Cadillac Dreams

Standard tuning
Key:
/    = slide up
\    = slide down
b    = bend (whole step)
b^   = bend (1/2 step)
b^^  = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb   = pre-bend
r    = release-bend
t    = tap with righthand finger
h    = hammer-on
p    = pull-off
~    = Vibrato
*    = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
**   = Artificial Harmonic
x    = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
(\)  = Dive w\bar
(/)  = Release w\bar
Tp   = Tap w\plectrum
Rhythm Fig. 1

Rhythm Fig. 2

Rhythm Fig. 3

    P.M. - - - - - - - - >          Semi-harm

Rhythm Fig. 4

End 1

                        1/4-step bends
End 2

End 3

End 4

Rhythm Fig. 5

Rhythm Fig. 6

Rhythm Fig. 7

    P.M. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >

Rhythm Fig. 8

Rhythm Fig. 9

Rhythm Fig. 10

Rhythm Fig. 11

Riff 1 (w/ slide)

Riff 2 (w/ slide)

Riff 3 (w/ slide)

Riff 4 (w/ slide)

Solo (w/ slide)

                      Slide up past the fingerboard

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CADILLAC DREAMS
Gene Simmons, Vini Poncia

Rhy. Fig 2

When I was seventeen, found out just what it means
If you can get it free, it just ain't worth a damn
When I heard the preacher say, don't throw your life away
I got that message, and I wrote it on the wall

Rhy. Fig 3

I don't want anybody tellin' me lies, no, I don't want your diamond ring
'Cause you ain't got my size

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1

I want money, money, that's what I need,
I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 2 and Riff 1 (2x)

Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me

Rhy. Fig 5

Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams

Rhy. Fig 2 w/ Riff 2

When I had the young boy blues, I paid some young boy dues
I learned the hard way, there's a heartbreak every day
Stone cold reality came crashing down on me

Riff 3

Well life was hard on me, but I still don't give a damn

Rhy. Fig 3

When I was seventeen I was an angry young man
But I won't let just anybody tell me who I am

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1

I just want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister don'tcha take it from me

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 3 and Riff 1 (2x)

Give me money, money, more than I need
These Cadillac dreams are waitin' on me

Rhy. Fig 6 w/ Riff 4

Didn't have the time of day, till this dream was born
You can't take that away, you can't take that away from me

Rhy. Fig 8 (2x) w/ Rhy. Fig 9

Yeah, now dig this...

Rhy. Fig 8 (4x) w/ Rhy. Fig 10

When I was seventeen, there was this beauty queen
Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car

Rhy. Fig 3

When you want all the best things money can buy
You gotta reach down inside of you, to reach up to the sky

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 11

Yeah, I want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister you can't take that from me

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 2 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)

I want money, money, more than I need
I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)

Money, money, that's what I need
We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)

Someday, one day, just you and me
We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams

Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)

(repeat and fade)