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Live and Let Die

Guns N' Roses
TabTuningHalf-Step Down
4.3(14)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

(Piano arr. for guitar)

G Bm C D D(b9)

D#|-3------------------------------|--0--------------2--------2------|
A#|-3----3----------------3--------|---------------------3----4------|
F#|-4----4-------------22------2-0-|--------1--------------------2---|
C#|-5----5----------4--------------|-----0--0--0-0-------------------|
G#|-5---------5-----2--------------|--3-----2--------0---------------|
D#|-3------------------------------|---------------------------------|

G Bm C D D(b9)

D#|-3---3--------------------------|-------0--------2---------------------|
A#|-3-----------0----------3-------|-------------0--------3----4----------|
F#|-0--------0----------2--2----2--|----0-----0--------2-----2----2--2--0-|
C#|-0----------------4-----4-------|----------------0---------------------|
G#|------------------2-------------|--3-----------------------------------|
D#|-3------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

G Bm

D#|-3------3---------------------2----------|
A#|-3------3-------0-----------3---------0--|
F#|-0------0----0-----------2---------2-----|
C#|-0------0-----------4--------------------|
G#|--------------------2--------------------|
D#|-3------3--------------------------------|

C A D

D#|--------0------------------0----|-2-------2------------|
A#|--------1-------1-0-------------|-3-----3--------------|
F#|----0-------0--------2--2-----2-|-2---2----------------|
C#|---------------------2----------|-0-----------0--------|
G#|-3-------------------0----------|----------------------|
D#|--------------------------------|----------------------|

D E F ...End Intro

D#|-0---0--1----0--0--1----|
A#|-3-----------3----------|
F#|-2-----------2----------|
C#|-0-----------0----------|
G#|------------------------|
D#|------------------------|

Verse 1

G Bm C

When you were young and your heart___

C D D(b9)

___was an o___pen book,_____

G Bm C

you used to say live and let live___

C D D(b9)

You know you did, you know you did,

G

___you know you did____

G Bm

But if this ev___er chan__in' world._____

C A

___in which we live in___

A D D E F

makes you___give in and__cry,_____

w/Distortion G5 C5 G(b5) G5v

D#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------5---------6-----------7-----------|
C#|-----------------5---------5---------5-----------5-----------|
G#|-----------------5---x-x---3---x-x---4----x-x----5---x-x-----|
D#|-20\----3p0------3---x-x---3---x-x---3----x-x----3---x-x-----|

G5

Chorus

_______say, live and let die,____

C5 ... G(b5) ... G5v

G5

________ live and let die.__

C5 ... G(b5) ... G5v

* Twice ................................

D#|-------------------------|----------------|
A#|--------15--(15)\--------|-10-------------|
F#|--12-14-15--(15)\---7--9-|-10-------5-3-0-|
C#|--12-14-15--(15)\---7--9-|-10-------5-3-0-|
G#|-------------------------|----------------|
D#|-------------------------|----------------|

* Twice ................................

D#|-------------------------|----------------|
A#|--------15--(15)\--------|-10-------------|
F#|--12-14-15--(15)\---7--9-|-10----5-----3--|
C#|--12-14-15--(15)\---7--9-|-10----5-----3--|
G#|-------------------------|----------------|
D#|-------------------------|----------------|

* Synth. sound effects..................

** Half time Reggae feel **

C........................... G..................... [P.M.]

D#|-------------------------------|[P.M.]--------------3-3---3--3--|
A#|-5-x-x-x-5-5-x---5---5---x-x-5-|-3-3-x-x-x-x-x-x----3-3---3--3--|
F#|-5-x-x-x-5-5-x---5---5---x-x-5-|-4-4-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------|
C#|-5-x-x-x-5-5-x---5---5---x-x-5-|-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x----------------|
G#|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

D.......................... (E5)........... (F5).........

|[P.M.]----10-[......P.M......]|---------------------------------|
|-7-7--x-x-10--12--10----------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7--x-x-----12--10----------|--9----------x--x--10------(10)--|
|-7-7--x-x------------12---7-7-|--9----------x--x--10------(10)--|
|------------------------------|--7----------x--x---8------( 8)--|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|

** Half time Reggae feel **

Verse 2

C G

What does it mat - ter to ya,_____

G

When you got a job__ to do_____

D D

ya got to do it well.__________

E5 F5

You got to give the oth-er fel-la hell._____

Fill w/harmonizer

D#|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A#|-----------------15---17fb---(17)-|---15p13-12hb----------------|
F#|--14hb-fb-------------------------|-----------------14fb---(14)-|
C#|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------|
C#|--12-------------(12)~~~~~~----|
G#|-------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|

G Bm C

Used to say live and let live___

C D D(b9)

You know you did, you know you did,

G

___you know you did.__

G Bm

But if this ev____er chan__in' world._____

C A

___in which we live in___

A D D E F

makes you__give in and__cry,_____

w/Distortion

D#|------------15-17-18~~-------|-------------------------|
A#|-----------------------15-17-|-18~~--------------------|
F#|-----------------------------|---------15fb-(15)--12---|
C#|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D#|-20\--3p0--------------------|-------------------------|
D#|-15-17-18~~-----------|--------------------------------|
A#|------------15-17-18--|--------------------------------|
F#|----------------------|-15fb---15~~--------------------|
C#|----------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|----------------------|--------------------------------|
D#|----------------------|--------------------------------|
D#|-15-17-18~~--------|-----------------------------------|
A#|------------15-17--|-18~~------------------------------|
F#|-------------------|--------15fb--(15)--12-------------|
C#|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
G#|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
D#|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
D#|-15-17-18~~-----------|--18fb---18~~-------------------|
A#|------------15-17-18--|--------------------------------|
F#|----------------------|----------------------The-------|
C#|----------------------|----------------------End.....--|
G#|----------------------|--------------------------------|
D#|----------------------|--------------------------------|

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| x Dead note

| (n) Ghost note

| p Pull-off

| \ Slide down

| ~ Vibrato

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