(0:15)b B - - - R P
View chords used in this chart
(open string noise) B B - - - R P
-----------------I-------B-R-P----I----10----------I----10----------I
-----------------I8---------------I10--------------I10------10\-8---I
-9-------9\------(0)-----2(2)\0---I----------------I--------------9-I
-----------------(0)------------2-I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
B (see above) P
-------------10--I----10----------I----10----------I----10----------I
-10----------10--I10------10\-8---I10--------------I10------10\-8---I
-----------------I--------------9-I----------------I-------------9\7I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
1/2B (0:40) P P
---------------0-I3------B--R-P---I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0-I
---------------0-I----------------I--------3-------I--------30303---I
-9---9-----------I-------2-(2)\0--I------------2\0-I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I2---------------I2---------------I
-----------------I----------------I--(lead fig.2)--I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----0-------BRP-I----0---BRP----0I----0-------BRP-I----0---------0-I
---------3-------I---------------0I----0---3-------I----0---3---0---I
-------------2\0-I--------2\0-----I------------2\0-I----------------I
-2---------------I2-----------2---I----------------I2---------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
B - RP
-----0---0-------I----------------I----0-----------I----------------I
---------3---0---I-----0----0-----I----0-----------I----------------I
---------------2-I-2\0-0----0-----I----1-----------I----------------I
-2---------------I--------2---2---I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I2---------------I----------------I
-----------------I--------------x\I0---------------(0)--------------I
VERSE (0:58)
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-(0)-------------(0)--------------I----------------I----------------I
Well I've been out ...
(main riff)
E *=bend down 1/2 step w/bar and R
-----------------I-------H--0-----I----------------I----------------I
----/3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---0-----I----------------I----------------I
----/4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I---------(2)----I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I(2nd guitar)----I----------------I
-----------------I----------------(0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I0*0-0-0-0-0-0-0)I
Well I'm a little hot wired...
E (see above)
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----3---3-----3-I--3-2-0---------I----------------I----------------I
-----4---4-----4-I--4-2-0/1-------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------2-----I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-(2nd guitar continue the same)---I----------------I----------------I
I got some money in my...
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
------(main riff again)-----------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
I got to make it down to Galveston...
A
Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling O.K.
B
Got a little lost along the way
CHORUS:
(1:29)
E D A E D A
I'm just around the corner to the light of day Well
I'm just around the corner to the light of day
2nd VERSE
E (4 bars under keyboard fill)
E (guitars like in 1st verse)
Been driving five hundred miles, got five hundred to go, yeah
I got rock'n'roll music on my radio
I got a brother on a rig just off the Gulf coast
He says the girls down there are really the most, man
A
Well I'm a little down under but I'm feeling OK
B
I got a little lost along the way
CHORUS 2
(2:19)
E D A E D A
Just around the corner to the light of day
(repeat 4 times)
(KEYBOARD SOLO)
(2:44)
A B
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
---------H-------I----------------I----------------I-H-------H------I
.2-Z-------------I--2-Z-----------I--4-----4-------I---------------.I
.2-Z-------2-4-2-IZ-2-Z-----2-4-2-I--4-----4-------I----4-6-----4--.I
-0-Z----34-------I--0-Z--34-------Ix-2-----2-------I5/6-----5/6-----I
-----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
After the keyboard solo looong improvised guitar solos in
E blues scale over the chorus chord progression (E D A).
After Bruce finds out that his audience is alive, he leads the
band to the third verse:
(6:10)
E
Well I got thrown out of work on the Kokomo
Don't ask me what I'm doing, I don't know
I hope he wasn't joking when he wrote me that letter
Things can't get any worse, they gotta get better
A
I'm a little down under but I'm doing OK
B
Got a little lost along the way
CHORUS 3
E D A E D A
Just around the corner to the light of day
(repeat many times)
CODA
(7:55)
E D A E D A E D A E
---0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-2---0-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z-----I
---0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-3---2-0-I--0-0-0-0-Z-----I
-1-1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-2---2-1-I--1-1-1-1-Z-----I
-2(2-2-2)0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--------0---2-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z-----I
-2-----------0-2-I------------0-2-I------------0-2-I--2-2-2-2-Z-----I
-0-------------0-I--------------0-I--------------0-I--0-0-0-0-Z-----I
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Some symbols:
- = about 1/16th of a bar
B = bend up full step
R = release bend
P
\ = pull-off
H
/ = hammer-on
\ = slide down
/ = slide up
Comments & corrections welcome
Antti Kauppinen
akauppi@cs.joensuu.fi
How to play (0:15)b B - - - R P
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is B. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.