorus: Same Chords as verse Listen close for the rhythm. Each chourus is played with a little different rhythm (E) (A) (B) (A) --------------------------- --------------------------- 9---99-9------------------- 9---99-9------------------- 7---77-7-----77-7-9----99-97 -------------55-5-7----77-75 Bridge: (Again, listen to rhythm) Prior to solo (E) (A) (E) (B) --------------------------- --------------------------- --9---------------9-------- --9-------7-------9-------9 --7-------7-------7-------9 ----------5---------------7 Big Solo! B Note on 5th and E note on 4th string are palm muted. F# note on 4th string is slightly palm muted. Drone (B) is played wide open and is played one measure longer the last time around and with a bit of staccato. Play with all downstrokes. -------------------------------- ------------0000------------0000 ------------4444------------4444 1/2 step bend second time ----22224444--------22224444---- 2222------------2222------------ Rhythm under solo is just palm muted power chords. E power chord is played 2 measures longer last time around (B) (E) ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------999999999999 999999999999999999999999 999999999999777777777777 777777777777------------ Verse after solo has a rest with a guitar bend: - - 4^ (Bend one whole step) - - - The original is 5 minutes long. Listen close for variations in rhythms during some parts. This is pretty much the basics of the the song.
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