#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Subject: s/Springsteen.Bruce/Light_Of_Day.tab To: jamesb@nevada.edu Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 13:48:29 +0200 (EET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 8406 Light Of Day (xxplugged version) by Bruce Springsteen NOTE: Listen to the recording for exact timing & phrasing ! INTRO (4 bars only drums) - Give me some slap on this Fender ! (E) (noise in E) -----------------I----------------I----------------I----------0------|I ------------/3-Z-I----------------I----------------I----------0------|I ------------/4-Z-I----------------I----------------I----------1------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I------------2-0--|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I------------2----|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I----x-----0----|I Ahh...stand back! (3 times) (0:15)B---------------------------------| B (x2444x@1)- - - R P -----0-----------I(0)-------------I----10----------I----10-----------|I -----0-----------I(0)-------------I10--------------I10------10-8----|I -----------------I----------------I.---------------I--------------9--|I -----------------I----------------I.--(lead fig.1)-I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -0---------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I (open string noise) B (x2444x@1) B (x2444x@1)- - - R P -----------------I-------B-R-P----I----10----------I----10-----------|I -----------------I8---------------I10--------------I10------10-8----|I -9-------9------(0)-----2(2)---I----------------I--------------9--|I -----------------(0)------------2-I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I B (x2444x@1) (see above) P -------------10--I----10----------I----10----------I----10-----------|I -10----------10--I10------10-8---I10--------------I10------10-8----|I -----------------I--------------9-I----------------I-------------97-|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I 1/2B (0:40) P P ---------------0-I3------B--R-P---I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0--|I ---------------0-I----------------I--------3-------I--------30303----|I -9---9-----------I-------2-(2)--I------------2-I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I2---------------I2----------------|I -----------------I----------------I--(lead fig.2)--I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----0-------BRP-I----0---BRP----0I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0--|I ---------3-------I---------------0I----0---3-------I----0---3---0----|I -------------2-I--------2-----I------------2-I-----------------|I -2---------------I2-----------2---I----------------I2----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I B- (x2444x@1)RP -----0---0-------I----------------I----0-----------I-----------------|I ---------3---0---I-----0----0-----I----0-----------I-----------------|I ---------------2-I-2-0----0-----I----1-----------I-----------------|I -2---------------I--------2---2---I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I2---------------I-----------------|I -----------------I--------------xI0---------------(0)---------------|I VERSE (0:58) -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -(0)-------------(0)--------------I----------------I-----------------|I Well I've been out ... (main riff) E (022100@1) *=bend down 1/2 step w/bar and R -----------------I-------H--0-----I----------------I-----------------|I ----/3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---0-----I----------------I-----------------|I ----/4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I---------(2)----I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I(2nd guitar)----I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------(0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|I Well I'm alittle (x02210@1)hot wired... E (see above) -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---------I----------------I-----------------|I -----4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------2-----I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -(2nd guitar continue the same)---I----------------I-----------------|I I got some money in my... -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I ------(main riff again)-----------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I I got to make it down to Galveston... A (x02220@1)Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling O.K. B (x2444x@1)Got a little lost along the way CHORUS: (1:29) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)I'm just around the corner to the light of day Well I'm just around the corner to the light of day 2nd VERSE E (4 bars under keyboard fill) E (guitars like in 1st verse) Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah I got rock'n'roll music on my radio I got a brother on a rig just off the Gulf coast He says the girls down there are really the most, man A (x02220@1)Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK B (x2444x@1)I got a little lost along the way CHORUS 2 (2:19) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)Just around the corner to the light of day (repeat 4 times) (KEYBOARD SOLO) (2:44) A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)-----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I ---------H-------I----------------I----------------I-H-------H-------|I .2-Z-------------I--2-Z-----------I--4-----4-------I-----------------|I .2-Z-------2-4-2-IZ-2-Z-----2-4-2-I--4-----4-------I----4-6-----4----|I -0-Z----34-------I--0-Z--34-------Ix-2-----2-------I5/6-----5/6------|I -----------------I----------------I----------------I-----------------|I After the keyboard solo looong improvised guitar solos in E blues scale over the chorus chord progression (E D A). After Bruce finds out that his audience is alive, he leads the band to the third verse: (6:10) E (022100@1)Well I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know I hope he wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter Things can't get any worse, they gotta get better A (x02220@1)I'm a little down under but I'm doing OK B (x2444x@1)Got a little lost along the way CHORUS 3 E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)Just around the corner to the light of day (repeat many times) CODA (7:55) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AE D (xx0232@1) AE D (xx0232@1) AE ---0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I ---0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I -1-1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-1-Z------|I -2(2-2-2)0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z------|I -2-----------0-2-I------------0-2-I------------0-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z------|I -0-------------0-I--------------0-I--------------0-I--0-0-0-0-Z------|I ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Some symbols: - = about 1/16th of a bar B = bend up full step R = release bend P = pull-off H / = hammer-on = slide down / = slide up Comments & corrections welcome Antti Kauppinen akauppi@cs.joensuu.fi