Key To The City Chords & Tabs
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From: Jimmy Reza de la Turin
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Subject: /Tony.Macalpine/KeytotheCity.tab
Tony MacAlpine's "Key to the City"
from the PolyGram CD _Maximum Security_
Transcribed by Jaime Reza (turin@soda.berkeley.edu)
(solo included)
(fast stuff approximated but sounds close :))
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(b - bend) (a.h. - artificial harmonic) (p-pull off)
(h - hammer on) (~ - vibrato)(s - slide)(tb- tremolo bend)
(td-tremolo dive)
Basically, Chorus 1 has a beginning that is played with end 1, then
repeated again but with end 2, then with an extension, then beginning
is repeated but with end 3.
"Chorus 1":
~ ~ p p
|--9--------12-9----7------12-7---I-------9-----10--14-12-10-----10---p--p---
|----10-12------------7-9---------I-----7-----10-------------14-----14-12-10-
|---------------------------------I---7--------------------------------------
|---------------------------------I------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------I------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------I------------------------------------------
(beginning) (end 1)
"Chorus 1":
p p
|--------14-----10-14-12-10--------------12----I----------------------------I
|-----14-----10-------------14--10-12-14-------I----------------------------I
|-11-------------------------------------------I----------------------------I
|----------------------------------------------I----------------------------I
|----------------------------------------------I----------------------------I
|----------------------------------------------I----------------------------I
(end 1 (cont)) (repeat beginning)
"Chorus 1":
p p
|------12-----10---14-12-10------10---p--p-----------12-----I
|----7-----10----------------14-----14-12-10------10--------I
|--7-------------------------------------------11-----------I
|-----------------------------------------------------------I
|-----------------------------------------------------------I
|-----------------------------------------------------------I
(end 2)
"Chorus 1":
|--------------------------------b-------------------------------------------
|-----------8-------------------12----b-------------8------------------------
|-----9---7---9---------9---12-----12-12--------9-7---9--------9----------11-
|--7------------10-9-7--------------------12--7---------10-9-7---------11----
|-----------------------------------------------------------------9-12-------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(extension)
"Chorus 1":
|------14-9------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I
|--10-------10---I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I
|----------------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I
|----------------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I
|----------------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I
|----------------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I
(cont) (repeat beginning) (repeat end 1) (repeat beginning)
"Chorus 1":
p p
|------12-----10--14-12-10------10----p--p-----------14--I
|---7------10--------------14-------14-12-10------14-----I
|-7--------------------------------------------11--------I
|--------------------------------------------------------I
|--------------------------------------------------------I
|--------------------------------------------------------I
(end 3)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/macalpine_tony/key_to_the_city_tab.html ]
"Chorus 2":
p p ~
|---------------------------------------------------13-16----15-13-11--
|--~------------s-----~---------------s----~-----13--------------------
|--5-----5--7--7-10---8-----8-10-12-12-15--13--------------------------
|------5---------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
"Chorus 2":
|---~---------------s---------------------------s----------------------------
|---7---------7-9--9-12--10-9-10----10-12-14--14-17---15-14-15--15--17--19---
|-----------6----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Chorus 2":
~ b ~ a.h. b(slow)
|--19---19----17---I--------------b-------------b----------------13---17-----
|------------------I-----------15-15--15--~-----17--14-15-----17-------------
|------------------I----------------------14--------------14-----------------
|------------------I--14-----------------------------------------------------
|------------------I-----12-15-----------------------------------------------
|------------------I---------------------------------------------------------
(cont.) (Begin Solo)
"Chorus 2":
p
|--13---17-13----------td----------------------------------------------------
|---------------17--13-13-----11-10-8----------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------10-9-7-----------------------p---------
|---------------------------------------------10-9-------------p--9-7--10----
|--------------------------------------------------10-9-8-7--10-7------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Solo":
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------p------p-------------------p------p-----p--15
|---------------p-------------15-12--14-12---p------p----14-12--15-12-17-12--
|--------p----14-12--15--12----------------14-12--15-12----------------------
|--12--15-12-----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Solo":
a.h b h p p
|----------------~------------------------17-17------13-15-13-12-13-----~----
|----------------15------------15-----tb-------------------------------17----
|----p--p--s-----------14--17------14-14-------------------------------------
|--15-14-12-10---------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Solo":
~ ~
|-20---19----tb----~---24--22--20------20-19-20--19-17-15-17-15-14-----------
|---------20-20---18-----------------------------------------------19-17-15--
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Solo":
|-17-15-14--15-13-12-------------------------------12-10-8------------15-20--
|---------------------15-13-12-----------------------------------------------
|------------------------------14-12-10--------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------14-12-10------------10-9-7----------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Solo":
~ ~
|-15----------------20-----------------------------------------------10-12---
|----16---------------------------10--12--13---~-----------10--12-13---------
|-------17----------------------9--------------10-------9--------------------
|----------17-15-----------10-----------------------10-----------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(sweep pick these)
"Solo":
~
|------------17--19--20--19------------------------I
|---------17----------------20-------------tb--~---I
|--14--17----------------------19--17--16--16--14--I
|--------------------------------------------------I
|--------------------------------------------------I
|--------------------------------------------------I
"rest of song":
|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I
|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I
|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I
|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I
|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I
|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I
(extension) (chorus 1 w/ end 1 and end 3 only) (chorus 2) (2x)