Demolition Boys

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                          DEMOLITION BOYS - Girlschool
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Tabbed by: Anne Drury
Date: May 23, 2005 (submitted Sept. 12, 2005)
Corrections to main riff by: Jason   (July 4, 2005)

Written by:  K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson
CD:  "Demolition"    (1980, Bronze Records/Re-issue on Castle, 2004)


Notes:

^...bend  (q=quarter tone, s=semi-tone, w=whole tone)
h...hammer on
r...release bend
hb..hold bend  (hold bend while playing notes within square brackets)
p...pulloff
x...dead note (damp with fretting hand)


-Tuning: Standard
-The song is in the key of A. The guitar solo is in A pentatonic minor.
-For measures 9-12 of the guitar solo, there's a key change to B.
(Measures 11-12 might be in D...not sure, but they're definitely played
over a D5 chord.) Song returns to A at measure 13 of guitar solo.
-Timing: bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time


INTRO:

Figure 1 - play 10x
E|-----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------| 
D|---5h7-7---5h7-7---5h7-7-7---7-7-7-------| 
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0-0---0-0-0-------| 
E|-----------------------------------------| 


The 5th and 6th time through, an A5 power chord is played on the
first beat of the measure.


1ST VERSE:

You can...    ? comes..  Another...  Gonna make...
E|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------| 
B|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------| 
G|-------5--|-------5--|-------5--|------7-------7--------| 
D|--7----5--|--7----5--|--7----5--|--5---7---5---7---5----| 
A|--7-------|--7-------|--7-------|--5---5---5---5---5----| 
E|--5-------|--5-------|--5-------|--3-------3-------3----| 


Play Figure 1 2x


2ND VERSE:


The people....To watch...Band.......The roof.....
E|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------| 
B|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------| 
G|-------5--|-------5--|-------5--|------7-------7--------| 
D|--7----5--|--7----5--|--7----5--|--5---7---5---7---5----| 
A|--7-------|--7-------|--7-------|--5---5---5---5---5----| 
E|--5-------|--5-------|--5-------|--3-------3-------3----| 


Play Figure 1 2x


Pre-Chorus:

     E5
For miles around they heard the sound
     C5
And came to see the show
 D5
And they all know


CHORUS:

Demolition
Demolition
Play Figure 1 4x with Chorus lyrics


3RD VERSE:

The boys......Hidden....Walls......No survivors to.....
E|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------| 
B|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------| 
G|-------5--|-------5--|-------5--|------7-------7--------| 
D|--7----5--|--7----5--|--7----5--|--5---7---5---7---5----| 
A|--7-------|--7-------|--7-------|--5---5---5---5---5----| 
E|--5-------|--5-------|--5-------|--3-------3-------3----| 


Play Figure 1 2x


Pre-chorus:

     E5
For miles around they heard the sound
     C5
And came to see the show
 D5
And they all know


CHORUS:

Demolition
Demolition
Play Figure 1 4x with Chorus lyrics

BRIDGE:

        C5            A5
Things used to be different for me
         C5
Until I heard the noise
    D5
Demolition boys
    D5
Demolition boys


Play Figure 1 4x
(The third and fourth time through Fig. 1, an A5 power chord is played
on the first beat of the measure.)


Figure 1 is played along with the first 8 measures of the guitar solo.


GUITAR G  O:

(2 measures)
E|----------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
B|--7^s--7^s--7^s--7^s--|---7^s-------------------------------------| 
G|--7^w--7^w--7^w--7^w--|--[7^w-hb-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7]r(7)p5---5-------| 
D|----------------------|---------------------------------7---7-----| 
A|----------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------|-------------------------------------------| 

(2 measures)
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------5-8-----|-8-----8-----8--10p8---8-10--| 
G|---------5-----5h7p5----x-7-------9-|-----9-----9---------9-------| 
D|-5h7p5------7--------7--------------|-----------------------------| 
A|-------7----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 

(1 measure)
E|----------------------------------------------| 
B|-13^w--13^w--13^w--13^wr(13)p10--------13-15--| 
G|--------------------------------12--14--------| 
D|----------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 

(1 measure)
E|------------15--------------------------------| 
B|-15^w--15^w----15^w--15--15^wr(15)p13---------| 
G|--------------------------------------14-12---| 
D|----------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 

(2 measures)
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------|-8^w-8-7h8p7-5---7-5---------| 
G|-9--12-9---9--12-9---9--12-9-12-12^w-|---------------7-----7^q-5---| 
D|---------12--------12----------------|---------------------------7-| 
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 

Key changes to B here.
Rhythm guitar plays a B5 power chord on 1st beat of staff below.
(2 measures)
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
G|-7-----7-----7-----7-----9---7-7-|--------------7--7-7h9p7---7-9^w-| 
D|-7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---9---7-7-|--9--7h9p7----7----------9-------| 
A|---9-----9-----9-----9-----------|--9--------9---------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 

Lead guitar - (on last note, gradually bend up 2 whole tones)
(2 measures)
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
B|-8-10----12----13---------------|------------------------------------| 
G|---12^w--14^w--15^w--17^w--17^w-|--17^w--17^w--17^w--17--14--17^(21)-| 
D|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
|                                |                                    |  

|                                |                                    |
|Rhythm - final note on this staff is actually 1st note of next measure
| D5                             |                                    |
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
G|--7-----------------------------|----------------------7-5-----------| 
D|--7-----------------------------|----------------------7-5---7-5---7-| 
A|--5-----------------------------|----------------------------7-5---7-| 
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 

Key changes back to A.
(one measure) - play 4x
E|------5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------5-5-5-----| 
B|------5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------5-5-5-----| 
G|--7^w--------7^w--------7^w--------7^w--------7^w-----------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------| 


The third and fourth time through the above staff, the rhythm guitar
plays an A5 power chord on the 1st beat.


CHORUS:

Demolition
Demolition
Demolition
Demolition
Play Figure 1 8x with Chorus lyrics


Chords:  A5     G5
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