-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
City of Gold – BBM
(Moore/Bruce/Hanrahan)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: varannion
Email: dm_hughes1@hotmail.com
Another Bruce/Baker/Moore number (from the album ‘Around the Next Dream’)
which is highly reminiscent of a classic Cream performance. In this case,
think ‘Crossroads’ and you’ll get the general vibe. It’s a standard 12-bar
blues in the key of A and is so similar to the Cream track that the lyrics and
guitar solos could easily be interchanged. The song features some typically
muscular guitar work by Gary Moore (Gibson Les Paul & Marshall JTM45) with more
than a passing nod to EC.
Tuning: standard
Intro
|--------------------------------[riff 1]------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||-------------2--(2)-----------------|------------2—-(2)--2------------------|
||--------------—--------5--2---------|-----------------------2---5--2--------|
||o--0--0--3b4p0—-(0)----------3b4----|--0--0--3b4p0—-(0)---------------3b4---|
||------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------o||
|------------2--(2)-----------------|------------2—-(2)--2-------------------||
|-------------—--------5--2---------|-----------------------2—--5--2---------||
|--0--0--3b4p0—-(0)----------3b4----|--0--0--3b4p0—-(0)---------------3b4---o||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
Verse 1
A5 D5 A[riff 1]
In my home of sand outside the city of gold
D5 D7 A[riff 1]
Where the wind’s so burning hot but my heart remains so cold
I need to buy myself some answers
D5 A[riff 1]
But the truth’s already been sold
Verse 2
Well I know how to use a razor
D5 A[riff 1]
Carve my initials in the light
Yes, I know how to use a razor
D7 A[riff 1]
Carve my initials in the light
Sometimes in the depths of the dark, baby
D7 A[riff 1]
I can make everything alright
Verse 3
In my home of sand outside the city of gold
Where the wind’s so burning hot but my heart remains so cold
The shelter in your eyes, I dream about it when I die
And thirst for it when I cry
Solo
|-----10b12--8-----------8----------|------------5-------------------------|
|--(0)----------10—(10)-----10\5----|----8b10-------8--5-------------------|
|--(0)------------------------------|---------------------7b9--7--5--------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------7--5--|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------5---------------5--8--5--------------|
|-------5-----7p5—-7b9-----------7b8r7p5-----|
|--7-------7------------------------------7--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--7-—5b6----------------------------2—-2--|
|----------7--5-----------------2h4--------|
|----------------6p5-—3b4------------------|
|--------------------------5p0-------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------5-----5-------------------|
|-----5b7r5—-3h5p3---------------------------|-----8b10-------8--5-------------------|
|--(0)--------------5b6—-2h4p2----2----------|----------------------7b9--7--5--------|
|--(0)-------------------------4-----4—-(4)--|--0------------------------------7--5--|
|--------------------------------------------|--0------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------5--8--5—-7p5-------5--5------|
|----------5h7--5-------------8b9-----5—-8p--|
|-----5b6------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
E hold bend
|----------5----------------------5------------|------------------------------------|
|--5-------5-------------------5-----8p5-------|-----------8------------------------|
|-----7b9-----7b9r7p5-----5b6-------------7p5--|--7h9—(9)-----9r7p5-----------------|
|----------------------7-----------------------|---------------------7p5------------|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------7p5—-3/9--|
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------5---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------8--5---------------------------|
|----------2--4—-4b5--4—-2h4p2-----|--2p0—-7b9-----------7b9-—7p5-—7p5------------|
|--0—-2h4-----------------------4--|------------------------------------7p5-------|
|--0-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------7p5--|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------14--14--|--16b18—-16b18r16—-14h16p14------14p0--|
|---------------2—-(2)----14h16----------|-----------------------------16--------|
|--3b4--0--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------3b4--0—-(0)-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------17b20—-r17-—15h17p15-----------------|-------------17------17------17------|
|-----(0)----------------------17b19--14------|--16b17---16b17---16b17---16b17--14--|
|--0—-(0)---------------------------------16--|-------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--17--------17--------17--------17--------17--------|
|--17-14-----17-14-----17-14-----17-14-----17-14-----|
|--------16--------16--------16--------16--------16--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------14\--5--|
|--17b19—-17-—14h17p14------14----16----------|
|-----------------------16--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----17b20----17-—15h17p15-----------------------|
|---------------------------17b19—-14h17p14------|
|--0-----------------------------------------16--|
|--0---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------17----------------------------------------|
|------------------17------20--17--------------------------------|
|--------14/19b21------------------19b21—-19p17--19--17----------|
|--14\2--------------------------------------------------19--17--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------19h20p19—-17h19p17------17--|--20b22—---20b22-—20b22—-20b22--|
|-------------17--19----------------------19------|--------------------------------|
|------17h19--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--19---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--(22)------20b22—-20b22r20-—17h20p17---------|
|--------(17)---------------------------20b21--|
|--------(17)----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--17------------17----19-17---------17----------------------|
|-----17—20b21------17---------17-20----17—--20p17-------17--|
|--------------------------------------------------19b20-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--19b21r19p17------19b21--17—(17)----(17)\5--|
|---------------19----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Verse 4
My home of sand outside the city of gold
Where the wind’s so burning hot but my heart remains so cold
The shelter in your eyes, I dream about it when I die
And thirst for it when I cry
Verse 5
My meal of salt on that table of stone
My meal of salt on that table of stone
Your feast’s so sweet while I thirst here all alone
Verse 6
My home of sand outside the city of gold
Where the wind’s so burning hot but my heart remains so cold
I need to buy myself some aspirin
But the truth’s already been sold
Outro
|-------5----5-----------------------|--------------5------|--(5)------------5\--0--|
|-------5----5-—8p7------------------|--------------8------|--(8)------------8\--0--|
|-----7b9-------------7p5------------|--5h6---------6------|--(6)------------6\--0--|
|--------------------------7---5--7--|--------------5------|--(5)------------5\--0--|
|--0---------------------------------|----------5---7------|--(7)-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------0--3---5------|--(5)-------------------|
===================================================================== 12 August 2007