This is done by ear, so apologies if not 100% accurate. Sounds ok to me though..... Just a note , on the chorus, the notes on the riff coincide with the lyrics, so play that note on that lyric, just to make it a bit easier for coordination. Any improvements, let me know [email protected] Power chords for verses (palm muted!!!) G C Em E|-| |-| |-| B|-| |-| |-| G|-| |-| |-| D|-| |5| |-| A|5| |3| |2| E|3| |-| |0| Intro - Play through twice GI E|-----------------------------------------------| B|----12-12----12------12---12----12-13-13-12----| G|-14-------14------14---------14-------------14-| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| GII E|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| A|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| GI E|-----------------------------------------------| B|----12-12----12------12---12----12-15-15-12----| G|-14-------14------14---------14-------------14-| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| GII E|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| D|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| A|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| E|---------------------------------| GI E|-----------------------------------------------| B|----12-12----12------12---12----12-13-13-12----| G|-14-------14------14---------14-------------14-| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| GII E|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| A|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|-3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| GI E|-----------------------------------------------| B|----12-12-12-12--------------------------------| G|-14--------------14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| GII E|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-----------------| Verse (Palm-Muting) G The cool is dead, baby go on and sleep C Rest your weary head and lover bury me G And in the morning we'll start over again Em C That's how they do it up on the screen (Then second guitar plays the riff below palm muted, rhythm no longer palm muted) G See me and my baby we would dance all night E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12----------------------14-15-14----| G|-14-12-14-12----12-14-12-14-12-14-12----------12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| C And I would know the steps in my baby's time E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12----------------------14-15-14----| G|-14-12-14-12----12-14-12-14-12-14-12----------12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| G To do it like they do for the girls uptown E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12----------------------14-15-14----| G|-14-12-14-12----12-14-12-14-12-14-12----------12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Em C I heard they light 'em up like the blues E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12----------------------------------| G|-14-12-14-12----12-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Pre-Chorus So I'm waiting (so I'm waiting) E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| And she's waiting (and she's waiting) E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| For us to remember................ E|----------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------12-------| G|-------------------------------12h14----12-12-| D|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12h14---------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| Chorus So was I good to you, the wife of my youth? E|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|-------1212-11-12-12-11-----------------| D|------------------------14--14-12-12-12-| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do, so E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-12h14p12---12---12----12h14----12---------------------------| A|-------------------------------------14-14-14-14-14-12-12-10-| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| I would wait on the edges in between E|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|-12-12-11-12----12-11-----------------| D|-----------------------14-14-14-12-12-| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| These New York streets, where you and I would meet E|------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------12------------------12----------------| G|-------12-12h14-----14///////-14-----------14-12---12-| D|-12h14------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| Then play intro again. Verse 2 (Palm muting) G For twenty nine years we loved that line C And I would take it easy if I had your mind G But I'm a cannonball to a house on fire (no chord here) And you're slow like Motown soul (Then second guitar plays the riff below palm muted, rhythm no longer palm muted) G So what man wouldn't love her with her long black hair? E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12----------------------14-15-14----| G|-14-12-14-12----12-14-12-14-12-14-12----------12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| C If I cut you up maybe I came to bear E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12----------------------14-15-14----| G|-14-12-14-12----12-14-12-14-12-14-12----------12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| G To bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12----------------------14-15-14----| G|-14-12-14-12----12-14-12-14-12-14-12----------12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Em C And I'm the only one not here E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------12----------------------------------| G|-14-12-14-12----12-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Pre-Chorus So I'm waiting (so I'm waiting) E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| And she's waiting (and she's waiting) E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| For us to remember................ E|----------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------12-------| G|-------------------------------12h14----12-12-| D|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12h14---------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| Chorus So was I good to you, the wife of my youth? E|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|-------1212-11-12-12-11-----------------| D|------------------------14--14-12-12-12-| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do, so E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-12h14p12---12---12----12h14----12---------------------------| A|-------------------------------------14-14-14-14-14-12-12-10-| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| I would wait on the edges in between E|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|-12-12-11-12----12-11-----------------| D|-----------------------14-14-14-12-12-| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| These New York streets, where you and I would meet E|------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------12------------------12----------------| G|-------12-12h14-----14///////-14-----------14-12---12-| D|-12h14------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| Bridge And only E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| I..........................................can E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Heal...............your wounds. E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------12-12-12-12-12-13-12----| G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----------------------14-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Only I..........................................can E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Heal...............your wounds. E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------12-12-12-12-12-13-12----| G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----------------------14-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| When you can't go on E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------------| D|-------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------| E|-------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| And can't go on E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------12-12-12-12-12-13-12----| G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----------------------14-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| And you can't go on E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------------| D|-------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------| E|-------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| When you know E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Hold on E|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|-7-7-7h9------------7-7-7h9-| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| Was I good to you, the wife of my youth, not another soul could love you like E|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|-7-7-7h9------------7-7-7h9-| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| My......... E|----------------| B|----------------| G|-12-12-12-11-11-| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------| Chorus So was I good to you, the wife of my youth? E|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|-------1212-11-12-12-11-----------------| D|------------------------14--14-12-12-12-| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do, so E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-12h14p12---12---12----12h14----12---------------------------| A|-------------------------------------14-14-14-14-14-12-12-10-| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| I would wait on the edges in between E|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|-12-12-11-12----12-11-----------------| D|-----------------------14-14-14-12-12-| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| And I would wait on the edges in between E|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------12-12-11-12----12-11----------------| D|-12h14----------------------14-14-14-12-12-| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| And I would wait on the edges in between E|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------12-12-11-12----12-11----------------| D|-12h14----------------------14-14-14-12-12-| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| These New York streets, on These New York streets E|--------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------12-----------------------------12-------| G|-------12-12h14-----14///////-12----12///12h14----14///-| D|-12h14--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| Where you and I would meet E|------------------------| B|------12----------------| G|-14----------14-12---12-| D|------------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| Thanks.
