Once Bitten Twice Shy
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* Once Bitten Twice Shy *
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This is one of the best songs of the 80's. And it's not to hard to
play just the chords. This s a very extensive tab that took quite
a while to make so please give feedback. Jsals2k@yahoo.com
I. Hunter
1. Chords and rhythm
CGDBG55/Bb
EA D GBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
81010XXX 355XXX 5577XX 688XXX 6688XX 133XXX 355433
GDBF5/C
E A D G BE E A D GBE EADGBE EAD G BE
10101212XX 101212XXX 6867XX 881010XX
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2. Song structure and lyrics:
Intro: |C5 |C5 |C5 |C5 |C5 |C5 |
Verse 1:
C5
Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
G5 D5
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
C5
You can't remember when you got your last meal
G5 D5
And you don't know just how a woman feels
Bb7
You didn't know what rock 'n' roll was
Eb/Bb
Un- til you met my drummer on a grey tour bus
Bb7
I got there in the nick of time
Eb/Bb
Be- fore he got his hands across your state line
Chorus:
C5 F5
I said Ah ah ah once bitten twice shy, babe
C5 F5
Ah ah ah once bitten twice shy, babe
C5 F5 G
Ah ah ah once bitten twice shy, babe
Verse 2:
C5
Now its the middle of the night on the open road
G5 D5
The heater don't work and it's oh-so cold
C5
You're lookin' tired, you're lookin' kinda beat
G5 D5
The rhythm of the street sure knocks you off your feet
Bb7
You didn't know how rock 'n' roll looked
Eb/Bb
Un- til you caught your sister with the guys from the group
Bb7
Half-way home in the parking lot
Eb/Bb
By the look in her eyes she was givin' what she got
Chorus
Solo:
|C5 |C5 |F5 |F5 | 2x
C5
Well Woman you're a mess gonna die in your sleep
G5 D5
There's blood on my amp and my fenders beat
C5
Can't keep you home, you're messin' around
G5 D5
My best friend told me you're the best lick in town
Bb7
You didn't know that rock 'n' roll burned
Eb/Bb
So you bought a candle and you live and you learn
Bb7
You got the rhythm, you got the speed
Eb/Bb
Mamma's little baby likes it short and sweet
Chorus plus:
C5 F5
I said Ah ah ah once bitten twice shy, babe
C5 F5
Ah ah ah once bitten twice shy, babe
C5 F5
Ah ah ah once bitten twice shy, babe
C5 F
Ah ah ah once bitten twice shy
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3. Tabs
There are two rhythm guitars, but I don't have a clue who's who.
So I just call them rhythm guitar 1 (the guitar panned to your right
speaker) and 2 (the guitar panned to your left speaker).
Rhythm guitar 1
===============
Use all downstrokes unless indicated otherwise
Intro:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------x-------x---10--|10--10-h12------10------x---10-10|
E|8-------8-------x-------x---8---|8---8-----------8-------x---8--8-|
D u
. (. = short)
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------12------|
E|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------13------12--10--|
E|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|
. .
Verse:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------10\-----|
E|**--8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8-\-----|
. .
(* The last notes of the previous bar are still ringing here on
the first half of the first beat. So don't strike the C5-chord
here. In following verses you do strike the C5-chord here).
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----7---9-------7-------9-------|
A|\5--5---7-------5-------7---0---|5---5---5-------5-------5-------|
E|\3--3---3-------3-------3-------|----------------------------3/--|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|10------12------10------12------|10--10--12------10------10\-----|
E|8-------8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8-------8-\-----|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------7-------9-------|
D|--------------------------------|7---7---9-------7-------9---2---|
A|\5--5---7-------5-------7-------|5---5---5-------5-------5---0---|
E|\3--3---3-------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|
. . .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|
A|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|
D|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|
A|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|1---1---1-------1-------1-------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|3---3---5-------3-------5-------|
D|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
The Bb- and the Eb-chords are quite a stretch in first position. I've
choosen for this as the low F can only be reached in the first
position. You can also play these chords in the sixth position but
then the distance to the low F is very large.
This would be the alternative:
1+2+3+4+1+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|8---8---10------8-------10------|8---8---10------8-------10------|
E|6---6---6-------6-------6-------|6---6---6-------6-------6---1---|
. . . .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|8---8---10------8-------10------|8---8---10------8-------10------|
A|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6-------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------1---|
Chorus:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A||*10--10--12------12-p10--10--10--|----10--12------12-p10--10\----|
E||-8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|----8---8-------8-------8-\----|
.
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------*||
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
A|3---3---5-------5--p3---3---3---|----3---5-------5--p3---3-------*||
E|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1-------1--------||
. .
Play these four bars three times but replace the two last bars the
third time by:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-3-|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------------3-3-|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------4-4-|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------------5-5-|
A|3---3---5-------5--p3---3---3---|----3---5-------5--p3---3---5-5-|
E|1---1---1-------1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1-------1---3-3-|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
B|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
G|4---------------------------4---|--- Let the last chord ring ----|
D|5---------------------------5---|------ through this bar --------|
A|5---------------------------5---|--------------------------------|
E|3---------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
Rhythm guitar 2
===============
Use all downstrokes
Intro:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------- REST -----------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|10------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|8-------------------------------|
1+2+3+4+
E||----------------------------------||
B||*--------------------------------*||
G||----------------------------------||
D||-10--10----------10---------------||
A||*10--10--12------10------12------*|| 4x
E||-8---8---8-------8-------8---8----||
Grab the both notes on the tenth position by making a little bar with
your ringfinger.
Verse:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10/-|
D|10--10----------10--------------|10--10----------10--10------10/-|
A|10--10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10--10--12--8-/-|
E|8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8---8---8---8-/-|
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|12--12----------12--------------|--------------------------------|
D|12--12--14------12------14------|12--12----------12------\-------|
A|10--10--10------10------10--10--|12--12--14------12------\-------|
E|10*-10--10------10------10--10--|10--10--10------10------\---3/--|
. .
*make a bar with your indexfinger for the 10th position
and a bar with your ringfinger for the 12th position
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10/-|
D|----10----------10--------------|10--10----------10--10------10/-|
A|----10--12------10------12------|10--10--12------10--10--12--8-/-|
E|/8--8---8-------8-------8---8---|8---8---8-------8---8---8---8-/-|
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|12--12----------12--------------|----------------------------6/--|
D|12--12--14------12------14------|12--12----------12------\---5/--|
A|10--10--10------10------10--10--|12--12--14------12------\---7/--|
E|10--10--10------10------10--10--|10--10--10------10------\---5/--|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|7---7-----------7-----------7---|7---7-----------7-----------8---|
D|6---6-----------6-----------6---|6---6-----------6-----------8---|
A|8---8---10------8-------10--8---|8---8---10------8-------10--6---|
E|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|8---8-----------8---8-------8---|8---8-----------8---8-------2/--|
D|8---8---10------8---8---10--8---|8---8---10------8---8---10--1/--|
A|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6-------6---6---6---3/--|
E|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6-------6---6---6---1/--|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|7---7-----------7-----------7---|7---7-----------7-----------8---|
D|6---6-----------6-----------6---|6---6-----------6-----------8---|
A|8---8---10------8-------10--8---|8---8---10------8-------10--6---|
E|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|6---6---6-------6-------6---6---|
. .
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|8---8-----------8---8-------8---|8---8-------8---8---8-------8---|
D|8---8---10------8---8---10--8---|8---8---10--8---8---8---10--8---|
A|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|
E|6---6---6-------6---6---6---6---|6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|
. .
Chorus:
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------10--|
D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---10--|
A|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---8---|
E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---8---|
DuDu
.
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x-------|
D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---10--|
A|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10--|
E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---8---|
.
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------10-|
D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----10-|
A|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----8--|
E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x----8--|
.
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|--------------------------------|
D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|x---8---x---8---x---8---x---10--|
A|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|x---8---x---8---x---8---x---10--|
E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----------------------------8---|
.
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------10-|
D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----10-|
A|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x----8--|
E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x----8--|
.
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---12-12-|
D|10--10--10------10--10--x---10--|----10--10------10--10--x---12-12-|
A|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10-10-|
E|8---8---8-------8---8---x---8---|----8---8-------8---8---x---10-10-|
. D u D D u
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|12--------------------------12--|--- Let the last chord ring ----|
D|12--------------------------12--|------ through this bar --------|
A|10--------------------------10--|--------------------------------|
E|10--------------------------10--|--------------------------------|
Solo:
The backing for the solo is the same as the first eight bars of
the chorus.
Before you start with the solo you'll have to learn an old country-lick
which is used in rock many times (if you don't know it already).
Play the following triad:
E|--8--| E|-----| For this E|-----|
B|--8--| Now it's B|-----| lick you B|-----|
G|--9--| about this G|--9--| have to G|-7b9-|
D|-----| note: D|-----| bend the D|-----|
A|-----| A|-----| note up A|-----|
E|-----| E|-----| from the E|-----|
7th pos.
In order to place E|--8--| Play the bend with E|-8---|
this into the B|--8--| your ringfinger B|-8---|
chord you'll G|-----| (supported by the G|-7b9-|
have to place D|-----| middle finger and/or D|-----|
a small bar A|-----| the index finger if A|-----|
with your pinky E|-----| necessary) E|-----|
on the 8th pos.
The full lick Francis plays:
1+2+
E|8-------8---8---|
B|8-------8---8---|
G|7b9r7---5---5---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Here's the solo
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---|
B|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---|
G|--------------------------------|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|8-------8---8-------------------|--------8-------8---8---10b12---|
B|8-------8---8------*8-----------|----8-----------8---8-----------|
G|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---|7/9---------10------------------|
D|--------------------7-----------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
. *keep your lefthandfingers in position while
placing the ringfinger on the 7th fret of
the D-string
1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+
E|10b12r10---8---10--8---8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---|
B|-----------------------8---8---8---|8-------8---8-------8---8---8---|
G|-----------------------------------|7b9r7---5---5-------5---5---5---|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1+2+3+4+
E|8-------8---8-------------------|
B|8-------8---8-----------13--15--|
G|7b9r7---5---5------/14----------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
1+2+3+4+
E|15----15----15--------15---------15--15---|
B|15b17-15b17-15b17-----15b17r15---13--15---|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
. (.=short)
1+2+3+4+
E|15--------15--15\-----------------|
B|15b17r15--13--13\-----------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Great White Rules
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