Def Leppard
"Nine Lives" - Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
Transcribed by: Dustin Ayars
riff a (intro) E
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
E E D A
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 3b/5 5 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
riff b (*fingerpick entire section)
| e | |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 2 2 |
| A | 0 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 |
| e | |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 0 0 2 |
| A | |
| E | 0 /4 3b 0 0 0 0 0 |
riff c *play twice
| e | 2 2 2 2 |
| B | 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
riff d (*palm mute chord arpeggios) *play twice
B C# F# D
| e | |
| B | 3 3 |
| G | 4 6 2 2 2 |
| D | 4 6 4 4 0 0 0 |
| A | 2 4 4 4 4 |
| E | 2 2 2 |
E
| e | |
| B | 5 5 |
| G | 4 4 4 |
| D | 2 2 2 |
| A | |
| E | |
riff e
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
(phase effect)
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 4 |
| B | 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 3b/5 5~ 0 3 0 5 5 5 5 |
| G | 4 4 4 4 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
play riff c again, *twice
play riff d again, *twice
play riff e, then to riff f below
riff f (chord fill)
D A
| e | 2 2 2 |
| B | 3 3 3 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 2 |
| A | 3b 0 |
| E | |
riff g (solo)
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8b 7h9p7 5h7p5 4 5 7 10b |
| B | 0 3 0 3 5 5 5 0 3 0 3 5 5 7b |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 12b 12b |
| G | 9b~ 12b 12b |
| D | 9 9 11 12h14 14 12 14~ |
| A | 9 11 11 9 11 |
| E | 9 12 |
*fingerpick remainder of solo
| e | 12 11 9 7 7 9 9 10 12 17b 14 17 17b~ |
| B | |
| G | /13 11 9 8 8 9 9 /11 /13 13 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
The song will repeat the appropriate sections above, so I will let you take it
from here to jam it out! Have fun! Thanks, Dustin Ayars.
================================ TAB Legend ===================================
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend note
| ~ vibrato
| H harmonic
| PH pinch harmonic
| x Muted string
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