Once Bitten Twice Shy Great White
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* Once Bitten Twice Shy *
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This is one of the best songs of the 80's. And it's not to hard to
play just the chords. This s a very extensive tab that took quite
a while to make so please give feedback. Jsals2k@yahoo.com
I. Hunter
1. Chords and rhythm
[C5] [G5] [D5/A] [Bb5] [Eb5/Bb] [F5] [G]
[EA]810[D]10[GBE]XXX [EADGBE]355XXX [EADGBE]5577XX [EADGBE]688XXX [EADGBE]6688XX [EADGBE]133XXX [EADGBE]355433
[G5/D] [D5] [Bb7] [F5/C]
[E]10[A]10[D]12[G]12[BE]XX [E]10[A]12[D]12[GBE]XXX [EADGBE]6867XX [EAD]8810[G]10[BE]XX
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2. Song structure and lyrics:
Intro: |C5 |C5 |C5 |C5 |C5 |C5 |
Verse 1:
[C5]Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a [G5]hummin' and a strummin' all [D5]over God's world
[C5]You can't remember when you got your last meal
And [G5]you don't know just how a [D5]woman feels
[Bb7]You didn't know what rock 'n' roll was
Un- [Eb/Bb]til you met my drummer on a grey tour bus
[Bb7]I got there in the nick of time
Be- [Eb/Bb]fore he got his hands across your state line
Chorus:
I said [C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe [G]
Verse 2:
Now its the [C5]middle of the night on the open road
The [G5]heater don't work and it's [D5]oh-so cold
[C5]You're lookin' tired, you're lookin' kinda beat
The [G5]rhythm of the street sure [D5]knocks you off your feet
[Bb7]You didn't know how rock 'n' roll looked
Un- [Eb/Bb]til you caught your sister with the guys from the group
[Bb7]Half-way home in the parking lot
By the [Eb/Bb]look in her eyes she was givin' what she got
Chorus
Solo:
|C5 |C5 |F5 |F5 | 2x
Well [C5]Woman you're a mess gonna die in your sleep
There's [G5]blood on my amp and my [D5]fenders beat
[C5]Can't keep you home, you're messin' around
My [G5]best friend told me you're the [D5]best lick in town
[Bb7]You didn't know that rock 'n' roll burned
[Eb/Bb]So you bought a candle and you live and you learn
[Bb7]You got the rhythm, you got the speed
[Eb/Bb]Mamma's little baby likes it short and sweet
Chorus plus:
I said [C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F]shy
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3. Tabs
There are two rhythm guitars, but I don't have a clue who's who.
So I just call them rhythm guitar 1 (the guitar panned to your right
speaker) and 2 (the guitar panned to your left speaker).
Rhythm guitar 1
===============
Use all downstrokes unless indicated otherwise
Intro:
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|----------------x-------x---10--|10--10-h12------10------x---10-10| E|8-------8-------x-------x---8---|8---8-----------8-------x---8--8-|
. [D] ([u]. = short)
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------12------| E|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------13------12--10--| E|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|
. .
Verse:
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|----10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------10\-----| E|**--8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8-\-----|
. .
(* The last notes of the previous bar are still ringing here on
the first half of the first beat. So don't strike the C5-chord
here. In following verses you do strike the C5-chord here).
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|----7---9-------7-------9-------| A|\5--5---7-------5-------7---0---|5---5---5-------5-------5-------| E|\3--3---3-------3-------3-------|----------------------------3/--|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|10------12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------10\-----| E|8-------8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8-\-----|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|----------------7-------9-------| D|--------------------------------|7---7---9-------7-------9---2---| A|\5--5---7-------5-------7-------|5---5---5-------5-------5---0---| E|\3--3---3-------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|
. . .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------| A|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------| D|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|1---1---1-------1-------1-------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------| A|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|1---1---1-------1-------1-------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------| D|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
The Bb- and the Eb-chords are quite a stretch in first position. I've
choosen for this as the low F can only be reached in the first
position. You can also play these chords in the sixth position but
then the distance to the low F is very large.
This would be the alternative:
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|8---8---10------8-------10------|8---8---10------8-------10------| E|6---6---6-------6-------6-------|6---6---6-------6-------6---1---|
. . . .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|8---8---10------8-------10------|8---8---10------8-------10------| A|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6-------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|
Chorus:
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------| B||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------| G||---------------------------------|-------------------------------| D||---------------------------------|-------------------------------| A||*10--10--12------12-p10--10--10--|----10--12------12-p10--10\----| E||-8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|----8---8-------8-------8-\----|
.
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------*|| G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|| D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|| A|3---3---5-------5--p3---3---3---|----3---5-------5--p3---3-------*|| E|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1-------1--------||
. .
Play these four bars three times but replace the two last bars the
third time by:
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-3-| B|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-3-| G|--------------------------------|----------------------------4-4-| D|--------------------------------|----------------------------5-5-| A|3---3---5-------5--p3---3---3---|----3---5-------5--p3---3---5-5-| E|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1-------1---3-3-|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------| B|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------| G|4---------------------------4---|--- Let the last chord ring ----| D|5---------------------------5---|------ through this bar --------| A|5---------------------------5---|--------------------------------| E|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
Rhythm guitar 2
===============
Use all downstrokes
Intro:
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------- REST -----------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|10------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|8-------------------------------|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E||----------------------------------|| B||*--------------------------------*|| G||----------------------------------|| D||-10--10----------10---------------|| A||*10--10--12------10------12------*|| 4x E||-8---8---8-------8-------8---8----||
Grab the both notes on the tenth position by making a little bar with
your ringfinger.
Verse:
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10/-| D|10--10----------10--------------|10--10----------10--10------10/-| A|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10--10--12--8-/-| E|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8---8---8---8-/-|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|12--12----------12--------------|--------------------------------| D|12--12--14------12------14------|12--12----------12------\-------| A|10--10--10------10------10--10--|12--12--14------12------\-------| E|10*-10--10------10------10--10--|10--10--10------10------\---3/--|
. .
*make a bar with your indexfinger for the 10th position
and a bar with your ringfinger for the 12th position
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10/-| D|----10----------10--------------|10--10----------10--10------10/-| A|----10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10--10--12--8-/-| E|/8--8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8---8---8---8-/-|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|12--12----------12--------------|----------------------------6/--| D|12--12--14------12------14------|12--12----------12------\---5/--| A|10--10--10------10------10--10--|12--12--14------12------\---7/--| E|10--10--10------10------10--10--|10--10--10------10------\---5/--|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|7---7-----------7-----------7---|7---7-----------7-----------8---| D|6---6-----------6-----------6---|6---6-----------6-----------8---| A|8---8---10------8-------10--8---|8---8---10------8-------10--6---| E|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|8---8-----------8---8-------8---|8---8-----------8---8-------2/--| D|8---8---10------8---8---10--8---|8---8---10------8---8---10--1/--| A|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6-------6---6---6---3/--| E|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6-------6---6---6---1/--|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|7---7-----------7-----------7---|7---7-----------7-----------8---| D|6---6-----------6-----------6---|6---6-----------6-----------8---| A|8---8---10------8-------10--8---|8---8---10------8-------10--6---| E|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|
. .
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|8---8-----------8---8-------8---|8---8-------8---8---8-------8---| D|8---8---10------8---8---10--8---|8---8---10--8---8---8---10--8---| A|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---| E|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|
. .
Chorus:
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10--| D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---10--| A|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---8---| E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---8---|
[D] [u] [D].[D] [u] [D] [u] [u] [D] [D] [u] [D] [u]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x-------| D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---10--| A|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10--| E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---8---|
.
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------10-| D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----10-| A|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----8--| E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x----8--|
.
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|--------------------------------| D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|x---8---x---8---x---8---x---10--| A|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|x---8---x---8---x---8---x---10--| E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----------------------------8---|
.
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------10-| D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----10-| A|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----8--| E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x----8--|
.
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---12-12-| D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---12-12-| A|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10-10-| E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10-10-|
. D u D D u
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|12--------------------------12--|--- Let the last chord ring ----| D|12--------------------------12--|------ through this bar --------| A|10--------------------------10--|--------------------------------| E|10--------------------------10--|--------------------------------|
Solo:
The backing for the solo is the same as the first eight bars of
the chorus.
Before you start with the solo you'll have to learn an old country-lick
which is used in rock many times (if you don't know it already).
Play the following triad:
E|--8--| E|-----| For this E|-----| B|--8--| Now it's B|-----| lick you B|-----| G|--9--| about this G|--9--| have to G|-7b9-| D|-----| note: D|-----| bend the D|-----| A|-----| A|-----| note up A|-----| E|-----| E|-----| from the E|-----|
7th pos.
In order to place E|--8--| Play the bend with E|-8---| this into the B|--8--| your ringfinger B|-8---| chord you'll G|-----| (supported by the G|-7b9-| have to place D|-----| middle finger and/or D|-----| a small bar A|-----| the index finger if A|-----| with your pinky E|-----| necessary) E|-----|
on the 8th pos.
The full lick Francis plays:
[1] [+] [2] [+]
E|8-------8---8---| B|8-------8---8---| G|7b9r7---5---5---| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------|
Here's the solo
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---| B|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---| G|--------------------------------|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|8-------8---8-------------------|--------8-------8---8---10b12---| B|8-------8---8------*8-----------|----8-----------8---8-----------| G|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---|7/9---------10------------------| D|--------------------7-----------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
. *keep your lefthandfingers in position while
placing the ringfinger on the 7th fret of
the D-string
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|10b12r10---8---10--8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---| B|-----------------------8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---| G|-----------------------------------|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---| D|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|8-------8---8-------------------| B|8-------8---8-----------13--15--| G|7b9r7---5---5------/14----------| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|15----15----15--------15---------15--15---| B|15b17-15b17-15b17-----15b17r15---13--15---| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------|
. (.=short)
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E|15--------15--15\-----------------| B|15b17r15--13--13\-----------------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|
Great White Rules
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