MOTORVATIN' Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe
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Intro:
Drums x4
Riff in G x 2 (1st time bass only)
A
Well, I have a saturday nite drive in a subway train,
A
a lotta speed inside my brain
Bm G Bm G
Shakin' brakin' it loose, the best that I can do
A
I gotta get out gotta get out now,
A
I wanna hear my wheels scream and shout
Bm G Bm G D
Get out of the subway, get my wheels on the street and start motorvatin'
A
Runnin' all alone in a lowdown street,
A
s-s-s-searchin' for my medicine
riff in A
And a little satisfaction from a woman is all I need.
F# E A F# A
I gotta pull myself together, hey-hey-hey, hear me say
F# E A
I gotta drive rite into the fire
F# A C#m
and I'm burning, burning, burning I'm motorvatin'
A
I got skintight jeans and high-heel shoes,
A
a leather jacket and nothin' to lose
Bm G Bm G
Gonna rock the nation down the filling station
A
Don't try to get a ride in my cadillac,
A
you don't look good enough for that
riff
Sure I am a loner but I'm never alone I get by on my own
F# E A F# A
I gotta pull myself together, hey-hey-hey, hear me say
F# E A
I gotta drive rite into the fire
F# A C#m
and I'm burning, burning, burning I'm motorvatin'
Riff in A x 2 (1st time, bass only)
Instrumental:
gtr1 gtr2
|G | | | |A | | | |
gtr1 harmonica
|G | | | |D | | | |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hanoi_rocks/motorvatin_crd.html ]
|E |n.c |
F# E A F# A
We gotta pull ourselves together, hey-hey-hey is what I say
F# E A F# A
We gotta pull ourselves together, hey-hey-hey now hear me say
F# E A
We gotta drive rite into the fire
F# A C#m
and start burning, burning, burning we're motorvatin'
F# E A F# A
We gotta pull ourselves together, hey-hey-hey is what I say
F# E A F# A
We gotta pull ourselves together, hey-hey-hey hear me say:
C#m
"We're motorvatin'!"
Riff in A x 1 (End)
-- TIPS ON PLAYING --
Riff in G (One character lenght means an 1/8 note.)
|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|-------0|--0-0---|----0---|----0----|
|-----02-|-----20-|---2-20-|---2-20--|
|3-3-3---|-------3|--3----3|--3----3-|
There actually is a triole on the last two
measures:
-----
-----
-----
----0
--02-
...-3---...
Riff in A (Last time only 3 measures)
|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|--------|--------|--------|---------|
|-------2|--2-2---|----2---|----2----|
|0-0-024-|-----420|--04-420|--04-420-|
|--------|--------|--------|---------|
Last notes on lead guitar (1/16 notes).
-------------|
4b6b42-----2-|
-------4-2---|
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The "4b6b4" means, bend up and back a full tone.
For the long A-chords try something like this on lead guitar.
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|11--33--|
|222-2---|-2--22--|--2-2---|00--00--|
|224-2---|-2--24--|--2-2---|22--22--|
|000-0---|-0--00--|--0-0---|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
I'm not saying it's exactly correct, but rather just an estimation with
the feel. What really gets played there seems to slightly vary from one
recording to another.
-- HAVE FUN! :) --
