Light of Day

Song

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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 13:48:29 +0200 (EET)

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Light Of Day (xxplugged version)

by Bruce Springsteen

NOTE:

Listen to the recording for exact timing & phrasing !

INTRO

(4 bars only drums)

- Give me some slap on this Fender !

(E) (noise in E)

-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------0------|I
------------/3-Z-I----------------I----------------I----------0------|I
------------/4-Z-I----------------I----------------I----------1------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I------------2-0--|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I------------2----|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----x\0-----0----|I

Ahh...stand back!

(3 times)

                             (0:15)B---------------------------------|                B  - - - R P
-----0-----------I(0)-------------I----10----------I----10-----------|I
-----0-----------I(0)-------------I10--------------I10------10\-8----|I
-----------------I----------------I.---------------I--------------9--|I

-----------------I----------------I.--(lead fig.1)-I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-0---------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

(open string noise) B B - - - R P

-----------------I-------B-R-P----I----10----------I----10-----------|I
-----------------I8---------------I10--------------I10------10\-8----|I
-9-------9\------(0)-----2(2)\0---I----------------I--------------9--|I
-----------------(0)------------2-I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

B (see above) P

-------------10--I----10----------I----10----------I----10-----------|I
-10----------10--I10------10\-8---I10--------------I10------10\-8----|I
-----------------I--------------9-I----------------I-------------9\7-|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

1/2B (0:40) P P

---------------0-I3------B--R-P---I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0--|I
---------------0-I----------------I--------3-------I--------30303----|I
-9---9-----------I-------2-(2)\0--I------------2\0-I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I2---------------I2----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I--(lead fig.2)--I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----0-------BRP-I----0---BRP----0I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0--|I
---------3-------I---------------0I----0---3-------I----0---3---0----|I
-------------2\0-I--------2\0-----I------------2\0-I-----------------|I
-2---------------I2-----------2---I----------------I2----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

B - RP

-----0---0-------I----------------I----0-----------I-----------------|I
---------3---0---I-----0----0-----I----0-----------I-----------------|I
---------------2-I-2\0-0----0-----I----1-----------I-----------------|I
-2---------------I--------2---2---I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I2---------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I--------------x\I0---------------(0)---------------|I

VERSE (0:58)

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-(0)-------------(0)--------------I----------------I-----------------|I

Well I've been out ...

(main riff)

E *=bend down 1/2 step w/bar and R

-----------------I-------H--0-----I----------------I-----------------|I
----/3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---0-----I----------------I-----------------|I
----/4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I---------(2)----I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I(2nd guitar)----I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------(0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|I

Well I'm a little hot wired...

E (see above)

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------2-----I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

-(2nd guitar continue the same)---I----------------I-----------------|I

I got some money in my...

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

------(main riff again)-----------I----------------I-----------------|I

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

I got to make it down to Galveston...

A

Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling O.K.

B

Got a little lost along the way

CHORUS:

(1:29)

E D A E D A

I'm just around the corner to the light of day Well

I'm just around the corner to the light of day

2nd VERSE

E (4 bars under keyboard fill)

E (guitars like in 1st verse)

Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah

I got rock'n'roll music on my radio

I got a brother on a rig just off the Gulf coast

He says the girls down there are really the most, man

A

Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK

B

I got a little lost along the way

CHORUS 2

(2:19)

E D A E D A

Just around the corner to the light of day

(repeat 4 times)

(KEYBOARD SOLO)

(2:44)

A B

-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I
---------H-------I----------------I----------------I-H-------H-------|I
.2-Z-------------I--2-Z-----------I--4-----4-------I-----------------|I
.2-Z-------2-4-2-IZ-2-Z-----2-4-2-I--4-----4-------I----4-6-----4----|I
-0-Z----34-------I--0-Z--34-------Ix-2-----2-------I5/6-----5/6------|I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I

After the keyboard solo looong improvised guitar solos in

E blues scale over the chorus chord progression (E D A).

After Bruce finds out that his audience is alive, he leads the

band to the third verse:

(6:10)

E

Well I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo

Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know

I hope he wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter

Things can't get any worse, they gotta get better

A

I'm a little down under but I'm doing OK

B

Got a little lost along the way

CHORUS 3

E D A E D A

Just around the corner to the light of day

(repeat many times)

CODA

(7:55)

E D A E D A E D A E

---0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I
---0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I
-1-1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-1-Z------|I
-2(2-2-2)0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z------|I
-2-----------0-2-I------------0-2-I------------0-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z------|I
-0-------------0-I--------------0-I--------------0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Some symbols:

- = about 1/16th of a bar

B = bend up full step

R = release bend

P

\ = pull-off

H

/ = hammer-on

\ = slide down

/ = slide up

Comments & corrections welcome

Antti Kauppinen

akauppi@cs.joensuu.fi