-- Circus - Lenny Kravitz
Album - Circus
Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
f.maquet@ic.ac.uk
For more tabs go tomy guitar page:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3224/guitar.html
I was hoping someone would tab this song, but no one did, so I
had to do it. I think it's one of his best ones.
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Hard (ish) chords:
C#maj7: 445454 Eb6 668888 Fm 133111 C6 032110
Intro/Verse:
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Riff1:
Fm G# (or Eb6) C#maj7 C
e:--------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-------1------------------|----------------------------|
G:----1-----1---------5-----|--------5-------------5-----|
D:-----------------6-----6--|-----6-----6-------5-----5--|
A:--------------6-----------|--4-------------3-----------|
E:-1------------------------|----------------------------|
"One day when I was searching..."
Fm G# C#maj7 C
One day when I was searching
Fm G# C#maj7 C
For what I'll never find
Riff 2:
Eb6 G#7?
e:--------------------------|--------------------------|
B:--------------------------|--------------------------|
G:--------5-----------5-----|--------5--3--------5--3--|
D:-----8-----8-----8-----8--|-----4-----------4--------|
A:--6-----------6-----------|--------------------------|
E:--------------------------|--4-----------4-----------|
"...She walked into my story..." ".
C#maj7 C
e:-------------------------|--------------------------|
B:-------------------------|--------------------------|
G:-------5-----------5-----|--------5-----------3-----|
D:----6-----6-----6-----6--|-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
A:-4-----------4-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
E:-------------------------|--------------------------|
..said she could change my..mind..."
Eb6 G#7
She walked into my story
C#maj7 C
Said she could change my mind...
(Riff 1)
This is the final offer
She said to make it clear
(Riff 2)
Don't lose out on this wonder
So I had to place my bets
Chorus 1:
(Barre chords, lots of distortion)
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Fm Eb G#
Welcome to the picture show
C# Eb
watching your life
Fm Eb G#
Never know which way to go
C#
It might not be right
(No chords)
So better be strong
Play riff 1...once
Verse 2:
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(Riff 1)
What kind of circus is this?
What kind of fools are we?
(Riff 2)
When is the final curtain
What can I do to set me free
Chorus 2: (same chords as chorus 1)
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Welcome to the real world
Better be strong
Never know which way to go
It might end up wrong
So better be string
Play Riff 1...once.
Bridge:
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C# Eb Fm
Too many games we have to play
C# Eb Fm
They always blame the rules
C# Eb Fm C#
You and me just trying to get along
C
What can I do...got to be strong.
Solo: (played over Riff 1)
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Fm G# etc...
e:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:---13b~~-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----------13-15------------------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------15~~~---13-15----------------------------------------------|
A:------------------------------15~~--15h16p15-15h16p15--13-11---------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------13-11-8~~~--/1|
e:----------------------13-~~~-15h16p15--13--18~--18p16h18-18p16-18p16----16-|
B:----------15h16-15h16------------------------------------------------18----|
G:--15b(17)------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:6--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e:18-20--20-18-16b(18)-13~~---|
B:----------------------------|
G:----------------------------|
D:----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|
(Riff 2)
She walked into my daydream
She told me how it...had to be
Play chorus 1 and 2
(Riff 1)
...So better be strong
Play riff 1 again
Got to be strong
Riff 1- ultra slow
C6 Fm
You better be strooooong