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MINSTREL GIGOLO – Christopher Cross
(C Cross)
[Christopher Cross (1979)]
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Tabbed by: varannion
Email: dm_hughes1@hotmail.com
Tuning: standard (solo)
The guitar solo is performed (in standard tuning) by Eric Johnson. I believe
that the song itself (that is, the backing track guitar) is played in open D
(D,A,D,F#,A,D) tuning. I'm pretty sure the chords are correct, but have not
determined the appropriate chord fingerings for a guitar tuned to open D.
Guitar solo
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e|----------------------------|-------------5----(5)\----|
B|----------------------------|----------7---------------|
G|----------------------------|-------4------------------|
D|----------------------------|----5---------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|
bss ph ------
e|-------------3-----------3----|--------------------------|
B|--------3-5----5-5--5---------|--------------------------|
G|----2-4-----------------------|--2b4-(4)r2b4----0--------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------2-(2)--|
A|------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~ co bss
e|-------------------------3----|--5b7-(7)r5/7-(7)/10-(10)-------7-10--|
B|----------3-5---5-5--(5)---5--|---------------------------7-10-------|
G|--------4-----4---------------|--------------------------------------|
D|---(2)------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
co ~~~~~~~~
e|---p8--10-------------------------10--|--12--14--------------------|
B|-----------10-(10)-(10)\-------10-----|----------10--(10)--12--10--|
G|--------------------------9h11--------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~ co ~~~~~~ pb pb
e|----9--10------------7-10--|-(9)10r9-7----------------|
B|-----------10--(10)--------|-----------10\-(6)7---r6--|
G|---------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|
ph~~~~~
e|----------10-15-14p12-----------10-14-12----------|------------------------|
B|----10-12-------------12--10-12----------12-10----|----------------5-------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|----2b4---r2-0----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
pb
e|------(9)10(10)r9-7------------7-10-7---------------|
B|--------------------10-7---7h8--------8-7---7-8-10--|
G|-------------------------9----------------9---------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|----7-10-8p7---------------------------------------|
B|-------------10-8p7---8-7--------------------------|
G|--------------------9-----9-7---9-7----------------|
D|------------------------------9-----8-7-------5/7--|
A|----------------------------------------10-7-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
e|-----------------------|------------9------10--|-p9----------------|
B|-----------------------|---------10-----12-----|----10-12----10----|
G|-----------------------|--11---9---------------|----------11-------|
D|---(7)-7-9---7------9--|-----------------------|-------------------|
A|-----------9---9-10----|-----------------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
bss
e|----12-10-9-----------------------------|--------------------|
B|------------12p10-----------------------|--------------------|
G|------------------12-11b12r11-9---------|-----------7--9-----|
D|--------------------------------9-------|--9--7--9--------9--|
A|----------------------------------10-9--|--------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|--------------------|
~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------12-15-14-----|
G|----7-9---9-9---7-9---9-9--7-9--|--9-7/9-12-12--12-14-14--12-14----------16--|
D|--------9-----------9-----------|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
e|-------------14-15-17p15p14-17-18p17p15--------------------|
B|----14-15-17----------------------------17-15--------------|
G|----------------------------------------------16-14--------|
D|----------------------------------------------------17-14--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~
e|------------------------------12--|-(12)----------------------------|
B|----14----15--------------15------|------14\12-p10--(10)---(10)\----|
G|--------------14--(14)------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|------------------------------5--|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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e|-----------------------|------------12b14r12-10\9--|--10---------------|
B|----------------10/14--|-p12-----12----------------|-------------------|
G|----------7-9-7--------|------11-------------------|-------------------|
D|--------7--------------|---------------------------|-------------------|
A|----7-9----------------|---------------------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|
Intro
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Verse 1
You're the minstrel gigolo
Don't you know
You sing your songs of
love so soft and low
And they want you more and more
Verse 2
All the young and lonely
girls wait for you
There by the backstage door
And they're hoping to
Be the one
Chorus
And when you start to sing
You will be their everything
And when you start to sing
Every woman will open up her heart
And let you in
Verse 3
You're the minstrel gigolo
Don't you know
You sing your songs of
love so soft and low
And they want you more and more
Verse 4
All the young and lonely
girls wait for you
There by the backstage door
And they're hoping to
Be the one
Chorus
And when you start to sing
You will be their everything
And when you start to sing
Every woman will open up her heart
And let you in
Guitar Solo
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[ vocals re-enter ]
Chorus
And when you start to sing
You will be their everything
And when you start to sing
Every woman will open up her heart
And let you in
Chorus
And when you start to sing
You will be their everything
And when you start to sing
Every woman will open up her heart
And let you in
Chorus
And when you start to sing
You will be their everything
And when you start to sing
Every woman will open up her heart
And let you in
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
p pull-off
pb pre-bend
co cut off
ph pinched harmonic
bss bend slightly sharp
~~ vibrato
======================================================================== 16 May 2010