Rhy.Fig.1 G5 |----------------------------------------| |-3-------x--3---------------------------| |-0-------x--0---------------------------| |-5-------x--5----x--x-----x-x-x-x-x-----| |-5-------x--5----x--x-----x-x-x-x-x-----| |-3-------x--3----x--x-----x-x-x-x-x-0---| Rhy.Fig.1 x8 (Vocals enter at the end of the 8th time) Verse 1 Rhy.Fig.1 x10 1.Blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee. Blood on the streets, the town of Chicago. Blood on the rise, it's following me. Just about the break of day. |1.____________________ Chorus: PB1 |----------------|----------------------|--------------------0| |-----3----------|----------------------|---------------0h2h3-| |-/4----2-0---0--|-2--0---0---------0---|----------0h4h4------| |-----------2---2|------2-------0h2----2|-----0h2h4-----------| |----------------|----------0h2---------|0h2h4----------------| |----------------|----------------------|---------------------| _________________| |--5--5--55------| |--x--x--xx------| |--6--6--66------| |----------------| |----------------| |----------------|GOTO VERSE TWO. |2.________________________________... B1 GB(0.5) B1 |--------------------0--|-7----5----5-----------|------------------| |------------------0----|--------7-------7------|7--4--------------| |------------0h2h4------|-----------------------|------6---6-4-6-4-| |------0-2-3------------|-----------------------|-----------------6| |-0h2h4-----------------|-----------------------|------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------| |---7---7---77----------| |---x---x---xx----------| |---8---8---88----------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| VERSE TWO Rhy.Fig.1 (I don't have the lyrics to the second verse, but just play the rhy1 you'll know when to break into the chorus again) Chorus (After playing the chorus again but substituting the part2 for part1) |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----0---2-0---0-------------| |0-3---3-----3---3-0---------|x4 (this bit takes a while to get the rhy right, eventually the fingers just do it) |0----0----|0---0---0---0---| |0----0----|0---0---0---0---| |0----0----|0---0---0---0---| |2----2----|2---2---2---2---| |----------|----------------| |----------|----------------| Guitar solo B1 B1 B1R B1R B1R B1 B1 B1 B1RB1 |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |16--18-15---15---------------------|---15--15--15--15--| |---------17----17--17--15-17-15--15|17---17--17--17--17| |-------------------------------17--|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------| B1 B1 B1 B1RB1 B1 B1 B1 B1 |----------------|----------------------|--------------------15161717| |15--15--15--15--|--15--15--15--15------|--------------151617--------| |--17--17--17--17|----17--17--17--------|--------151617--------------| |----------------|----------------------|--151617--------------------| |----------------|-----------------15-16|17--------------------------| |----------------|----------------------|----------------------------| *Really Fast B1 B1 B1 B1 |1715--15--15--15-----|5-|----|--|--|--|--|--| |----18--18--18--18---|3-|---5|6-|5-|4-|5-|3-| |------------------17\|0-|--x-|0-|0-|0-|5-|5-| |---------------------|0-|-x--|--|--|--|5-|0-| |---------------------|--|x---|--|--|--|3-|--| |---------------------|--|----|--|--|--|--|--| rake VERSE 3 Rhy.Fig.1 Blood on the streets. In the townof New Haven; Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venic. Blood in my love in the terrible summer; Bloody red sun of fantastic L.A. Blood screams her brain they chop off her fingers. Blood'll be born in the birth of a nation. () () (open) (o). (). (Segue to Blue Sunday) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just muck around with rhyFig1, string for the last part. Enjoy!

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