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Toughest Street In Town by Thin Lizzy
Toughest Street In Town
Intro only at the moment
1--222----------------------222---------------------|
2--333----------------------333---------------------|
3--222----2-----------2-----222-----2-----------2---|
4--000----2---222-----2-----000-----2---222-----2---|
5---------0---222--4--0-------------0---222--4--0---|
6-------------000--2--------------------000--2------|
Outside the window the neon flashes
In the morning light
Down on the sidewalk there's a woman with a problem
But she don't know how to fight
She's destitute and broken down
She softly whispers is there no one around
And no one hears the sound
Her knees give way and hit the ground
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest
Like a rat in a pack it attacks
From the back
Through a crack in a track
And you take a smack
This Jack has had a hard day
No one told him it would be like this
He's had to score the hard way
Working on twenty hour shifts
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest
It's tough stuff
This is the toughest street around
This is the toughest
Don't you do down
No how
It's just another black spot
Where far too many people have died
It's just another grave yard
And there's not too many people left alive
This is the toughest
Are you tough enough
This is the toughest
Are you rough enough
This is the toughest
Can you bluff enough
Just a minor misery did me no harm
But it's there to warn outside the window
The neon is still flashing in the morning light
Down on the sidewalk that woman was blown away
Out of sight
All across the city no one gives a damn
All across the city no one seems to understand
This is the toughest
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest street around
This is the toughest
Are you rough enough
This is the toughest
If I were you I wouldn't come around here
This is the toughest
This is the toughest
Are you tough enough
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version 2
Tuning: half step down
Intro + chorus
play this twice for both the intro and chorus, the only difference is Lynott's vocals on
the chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7---------------4-----7--------------------------------------------------|
D|--7---7---5-/--7--4-----7---7---2--5---7-----------------------------------|
A|--5---7---5-/--7--2-----5---7---2--5---7-----------------------------------|
E|------5---3-/--5------------5---0--3---5-----------------------------------|
Verse
Play this but twice
___________PM____________
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7777777777777777----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7777777777777777-77777777-------------------------------------------------|
A|-5555555555555555-77777777---------5h7-5-----------------------------------|
E|------------------55555555-3h5/7/8-----------------------------------------|
then this bit (just before chorus)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------}---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--4-4--2------}-------55555555------------------------------------------|
D|--2--4-4--2--5-5-}3x-----55555555-55---------------------------------------|
A|--0--2-2--0--5-5-}-------33333333-55---------------------------------------|
E|-------------3-3-}----------------33---------------------------------------|
Well the chorus is just the intro
second verse is the same as the first except: the little lick at the end of the pm
section is played higher up, like this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------4h5-h-7-9-7---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5h7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
solo backing guitar 2 repeat this over and over for the solo.
I think the solo is just improvised, might tab it later
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------5-------------7-5----------------------------------------------|
E|-------7p5h7--7-5---7p5h7--------------------------------------------------|
bridge
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--4--5--7----2--4--99-7----2--4--5--7---2--4--5-7-----------------------|
A|--2--4--5--7----2--4--99-7----2--4--5--7---2--4--5-7-----------------------|
E|--0--2--3--5----0--2--77-5----0--2--3--5---0--2--3-5-----------------------|
then main riff ( intro) once and then the chorus once BUT play it two frets up so
its like this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9--7/9-11----- and so on -------------------------------------------|
A|--7-9--7/9-11--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----7--5/7-9---------------------------------------------------------------|
some tremolo picking comes in so:
|
this is the toughest,(3x) on the last time, go a string down like this V
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------99999999999999999999-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
then theres another verse, ( played up 2 frets again) then a chorus, and after a few
repeats, tremolo comes in again. fade out
Outside the window the neon flashes
In the morning light
Down on the sidewalk there's a woman with a problem
But she don't know how to fight
She's destitute and broken down
She softly whispers is there no one around
And no one hears the sound
Her knees give way and hit the ground
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest
Like a rat in a pack it attacks
From the back
Through a crack in a track
And you take a smack
This Jack has had a hard day
No one told him it would be like this
He's had to score the hard way
Working on twenty hour shifts
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest
It's tough stuff
This is the toughest street around
This is the toughest
Don't you do down
No how
It's just another black spot
Where far too many people have died
It's just another grave yard
And there's not too many people left alive
This is the toughest
Are you tough enough
This is the toughest
Are you rough enough
This is the toughest
Can you bluff enough
Just a minor misery did me no harm
But it's there to warn outside the window
The neon is still flashing in the morning light
Down on the sidewalk that woman was blown away
Out of sight
All across the city no one gives a damn
All across the city no one seems to understand
This is the toughest
This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest street around
This is the toughest
Are you rough enough
This is the toughest
If I were you I wouldn't come around here
This is the toughest
This is the toughest
Are you tough enough
+ harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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