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99 To Life by Social Distortion
99 To Life
Tuning: Eb (Half-step down)
Play with a shuffle-feel
Chord-structure through the whole song: A E A E A E B E
Intro:
A A E A A E
eb----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------5--|
Gb-4h6--4h6--4-------------4h6--4h6--4-------------4--|
Db----------------4-4h6--------------------4h6--------|
Ab----------------------------------------------------|
Eb----------------------------------------------------|
A A E B B E
eb------------------------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-4h6--4h6--4------------------------------------------|
Db----------------4-4h6----2h4--2h4--2------------------|
Ab----------------------------------------2h4-2---------|
Eb----------------------------------------------4p2p0---|
Verse 1:
A E A E
I'm Broken hearted, I'm a broken man.
A E B E
Driven by anger, on that night I ran.
A E A E
I had me a woman, and only she be true.
A E B E
But she's gone and left me, you know my life is through.
Chorus:
A E A E
Lonely weekend, baby, lonely nights.
A E B E
The judge he gave me 99 to life.
>>Intro // Imporvised solo<<
Verse 2:
A E A E
I wish she could be here, Lord, if she only could.
A E B E
Instead she's layin', in a puddle of blood.
A E A E
Well, she was my baby, I thought she'd be my wife.
A E B E
I killed my baby, I killed her with my knife.
Chorus:
A E A E
Lonely weekend, baby, lonely nights.
A E B E
The judge he gave me 99 to life.
>>Guitar Solo<<
Improvise on the C# Minor Pentatonic Scale (or just play the intro twice)
C# Minor Pentatonic Scale
eb--------------------------------------9--12-------|
Bb-------------------------------9--12--------------|
Gb------------------------9--11---------------------|
Db-----------------9--11----------------------------|
Ab----------9--11-----------------------------------|
Eb---9--12------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
A E A E
So alone I'm sittin', in my prison cell.
A E B E
Lord only knows now, I'm in a living hell.
A E A E
The rest of my life, in this penitentiary,
A E B E
The good Lord above now, please have mercy on me.
Chorus: x2
A E A E
Lonely weekend, baby, lonely nights.
A E B E
The judge he gave me 99 to life.
>>Intro // Imporvised solo<<
A E A E A E B E
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version 2
Standard tuning
on the live dvd he uses a capo so im sure theres something to do with that, but i just
to the song and figured this out so if u know what he's doing u should email me cause i
know.
Intro/main riff
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-7h9-7h9-7------------7-7h9-7h9-7---------7------|
A-0---0---0---7-7h9----0-0---0---0---7-7h9-0------|
E---------------0-0--------------------0-0--------|
e------------------------------------------------0--|
B------------------------------------------------0--|
G------------------------------------------------1--|
D-7-7h9-7h9-7-------7-7-----------------------------|
A-0-0---0---0-7-7h9-0-09-7-7h9-7h9-7--2h4p2-----2---|
E-------------0-0------0-0-0---0---0--------4p2p0---|
*play each chord twice*
A E A E
I'm Broken hearted, I'm a broken man.
A E A E
Driven by anger, on that night I ran.
A E A E
I had me a woman, and only she be true.
A E A E
But she's gone and left me, you know my life is through.
Chorus:
A E A E
Lonely weekend, baby, lonely nights.
A E A E
The judge he gave me 99 to life.
-Main riff but just improvise-
verse II
I wish she could be here, Lord, if she only could.
Instead she's layin' in a puddle of blood.
Well, she was my baby, I thought she'd be my wife.
I killed my baby, I killed her with my knife.
chorus
the solo is just basically improvision of the main riff with bends and on the D and G
rather than the A and D. But here are some examples of what he does.
e---------------------------------|
B---------10--10--10--10--10--10--|
G-7-9-9/11--11--11--11--11--11----|
D-0-0-0---------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------| stuff like that. That riff is also the end solo.
basically the song, but most of the riffs and solos r just improvisions of the main riff so
fun with it.
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