"Play On"
(S. McCall - E. Carmen)
Intro:
lead guitar [bars 1-5]:
rhythm guitar [bars 3-8]:
v v v v -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ----------2-----5-----7*-- -0*-0-/4----/7----/9--0--- * 1st only * 5th only
bass [bars 5-8]:
v v v v ----------4--4------------ -4**---6--------------6--- -7*-7-----------5--4------ -------------------------- * first time ** repeats
lead guitar [bars 6-8]:
[6] [7] v v v v v v v v --------------------------|-------------------------- --------------------------|----------12----15----17-- --------------------------|------/13---/16----------- ----------9-----12----14--|----14-------------------- ----7-/11---/14---/16-----|-------------------------- --------------------------|--------------------------
[8] v v v v -19b21-----19b21---16-19-16------------- ----------------------------19-17-19b21- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ^^^^^^^^ triplets
Verse 1:
E (w/intro riff)
It's a hard life but you play it for laughs
C#m
It's a cold-hearted business, keep away from the draft
F#m A
And your fingers and your throat get sore
F#m A B
But they're out there beggin' for some more
Chorus:
E A/E F#7 B
So play on (while the lights shine around your head)
G# C#m G#7 C#m
Play on (every night in a different bed)
A Asus2 A F#m/B
And the nights go on and...
[1, 3: E (intro riff, 2X)]
[2: (to bridge)]
[4: G#m A (to coda)]
...on
Verse 2:
Take a break and find a place you can hide
'Cause tonight you're got to be a star personified
You're rushin' round to get your plane
Then it's back in the bubble again
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
C
Critics comin' 'cause you're Number One (Number One)
Am
Play your hits and all the girls will come
Em
(So play on) play on
C
(Play on) play on
A A/B
Play on
[repeat intro riff, 2X]
[guitar solo over verse chords]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 1 w/harmony vocal]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
F#m G#m A A/B E
The nights go on and on
lead guitar (rhythm guitar plays jangly E-based figure):
(E) [N.C.] v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ---------|-----------0-2-4-|-----------0-2-4-|----------------- ---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ---------|-----------1-2-4-|-----------1-2-4-|----------------- ---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2-0- (...on)
bass:
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v ---------|-----------131416|-------------1413|----------------- ---------|-----------------|-----------14----|---14--14--5-4-2- ---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----14---------- ---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- (...on)
guitar:
E5 [N.C.] E5 [N.C.] v v v v v v v v --------------------------|-------------------------- --------------------------|-------------------------- --------------------------|-------------------------- --------------------------|----------9-----12----14-- ----------2-----5-----7---|----7-/11---/14---/16----- -0--0-/4----/7----/9------|--------------------------
bass:
v v v v v v v v --------------------------|-------------------------- ----------------------2---|----------------2--2--2--- ----------------x--x------|-------------------------- --------------------------|-------------------------- ^ ^ drum accent
guitars: E5 v v v v -------------------------- ----------12----15-16-17-- ------/13---/16----------- ----14----------------2--- ----------------------2--- ----------------3--2--0--- ^^^^^^^ rhythm guitar
bass:
v v v v -------------------------- ----------------5--4--2--- -------------------------- --------------------------
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
