Thin Lizzy – Suicide (Guitar Tab)

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Artist: Thin Lizzy Title: Suicide Album: Fighting

Intro Riff
e|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|------------|
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|  Slight pause between each part
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|----3-------|----3-------|----3-------|----3-------|
E|-3h5--5-3h5-|-3h5--5-3h5-|-3h5--5-3h5-|-3h5--5-3h5-|

Verse 1 Main Riff A

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|--5--5----5-------5------| Repeat 6 times
D|--5--5----5--5-5h7-7-5---|
A|-------------------------|
E|-5--5--55----------------|

Pre-Chorus
Let chords ring
C5    F5   D5  G5    Main riff A played 3 times with variation on 3rd repeat.
e|--------|---------|                          |-----------------------------|
B|--------|---------|                          |-----------------------------|
G|-5-5/10-|-7-7/12--|                          |-------5-7b(9)r7p5-----------|
D|-5-5/10-|-7-7/12--|                          |-5-5h7-----------------------|
A|-3-3/8--|-5-5/10--|                          |-----------------------------|
E|--------|---------|                          |-----------------------------|

Main riff A continues through the chorus into the next verse and so on.

Bridge/Harmony
gtr 1                                                Descending line
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|8-7-5------------------| This is played twice, then the 
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|------8-6-5------------| drums kick in and it repeats 4 
G|---------------5|---------------7|----------------|------------7-5-4------| more times.
D|777-777-777-777-|777-777-777-777-|-777-777-777-777|------------------7-5-3|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|

gtr 2
e|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|12-10-8----------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|--------12-10-8--------------|
G|--------------------9|--------------------10|--------------------|----------------10-9-7-------|
D|101010-101010-101010-|101010-101010-101010--|101010-101010-101010|-----------------------10-9-7|
A|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|

Pre-chorus riff variation on bass trades with descending guitar lines

  Bass          Guitar line               Bass         Guitar line
G|----------| e|8-7-5------------------| |----------| |8-7-5------------------|
D|----------| B|------8-6-5------------| |----------| |------8-6-5------------|
A|333333/8--| G|------------7-5-4------| |555555/10-| |------------7-5-4------|
E|----------| D|------------------7-5-3| |----------| |------------------7-5-3|
              A|-----------------------|              |-----------------------|
              E|-----------------------|              |-----------------------|

Next verse and chorus are the same as written above. After the last "suicide" Phil sings repeat the main riff twice. Now the song shifts up a full step from A minor to B minor. Basically all riffs stay the same except we play them 2 frets higher. New Main riff A is slightly different as we lead with the melody and play chord after.

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-------7------7--7--7---|
D|-7-7h9---9-7--7--7--7---|
A|------------------------|
E|--------------7--7--7---|