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From jkunz@smcvt.edu Tue Apr  8 13:07:06 1997
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:08:12 -0500
From: jkunz@smcvt.edu
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Subject: TAB: "Russian Roulette" by Van Morrison


>
>"Russian Roulette" by Van Morrison
>Taken from the album "Days Like This"
>Tabbed by Justin Kunz: jkunz@smcvt.edu
>
"I was flabbergasted by the headlines: 'People in Glass Houses Throwing
>Stones.'"-- Van Morrison
>
>CHORDS USED:
E (022100@1)022100
B (x2444x@1)x24442
A (x02220@1)x02220
>G#m	466444

I tried to put the chords over the lyrics, representing exactly where
they change during the song.

INTRO:	E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1) G#m (133111@4)A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)
      E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)  A (x02220@1)         ETake (022100@1)it or leave it, I've heard it been said
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)	  A (x02220@1)      BAll (x2444x@1)this Spring fever's just way over my head
A (x02220@1)	G#m (133111@4)      A (x02220@1)BStealing (x2444x@1)my moments, taking up all my time
		A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B		A (x02220@1)EIt's (022100@1)playing Russian Roulette with my mind
		A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B		A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)    B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)     EIt's (022100@1)none of my business baby, just what's going on
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)	         BI'm (x2444x@1)not going to wait till somebody throw me a bone
            A (x02220@1) G#m (133111@4)   A (x02220@1)      BI'm (x2444x@1)way out on a limb now, and nothing seems to rhyme
		A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B		A (x02220@1)EIt's (022100@1)playing Russian Roulette with my mind
		A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B		A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)	  B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A			   EI (022100@1)think that you've caught on, that you've been used and all
E (022100@1)    B (x2444x@1)	    A (x02220@1)          BI'm (x2444x@1)going down New Orleans, I've got to see Dr. John
A (x02220@1)	G#m (133111@4)        A (x02220@1)       BGot (x2444x@1)my mojo working everything will be fine
	     	 A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)  	   A (x02220@1)EStop (022100@1)playing Russian Roulette with my mind
		A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B		A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)     A (x02220@1)     EIt's (022100@1)not easy baby when everything starts getting out of control
E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)	BHang (x2444x@1)on to your hat now, hang on to your soul
A (x02220@1)   G#m (133111@4)A (x02220@1)    BDon't (x2444x@1)worry baby, I wanna throw you the line
	 	    A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)EThey're (022100@1)playing Russian Roulette with your mind
		A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B		A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   A (x02220@1)        EToo (022100@1)many hustlers, I've been here before
E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1)  A (x02220@1)         BNone (x2444x@1)of them really know just who that you are
		A (x02220@1)   G#m (133111@4)        A (x02220@1)   BEverything (x2444x@1)gets contracted and space gets confined
		     A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)EThey're (022100@1)playing Russian Roulette with your mind
		A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B		A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)		     A (x02220@1)    BThey're (x2444x@1)playing Russian Roulette
		     A (x02220@1)    BThey're (x2444x@1)playing Russian Roulette
		     A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)EThey're (022100@1)playing Russian Roulette with your mind

		     A (x02220@1)    BThey're (x2444x@1)playing Russian Roulette
		     A (x02220@1)    BThey're (x2444x@1)playing Russian Roulette
		     A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)     They're playing Russian Roulette with your mind
>
(HARMONICA SOLO)


>TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK:  Justin Kunz, jkunz@smcvt.edu