Shoot Out the Lights

Tab

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From phillip@flagstaff.Princeton.EDU Thu May 5 19:49:45 1994

Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 02:20:05 GMT

Subject: TAB: Shoot Out the Lights, Richard Thompson (w/solos)

I got inspired to type in the solos. This will be part of the Shoot Out

the Lights Album tab at nevada.edu, IF I can get it added to the

archive. Enjoy!

SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS

(partly derived from Summer 1991 Guitar Extra)

Intro

D/A E5 D/F# E5 D/F# E5 D/A

Intro

D/F# E (4 times)

E D/F# E

In the Dark who can see his face?

E D/F# E

In the Dark, who can reach him?

E D/F# E

He hides like a child

E A B

He hides like a child

B A B

Keeps his finger on the trigger

B/F# C#m

He can't stand the day

E E E/G# D/F# E

Shoot out the lights

E E E/G# D/F# E

Shoot out the lights

Keep the blind down on the window

Keep the pain on the inside

Just watching the dark

And he might laugh but you won't see him

As he thunders through the night

Shoot out the Lights

Gtr solo 1

E5 D/A E

D/A E5 D/A

E5 A

B A

B C#m

E5 D E5

E5 E/G# D/F# E5

In the darkness the shadows move

In the darkness the game is real

Real as a gun

As he watches the streets of the city

And he moves through the night

Shoot out the lights

Outro Gtr Solos

E5 D/A

[semi-harmonics--------------------------------------|

E5 D/A

semi-harmonics

-|---------------12------------------------12-12-14----|
-|---------15-------12-------------15---------------0--|
-|-14b16vv----14-------------14b16----AH14----------0--|
-|---------------------14-14---------------------------|
-|-----------------------------------------------------|
-|-----------------------------------------------------|

D/A

-|--AH14-17-17-17-14-17-17-17-17-17b19-17b19vv-|

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

vv=heavy vibrato

-|-b19vv-b19vv-b19vv-17b19vv-b19vv-17b19r17p15-17b19-b19----|

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

[vv=heavy vibrato----------------------------------------|

E5 A

-|-19r17p15-17b19vv-b19vv-b19vv-b19vv-b19vv-b19vv-----|

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

[vv=heavy vibrato------------------------|

-|--b19vv-b19vv-b19vv-b19vv-b19vv-17v19r17p15-17b19---|

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

[vv=heavy vibrato---------------------------------|

-|-17b19vv-b19vv-b19--r17---------------------------------|
-|---------------17b19r17-0-15-15-15-14s15-15-15-14s15-15-|
-|------------------------0-16-16-16-15s16-16-16-15s16-16-|
-|--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------------------------|

B C#m

-|---------------------------------12----|-12-------12--------------------12-12-12-12-|
-|-15b16-15b16-15b16-15b16-15\-----12-12-|-12-15b17-----------------------12-12-12----|
-|-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-16\--4/-------|-----------------12h14-14b16r14-------------|
-|---------------------------------------|-------------14vv---------------------------|
-|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
-|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

E D E5

E5 E D E5

-|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------|
-|---------12b15-------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------|
-|---------12b14-12b15-|-9b12--------------|-------------------------|-----------0-|
-|-14vv-14-------------|------9b12-7b9-6b7-|-------------------------|-----4-2-2---|
-|---------------------|-------------------|-5b7-4b5r4.5-5b6-5b6r5s3-|-----2-0-0-0-|
-|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-2b4-4-2-2-0-|

E5 D/A E5

-|----------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
-|-7--7-------7---|-/7-----7-----7-----7-|-9--10--10----10-----10----|
-|-7--7-------7---|-/7-----7-----7-----7-|-9--11--11b12-11-----11----|
-|-9--9--6s9--9s6-|-/9--6-/9--6-/9--6-/9-|-9--9---9---------0--------|
-|----------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
-|----------------|----------------------|---------------------------|

[tremelo picking--------------------------------------------------|

E5 D/A E5

-|------------------------------|----------------------------|
-|-10b12-10b12-10b12-10b12r10---|------------------12--12vvv-|
-|-11b13-11b13-11b13-11b13r11---|----------------------------|
-|----------------------------0-|-0h14-14vv-0h14p0-----------|
-|------------------------------|----------------------------|
-|------------------------------|----------------------------|

E5 D/A E5

-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
-|----------12vvv------------------|-12vvv--------12vvv--------12-----|
-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
-|---0h14p0-------0h14p0h14-0h14p0-|-------0h14p0-------0h14p0----0---|
-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

E5 A

-|----16----16--16--16----16--12----16----15----|
-|-12-15b17-b17-b17-15b17-b17-12-12-16----15----|
-|-0-----------------------------------16----15-|
-|----------------------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------------------|

B A

-|-14-------14-14-------14-14-------------14-14-14-|--------------------------------|
-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14\----------------------------|
-|----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----------|-14\----------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|---------2-4b6-4-2--------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|-----2-4-----------4-2----------|
-|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------2-2-2-2/-|

-|-X\-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14p12----|
-|-X\-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14p12-12-|
-|-X\-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14p12-12-|
-|-------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------|

C#m

-|-15-------15-------15-------15-12-------12------------|
-|-14-12-14-14-14-12-14-14-12-14-12-12-14-12-12---------|
-|-------------14-12----14-12----12-12-------12---------|
-|----------------------------------------------12h14---|
-|------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------|

[palm mute-------------------|

E5 D E5

-|-----------------------------0-|-17b19--17b19\----19b21b19--19-|
-|--------------10-------------0-|-------------------------------|
-|----------14--11b13r11--11/----|---------------0---------------|
-|-14vvv-14-x--------------------|-------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E5 E5 E D E5

-|----------------------------------|-------------|--------|15-----------------------|
-|-17b19-17----17-17----15----------|-------------|--------|------15-----------------|
-|----------18-------16----------14-|-----4-2-2---|--------|---14-------H12-11-------|
-|----------------------------12----|-----2-0-0---|-----14s|12-------H12-------12-12-|
-|-------------------------12-------|-------------|--------|-------------------------|
-|----------------------------------|-12--4-2-2-0-|-0tt----|-------------------------|

Notation:

H = harmonic

AH = artificial harmonic

b17 = pre-bend (bend or hold note at 17th fret before picking)

tt = tremolo picking

vv = vibrato

4.6 = artificial harmonic (4th fret + .6th fret)