Originally in E (or Em-ish), I play in the original key and drop an octave on the second half of the chorus
Reminder of the vibe of the riff in E
|--------------------0----------------------| |----------0-0-1-1-2------------0-0-1-1-0---| |--0-0-3-3--------------0-0-3-3-----------3-| |--------------------0-2-2-0-0--------------| |----------0-0-1-1-2-----------2-2-1-1---0--| |--0-0-3-3-----------------------------3----|
| E5 |
| Jenny died of suicide |
With a candle burning in her eye
All but drums out on “on”
But on my tombstone when I go
Riff
| E5 |
| John forgot what he was on |
But he broke the needle, dead and gone
But on my tombstone when I go
Just put death by rock and roll
Riff
Vox on the 3 of the chord (major 7 of the key) on “go”
| B5 | C5 | A5 | B5 | C5 | A5 |
| I wanna go w | ith | a s | hotgun blast |
I don’t go up at the end of this line, and don’t worry too much about the descending riff as long as it hits the I on the 1
| B5 | C5 | A5 | B5 | B5 | C5 | A5 | G5 | F#5 |
| I wanna go w | ith | a w | oman on her back |
This is where I drop an octave
| E5 |
| I wanna go with balls, I won’t pray |
| E5 |
| I wanna go with this bottle in my veins |
| B5 | C5 | A5 | |
| I wanna | go |
| B5 | C5 | A5 |
| I wanna go |
| B5 | B5 | A5 | G5 | F# |
| I wanna go o | ut | my w | ay |
| E5 |
| Amy shot and killed a man |
With a gun too heavy in her hand
But on my tombstone when I go
Just put death by rock and roll
Riff
| E5 |
| Janey had steel in her bones |
But she burned away blood into stone
But on my tombstone when I go
Just put death by rock and roll
No riff this time
| B5 | C5 | A5 | B5 | C5 | A5 |
| I wanna go w | ith | a s | hotgun blast |
| B5 | C5 | A5 | B5 | B5 | C5 | A5 | G5 | F#5 |
| I wanna go w | ith | a w | oman on her back |
| E5 |
| I wanna go with a sickness in my throat |
| E5 |
| I wanna go, killed by rock and roll, I wanna |
| B5 | C5 | A5 | B5 | C5 | A5 |
| I wanna go |
| B5 | C5 | A5 |
| I wanna go |
| B5 | A5 | G5 | F# | |
| O | ut | my w | ay |
Pre-solo, with hard stops
| E5 | G5 | A5 | |||
| E5 | G5 | A5 | |||
| E5 | G5 | A5 | |||
| E5 | G5 | A5 | Bb5 | B5 | D5 |
Solo
| E5 | B5 | D5 |
| → |
| E5 | B5 | D5 |
| → |
| E5 | B5 | D5 |
| → |
| E5 | B5 | D5 |
| → |
| E5 | B5 | D5 |
| → |
| E5 | B5 | D5 |
| → |
| E5 |
| B5 | C5 | A5 | B5 | C5 | A5 |
| I wanna go w | ith | a s | hotgun blast |
| B5 | C5 | A5 | B5 | C5 | A5 |
| I wanna go | in | a mo | torcycle crash |
| B5 | C5 | A5 | B5 | C5 | A5 |
| Out on my own, | I | don’t | need to be saved |
| B5 | C5 | A5 |
| I wanna go |
| B5 | A5 | G5 | E5 | |
| O | ut... | my... w | ay |
Riff
Let ring
| E5 | |
| O | n my tombstone when I go |
| A | E | |
| J | ust put death by rock and r | oll |