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Skid Row
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★4.6(3)

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BONEHEAD - SKID ROW

(Bolan, Snake)

(From the album: sUBHUMAN rACE)

intro riff 1 [heavy palm mute] [light mute]

e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
A |-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
E |---------5-5-5-5------------------|---------5-5-5-5------------------|

with drums,

e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
A |-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
E |---------5-5-5-5------------------|---------5-5-5-5------------------|
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7------|
A |-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5------|
E |---------5-5-5-5------------------|---------5-5-5-5------------------|

intro riff 2

e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|
e |------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5----4-3-2-|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5----4-3-2-|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3----2-1-0-|

verse 1:

e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|
e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|--------------5-------4--3--2--|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|--------------5-------4--3--2--|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0---2--1--0--|
e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|
e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|-------------------------------|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|-------------------------------|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
A |-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
E |---------5-5-5-5------------------|---------5-5-5-5------------------|
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5---4--3--2--|
A |-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3---4--3--2--|
E |---------5-5-5-5------------------|---------5-5-5-5---------2--1--0--|

verse 2:

e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|
e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|--------------5-------4--3--2--|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|--------------5-------4--3--2--|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0---2--1--0--|
e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|
e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|-------------------------------|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|-------------------------------|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

chorus 1:

e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|
e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|--5---------------------------|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|--5---------------------------|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3---------------------------|
e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|
e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|--5---------------------------|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|--5---------------------------|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3---------------------------|

pre solo riff: (w/ palm mute)

e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-9\8-x-x---------4/5-x-x-5/7-x-x--|-9\8-x-x---------4/5-x-x-5/7-x-x--|
A |-7\6-x-x-5/7-x-x-2/3-x-x-3/5-x-x--|-7\6-x-x-5/7-x-x-2/3-x-x-3/5-x-x--|
E |---------3/5-x-x------------------|---------3/5-x-x------------------|
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-9\8-x-x---------4/5-x-x-5/7-x-x--|-9\8-x-x---------4/5-x-x-5/7-x-x--|
A |-7\6-x-x-5/7-x-x-2/3-x-x-3/5-x-x--|-7\6-x-x-5/7-x-x-2/3-x-x-3/5-x-x--|
E |---------3/5-x-x------------------|---------3/5-x-x------------------|
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|
A |-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
E |---------5-5-5-5------------------|---------5-5-5-5------------------|
e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--|-8-8-8-8---------5-5-5---4--3--2--|
A |-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-3-3-3---4--3--2--|
E |---------5-5-5-5------------------|---------5-5-5-5---------2--1--0--|

solo over this:

e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|---------------------4--3--2---|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|
e |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D |---------------------4--3--2---|--------------5-------5-5-5-5--|
A |---------------------4--3--2---|--------------5-------5-5-5-5--|
E |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2--1--0---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-3p0-0---3-3-3-3--|

Last chorus (w/ lead)

e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|
e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|--5---------------------------|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|--5---------------------------|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3---------------------------|
e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|-------------5-------5-5--2---|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|
e |------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|------------------------------|
D |-------------5-------5-5--2---|--5---------------------------|
A |-------------5-------5-5--2---|--5---------------------------|
E |--3h4h5\--0--3p0--0--3-3--0---|--3---------------------------|

outro: (Guitar 1)

e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |---15------------12-----14--------|---15------------12-----14--------|
D |---13-----14-----10-----12--------|---13-----14-----10-----12--------|
A |----------12----------------------|----------12----------------------|
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

| |

| |

| (Guitar 2) |

e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-------8-------------5------7-----|-------8-------------5------7-----|
A |-------6------7------3------5-----|-------6------7------3------5-----|
E |--------------5-------------------|--------------5-------------------|

(Guitar 1)

e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |---15------------12-----14--------|---15------------12---------------|
D |---13-----14-----10-----12--------|---13-----14-----10---------------|
A |----------12----------------------|----------12----------------------|
E |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

| |

| |

| (Guitar 2) |

e |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-------8-------------5------7-----|-------8----------5---------------|
A |-------6------7------3------5-----|-------6------7---3---------------|
E |--------------5-------------------|--------------5-------------------|

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Lyrics:

Verse 1:

Is there a problem?

The laugh of the rich man

Has got you crying poor

Are you as heavy

As hell in a handbag

Or just a virgin whore?

If the weight of the world

Is on your shoulders

Then carry it for a day

Do you cry for peace

Or peace of mind;

Is reality in the way?

Verse 2:

Enter the martyr

Out through the in door

The saviour has arrived?

Is all your anger

Force of habit

And keeping you alive?

An empty shotgun

Shooting your mouth off

Something's on your mind

The cheap messiah

Of persecution

Is alive and doing fine

CHORUS

I won't leave if you stay

I don't buy what you say

If you're a new God let me see a miracle

I won't leave if you stay

I don't buy what you say

I can't say that you're a fool

But if you're a new God let me see a miracle

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Simon V.

E-mail: j5816632@ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au

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