OPIUM TRAIL - Thin Lizzy
(From the Album "Still Dangerous" and "Bad Reputation")
Version 1.0 April 127th, 2011
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| / slide up |
| \ slide down |
| h hammer-on |
| p pull-off |
| ~ vibrato |
| b Bend |
| r Release |
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This is my first attempt at a complete tab, I will finish it, but for now here's the basics.
Please feel free to amend, correct, or add to this!
Intro
| e | |
| B | 15 15~ 15 15~ 15 15~ 15 15~ |
| G | 12 12~ 4 12 12~ 12 12~ 4 12 12~ |
| D | 12 12~ 2 12 12~ 12 12~ 2 12 12~ |
| A | 5 5 |
| E | 3 2 0 3 2 0 |
Opening riff (with harmony guitar)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 4 4 5 5 5 |
| A | 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| E | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
Figure 1.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 4 |
| D | 5 4 7 5 4 |
| A | 5 7 7 7 5 5 |
| E | 7 7 5 7 7 5 0 |
Verse (Both Guitars)
I took a line that leads you to the opium trail
| e | | |
| B | 7 | 5 |
| G | 7 | 5 |
| D | 7 | 5 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| E | /7 7 7 | /5 5 5 |
Oriental eyes reveal the lies, deceit, betrayal
| e | | |
| B | 7 | |
| G | 7 | |
| D | 7 | 5 4 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 7 |
| E | /7 7 7 | /5 7 |
On this journey behold one who travels far
| e | | |
| B | 7 | 5 |
| G | 7 | 5 |
| D | 7 | 5 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| E | /7 7 7 | /5 5 5 |
You called him fool but now you are
| e | | |
| B | 7 | |
| G | 7 | |
| D | 7 | 4 4 4 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| E | /7 7 7 | |
Figure 1.
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 4 |
| D | 5 4 7 5 4 |
| A | 5 7 7 7 5 5 |
| E | 7 7 5 7 7 5 0 |
Verse
The wizard wanders through the world he made from dreams
| e | | |
| B | 7 | 5 |
| G | 7 | 5 |
| D | 7 | 5 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| E | /7 7 7 | /5 5 5 |
The splashing whirlpool hides the frightened screams
| e | | |
| B | 7 | |
| G | 7 | |
| D | 7 | 5 4 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 7 |
| E | /7 7 7 | /5 7 |
Exotic dancers, flashing lancers, this mysterious space
| e | | |
| B | 7 | 5 |
| G | 7 | 5 |
| D | 7 | 5 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| E | /7 7 7 | /5 5 5 |
The fanfare advances, the warlord falls from grace
| e | | |
| B | 7 | |
| G | 7 | |
| D | 7 | 4 4 4 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 |
| E | /7 7 7 | |
| e | 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| B | 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 |
| G | 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| D | 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| A | 7 7 7 5 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 4 |
| D | 5 4 7 5 4 |
| A | 5 7 7 7 5 5 |
| E | 7 7 5 7 7 5 0 |
Chorus
It clears your pain, but it's got you claimed again, my love
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 2 2 0 |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 |
You feel the need, but it lets you bleed, you must concede, my love
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 2 2 0 |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 |
No one to blame, no shame, you crave again and again, my love
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 2 2 0 |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 |
No use to plead from you, it feeds your greed, my love
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 2 2 0 |
| E | 2 3 3 2 0 |
Oh, it's got you, my love
| e | |
| B | 15 15~ 15 15~ 15 15~ 15 15~ |
| G | 12 12~ 4 12 12~ 12 12~ 4 12 12~ |
| D | 12 12~ 2 12 12~ 12 12~ 2 12 12~ |
| A | 5 5 |
| E | 3 2 0 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| E | 7 7 7 |
Solo - Repeat Verse x2 under solo
Guitar Robertson
Not tabbed yet
Guitar Gorham
Repeat Verse under solo
Verse 2x