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La Woman

The Doors
Tab
4.8(62)

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

Intro

e|---9---------|--7---------|--5---------5\3|
B|-------------|------------|---------------|
G|-------------|------------|---------------|
D|-------------|------------|---------------|
A|-------------|------------|---------------|
E|-------------|------------|---------------|
e|--2h3----2--3--2---0h2-|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-2h3----2--3--2--0--2~~-|
G|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|
e|--------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------------|
G|--6h7p6--7p6-----6--|--6p7--6--7--6----------|
D|--------------7-----|-----------------7---7--|
A|--------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------|
e|--------------------|------------------------|
B|--------------------|------------------------|
G|--6h7p6--7p6-----6--|--6h7p6--7--6-----------|
D|--------------7-----|---------------7--7-----|
A|--------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------|
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|--6h7p6---------|--6h7p6---------|
D|---------7--7---|---------7--7---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

Verse 1

Well I just got into town about an hour ago.

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

Took a look around see which way the wind blows.

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

With a little girl in a Hollywood bungalow.

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------5~~----|
D|--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7---------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light?

e|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------5~~----|
G|--7--6--7--6--7--6--7--6--7--6--7---------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

G (For these

Or just another lost angel, City of night strike the

and let

A G A

City at night, City of night, City of night, Whoa come on

Solo

(may not be exact but you can change it around and it sounds good.)

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------0-2-4-4b----4--2-----2~~~--|
D|--------------0-2-4------------------4---------|
A|--------0-2-4----------------------------------|
E|--0-2-4----------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-2-4--4b--2-----2--4b--4--2-----4b---2-----2-----2--4--|
D|--0-2-4---------------4---------------4----------4-----4--------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0--5---5---5--7--5--7--7b--5-----5--7--5---7--7--7---|
B|--------------------------------7----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|--9--9--9---10--10--10---9--9--9-----9\7---7--7--7~~---|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|--7\5---5--5--5~~----5\3---|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
e|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
G|--6h7p6--7--6--7~~~--|-7p6--------6~~~---|-7--6----------|
D|---------------------|--------7----------|--------7---7--|
A|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|--6h7p6--7--6--------|
D|---------------7--7--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Then we go back to echoing a voice phrase with the guitar.

LA Woman

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-7b----5--7--7b~~~---|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

LA Woman

e|---------------------|
B|-8br-----------------|
G|--------5~~~~--------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

LA Woman Sunday afternoon

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------5~~~-----|
D|--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7-----------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

LA Woman Sunday Afternoon

e|---------------------------------|
B|--7br----------------------------|
G|--7br---5-------5----------------|
D|-----------7-------7-------------|
A|----------------------7--7~~~~---|
E|---------------------------------|

LA woman sunday afternoon drive through you suburbs

G A

into your blues. into your blues.

G A

into your blue, blue, blue, into your blues Oh yeah

(Piano Break)

Now the guitar plays this part under these words.

A G A G

e|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------2--0-------------|-------2--0-------------|
G|-----2----------0-----0--|----2----------0-----0--|
D|--2----------------0-----|-2----------------0-----|
A|-------------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------------|

A G A G A G

I See your hair is burning

e|-------------------------|------------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------------|
G|-------------------------|------------------------|
D|--2----------------0-----|-2----------------0-----|
A|-------------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------------|

A G A G A G

I See your hair is burning

A G A G A G

Hills are filled with fire.

A G A G A G

If they say I never loved you

A G A G A G

You know they are a liar.

A G A G A G (Switch back to chords)

Drivin down your freeway

A G A G A G

Midnight alleys roam.

A

Cops in cars the topless bars, never saw a woman

G A

So alone, so alone

Back to guitar echoing the voice.

Motel money murder madness

e|---------------------------------|
B|--5--7br-------------------------|
G|----------5--7---7---5-----5--7--|
D|------------------------7--------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Lets change the mood from glad to sadness.

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

************************************

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

| br Bend release

| \ Slide down

| ~ Vibrato

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