Melanie – Detroit Or Buffalo (Guitar Tab)

Song: Detroit or Buffalo Composer: Barbara Keith Artist: Melanie (Safka) Album: Freedom Knows My Name (1993) I don't exactly play it the way Melanie does, but it's pretty close. I tend to improv.

Riff 1:         Riff 2:
 Fsus4   F      Dsus4   D
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|----6-----6---|----3-----3-----|
|5-5-----------|2-2-------------|
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Intro: Riff 1 x 4 Verse1: Riff 1 People expect you to fall and Riff 2 Hit that same old wall Riff 1 Riff 2 Really they don't wanna help at all Riff 1 They talk behind your back today Riff 2 They shake their heads and say Riff 1 Gee, I always that the girl Riff 2 Would come to no good anyway Chorus: D F#m Bm C God knows everybody's gotta go sometime D F#m Bm C And I'm taking the train to the end of the line F C G (open)Riff 1 Missing that boy a mile at a time Verse 2: Same as Verse 1 I haven't been too well myself Too much time upon the shelf Saying that I don't need help When I do, I do But still I think I'm gonna be just fine A lot of friends, a little wine Still I'm wishing, I could see you again sometime Pre-Chorus: D F#m Gonna pack my bags and go Bm C To Detroit or Buffalo D F#m And if anybody wants to know where Bm F#m Bm C You don't know, you don't know Chorus: D F#m Bm C God knows everybody's gotta go sometime D F#m Bm C And I'm taking the train to the end of the line F C G (open)C Missing that boy a mile at a time

Solo:
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|--------------------------------------------1-3---5-3--5/0--|
|----------------------------------------2-4----------------5|
|------2---------------------------2-4-5---------------------|
|3-3-5-----5-3---5-3---------2-4-5---------------------------|
|--------------------5---3-5---------------------------------|

Riff 1 x 4 Verse 3: Same as Verse 1 It's hard to open up that door Like you done so many times before Sometimes you think, you just can't do it anymore And you take a chance and you take a train Out into the pouring rain And all you got there, is your suitcase full of pain Pre-Chorus Chorus Verse 4: Same as Verse 1 (Not going to bother with the words - it's mostly listing towns) Pre-Chorus Chorus

Outro Solo:
(Forgive me for it not being done - I usually just start it and go off on a tangent.)
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