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On Parole
by Motörhead
Standard Tuning
Bass Intro rhythm for solo below
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|
A|-7---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-5------/7-------|
E|-5-------------x-|-1-------------x-|-0-------------x-|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|
E|-0-------------x-|-1-------------x-|-3-------------x-|-5---------------|
Intro solo
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7^(9)--------7^(9)~-----7^(9)-5-7-5---5~-----4-5-4------------|
D|-------------------------------------7--------------7~---7-8-9-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------4-5-4-5-5/7---/9-12-12-12-14-14--17-14-|
D|-9-8-7-9-8-7-9-8-7-9-8-7------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7--7---7-7---7--|
D|-7--7---7-7---7--|-3--3---3-3---3--|-2--2---2-2---2--|-7--7---7-7---7--|
A|-7--7---7-7---7--|-3--3---3-3---3--|-2--2---2-2---2--|-5--5---5-5---5--|
E|-5--5---5-5---5--|-1--1---1-1---1--|-0--0---0-0---0--|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-2--2---2-2---2--|-3--3---3-3---3--|-5--5---5-5---5--|-7--7-7--7-7--7--|
A|-2--2---2-2---2--|-3--3---3-3---3--|-5--5---5-5---5--|-7--7-7--7-7--7--|
E|-0--0---0-0---0--|-1--1---1-1---1--|-3--3---3-3---3--|-5--5-5--5-5--5--|
Pre-verse (x4)
e|-------5---5----|
B|-------5---5----|
G|-4-5-6---6---x--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Verse
e|-------5---5-----|-------5---5-----|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------5---5-----|-------5---5-----|-------7---7-----|-------7---7-----|
G|---5h6---6---x-x-|---5h6---6---x-x-|---7h8-6-8-6-x-x-|---7h8-6-8-6-x-x-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-------5---5-----|-------5---5-----|-------10--10----|-------10--10----|
B|-------5---5-----|-------5---5-----|-------10--10----|-------10--10----|
G|---5h6---6---x-x-|---5h6---6---x-x-|--10h11---x--x-x-|--10h11---x--x-x-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Prechorus
e|--------|------------|-------------|--------------|
B|--------|------------|-------------|--------------|
G|-2------|-5----4--5--|--7------7-7-|-7-7----7-7-7-|
D|-2------|-5----4--5--|--7------7-7-|-7-7----7-7-7-|
A|-0------|-3----2--3--|--5------5-5-|-5-5----5-5-5-|
E|--------|------------|-------------|--------------|
I'm back on the streets again
I'm back on my feet again
It's good to be free again
It's good to be me again
Chorus
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|7--7-7--7--7--7-7|
D|7--7-7--7--7--7-7|3--3-3--3--3--3-3|2--2-2--2--2--2-2|7--7-7--7--7--7-7|
A|7--7-7--7--7--7-7|3--3-3--3--3--3-3|2--2-2--2--2--2-2|5--5-5--5--5--5-5|
E|5--5-5--5--5--5-5|1--1-1--1--1--1-1|0--0-0--0--0--0-0|-----------------|
On parole On parole On Parole
All the solo rhythms & bridge are
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|---------------------7--7--7--7-7-7-|
D|-7--7-7--7-3--3-3--3-7--7--7--7-7-7-|
A|-7--7-7--7-3--3-3--3-5--5--5--5-5-5-|
E|-5--5-5--5-1--1-1--1----------------|About On Parole Tab by Motörhead
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