---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN- REO Speedwagon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: THE MAN There arent enough speedwagon tabs available to the public...but heres a start Tuning: Standard INTRO/BRIDGE (do some pick scratching between the chords...to make it sound better) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------6*b8-------------------| G|---3--3-0--0--3--3-0--0----------3--3-0--0--3--3-------------------------| D|---3--3-0--0--3--3-0--0------3---3--3-0--0--3--3-------------------------| A|-------------------------3h5---------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Light PM--| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---3--3-0--0--3--3-0---------7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2-------------| D|---3--3-0--0--3--3-0------3--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2-------------| A|----------------------3h5----5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--3-3--1-1--0-0-------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| VERSE PM-----------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|o-----------------------------8-8-9-8------------------------------------| G|---------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------| D|--5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5| A|o-5-5-5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5| E|--3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3| ^play these chords as many times as needed. I hope your familiar with the song. e|------------------|--------------------------| B|-|-1st Ending-|--o|---2nd Ending-into chorus-| G|------------------|--------------------------|continue right into the D|--2-2-3-3-4-4-----|-6-6-7-7------------------|chorus A|--2-2-3-3-4-4----o|-6-6-7-7------------------| E|--0-0-1-1-2-2-----|-4-4-5-5------------------| CHORUS e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|o-----------------------------------------------------------------------o| G|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------| D|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----| A|o--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---o| E|------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------| D|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-6-7| A|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-6-7| E|-----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-4-5| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-4-5-7------------------------------| D|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-4-5-7------------------------------| A|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--1-2-3-5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Gary Richarth's Soloing ability is beyond my interpreting ability (im am deeply sorry) I can tell you that the guitar solo is in the key of G...and its played in pentatonic scales. The rythm is the verse. first note of the first solo is B|---18b20---------| in the second solo its G|---5b7---| try to work off that order INTRO VERSE CHORUS BRIDGE VERSE CHORUS BRIDGE SOLO 1 CHORUS BRIDGE SOLO 2 | / slide up There it is- id figure out the solo, | \ slide down but i dont have enought patience | h hammer-on I HOPE ITS HELPFUL | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | * pinch harmonic | b bend string ============================================================================