Joe Walsh – Turn To Stone (Guitar)

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Chord/Tab by Scott Billingsley You can hear the record for the timing of the chords - during the main Intro/Riff, you want to slide from the C to the Bb on the second set of descending chords.
[Intro and Solo]
Dm > C > Bb --- Dm > C > Bb
e|-5-5--3-3-1-1----|1-1--3-3-5-5-----|5-5--3-3-3-3\1-1--1-----|1-1--3-3------|
B|-6-6--5-5-3-3----|3-3--5-5-6-6-----|6-6--5-5-5-5\3-3--3-----|3-3--5-5------|
G|-7-7--5-5-3-3----|3-3--5-5-7-7-----|7-7--5-5-5-5\3-3--3-----|3-3--5-5------|
D|-7-7--5-5-3-3----|3-3--5-5-7-7-----|7-7--5-5-5-5\3-3--3-----|3-3--5-5------|
A|-5-5--3-3-1-1----|1-1--3-3-5-5-----|5-5--3-3-3-3\1-1--1-----|1-1--3-3------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                 ^Slide down from C to Bb here

[Verse 1]

F
Hey now, the well run dry

F
Pages of your book on fire

         D5 (Riff 1)
Read the writing

         D5 (Riff 2)
On the wall
[Verse 2]
F
Hoe down, it's a show-down

F
Ev'rywhere you look,

       D5 (Riff 1)
we're fighting

         D5 (Riff 2)
Hear the call
[Chorus]
F
And you know it's gettin' stronger

G
I can't last very much longer

        Dm > C* > Dm
Turn to stone
[Solo] - (Intro chord progression) [Verse 3]
F
Well there's a change in the wind

              F
You know the signs don't lie

F
Such a strange feelin'

      F               D5 (Riff 1)
And I don't know why it's takin'

       D5 (Riff 2)
Such a long time
[Verse 4]
F
Backyard people

         F
And they work all day

F
Tired of the speeches and the way

                      D5 (Riff 1)
That the reasons keep changin'

                       D5 (Riff 2)
Just to make the words rhyme
[Chorus]
F
And you know it's gettin' stronger

G
Can't make 'em run much longer

        Dm > C* > Dm
Turn to stone
[Solo] (Verse chord progression) [Chorus]
F
And you know it's gettin' stronger

G
Can't make 'em run much longer

        Dm > C* > Dm  >  Dm > C > Dm
Turn to stone
[Outro Solo] - (Intro chord progression repeated) [Riff 1]
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--7--7-5---5--7-----------------|
D|--7--7-5---5--7-----------------|
A|---------7----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
[Riff 2]
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--7--7-5---5--------------------|
D|--7--7-5---5--------------------|
A|---------7----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
*Note on the Dm > C > Dm section: following the lyric "Turn to stone", you can play these chords on the open strings for a more ringing sound, or you can do barre chords for a stronger sound. [Open version]
e|-1------1-0------1------1-------|
B|-3----3---1------3----3---------|
G|-2--2-----0------2--2-----------|
D|-0--------0------0--------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
\ = Slide down