Subject: She's Too Tough - Def Leppard
"She's Too Tough" - Def Leppard
From the Album "Retro-Active"
Words and music by: Joe Elliott
I liked this song the first time I heard it in 1987 on Helix's Wild in the
Streets album. When Def Leppard released it as a b-side on the Heaven single
CD, I was amazed that it could actually sound better. The remixed version on
the Retro-Active album is even better, yet. Both guitar parts are transcribed
here, although I am not positive about the division of the parts between the two
guitars.
V = Palm mute
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
/B\ = Bend
~ = Vibrato
^ = Hammer on/off
Intro
let ring, clean tone w/ dist on 4th time
| E | |
| B | 2 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 2 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 2 |
| A | 3 2 0 0 |
| E | 3 2 0 |
/B\
Riff 'A' guitar 1
| E | |
| B | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| G | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
Riff 'A' guitar 2
| E | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 9 9 7 9 9 7 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | |
| B | 10 101010 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| G | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 99 9 99 7 7 7 6 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 77 7 77 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 ^^ ^^ |
| E | |
Riff 'B' guitar 1
| E | |
| B | 1 0 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 |
| G | 0 0 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 |
| D | 0 0 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 |
| A | 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 |
| E | 3 |
Riff 'B' guitar 2
| E | |
| B | 5 |
| G | 5 |
| D | 5 5 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 |
| A | 3 5 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 |
| E | 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 |
Riff 'C'
| E | |
| B | 444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| G | 444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 222 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
| E | |
| B | 2 2 2 2 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | 0 |
Riff 'D' (both guitars)
| E | |
| B | 1 0 1 1 1 1 |
| G | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 0 0 3 2 0 |
| A | 3 3 2 0 |
| E | 3 |
(Riff 'A')
Black stockings and a high heeled dress
Good lookin' your face is a mess
She's no angel
Oh, no
(Riff 'A')
Gun loaded, she's got plenty to spare
She'll pull your trigger before you're there
She's no angel
Oh, no
CHORUS (Riff 'B')
She's too tough
Can't help it
She just can't help it
CHORUS
(Riff 'A')
Hands off, its a catch twenty-two
You can't touch and she can't refuse
She's no angel
Oh, no
(Riff 'A')
Whiplash, give her six of the best
Lay back, let her mind do the rest
She's no angel
Oh, no
CHORUS (Riff 'B' 4 times)
SOLO (Riff 'C' 2 times)
CHORUS (Riff 'B')
(Riff 'D')
She's too
Tough
CHORUS (Riff 'C' 4 times and fade)
I've cooked up my own little guitar fill for the second guitar in the chorus:
| E | |
| B | 8 8 6 5 6~~~~~~~~~~ |
| G | 5 7 |
| D | 5 |
| A | 3 |
| E | |
She's to tough can't help it, she just can't help it
etc
Transcribed by Gary Vander Ploeg to the best of his ability 1995.