Tabbed by Oliver Keeble Here's the riff; it's done with a D shape, going to 4 then removing your first finger to make G; then lots of hammer-ons. * * * * * * * * * e --------------2------2-h3-3-------------3------------------------- | B --------3-------3----3----3---3---------3------------------------- | G --------------------------------0-------0------------------------- | D 0---------------------------------------------------0h2-0-------0- | A ------------------------------------------------0h2------h2-0h2--- | E --------------------------------------------0h3------------------- | D5 G5 Hometown, same town blues D5 G5 Same old walls closing in D5 G5 Oh what a life a mess can be D5 I'm sitting here thinking of you once again G5 Won't you talk to me D5 D5 G5 C5 D5 D5 G5 C5 D5 Well, time won't wait, better open the gate D5 Get up and start what needs to be done D5 D5 G5 C5 D5 It's winding down, there's much you missed D5 Working on that graveyard shift D5 D5 G5 C5 D5 D5 G5 C5 A5 G5 A5 G5 Well, I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along A5 G5 A5 G5 D5 If what I see is true I could learn to believe G5 D5 Can't look away G5 D5 G5 D5 The powers that be might take it all away A5 G5 D5 Together we burn, together we burn away Some say a land of paradise Some say a land of pain Well, which side are you looking from Some people have it all Some ?all to gain? Well a man in a tie'll bum your dime 'Fore he breaks his twenty dollar bill There's plenty of reasons in this world We're no longer standing still But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along If what I see is true I could learn to believe Can't look away The powers that be might take it all away Together we burn, together we burn away D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 Dbend C5 G5 C5 G5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 Dbend C5 G5 C5 G5 Bb5 There's too much time spent looking for a reason It's the simple ones that ?beat? the most truth Oh, what a life a mess can be I'm sitting here thinking of you once again Give a thought to me Well, time won't wait, better open the gate Get up and start what needs to be done It's running down, there's much you missed Working on that graveyard shift But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along If what I see is true I could learn to believe Can't look away The powers that be might take it all away Together we burn, together we burn away D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 Dbend C5 G5 C5 G5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 Dbend C5 G5 C5 G5 Bb5 D5 D5 G5 C5 D5 ***************************************************************************** Notes For the D G/D bit the following sounds best to me * * * * * D5 D5 D5 D5 G5 --------------5-------------------- | 7-------7-----7-7---8-------7---7-- | 7-------7-----7-7---7-------7---7-- | 7-------7-----7-7---5-------7---7-- | 5-------5-----5-5---5-------5---5-- | x-------x-----x-x---x-------x---x-- | For the D D4 D Dbend bit play open chords and just pick the first bit, then bend the top 3 strings (ie the fretted ones) up.