Roxy Music
First Album updated Aug 10 2003
Country Life updated Aug 03 2003
Corrections welcomed Back
Tabs
Tabs
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Stranded Street Life Just Like You Amazona Psalm Serenade A Song For Europe Mother of Pearl Sunset |
Country Life The Thrill Of It All Three and Nine All I Want Is You Out Of The Blue If It Takes All Night Bitter-Sweet Triptych Casanova A Really Good Time Prairie Rose |
Other Albums Roxy Music-1st Album For Your Pleasure Avalon Album Siren Album Boys and Girls Album Frantic Bryan Ferry Solo Songs |
Key ~ tremelo/trill b bend h hammer p pull off (ghost note) / slide up \ slide down |
Street Life
Eb Db Ab Bb Eb Db Ab B Bb Bb B Db Eb
|:Intro repeat-x2------:|then------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|--8------6-------------|--8-----6-------------|--------------6--|
|--8------6-----6---8---|--8-----6-----6---9---|8---8-8-8--9--6--|
|6-----44-------6---8---|6----44-------6---9---|8---8-8-8--9--4--|
|-------------4-----6---|------------4-----7---|6---6-6-6--7-----|
Wish
note Bb might be Bbsus4
|Eb fill-1---------||Eb fill 2-Bb------|
|------------------||------------------|
|--------6---------||--------6---------|
|----6-8---8~------||----6-8---10--8-8~|
|6-9---------------||6-9---------------|
|------------------||------------------|
|Eb fill 1
Wish everybody would leave me alone, yeah!
They're always calling on my telephone
When I pick it up there's no-one there
|Eb |Bb fill2
So I walk outside just to take air
Come on with me cruising down the street
Who knows what you'll see, who you might meet
This brave new world's not like yesterday
It can take you higher than the milky way
Now I'm blinded I can really see, yeah
No more bright lights confusing me, no
Don't ask me why I'm feeling blue
Because loving you is all I can do, ooh.....
Intro
..............
Hey good looking boys gather around
The sidewalk papers gutter press you down
All those lies can be so unkind
They can make you feel like you're losing your mind
Eb
Street Life
Street Life
Street Life What a
Bb
life!
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Just Like You
|:B |Abm |F#7 |E :|
|:Eb?* |F# |A |Ab :|
*not sure Seems to be Eb bass maybe just Eb5
|--------------------15b-15b-15br-12~
|12------------12-14-----------------
|--13---13---------------------------
|----14------------Solo uses these notes
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
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Amazona
G D C G
|------------------------------------|
|---8-7--6-5-------------------------|
|---7-7--5-5--------------4-5--------|
|---7-7--5-5------------5-------3-5--|
|5--5-5--3-3----5--1-2--------5------|
|3--------------3--------------------|
or
G D C G
|--3----1----------------------------|
|--3-3--1-1--------------0-1---------|
|----2----0------------0--------3-0--|
|-----------------------------0------|
|5--------------5--1-2---------------|
|3--------------3--------------------|
Verse
G D C Gsus strum
|------------------------------------|
|---8-7--6-5-------------------------|
|---7-7--5-5----5--------------------|
|---7-7--5-5----5--------------------|
|5--5-5--3-3----5--------------------|
|3--------------3--------------------|
C Eb G
|------------------------------------|
|5-----------8-----------12----------|
|5-----------8-----------12----------|
|5-----------8-----------12----------|
|3-----------6-----------10----------|
|------------------------------------|
Why..
A G F E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|6---------4--------2--------1-------|
|7---------5--------3--------2-------|
|7---------5--------3--------2-------|
|5---------3--------1--------0-------|
Hey..
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A Song For Europe
|:Am |Bm |C |Dm |E | :|
Here as I sit at this empty cafe etc
|C |F |G | |
I remember all those moments
Not sure after this. Ends on |F |E |then back to intro
Update from James
C F G
I remember
Am G F
All those moments
G F Em
Lost in wonder
F Em Dm E
That we'll never find again
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Mother of Pearl
First part is a blues in E (or Em) repeat 3 times. Use fill with E
|:E |E |E |E |A |A |
|E |E |B |A |E |E :|
|fill------------------
|----------------------
|----------------------
|----------7-9---------
|7---10-------10-7~\---
|----------------------
Second Part repeats |D |A |E |E |
sounds best at 5th and 7th pos with fills 10th and 12th fret on E string
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Thrill Of It All
Intro
A x4 G x2 F x2 D x2
|-----0---------0---------0---------0-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0h2---2---0h2---2---0h2---2---0h2---2---repeat--------------------|
|------------------------------0------------------------------------|
|0------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3---------1----------------------------------------------|
guitar comes in then oh..... on the A
Repeat the above chord pattern
then
A A A
The sky is dark, the wind is cold, the night is young
A G G F F
Before it's old and grey, we will know............oh......oh.
D D A
............ the thrill of it all
Same for next verse
Then
Eb Gm
And before you go to sleep at night
Preying shadows - do they ask you why?
And in the morning through the afternoon
Do you wonder where you're going to?
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Three and Nine (Not sure of the chords here)
C Ab Bb Ab G
G Ab Bb Ab G
C G C G
C G Bb A Ab G
C Ab Bb Ab G
You might remember how it used to be
3 & 9 could show you any fantasy
C G C G
Parti-coloured pictures now and the 3D
C G Bb A Ab G
No cheap nostalgia con-jured up by me
Instrumental sections C F C F C F G
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All I Want Is You
Intro in F
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|10-10-11-10-------11-10-10----------------10-11-10-11-10-11-10-----|
|10-------------10-------10---etc----------10-----------------------|
|10----------10----------10----------------10-----------------------|
|8-----------------------8-----------------8------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb Ab Eb F
Somebody told me just the other day that you're leaving me were through
Well if you knew how that hurt me so then you'd change your mind I'm sure
Don't want to hear what's going on. I don't care what's new.
|---------------|
|10-11-10-10-11-|
|10-------10-10-|
|10-------10-10-|
|8--------8--8--|
|---------------|
Bb Ab Eb Bb Eb
Don't want to know about anything. 'Cos all I want is you.
Cm G Cm Bb
Going out with other girls was always such a bore
Cm Ab Eb F
But since I fell in love with you I need you more and more
Solo in Bb blues scale by the sound of it. Anybody out there done it?
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Out of the Blue
Intro (bass)
D Dm/F E7 Ebmaj7 <- not sure Ebm
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------3--------3--------3------------------|
|5-5-----3--------3--------3-6-6--6-3-5-3-3-|
|----------1-1------0-0---------------------|
|D |F |C |E |
All your cares now they seem oh so far away
All your fears I fear I once shared
Now I know there's a future for all of us
Not so long ago I was so scared
Intro
You seemed so sad I could see through your twisted smile
So unsure always confused
Pale blue eyes gazing down from your ivory tower
Through the haze all broken and bruised
E
|G |D |A |A |
Then out of the blue love come rushing in
Out of the sky came the sun
Out of left field came a lucky day
Out of the blue no more pain
Intro
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If It Takes All Night (chords C G F)
Intro
|----------------------------|
|----5-3------5-3------------|
|5-------5-5------5-5---5--5-|
|5---------3--------3---3--5-|
|3-------------------------3-|
|----------------------------|
C F
Oh here it comes that old ennui (boredom)
C G
I hope it wont stay long Well it's
C F
every man to.. his own thing. And every
C G C F C G
singer to his song...
Repeat the above chord pattern throughout the song
C---F---C---G---C---F---C-G-C-F-C-G
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Bitter Sweet
Intro
|Dm |C |Bb |Am |Gm |F |Em |E loud |
|Dm |C |Bb |Am |
Well this is such a sad affair. I've opened up my
|Gm |F |Em |Dm d e f|g <- play notes
heart oh so many times but now it's closed
g g f e d d e f
|:Gm |Dm :|
Oh my dear
every salted tear it wrings
bitter sweet applause
|Gm (Bass slides up from g and back then g g f g Ab) Guitar seems to play
d|-6-
|:Gm Gm Abb5 F :| (Abb5 <- Ab with flattened 5th) a|-5-
e|-4-
Lead
|10------------- <- 1st bend
|13b15----10----
|---------12b13- <- 2nd bend I'm not sure of
|---------------
|---------------
|---------------
Then the guitar might play
G Ab G F G Ab G
|------------------------------- ------------------------------------
|12-------/13\12-\10-/12/13-12-- or ------------------------------------
|12-------/13\12-\10-/12/13-12-- -12/13\12-12h13p12p10-12-10-10h12p10
|12-strum-/13\12-\10-/12/13-12-- -12/13\12-12h13p12p10-12-10�10h12p10
|10----------------------------- ------------------------------------
|------------------------------- ------------------------------------
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Triptych (Not sure of most of these chords* help needed)
Eb Eb\Bb* (Bb A)<-2nd time
|-6-5h6p5---5-6|-------------|
|---------8----|8-8-8--------|
|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------| x2
|--------------|-------------|
|Ab Ab G |Fm Fm Ab |G (or Gm |
|:Ab |Ebsus4/Bb* |Ab |Fm Gb G :|
here the soil is barren
here nothing grows but crosses
they know not what they do
you your forgiveness falls as
|Ab |
dew
|Eb |Bb |Ab |Eb |
Nailed upon a wooden frame
Twisted yet unbro.............ken
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Casanova
|Ebm | |Ab | |Gb | |Ebm | |
You the hero so many times you loved but didn't linger
Now my finger points at you....... another loser
You an island on your own...complete in every detail
Monumental a precious jewel....... or just a fool
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A Really Good Time
|Bb |Ab |
You've heard enough of the blues and stuff.
|G |Gb |
You're pretty swell now 'cos you're pretty tough. But I
|Bb F/A |Ab Eb/G F |Bb |
don't have to tell you how hard it can be to get by
|Bb |Ab |
You've never bothered about anyone else You're
|G |Gb |
well educated with no common sense But
|Bb F/A |Ab Eb/G F |Bb |
love that's one thing you really need to get by
|Eb Db Bb then notes Eb Db Bb | x2 then
|Eb Db Bb then notes Eb Bb Ab Bb|Bb (intro uses same notes and chords)
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Prairie Rose
|C# |A |C# |A G#7 F#7 E |x5 Then hold F#7
|F#7 | (G#7 A)|B |G#7 A G#7 |
Texas Oh that's where I........ belong it seems to
me Lonesome star.... shine on the big coun..
.try With open skies... and you for compan..
.y.. Oh Prairie Rose how happy I should
|F#7 | |E |B C# |
be Hey Hey You can take it from
me Hey Hey I'll be coming you'll
see Hey Hey Oh what a state to be
in Hey Hey You're tantilizing me (solo over intro)
outro
|F#7 | |E |B C# | repeat
Hey Hey Prairie Rose