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"CRUISE" off LP "About Face" (1984)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Tuning: Standard
--Intro: clean guitar (doubled up)
e|------------------0--3-|--5--------3-----|--8---8---7--5----|--5-------3-0---------|
B|--1-------1-----3------|-------6------1--|---------------8--|-------6------1----3--|
G|------0----------------|-----5-----------|----9-----7-------|-----5----------0--0--|
D|----2-------2----------|--7--------------|------------------|--7-------------------|
A|--3-----3--------------|-----------3-----|------------------|----------3-----------|
E|----------------3------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------3--|
--Verse 1 (intro part plays)
--Fill:
e|--5-------3---1----|--0-----------------|
B|-------6--1---1----|--1--------1-----3--|
G|-----5----------2--|-------0---------0--|
D|--7----------------|-----2-------2------|
A|----------3--------|--3------3----------|
E|--------------1----|-----------------3--|
--Verse 2
--Chorus (guitar plays chords with same picking pattern as intro:
Saving our children, saving our land
protecting us from things we can't understand
power and glory justice and right
I'm sure that you'll help us to see the light
and the love that you radiate will keep us warm
and help us to weather the storm.
--Verse 3
--Fill as before.
--Chorus (repeated a couple of times).
--Crazy reggae section (3:28). Strummed chords:
e|---8--8---8----7-7--7--|---5-5--5---3-3--3--|------------3-3--3--|---7-7--7---7-7--7--|
B|---10-10--10---8-8--8--|---6-6--6---5-5--5--|---6-6--6---5-5--5--|---8-8--8---8-8--8--|
G|---9--9---9----7-7--7--|---5-5--5---5-5--5--|---5-5--5---5-5--5--|---7-7--7---7-7--7--|
D|---10-10--10---9-9--9--|---7-7--7-----------|---7-7--7-----------|---9-9--9---9-9--9--|
A|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
These chords are repeated with various different offbeat rhythms.
Listen to recording to get a feel for it.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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