Guns N' Roses – Reckless Life (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## As recorded by Guns N' Roses (From the 1988 Album G N' R LIES) Transcribed by andrew88 Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

 Intro
 4/4
  Both Guitars
  S S S E  S S S S S S E  S E   E  Q.  E S Q.
|-----------------------------|----2-------------|
|-----------------------------|----3-------------|
|----------2-2-2----------2-2-|----2---5---5-----|
|----------2-2-2----------2-2-|----0---5---5-----|
|-3p0-0----0-0-0-3p0-0----0-0-|--------3---3-----|
|-------3--------------3------|------------------|

  S S S E  S S S S S S E  S E   E  Q.  E S Q.
|-----------------------------|----3---2---2-----|
|-----------------------------|----3---3---3-----|
|----------2-2-2----------2-2-|----0---2---2-----|
|----------2-2-2----------2-2-|----0---0---0-----|
|-3p0-0----0-0-0-3p0-0----0-0-|----2-------------|
|-------3--------------3------|----3-------------|

  S S S E  S S S S S S E  S E   E Q.  E S Q.
|-----------------------------|---2-------------|
|-----------------------------|---3-------------|
|----------2-2-2----------2-2-|---2---5---5-----|
|----------2-2-2----------2-2-|---0---5---5-----|
|-3p0-0----0-0-0-3p0-0----0-0-|-------3---3-----|
|-------3--------------3------|-----------------|

  S S S E  S S S S S S E  S E   E Q.  E   Q.
|-----------------------------|---3---2---------|
|-----------------------------|---3---3---------|
|----------2-2-2----------2-2-|---0---2---------|
|----------2-2-2----------2-2-|---0---0---------|
|-3p0-0----0-0-0-3p0-0----0-0-|---2-------------|
|-------3--------------3------|---3-------------|

 Verse
  W        H    H     W        H    H
|----------2--------|----------3----2----|
|----------3--------|----------3----3----|
|-2--------2----5---|-2--------0----2----|
|-2--------0----5---|-2--------0----0----|
|-0-------------3---|-0--------2---------|
|-------------------|----------3---------|

  W        H    H     W        H    E E E E
|----------2--------|----------3----2--------|
|----------3--------|----------3----3--------|
|-2--------2----5---|-2--------0----2---7-5--|
|-2--------0----5---|-2--------0----0---7-5--|
|-0-------------3---|-0--------2--------5-3--|
|-------------------|----------3-------------|

 Pre-Chorus
     Gtr I
  H.          E E H     S.   E E E       H.        E E H     E Q
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4-----------2-4-5----(5)---5-7-5-----|-4---------2-4-5-----7----------|
|-4-----------2-4-5----(5)---5-7-5-----|-4---------2-4-5-----7----------|
|-2-----------0-2-3----(3)---3-5-3-----|-2---------0-2-3-----5----------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| Gtr II
|       PM  PM             PM  PM              PM  PM        PM|
| Q   E S E S S Q S Q   E  S E S E E E   Q   E S E S E Q  Q  S S E E
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4---4-x-4-x-4-4-5-5---5--x-5-x-5-7-5-|-4---4-x-4-x-4-4--5--5-5-5-7----|
|-4---4-x-4-x-4-4-5-5---5--x-5-x-5-7-5-|-4---4-x-4-x-4-4--5--5-5-5-7----|
|-2---2-x-2-x-2-2-3-3---3--x-3-x-3-5-3-|-2---2-x-2-x-2-2--3--3-3-3-5----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Repeat Intro then play Verse and Pre-chorus again.

 Chorus
  W        H    Q  Q   W        H    Q  Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-7--------5-------5-|-7--------5-------5--|
|-7--------5----5--5-|-7--------5----5--5--|
|-5--------3----5--3-|-5--------3----5--3--|
|---------------3----|---------------3-----|

  W        H    Q  Q   W        E S E S E S E S E E
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7--------5-------5-|-7--------5-------5-------5----|
|-7--------5----5--5-|-7--------5---5---5---5---5-5--|
|-5--------3----5--3-|-5--------3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-5--|
|---------------3----|------------x-3-x---x-3-x---3--|

 Chords behind guitar solo
  E S E S S S E. E.  E   E Q.   E.  Q.
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4--4---4-|-x-7----2---2-----|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4--4---4-|-x-7----2---2-----|
|-2-x-2-2-x-x-2--2---2-|-x-5----0---0-----|
|----------------------|------------------|

  E S E S S S E. E. E.   E Q.   E.  Q.
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4--4--2--|-x------2---2-----|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4--4--2--|-x-5----2---2-----|
|-2-x-2-2-x-x-2--2--0--|-x-5----0---0-----|
|----------------------|---3--------------|

  E S E S S S E. E. E   E Q.   E. Q.
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4--4--4-|-x-7----2--2-----|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4--4--2-|-x-7----2--2-----|
|-2-x-2-2-x-x-2--2--2-|-x-5----0--0-----|
|---------------------|-----------------|

  E S E S S S E. E. E.   E Q.   E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4--4--2--|-x-----------------|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4--4--2--|-x-5---------------|
|-2-x-2-2-x-x-2--2--0--|-x-5----0-1-2-3----|
|----------------------|---3---------------|

  E Q   E E S E.  E   +E  Q.   E S Q  S
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-|-(6)-9----4-x-4--x----|
|-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-|-(6)-9----4-x-4--x----|
|-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-|-(4)-7----2-x-2--x----|
|-------------------|----------------------|

  E S E S S S E S E S E.   E Q.   E S Q.
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|-6-x-6-6-x-x-6-x-6-x-4--|-x-2----4-x-4-----|
|-6-x-6-6-x-x-6-x-6-x-4--|-x-2----4-x-4-----|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4-x-4-x-2--|-x-0----2-x-2-----|
|------------------------|------------------|

  E S E S S S E S E S E.   +E  Q.   E S E. S S
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-6-x-6-6-x-x-6-6-6-6-6--|-(6)-9----4-x-4--4-4----|
|-6-x-6-4-x-x-6-6-6-6-6--|-(6)-9----4-x-4--4-4----|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4-4-4-4-4--|-(4)-7----2-x-2--2-2----|
|------------------------|------------------------|

  E S E S S S E S E. S S   E.  E.  E.  E.  E.
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-6-x-6-6-x-x-6-x-6--x-x-|-6---5---4---3---2-----|
|-6-x-6-6-x-x-6-x-6--x-x-|-6---5---4---3---2-----|
|-4-x-4-4-x-x-4-x-4--x-x-|-4---3---2---1---0-----|
|------------------------|-----------------------|

Play chorus again.

 Outro
  E S E S E S E S E E   E S E S E S E S E E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-5-------5-------5---|-5-------5-------5------|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-|-5---5---5---5---5-5----|
|-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-5-|-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-5----|
|---x-3-x---x-3-x---3-|---x-3-x---x-3-x---3----|

  E S E S E S E S E E   W        +W
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-5-------5-------5---|-7--------(7)----|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-|-7--------(7)----|
|-3-x-5-x-3-x-5-x-3-5-|-5--------(5)----|
|---x-3-x---x-3-x---3-|-----------------|

  H
|-------|
|-------|
|-7\----|
|-7\----|
|-5\----|
|-------|

Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line 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. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide <n> - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths *************************************************************************************** * Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org * *************************************************************************************