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L.A. Woman (The Doors: Jim Morrison / Ray Manzarek / Robby Krieger / John Densmore)
The majority of the song is played over an A chord,
so if there isn't a chord specified, assume it's A.
Intro:
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|--9-------|--7------|--5-----5\3--|---------|
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|----------|---------|-------------|---------|
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|--2h3-2-3-2-0h2--|---------|--------------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|---2h3-2-3-2-0--2~~-|---------|
|-----------------|---------|--------------------|---------|
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|---6h7p6-7p6---6--|---------|---6p7-6-7-6------|---------|
|-------------7----|---------|-------------7-7--|---------|
|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|---6h7p6-7p6---6--|---------|---6p7-6-7-6------|---------|
|-------------7----|---------|-------------7-7--|---------|
|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|------------------|---------|------------------|---------|
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|---------|
|---6h7p6---------|---------|---6p7-6---------|---------|
|---------7----7--|---------|---------7----7--|---------|
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Verse 1 (alternate lyrics and guitar transcriptions):
A
Well, I just got into town about an hour ago.
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|--8--7--5-7---|-------------------|
|--------------|--5b---------------|
|--------------|------7-5----------|
|--------------|----------7-6-5----|
|--------------|----------------8--|
Took a look around see, which way the wind blows.
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|--8--7--5-7---|-------------------|
|--------------|--5b---------------|
|--------------|------7-5----------|
|--------------|----------7-6-5----|
|--------------|----------------8--|
With a little girl in a Hollywood bungalow.
/ / / / / / / /
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|-------------------|--------5~~------|
|--7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5--|--7-5-7----------|
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Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light?
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|-------------------|--------5~~------|
|--7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6--|--7-6-7----------|
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A G A
Or just another lost angel, city of night, city of night,
G A
City of night, city of night, whoa, come on!
Solo (may not be exact, but it's a good start):
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|--------------------0-2-4-4b----4--2-----2~~~--|
|--------------0-2-4------------------4---------|
|--------0-2-4----------------------------------|
|--0-2-4----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-2-4--4b-2-----2--4b-4--2-----4b-2-----2-----2--4-|
|-0-2-4--------------4--------------4--------4-----4-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--5---5---5--7--5--7--7b--5-----5--7--5---7--7--7---|
|--------------------------------7----------------------|
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|--9--9--9---10--10--10---9--9--9-----9\7---7--7--7~~---|
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|--7\5---5--5--5~~----5\3---|
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|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|--6h7p6--7--6--7~~~--|-7p6--------6~~~---|-7--6----------|
|---------------------|--------7----------|--------7---7--|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--6h7p6--7--6--------|
|---------------7--7--|
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Verse 2:
L.A. woman
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|--7b-5-----7---7b~~~---|
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L.A. woman
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|--8br------------|
|----------5~~~~--|
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L.A. woman, Sunday afternoon
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|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|--------5~~~-----|
|--7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5--|--7-5-7----------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
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L.A. woman, Sunday afternoon
/ / / / / / / /
|-----------------|---------------------|
|--7br------------|---------------------|
|--7br-----5------|--5------------------|
|------------7----|----7----------------|
|-----------------|----------7---7~~~~--|
|-----------------|---------------------|
A
L.A. woman, Sunday afternoon, drive through you suburbs
G A
Into your blues, into your blues,
G A
Into your blue, blue, blue, into your blues, oh yeah!
(Piano solo)
Bridge:
A G A G A G A G
I see your hair is burning,
A G A G A G A G
Hills are filled with fi-re.
A G A G A G A G
If they say I never loved you,
A G A G A G A G
You know they are a li-ar.
A G A G A G A G
Drivin' down your freeway,
A G A G A G A G
Midnight alleys roam.
A
Cops in cars, topless bars, never saw a woman
G A G A
So alone, so alone, so alone, so alone
Verse 3:
Motel money murder madness
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|--5--7br--------|------------------|
|---------5-7----|--7-5---5------7--|
|----------------|------7-----------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
Let's change the mood from glad to sadness.
/ / / / / / / /
|------------------|---------------------|
|------5---8b-5----|---------------------|
|--7b--------------|--7br-5--------------|
|------------------|--------7-5----------|
|------------------|------------7-6-5----|
|------------------|------------------8--|
Slower tempo groove over A
Repeat the following:
A C A
Mr. Mojo Risin
A C A
Gotta keep on risin'
A C A
Risin', risin'
Increase tempo slowly to a very quick speed and jam over
4 measures of C, 4 measures of D, then finally back to A.
Repeat verse 1
End on the Mr. Mojo Risin part.
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