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Shadow Boxing

Extreme
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From: jeff96@aol.com (JEFF96)

Date: 22 Jun 1995 04:02:56 -0400

"Shadow boxing"

by Extreme

Waiting for the Punchline

TAB/Solo/lyrics

Transcribed by *Jeff Whitehead*

Tune down a half step...

E = Eb

B = Bb

G = Gb

D = Db

A = Ab

E = Eb

Into/Chours:

|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--8--7----------8----8----7----8----7------------------------
|--------7-------7----7----7----7----7----7--------7---(Repeat)
|-----------7----9----9----7----9----7----4--------4----------
|------------------------------------------5--------5----------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|'----------------------------------8-----8-x----x-7----7---7--
|---------6--h7--p6----------------7-----7-x----x-7----7---7--
|'---------------------7------------9-----9-x----x-7----7---7--
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|---(5)-------------------5---7-----7-----7-x----x-5----5---5-
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------8----8-x--8---8---7--7--
|-------------7----------0----------------7----7-x--7---7---7--7--
|--5---4---5--7-----2h4---4p2-0----------9----9-x--5---5---4--4--
|--5---5---5--5------------------2------- -------------------5--5--
|--3---2---3-------------------------------------------------------

Turn the volume up to get a more Distortion sound......

Verse:

|----------------------------------------------------------- This part

varies

|---12---13---12---10--------12---10--h12---10------------  through out

the

|---12---14---12---10--------12---10--h12---10------------  song.  Just

impro-

|-----------------------12\-----------------------10--h12--  vise!
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|---6-----6-6-6-6-6-------6-----6-6-6-6-6----12---10---12-----
|---4-----4-4-4-4-4-------4-----4-4-4-4-4----12---10---12-----
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------2--3--4--4--2--4-
|-----2--3--4--4--2--4-------2--4--2--4-----4--------------------
|--4---------------------4----------------------------------------
|---------------------
|---------------------
|---------------------
|-------2--4--2-------
|---4-------------2~--
|---------------------

Solo:

b = bend ()

r = release ()

~ = vibrato

ah = artificial harmonic

\ =slide down

/ = slide down

?= I'm not really sure if this is correct

.......It's not as hard as it looks........

b r b r

~~~~~~

|------13----------13---------------------------------------
|---12(13)12---(13)(13)12----131210------(12)---(10)--------
|-----------------------------------10----12-----10---------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------

ah ah

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-

|------------------10---------------------------------------10------------
|--12-12--12---10------10--12--1210-------12-12--12---10------10----
|-----------------------------------12--------------------------------12\-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-

b r b r ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ?

|------13----------13---------------------------10-----10-------------13-
|---12(13)12---(13)(13)12----131210----10--10--------------13-12-10-----
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

? ? ?

|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------10----------------------
|-12--10---------12-12--12---10------10--12--1210-------
|----------12----------------------------------------12---
|----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------

?

ah ah

|-------------------10---------------
|-----------------------10-----------
|--12-12--12---10-------------------
|--------------------------12--------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------

b r b r b r

b r ~

|------13----------13-----------------------------------------------
|---12(13)12---(13)(13)12--------------------------------------------
|--------------------------10---------------------11(12)(12)11--10--
|-------------------------------12----9(10)(10)9---------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-15-16-15-13-15-13--------13-14-------13-------------------------------
|---------------------15-13--------15-13----15-13----13------------------
|---------------------------------------------------14----14\12-10-12-10-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-

? ?

|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-12-13-12-10---------10-------------------------------------------
|--------------12-10---10-------------------------------------------

Continue

|--------------------12----12\10-8-10-8-10/11\10-8----------------  on

with

|----------------------------------------------------10-8-10-----\-- the

bridge.

Lyrics:

Last round

Looks like I'm in for a fight

Knocked down

There is nowhere left to hide

Stick 'n' move

When I try to run away

Old one two

I only end up face to face

Mirror mirror getting clearer

Chours:

It's just me and my shadow

Dancing round the ring

I try to fight it

But then how can I win

When I'm only shadow boxing

Time out

I'm looking for a

Standing eight

No doubt

My inside has come out to play

Bob 'n' Weave

It's conscious of my

Every move

Been deceived

Can no longer ignore the truth

Mirror mirror getting clearer

Split decisin blur my vision

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Please send any comment, questions, requests, maybe even few complaints to

Jeff96@aol.com

(If I didn't alreadly believe in 'God', Nuno would be him)

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