Cruise Tab

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                                    "CRUISE" off LP "About Face" (1984)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
 
Tuning: Standard
 
--Intro: clean guitar (doubled up)
 
    C             G         F        C        Am      G          F       C
e|------------------0--3-|--5--------3-----|--8---8---7--5----|--5-------3-0---------|
B|--1-------1-----3------|-------6------1--|---------------8--|-------6------1----3--|
G|------0----------------|-----5-----------|----9-----7-------|-----5----------0--0--|
D|----2-------2----------|--7--------------|------------------|--7-------------------|
A|--3-----3--------------|-----------3-----|------------------|----------3-----------|
E|----------------3------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------3--|
 
 
--Verse 1 (intro part plays)
 
--Fill:
 
    F       C   F       C              G
e|--5-------3---1----|--0-----------------|
B|-------6--1---1----|--1--------1-----3--|
G|-----5----------2--|-------0---------0--|
D|--7----------------|-----2-------2------|
A|----------3--------|--3------3----------|
E|--------------1----|-----------------3--|
 
 
--Verse 2
 
 
--Chorus (guitar plays chords with same picking pattern as intro:
 
Am         G         F          C
Saving our children, saving our land
 
Dm            C              G
protecting us from things we can't understand
 
Am        G     F           C
power and glory justice and right
 
Dm            C              G
I'm sure that you'll help us to see the light
 
        Am            G       C            F
and the love that you radiate will keep us warm
 
               C           G
and help us to weather the storm.
 
 
--Verse 3
 
--Fill as before.
 
 
--Chorus (repeated a couple of times).
 
 
--Crazy reggae section (3:28). Strummed chords:
 
     Am          G           F        C           F        C           G
e|---8--8---8----7-7--7--|---5-5--5---3-3--3--|------------3-3--3--|---7-7--7---7-7--7--|
B|---10-10--10---8-8--8--|---6-6--6---5-5--5--|---6-6--6---5-5--5--|---8-8--8---8-8--8--|
G|---9--9---9----7-7--7--|---5-5--5---5-5--5--|---5-5--5---5-5--5--|---7-7--7---7-7--7--|
D|---10-10--10---9-9--9--|---7-7--7-----------|---7-7--7-----------|---9-9--9---9-9--9--|
A|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 
These chords are repeated with various different offbeat rhythms.
Listen to recording to get a feel for it.
 
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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