Tracy Chapman – Across The Lines (Guitar Tab)

Titel: Across the lines Artiest: Tracy Chapman Album: Tracy Chapman h = hammer on d = down strook (Light) u = up strook (Light) 2/4 = up slide p = pull off D = Down strook (Heavy) U = Up strook (Heavy) 4\2 = down slide $ = dim (block) Main chords:

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    B R G# -9-|-*-|---|    B||---|---|---|     B||---|-*-|-*-|---|    B||---|---|-*-|
F#m G E E  -9-|---|-*-|  E G||-*-|---|---|  Bm G||---|-*-|---|-*-|  D G||---|-*-|---|
    D T B  -9-|---|-*-|    D||---|-*-|---|     D||---|-*-|---|-*-|    D||---|---|---|
    A   F# -9-|---|---|    A||---|-*-|---|     A||---|-*-|---|---|    A||---|---|---|
    E 9 C# -9-|---|---|    E||---|---|---|     E||---|-*-|---|---|    E||---|---|---|

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    D||---|-*-|---|        D||---|-*-|---|---|
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Voice:
  | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   |
            Acr t lines,                      who would dare to go-ooo.    
e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------4-2-2-|-----------------|---------0-2---4-|---2---0---------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Intro:Played with 2 Acoustic Guitars (AG and RG) Ch|| F#msus4 | Esus4 | Bm7sus2 | Dsus2 || || 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 ||

e ||---9---9---9---9-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-||
B ||-----12------12--|-----10------10--|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---||
G ||-11------11------|-9-------9-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------||
D ||:----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------:||2x
A ||-9---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-5---------------||
E ||-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------||

Ch|| F#m             | E               | Bm              | D               ||
  || 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   ||
     D   U D$  u d d   D   d U$  u d u   D   U D$  u d u   D   U D$  u d u   
e ||-9---9-9---9-9-9-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-||
B ||-10--1010--101010|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-3---3-3---3-3-3-|-3---3-3---3-3-3-||
G ||-11--1111--111111|-1---1-1---1-1-1-|-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-||
D ||:11--1111--111111|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-0---0-0---0-0-0:||2x
A ||-9---9-9---9-9-9-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-----------------||
E ||-----------------|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-----------------||

Tempo: 114 Chorus: . |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 | Across the lines, |F#m |E | who would dare to go. |Bm |D | Under the bridge, over the tracks, |F#m |E | that separates whites from blacks |Bm |D | Choose sides, |F#m |F#m | (Or) Run for your lifes. |E |A | Tonight the riots begin. |Bm |D | |E |E | On the back streets of America, |F#m |E | they kill the dream of America |Bm |D | |A(add9) |A(add9) | Vers 1: Little |A |A | black girl gets assaulted, ain't no reason why. |F#m |E | Newspaper prints the story and racist tempers fly. |Bm |D | Next day it starts a riot,knives and guns are drawn|F#m |E | Two black boys get killed, one white boy goes blind|Bm |D | |D | Chorus: Across the lines, |F#m |E | who would dare to go. |Bm |D | Under the bridge, over the tracks, |F#m |E | that separates whites from blacks |Bm |D | Choose sides, |F#m |F#m | (Or) Run for your lifes. |E |A | Tonight the riots begin. |Bm |D | |E |E | On the back streets of America, |F#m |E | they kill the dream of America |Bm |D | |A(add9) |A(add9) | Verse 2: Little |A |A | black girl gets assaulted,don't no 1 know her name.|F#m |E | Lots of people hurt and angry,she's the 1 to blame.|Bm |D | |D | Chorus: Across the lines, |F#m |E | who would dare to go. |Bm |D | Under the bridge, over the tracks, |F#m |E | that separates whites from blacks |Bm |D | Choose sides, |F#m |F#m | (Or) Run for your lifes. |E |A | Tonight the riots begin. |Bm |D | |E |E | On the back streets of America, |F#m |E | they kill the dream of America |Bm |D | Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm |A(add9) |A(add9) | |A |A | Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm |A(add9) |A(add9) | |A |A | Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm |A(add9) |A(add9) | Fade out... |A |A |