A Rock And A Hard Place - The Sisters of Mercy

A Rock And A Hard Place

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A Rock And A Hard Place Bass por The Sisters of Mercy
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"A Rock and a Hard Place" by the Sisters of Mercy (from the album "First And Last And Always")
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BASS :
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riff a:
D|-3-3---3-3-3---3-----------------3-3---3-3-3---3-----------------
A|-----------------4-4---4-4-4---4-----------------4-4---4-4-4---4-
 
riff b:
D|-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-
 
riff c:
G|-------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------
A|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------
 
riff d:
D|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
A|-----------------4-------------------------------4---------------
 
riff e:
D|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------
 
GUITAR 1 :
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riff a:
e|-----------------------------6-------8-----------------------6---
B|-6---6-6---------------------------6---6-------------------------
G|---------5-8-5---6-5-5-6-8-6-----5-------5-8-5---6-5-5-6-8-6-----
 
riff b:
e|-----------------------------6-------8---------------------------
B|---6-6-6---------------------------6---6-------------------------
G|-8-------5-8-5---6-5-5-6-8-6-----5-------5-8-5---565-------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------8-6-5-6-----
A|-------------------------------------------------------------6---
 
riff c:
e|-----------------------------6-------8---------------------------
B|-6---6-6---------------------------6---6-------------------------
G|---------5-8-5---6-5-5-6-8-6-----5-------5-8-5---565-------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------7-6-5-6-----
A|-------------------------------------------------------------6---
 
GUITAR 2 :
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riff a:
B|-----------------------2-------2-1---------------------2-------2-
G|-------------------0-1-----0-1---------------------0-1-----0-1---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------3-------3-----------------------3-------3-------
 
riff b:
D|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
A|---------3-------4-3---4-3-1-------------3-------4-3---4-3-1---3-
E|-----------------------------4-------------------------------4---
 
GUITAR 3 :
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riff a:
e|-----------1---------------1---------------1---------------1-----
B|-------------1---------------1---------------1---------------1---
 
riff b:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------1-----
B|-------------------------------------------------------------1---
 
riff c:
e|---------------------------1-------------------------------1-----
B|-----------------------------1-------------------------------1---
 
GUITAR 4 :
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riff a:
D|-3---------------1-------------------------------1---------------
A|---------------------------------4-------------------------------
 
riff b:
D|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
A|---------3-------4-3---4-3-1-------------3-------4-3---4-3-1---3-
E|-----------------------------4-------------------------------4---
 
GUITAR 5 :
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riff a:
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-310-8---6---5-----
 
riff b:
D|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
A|---------3-------4-3---4-3-1-------------3-------4-3---4-3-1---3-
E|-----------------------------4-------------------------------4---
 
GUITAR 6 :
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riff a:
e|-9999999999999999888888888888888866666666666666666666666666666666
 
GUITAR 7 :
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riff a:
---------------------------------A#--A#--------------------------
 
riff b:
-C#--C#--------------------------A#--A#----------A#--A#--A#--A#--
 
GUITAR 8 :
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riff a:
A|-----------------------------------------------------------1-1-1-
 
riff b:
D|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
A|---------3-------4-3---4-3-1-------------3-------4-3---4-3-1---3-
E|-----------------------------4-------------------------------4---
 
SYNTH 1 :
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riff a:
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
 
SYNTH 2:
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riff a:
B|-2---------------1-----------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------3-------------------------------
 
PIANO :
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riff a:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------6-6---
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
HOW TO PLAY :
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bass: |a a a a|b b b b|c c|d|b b|c c|e e|c c|c c|c c|c c|c c|c c|
guitar 1:| a b| | |c| | | | | | | | | |
guitar 2:| a a| |b b| | |b b| | |b b|b b|a a|a a|a a|
guitar 3:| |a a a a| | |a a| b| | | | |c c|c c|c c|
guitar 4:| |a a a a|b b| |a a|b b| | |b b|b b|b b|b b|b b|
guitar 5:| | | | | | |a a| | |b b|b b|b b|b b|
guitar 6:| | | | | | |a a| | | | | | |
guitar 7:| | | | | | |a b| | | | | | |
guitar 8:| | | | | | | | a|b b|b b|b b|b b|b b|
synth 1: | |a a a a| | |a a| | | | | | | | |
synth 2: | | | | | | |a a| | | | | | |
piano: | | | | | | | | | | | a| a

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