lead guitar [bars 1-5]:
rhythm guitar [bars 3-8]:
v v v v
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
----------2-----5-----7*--
-0*-0-/4----/7----/9--0---
* 1st only * 5th only
bass [bars 5-8]:
v v v v
----------4--4------------
-4**---6--------------6---
-7*-7-----------5--4------
--------------------------
* first time
** repeats
lead guitar [bars 6-8]:
6 7
v v v v v v v v
--------------------------|--------------------------
--------------------------|----------12----15----17--
--------------------------|------/13---/16-----------
----------9-----12----14--|----14--------------------
----7-/11---/14---/16-----|--------------------------
--------------------------|--------------------------
8
v v v v
-19b21-----19b21---16-19-16-------------
----------------------------19-17-19b21-
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
triplets
Verse 1:
E (w/intro riff)
It's a hard life but you play it for laughs
It's a cold-hearted business, keep away from the draft
FA#m LAAnd your fingers and your throat get sore
FA#m LA SIBut they're out there beggin' for some more
Chorus
So play on (while the lights shine around your head)
SOL# DO#m SOL#7 DO#mPlay on (every night in a different bed)
LA LAsus2 LA FA#m/SIAnd the nights go on and...
[1, 3: E (intro riff, 2X)]
[2: (to bridge)]
[4: G#m A (to coda)]
...on
Verse 2:
Take a break and find a place you can hide
'Cause tonight you're got to be a star personified
You're rushin' round to get your plane
Then it's back in the bubble again
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
DO
Critics comin' 'cause you're Number One (Number One)
LAmPlay your hits and all the girls will come
(So play on) play on
DO(Play on) play on
LA LA/SIPlay on
[repeat intro riff, 2X]
[guitar solo over verse chords]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 1 w/harmony vocal]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
The nights go on and on
lead guitar (rhythm guitar plays jangly E-based figure):
(E) [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
---------|-----------0-2-4-|-----------0-2-4-|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
---------|-----------1-2-4-|-----------1-2-4-|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2-0-
(...on)
bass:
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
---------|-----------131416|-------------1413|-----------------
---------|-----------------|-----------14----|---14--14--5-4-2-
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----14----------
---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
(...on)
guitar:
E5 [N.C.] E5 [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v
--------------------------|--------------------------
--------------------------|--------------------------
--------------------------|--------------------------
--------------------------|----------9-----12----14--
----------2-----5-----7---|----7-/11---/14---/16-----
-0--0-/4----/7----/9------|--------------------------
bass:
v v v v v v v v
--------------------------|--------------------------
----------------------2---|----------------2--2--2---
----------------x--x------|--------------------------
--------------------------|--------------------------
^ ^ drum accent
guitars:
MI5v v v v
--------------------------
----------12----15-16-17--
------/13---/16-----------
----14----------------2---
----------------------2---
----------------3--2--0---
^^^^^^^ rhythm guitar
bass:
v v v v
--------------------------
----------------5--4--2---
--------------------------
--------------------------
lead guitar [bars 1-5]:
rhythm guitar [bars 3-8]:
v v v v
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
----------2-----5-----7*--
-0*-0-/4----/7----/9--0---
* 1st only * 5th only
bass [bars 5-8]:
v v v v
----------4--4------------
-4**---6--------------6---
-7*-7-----------5--4------
--------------------------
* first time
** repeats
lead guitar [bars 6-8]:
6 7
v v v v v
..v v v
--------------------------|---
--------------------------|---
--------------------------|---
----------9-----12----14--|---
----7-/11---/14---/16-----|---
--------------------------|---
...
-|-----------------------
-|-------12----15----17--
-|---/13---/16-----------
-|-14--------------------
-|-----------------------
-|-----------------------
8
v v v v
-19b21-----19b21---16-19-16------
----------------------------19-17
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
...
-|-------
-|-19b21-
-|-------
-|-------
-|-------
-|-------
triplets
Verse 1:
E (w/intro riff)
It's a hard life but you play it
..for laughs
It's a cold-hearted business,
..keep away from the draft
FA#mAnd your fingers and your throat
LA..get sore
But they're out there beggin' for
LA SI..some more
Chorus
MI LA/MI
So play on (while the lights
..shine around your head)
SOL# DO#mPlay on (every night in a
SOL#7 DO#m..different bed)
And the nights go on and...
[1, 3: E (intro riff, 2X)]
[2: (to bridge)]
[4: G#m A (to coda)]
...on
Verse 2:
Take a break and find a place you
..can hide
'Cause tonight you're got to be a
..star personified
You're rushin' round to get your
..plane
Then it's back in the bubble
..again
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
DO
Critics comin' 'cause you're
..Number One (Number One)
LAmPlay your hits and all the girls
..will come
MIm(So play on) play on
DO(Play on) play on
Play on
[repeat intro riff, 2X]
[guitar solo over verse chords]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 1 w/harmony vocal]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
FA#m SOL#m LA LA/SI MI
The nights go on and on
lead guitar (rhythm guitar plays
..jangly E-based figure):
(E)
.. [N.C.]
v v v v v v v v v
..v v v v v v v
---------|-----------0-2-4-|------
---------|-----------------|------
---------|-----------1-2-4-|------
---------|-----------------|------
---------|-----------------|------
---------|-----------------|------
...
-|-----0-2-4-|-----------------
-|-----------|-----------------
-|-----1-2-4-|-----------------
-|-----------|-----------------
-|-----------|-----------------
-|-----------|-----------3-2-0-
(...on)
bass:
v v v v v v v v v
..v v v v v v v
---------|-----------131416|------
---------|-----------------|------
---------|-----------------|------
---------|-----------------|------
...
-|-------1413|-----------------
-|-----14----|---14--14--5-4-2-
-|-----------|-----14----------
-|-----------|-----------------
(...on)
guitar:
E5 [N.C.]
.. E5 [N.C.]
v v v v v
..v v v
--------------------------|-----
--------------------------|-----
--------------------------|-----
--------------------------|-----
----------2-----5-----7---|----7
-0--0-/4----/7----/9------|-----
...
-|---------------------
-|---------------------
-|---------------------
-|-----9-----12----14--
-|-/11---/14---/16-----
-|---------------------
bass:
v v v v v
..v v v
--------------------------|-------
----------------------2---|-------
----------------x--x------|-------
--------------------------|-------
...
-|-------------------
-|---------2--2--2---
-|-------------------
-|-------------------
^ ^ drum accent
guitars:
MI5v v v v
--------------------------
----------12----15-16-17--
------/13---/16-----------
----14----------------2---
----------------------2---
----------------3--2--0---
^^^^^^^ rhythm
..guitar
bass:
v v v v
--------------------------
----------------5--4--2---
--------------------------
--------------------------
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