Bryan Adams – Cuts Like A Knife (Bass Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G)
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Speed:
1.0x
As recorded by Bryan Adams
(From the 1983 Album CUTS LIKE A KNIFE)
Words and Music by Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Dave Taylor - Bass / Drop D Tuning: DADG)'
[Intro]
Q=99
4/4
Gtr I (Drop D: DADG)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
A|-----------------|-------3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------3-(3)----||
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5----------||
[1st Verse]
H E Q. Q. E +E E E E H E Q. Q. E +E E Q
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
A|-------------|------3-(3)---3---|-------------|------3-(3)---7---|
D|-0----0-0----|-5----------5---5-|-0----0-0----|-5----------5-----|
H E Q. Q. E +E E E E H E Q. Q. E +E E Q
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------||
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------||
A|-------------|------3-(3)---3---|-------------|------3-(3)---7---||
D|-0----0-0----|-5----------5---5-|-0----0-0----|-5----------5-----||
[2nd & 3rd Verses]
H E Q. Q. E +E E E E H E Q. Q. E +E E Q
G||--------------|------------------|-------------|-----------------|
D||o-------------|------------------|-------------|-----------------|
A||o-------------|------3-(3)---3---|-------------|------3-(3)---7--|
D||--0----0-0----|-5----------5---5-|-0----0-0----|-5----------5----|
H E Q. Q. E +E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|------------------|----------------|------------------||
D|-------------|------------------|----------------|------------------||
A|-------------|------3-(3)---3---|----------------|------------------||
D|-0----0-0----|-5----------5---5-|-0----0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
[Pre-Chorus]
Segno $ To Coda
Q. E H Q. E H W W
G|-------------|-------------|----------|-------||
D|-------------|-------------|----------|-------||
A|-0----0-0----|-2----2-2----|-3--------|-------||
D|-------------|-------------|----------|-5-----||
[Chorus]
E E E E E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-----------------|------3-(3)-3-3-3--|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------|
1.
E E E E E E E E Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +H
G|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------||
D|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------o||
A|-----------------|------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-----------------|------3-(3)----o||
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5--------------||
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E 3x
G||------------------|---------------------||
D||o-----------------|--------------------o||
A||o-----------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3--o||
D||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5---------------||
[Guitar Solo]
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3--|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5--------------|
Dal Segno al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
A|-----------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-----------------|------------------||
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Coda &
W Wx5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|----------|------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|----------|------------|-----------------|------------------||
A|-5--------|------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|----------|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
[Outro]
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
G||------------------|-------------------|
D||o-----------------|-------------------|
A||o-----------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|
D||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E 4x
G|-----------------|--------------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------o||
A|-----------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-o||
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5--------------||************************************
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
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