Once Bitten Twice Shy

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This is one of the best songs of the 80's. And it's not to hard to
play just the chords.  This s a very extensive tab that took quite
a while to make so please give feedback.  J*
I. Hunter
1. Chords and rhythm
  C5         G5      D5/A     Bb5     Eb5/Bb     F5       G
EA D GBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
81010XXX   355XXX   5577XX   688XXX   6688XX   133XXX   355433
  G5/D         D5         Bb7      F5/C
E A D G BE   E A D GBE   EADGBE   EAD G BE
10101212XX   101212XXX   6867XX   881010XX
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2. Song structure and lyrics:
Intro: |C5    |C5    |C5    |C5    |C5    |C5    |
Verse 1:
[C5]Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a [G5]hummin' and a strummin' all [D5]over God's world
[C5]You can't remember when you got your last meal
And [G5]you don't know just how a [D5]woman feels
[Bb7]You didn't know what rock 'n' roll was
Un- [Eb/Bb]til you met my drummer on a grey tour bus
[Bb7]I got there in the nick of time
Be- [Eb/Bb]fore he got his hands across your state line
Chorus:
I said [C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe   [G]
Verse 2:
Now its the [C5]middle of the night on the open road
The [G5]heater don't work and it's [D5]oh-so cold
[C5]You're lookin' tired, you're lookin' kinda beat
The [G5]rhythm of the street sure [D5]knocks you off your feet
[Bb7]You didn't know how rock 'n' roll looked
Un- [Eb/Bb]til you caught your sister with the guys from the group
[Bb7]Half-way home in the parking lot
By the [Eb/Bb]look in her eyes she was givin' what she got
Chorus

Well [C5]Woman you're a mess gonna die in your sleep
There's [G5]blood on my amp and my [D5]fenders beat
[C5]Can't keep you home, you're messin' around
My [G5]best friend told me you're the [D5]best lick in town
[Bb7]You didn't know that rock 'n' roll burned
[Eb/Bb]So you bought a candle and you live and you learn
[Bb7]You got the rhythm, you got the speed
[Eb/Bb]Mamma's little baby likes it short and sweet
Chorus plus:
I said [C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F5]shy, babe
[C5]Ah ah ah once bitten twice [F]shy
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3. Tabs
There are two rhythm guitars, but I don't have a clue who's who.
So I just call them rhythm guitar 1 (the guitar panned to your right
speaker) and 2 (the guitar panned to your left speaker).
Rhythm guitar 1
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Use all downstrokes unless indicated otherwise
Intro:

                                                               d  u
                                                   .             (. = short)
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Verse:
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

(* The last notes of the previous bar are still ringing here on
   the first half of the first beat. So don't strike the C5-chord
   here. In following verses you do strike the C5-chord here).

The Bb- and the Eb-chords are quite a stretch in first position. I've
choosen for this as the low F can only be reached in the first
position. You can also play these chords in the sixth position but
then the distance to the low F is very large.
This would be the alternative:
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Chorus:
    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B||*--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A||*10--10--12------12-p10--10--10--|----10--12------12-p10--10\----|
E||-8---8---8-------8-------8---8---|----8---8-------8-------8-\----|
            .

Play these four bars three times but replace the two last bars the
third time by:
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Rhythm guitar 2
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Use all downstrokes
Intro:

    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
E||----------------------------------||
B||*--------------------------------*||
G||----------------------------------||
D||-10--10----------10---------------||
A||*10--10--12------10------12------*|| 4x
E||-8---8---8-------8-------8---8----||
Grab the both notes on the tenth position by making a little bar with
your ringfinger.
Verse:

  *make a bar with your indexfinger for the 10th position
   and a bar with your ringfinger for the 12th position

Chorus:

  d   u   d       d   u   d   u        u   d       d   u   d   u
          .

          .                                        d   u   d   d  u

Solo:
The backing for the solo is the same as the first eight bars of
the chorus.
Before you start with the solo you'll have to learn an old country-lick
which is used in rock many times (if you don't know it already).
Play the following triad:

                               7th pos.
In order to place   E|--8--|   Play the bend with      E|-8---|
this into the       B|--8--|   your ringfinger         B|-8---|
chord you'll        G|-----|  (supported by the        G|-7b9-|
have to place       D|-----|   middle finger and/or    D|-----|
a small bar         A|-----|   the index finger if     A|-----|
with your pinky     E|-----|   necessary)              E|-----|
on the 8th pos.
The full lick Francis plays:
  1   +   2   +

Here's the solo

                      .  *keep your lefthandfingers in position while
                          placing the ringfinger on the 7th fret of
                          the D-string

            .                    (.=short)

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