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
It's a cold-hearted business, keep away from the draft
And your fingers and your throat get sore
But they're out there beggin' for some more
Chorus:
So play on (while the lights shine around your head)
Play on (every night in a different bed)
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:
Critics comin' 'cause you're Number One (Number One)
Play your hits and all the girls will come
(So play on) play on
(Play on) play on
Play on
[repeat intro riff, 2X]
[guitar solo over verse chords]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 1 w/harmony vocal]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
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:
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--- -------------------------- --------------------------
