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Subject: TAB: Kickstart My Heart (Motley Crue)
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Subject: TAB: Kickstart My Heart (Crue)
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Someone requested this, here it it (tho not complete). I'll type and post
more Crue tab soon.
Kickstart My Heart, Motley Crue
For a better transcription, check out Guitar School, Sept 1990
Tuning: 1-D 2-A 3-F 4-C 5-G 6-D (down a whole step)
w/ bar
Intro: ////////////
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------
|--------0----------------------------------------------------
|----------------0--------------------------------------------
| / | / | /
|/ |/ |/
Ride the bar on these alot
Riff A end riff A
|----------------------------------------------| repeat 4x
|----------------------------------------------|
|.--------------------------------------------.|
|.--------------------------------------------.|
|--5---6/-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
|--3---4/-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---|
pm-----------------------------]
Riff B
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------8----7---
|----------------------------------------------------7----7---
|----------2-----------------------------------7-----7----7---
|--5---6---0--3-0--3--0-----5--3-0--3--0--4--5--5-----------
|--3---4------------------3--3--------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------8-7--7------------------------------------
|-----------------7-----7------------------------------------
|-----------------7-----7-----2------------------------------
|--5--5--5--5--5---------------0---3-0--3-0-----5--3-0-----
|---------------------------3------------------3--3-----------
pm------------]
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------8---7---------------------------------------
|-----------------7---7---------------------------------------
|-----------7-----7---7--------7----------------------2-------
|--3-0--4--5--5---------5--5--5----------------0--3--0-------
|-----------------------------------0--1--2--3----------------
pm---]
v-End riff B
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------7-------------------------
|--3-0--3-0-----5--3-0--3-0--4--5-------------------------
|--------------3--3-------------------------------------------
hold---------------------]
Verse:
When I get high I get high on speed
Riff A
Top fuel funny car's a drug for me
Riff A
Riff C
My heart my heart kickstart my heart
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------8----7-----------
|--------------------------------------------7----7-----------
|------------5----------------------7--------7----7-----------
|---5----6---3------5---------------5----5-----------5--5--5--
|---3----4----------3-----------------------------------------
pm--------
End riff C
|----------------|
|--------8---7---|
|--------7---7---|
|--------7---7---|
|--5--5----------|
|----------------|
------]
Always got the cops comin' after me
Riff A
Custom built bike doin' 1 - 0 - 3
Riff A
My heart, my heart, kickstart my heart
Riff C
Oooh, are ya ready girls oooh, are ya ready now
|---------------5--------------------------------5------------
|---------------8--------------------------------8------------
|---------------5--------------------------------5------------
|---------------5--------------------------------5------------
|--4--5--6/-7---7-----------------------5--6/-7--7------------
|--2--3--4/-5---5-----------------------3--4/-5--5------------
Chorus (w/ Riff B)
Whoa, yeah, kickstart my heart give it a start
Whoa, yeah, ba - by
Whoa, yeah, kickstart my heart hope it never stops
Whoa, yeah,
baby Yeah
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|---3---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
|-------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--
pm---------------------------------------------------]
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------2---------------------------------------
|---------------0--3--0--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---------
|---0--1--2--3-----------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---------
pm----------------------------]
Riff A (3x)
Then 2nd verse (sim. to first)
Sky dive naked from an aeroplane
Or a lady with a body from outer space
My heart, my heart, kickstart my heart
Say I've got trouble in my eyes
I'm just lookin for another good time
My heart, my heart, kickstart my heart
Chorus (same)
Interlude
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|--9----------------------------------------------------------
|--7----------------------------------------------------------
|--0----------------------------------------------------------
hold --------------------------------------------------
(clean)
|-----------------------------------------------2-2--2-------
|---2--------3-------3-------------2-------3----3-----3-------
|---2--------0-------2-------------2-------0----2-----2-------
|---2--------5-------0-------------2-------5----0-------------
|---0------------------------------0--------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
When we started this band Years gone by,
all we needed, needed was I'd say we've kicked some ass
a laugh
|-----------------------------------------------2-2--2-------
|---2--------3-------3-------------2-------3----3-----3-------
|---2--------0-------2-------------2-------0----2-----2-------
|---2--------5-------0-------------2-------5----0-------------
|---0------------------------------0--------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
(w/ dist) When I'm enraged or hittin the stage
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------3------------------
|--------------------2---------------------0------------------
|--------------------2---------------------0------------------
|--------------0--3--0---------------------X------------------
|--0--1--2--3------------------------------3------------------
Adrenilin rushin thru my veins and I'd say we're still
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----3-----------------------------------------------3-------
|-----2-----------------------------------2-----------0-------
|-----0-----------------------------------2-----------0-------
|-----------------------------------------0-----------X-------
|-----------------------------------------------------3-------
(half-time feel)
kickin ass say ooh ah kickstart
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|---------3---------------------------------3-------------3---
|---------2----------------------2----------0-------------2---
|---------0----------------------2----------0-------------0---
|--------------------------------0----------X-----------------
|-------------------------------------------3-----------------
hold------------
my heart, hope it never stops, and to think we did all of
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------X---------------------------3-----
|--------------------------X--------------2------------0-----
|------------------------------------------2------------0-----
|------------------------------------------0------------X-----
|-------------------------------------------------------3-----
this to rock
|------------------------------------
|-----------3------------------------
|-----------2------------------------
|-----------0------------X/--X--X/--
|------------------------X/--X--X/--
|------------------------------------
Chorus, etc.
Someday when I have more time I'll type in the lead parts and the outro
solo. For those who like improvising, it's trem picked A5 w/ A pentatonic
lead; B5 w/ B pent.; C5 w/ C pent.; D5 w/ D pent.; at 5th pos, 7th pos,
17th pos, and 17th pos for the leads, respectively.
Diversion
--
"I can see 'em | "Want me to create a diversion?"
I can see 'em | Diversion
Someone wake me when it's over" | rogerj@rpi.edu
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| Steve Portigal University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca Phone: 519 824-4120 ext 3580 |
| "You were born to rock...you'll never be an opera star..." |
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#1 by Caitlin Carlisle at Apr 9, 1971 at 7:10 AM EST |
| 80s music very bad!?!?!?! no no no 80s was the best time of music. they had all the best bands metallica, black sabbath iron maiden, skid row, motley crue, twisted sister, white snake, betrayer, Kiss GnR the list is endless even though i dont like the pop music look at madonna she was pretty big. most bands got started in the 80s. | |
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#2 by |
| first heard this song playing gran turismo 3 when i was like 12 a few years ago... this song OWNS. and so do 'too young to fall in love' from vice city. | |
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Bobby Lead Player |
#3 by Bobby Parker at Sep 4, 1994 at 10:58 AM EST |
| this is a great song! helps brainwash people around u into being a cruehead! lol. very well written song(just like all the other motley songs!) nikki's two overdoses produced two good songs this one and dancing on glass | |
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#4 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Feb 20, 1997 at 3:30 AM EST |
| This song makes me want to do all of the things described within it. Ha! Yes, it "Kickstarts" my heart. | |
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black Rhythm Player |
#5 by black rose at Jul 9, 2000 at 7:37 PM EST |
| nikki also wrote the song, he wrote a lot of the stuff (mostly with mick, a little with tommy..vince hardly wrote anything) | |
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