Chinatown – Thin Lizzy
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Tabbed by: Matt Allison
Tuning: Standard
This song sounds best when played through a valve amp, using a guitar with a humbucker
set on the bridge pickup.
e|————————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————————–|
D|———————–0—-0————2——————————–|
A|—————0h2—————-0h2————————————-|
E|—-0—-0—————————————————————-|
This is the main riff throughout the song. Just play an E shape and lift it on and off.
i’m not certain about the run but I think it’s in Em and it goes something like this
e|–15p12——12———————————————————–|
B|——–15——-15p12—————————————————-|
G|————————14p12—-12—————————————|
D|——————————14—-14—12–14–12——-12————–|
A|—————————————————–14——-14———-|
E|——————————————————————15—12-|
and then
e|–15p12——-12———————————————————-|
B|———-15——-15–12——-15b17–15b17(15)-12———————–|
G|—————————-12———————–14–12———–12–|
D|————————————————————–14–14——|
A|————————————————————————–|
E|————————————————————————–|
E
e|————————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————————–|
G|————————————————————————–|
D|–2—-2————————-0—————————————-|
A|–2————–0-2–0-2-3-2-3——————————————-|
E|–0——0–2-3———————————————————–|
this is the build up to the main riff. It may take a bit of practice.
B5 A
e|————————————————————————–|
B|————————————————-2————————|
G|———————–4————————-2————————|
D|———–0-0—–2—4————-0-0—–2—2———–0-0—–2—-|
A|——0h2——0h2—–2———0h2—–0h2—–0——-0h2—–0h2——|
E|–0-0————————0-0———————0-0——————|
These chords need repeating and for the A play the main riff up one string.
B5 B5 B5 A 5 E
e|————————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————————–|
G|-4-X-4—4—2—5————————-Repeat————————-|
D|-4-x-4—4—2—5—2———0-0—–2———————————-|
A|-2-x-2—2—0—3—2—-0h2——0h2————————————|
E|———————0–0————————————————-|
This is the chorous.
G B5 E G B5 5 D5
e|————————————————3————————-|
B|—————————0——————–0————————-|
G|—————————0——4————-0—-4-4-5 7-7-11-12-12—|
D|-2————2————0——4——2——0—-4-4-5-7-7-11-12-12—|
A|———0-2———-0-2–2——2——2——2—-2-2-3-5-5-9–10-10—|
E|–0-2-3——–0-2-3——3–3-2—-3-2-0–0-2-3–3-2———————|
e|————————————————————————–|
B|————————————————————————–|
G|—14-16—17–19———————————————————|
D|—14-16—17–19———————————————————|
A|—12-14—15–17———————————————————|
E|————————————————————————–|
After the chorous the main riff plays followed by the above. Then the run from the
is played.
I think the solos are improvised using an Em scale.
This is my first tab so i hope it isnt too bad.
| b bend
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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