BOULEVARD
As recorded by Jackson Browne
(From the 1980 Album HOLD OUT)
Words and Music by Jackson Browne
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jackson Browne - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'David Lindley - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Jackson Browne - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=148
D/A A D/A A N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------0---------|------0---------|-------0---0---0-|
|-3----2---------|-3----2-------5-|---5s3---2-------|
|-2----2---------|-2----2-------6-|---6s4---2---1---|
|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|-4----2-x-------|-----------------|
|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|-0----0-x-0-x---|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D/A A D/A A D/A A N.C.
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|-------0---0---0--||
|-3----2---------|-3----2---------|-3----2-------5-|---5s3---2--------||
|-2----2---------|-2----2---------|-2----2-------6-|---6s4---2---1----||
|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|-4----2-x-------|------------------||
|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|-0----0-x-0-x---|------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
D/A A D/A A D/A A N.C.
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|-------0---0---0-|
||o-3----2---------|-3----2---------|-3----2-------5-|---5s3---2-------|
||--2----2---------|-2----2---------|-2----2-------6-|---6s4---2---1---|
||--4----2-x-x-x-x-|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|-4----2-x-------|-----------------|
||o-0----0-x-x-x-x-|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|-0----0-x-0-x---|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D/A A D/A A D/A A N.C.
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|-------0---0---0--|
|-3----2---------|-3----2---------|-3----2-------5-|---5s3---2--------|
|-2----2---------|-2----2---------|-2----2-------6-|---6s4---2---1----|
|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|-4----2-x-------|------------------|
|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|-0----0-x-0-x---|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D/A A E F#m
Q. E H W +W W
|------0------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-2----|
|-3----2------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-2----|
|-2----2------|-1--------|-(1)--------|-2----|
|-4----2------|-2--------|-(2)--------|-4----|
|-0----0------|-2--------|-(2)--------|-4----|
|-------------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-2----|
E F#m
+W W +W H. Q
|-(2)--------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-2-----------|
|-(2)--------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-2-----------|
|-(2)--------|-1--------|-(1)--------|-2-----------|
|-(4)--------|-2--------|-(2)--------|-4-----------|
|-(4)--------|-2--------|-(2)--------|-4-----------|
|-(2)--------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-2-----------|
1.
N.C. D/A A
E E E E +H +W Q. E E E E E
|----------------|------------|------0---------|
|----------------|------------|-3----2---------|
|----------------|------------|-2----2---------|
|----------------|------------|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|
|-0-2-4-5-(5)----|-(5)--------|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|
|----------------|------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
| W W W
|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|-2--------------|
|----------------|------------|-2--------------|
|----------------|------------|-0--------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|
D/A A N.C. D/A A
Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|-------0---------|---------0---0---0-|------0---------|
|--3----2-------5-|-----5s3---2-------|-3----2---------|
|--2----2-------6-|-----6s4---2---1---|-2----2---------|
|--4----2-x-------|-------------------|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|
|--0----0-x-0-x---|-------------------|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|
| +W +W H Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-(2)-------------|-(2)---------------|----------------|
|-(2)-------------|-(2)---------------|----------------|
|-(0)-------------|-(0)---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------0-|
N.C.
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------0---------|-------0---------|---------0---0---0--||
|-3----2---------|--3----2-------5-|-----5s3---2-------o||
|-2----2---------|--2----2-------6-|-----6s4---2---1----||
|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|--4----2-x-------|--------------------||
|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|--0----0-x-0-x---|-------------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
| W +W +W
|-0--------------|-(0)-------------|-(0)----------------||
|-2--------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)---------------o||
|-2--------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)----------------||
|-2--------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)----------------||
|-0--------------|-(0)-------------|-(0)---------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
2.,D.S.
E E E E +H +W
|----------------|--------||
|----------------|--------||
|----------------|--------||
|----------------|--------||
|-0-2-4-5-(5)----|-(5)----||
|----------------|--------||
Chorus
G/D D G/D D
Q. E Q E E W Q. E Q E E W
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-12-----10--------|----------------|-12------10---------|----------------|
|-12-----11------7s|=9--------------|-12------11-------7s|=9--------------|
|-12-----12--------|----------------|-12------12---------|----------------|
|----------------5s|=7--------------|------------------5s|=7--------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|--5---5----5--5---|-7--7-7-7-------|--5--5-5--5-5-4-5-6-|-7--7--7-7-7----|
|----------------5-|----------7-5-7-|--------------------|-------------7--|
G/D D
Q. E H E Q. +H
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-12-----10---------|--------------------|
|-12-----11---------|---9------(9)-------|
|-12-----12---------|--------------------|
|-------------------|---7------(7)-------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|--5---5--5-5-4-5-6-|-7-7--7-7--7--------|
|-------------------|--------------9-7---|
To Coda
G/D D
Q. E Q E E E Q. +H
|--------------------|----9-------(9)--------|
|-12------10---------|---10------(10)--------|
|-12------11-------7-|-9---------------------|
|-12------12---------|-----------------------|
|------------------5-|-7---------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--5--4------5-5-5-5-|----7--7-7---7--7-7-7--|
|-------7--5---------|-0---------------------|
D/A A D/A A N.C.
Gtr I
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------0---------|---------0---------|---------0---0---0-|
|-3------2---------|--3------2-------5-|-----5s3---2-------|
|-2------2---------|--2------2-------6-|-----6s4---2---1---|
|-4------2-x-x-x-x-|--4------2-x-------|-------------------|
|-0------0-x-x-x-x-|--0------0-x-0-x---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM-----------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------2-----|--2------2---------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-4-5---5-4-|--0--0-0---0-4-5-0-|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
| W +W +W
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2----------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-2----------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-0----------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
D/A A D/A A D/A A N.C.
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------0---------|--------0---------|---------0---------|---------0---0---0--||
|-3----2---------|-3------2---------|--3------2-------5-|-----5s3---2--------||
|-2----2---------|-2------2---------|--2------2-------6-|-----6s4---2---1----||
|-4----2-x-x-x-x-|-4------2-x-x-x-x-|--4------2-x-------|--------------------||
|-0----0-x-x-x-x-|-0------0-x-x-x-x-|--0------0-x-0-x---|--------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-4----2---2-0---|-2----------2-0---|-----------0-2-0---|-----------------2--||
|-5----0-------4-|-0--0-0-0-0-----4-|--0--0-0-4-------4-|--0--0-0-0-0-4-2----||
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| W W +W +W
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|----------------|-2----------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)----------------||
|----------------|-2----------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)----------------||
|----------------|-0----------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)----------------||
|----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
&
D/A A D/A A N.C.
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------0---------|---------0---------|---------0---0---0-|
|-3------2---------|--3------2-------5-|-----5s3---2-------|
|-2------2---------|--2------2-------6-|-----6s4---2---1---|
|-4------2-x-x-x-x-|--4------2-x-------|-------------------|
|-0------0-x-x-x-x-|--0------0-x-0-x---|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------0-2-0---|---------------2---|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-4-------4-|-------------4---0-|
|------------------|-------------------|--5--5-5-5-5-------|
|
| W +W +W
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2----------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-2----------------|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-0----------------|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D/A A D/A A D/A A N.C.
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------0---------|--------0---------|-------0---------|---------0---0---0--|
|-3------2---------|-3------2---------|--3----2-------5-|-----5s3---2--------|
|-2------2---------|-2------2---------|--2----2-------6-|-----6s4---2---1----|
|-4------2-x-x-x-x-|-4------2-x-x-x-x-|--4----2-x-------|--------------------|
|-0------0-x-x-x-x-|-0------0-x-x-x-x-|--0----0-x-0-x---|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------2---2-----|-------2---------|--------------------|
|-0--0-0-----2-0---|-2--2-2-2---2-0---|--4----2---2-0---|--2----2------------|
|--------0-------4-|-0--0-0---------4-|--0----0-------4-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| W W +W +W
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|-2----------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)----------------|
|------------------|-2----------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)----------------|
|------------------|-0----------------|-(0)-------------|-(0)----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D/A A D/A A D/A A N.C.
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||---------0---------|--------0---------|--------0---------|-------0---0---0--||
||o-3------2---------|-3------2---------|-3------2-------5-|---5s3---2-------o||
||--2------2---------|-2------2---------|-2------2-------6-|---6s4---2---1----||
||--4------2-x-x-x-x-|-4------2-x-x-x-x-|-4------2-x-------|------------------||
||o-0------0-x-x-x-x-|-0------0-x-x-x-x-|-0------0-x-0-x---|-----------------o||
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------|----2-----2-------|----2-----2-------|---2-----2--------||
||--2------2---2---2-|----2---2---2-0-2-|----2---2---2-0---|-2-2---------2----||
||o-0--0-0-0-----4---|-0----4-----------|-0----4---------4-|-0---0-0---4---4-o||
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
Outro
D/A A A A5 D/A A5
Q. E H Q. E +H Q. E +H 4x
|------0---------||--5------------------|-5-------------------||
|-3----2---------||o--------5-(5)-------|--------5-(5)-------o||
|-2----2---------||---------------------|---------------------||
|-4----2---------||--7------7-(7)-------|-7------7-(7)--------||
|-0----0---------||o-0------------------|-0------------------o||
|----------------||---------------------|---------------------||
|
| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|----------------||---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------||o--------------------|--------------------o||
|----------------||---------------------|---------------------||
|-4----2---2-0---||--4--4-4-2-----2-0-2-|-4--4-4-2-----2-0-2--||
|-0----0-------4-||o-0--0-0-0---------0-|-0--0-0-0---------0-o||
|----------------||---------------------|---------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Down on the boulevard they take it hard
They look at life with such disregard
They say it can't be won
The way the game is run
But if you choose to stay
You end up playing anyway
It's okay--
The kid's in shock up and down the block
The folks are home playing beat the clock
Down at the golden cup
They set the young ones up
Under the neon light
Selling day for night
It's alright--
Nobody rides for free
Nobody gets it like they want it to be
Nobody hands you any guarantee
Nobody
The hearts are hard and the times are tough
Down on the boulevard the night's enough
And time passes slow
Between the store front shadows and the street lights glow
Everybody walks right by like they're safe or something
They don't know--
Nobody knows you
Nobody owes you nothin
Nobody shows you what they're thinking
Nobody baby
Hey, hey, baby
You got to watch the street, keep your feet
And be on guard
Make it pay baby
It's only time on the boulevard
