Hit Me With Your Best Shot Chords & Tabs
Hit Me With Your Best Shot Tab
This is a really close main riff.
Title: Hit me with your best shot; main riff
Singer: Pat Benatar
e---------------------
B---------------------
G---------------------
D-----3-3--9-9---5-5-5
A--5--5-5--7-7---7-7-7 repeats once with ending stroke.......
E--3------------------
..down,down,up
E C#m
1. Well you're a real tough cookie with a long history
B
Of breaking little hearts, like the one in me.
E C#m
That's O.K., lets see how you do it
B
Put up your dukes, lets get down to it.
Chorus:
E A C#m B
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
E A C#m B A B
Why Don't You Hit Me With Your Best Shot
E A C#m B
Hit Me With Your Best Shot.
E A C#m B A B
Fire Away!
2. You come on with a "come on", you don't fight fair
That's O.K., see if I care.
Knock me down, it's all in vain,
I'll get right back on my feet again.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot.
Why Don't You Hit Me With Your Best Shot.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot.
Fire Away!
Guitar solo: (you'll need sustain)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pat_benatar/hit_me_with_your_best_shot_tab.html ]
-12h14p12-11h12p11-9h11p9-7---------------------
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-0tr2--0tr4--0tr5-0tr7--5h7(repeat for measure)--7-6-4------------
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-14---14--14---14--14--14-------------------------------------
----12--12---12---12--12--12----------------------------------
----------------------------------11b13-----9---9----9----9---
------------------------------------------s9--s9--s9--s11-----
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------------------15----0------0-2-4-5--
----(4)b6r4------------2b4--------------
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Over the start of the third verse play the E as a C chord
barred on the 4th fret, and pick notes
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---5-----5-4------2-------------------------------------
--------------4--4--4--4--------6--4--------4-----------
-----6---------4-----2-----4--6-----4-----4--4----------
-------7------------------4------------2--2-----2--4--6-
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3. Well you're a real tough cookie with a long history
Of breaking little hearts, like the one in me
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case
You better make sure you put me in my place
repeat chorus (2x)