Sister Christian Guitar Tab

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Sister Christian

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HAVE FUN!!!!
				SISTER CHRISTIAN
				By NIGHT RANGER

G Sister Christian, Oh, the C time has D come, G And you know
that you're the C only D one to say, C Okay.

G Where you going, what you C look-ing D for? G You know those boys
don't want to C play no D more, With C you, G It?s true.

CHORUS
F You're motoring.
G or B What's your C price for F flight?
G or B In find-ing C mister F right.
G or B You'll be C all right to F night.

G Babe, you know?   You're growing C up so D fast.
G Mommy's worrying, that you C won't last to D say C Let's play.

G Sister Christian there's C so much in D life.
G Don't you give it up before your C time is D due C It's true.

F Motoring
G or B What's your C price for F flight?
G or B You've got him C in your F sights.
G or B And driving C through the F night.
F Motoring.
G or B What's your C price for F flight?
G or B In finding C mister F right.
G or B You'll be C all right F tonight.

G Sister Christian oh, the C time has D come. G And you know
that you're the C only D one to say C okay.

F But you're motoring.
[G BAR] You're motoring.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mat Average	#1 by Mat Hancock at Dec 19, 1981 at 12:46 PM EST
	A muse mentioned that Sister Christian is what she whispered so it’s what they sang. Sister Christian is her sister muse—born Catholic but having stretched her wings, lightly represented a broad Christian philosophy in some aspects and while she’s the one to say OK, the strategist in her never elaborates on what she will say OK to. And it’s true those boys don’t want to play with her no more because they all became rather frustrated with the endless games she played—she became quite frustrated herself. Motoring is literally and figuratively driving. The price for flight was high and she was never certain that she found mister right—her balance. Since there are many nights she is not all right—given the parameters of the game—you’ll be all right is encouragement from those around her. She was growing up too fast by sucking in staggering amounts of awareness while her literal and figurative mothers wondered if she would manage to handle this. Gorgeous song. The other interpretations are all valid—songs can have more than one meaning …

No Picture Will Wanna Be	#2 by Will Hay at Jan 15, 1984 at 3:42 PM EST
	Its about his little sister growing up and realizing thats there more than toys in the world, theirs love, sex, drugs, rock n roll, war, hate and murder. very very very similar to billy idols " White Wedding ".

No Picture patrick Average	#3 by patrick chamberland at Jan 12, 1986 at 9:29 PM EST
	It's about the lead singer giving advice to his little sister. Motoring is what you might call cruising around with your friends or something. I heard the song was originally called "Sister Christy" but when he sang it his words ran together so they just changed it to Christian.

No Picture daint Rhythm Player	#4 by daint at Mar 17, 1986 at 11:17 AM EST
	I would have thought it's a song about a dude being protective of his little sister who's just getting old enough to be screwed every which way by the big bad boys of the world. But maybe I'm depraved.

No Picture Gabba Gabba Hey Average	#5 by Gabba Gabba Hey at Feb 19, 1994 at 2:04 AM EST
	i think its about a motorcycle haha no its defitiely about girl who should make the rifht decisions.

No Picture Will Average	#6 by Will Yost at May 5, 1995 at 2:07 PM EST
	.....wooooaaahhhh everyones cracked out. including night ranger wtf is this song about... i have a sister named christian so i wanna get to the bottom of this!!! See if it relates to me in anyway.

No Picture klown Rhythm Player	#7 by klown at Dec 30, 2003 at 3:14 PM EST
	I loved this song ever since I saw Boogie Nights. It plays at the end, when the main characters are trying to sell bogus coke to some dealer guy. They are scared to death because everyone in the room has a semi-automatic pistol on them and they are basically trying to con them. The characters' careers have dried up and all that's left is their coke addiction. This song reminds me of my older brother, who in the same time period as the movie (mid 80's) also had a debilitating coke addiction. The scene--and the song--perfectly encapsulates what I remember of him at the time. Nihilistic, addicted, and terribly, terribly scared. I was only 6 or 7 at the time, he was 16 or 17, but he was unforgettable. Our parents, I learned later, fully believed he would overdose and die any day. There was an overwhelming depression in our home that I can feel in this song. Compounding it for me is the song's title, and the way it is addressed to a little sister. To me it is a terribly sad song. Life whittled down into pusuit of an addiction--Everyone around you getting mentally ready to mourn your death--not even really wanting to live anymore..while your little sister takes it all in without comprehending. So I feel better now that I've shared what this song means to me with the entire world. I'm not sure how many people will read it. Maybe Night Ranger--who are probably a bunch of geriatric Q-tips by now with nothing better to do than surf the 'net looking for evidence of their greatness, will read this and be pleased. So I'm not sticking to the lyrics really but just what it means to me. And the funny thing is, apparently the vast majority of the world has forgotten about this song, judging from the scarcity of posts about it on this site. I don't own it on CD, however, my husband is a bartender and I will go have a drink while he's working and almost always play this on the Juke. Drives all the regulars crazy. People ten years older than me have said it reminds them of slow-dancing in high school. Funny that it could mean something so trite to one person while for me I nearly cry every time I hear it. Ok I'm done now.

No Picture Faiz Average	#8 by Faiz fender at Sep 9, 2004 at 2:18 PM EST
	I heard this song on Superstar and fell in love!! I agree that i think its about his little sister and giving her big bro advice :) Great song

No Picture James Wanna Be	#9 by James Pigott at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:13 PM EST
	My husband says it is about a chick that is a slut.

No Picture Steven Average	#10 by Steven Daniel at Oct 10, 2007 at 3:52 PM EST
	Well, I had heard the chorus of this song in many places before but it was never appealing. But I myself am a junior in highschool and I like older music. During gym, while we were in the locker room had his CD player on and was like "Here we guys, some old school stuff, sing along if you know it", and he started to sing, "Sister christian, oh the time has come, and you know that you're the only one, to say, ok. Where you going, what you looking for?" Then my gym teacher came in with a, "Brandon, who sings that song", he responded "Night Ranger", and my gym teacher responded, "Well, let them sing it." It was just one of those classical funny moments, but I decided to check the song out and I love it. It's an amazing song.

No Picture Kyle Wanna Be	#11 by Kyle Kom at Oct 11, 2007 at 1:03 AM EST
	saw this song in American Dad, wicked funny...anyways good song, i like the piano parts

No Picture Trent Average	#12 by Trent Zelasney at Oct 13, 2007 at 1:02 AM EST
	it's about the dude who wrote it's little sister.. they misinterpreted the lyrics. it's supposed to be "sister Christy" but other than that, Bassmonger is right.

No Picture Hudson Lead Player	#13 by Hudson Ryan at Oct 14, 2007 at 2:35 AM EST
	I'm going toward Alicek. I first noticed it on Boogie Nights. But when I heard it I knew it was a good song. I'm positive that it's about his little sister or a young girl that he cared about. I have it and I know all of the lyrics and I definitely am going towards that.

No Picture Matt Lead Player	#14 by Matt Spencer at Oct 17, 2007 at 11:51 AM EST
	i have absolutely no bloody idea about what this song means. i used to think it was about this girl (sister christian) who was dying, of like aids or cancer or something...then i used to think it was that she was pregnant...i dont know...do you know?

No Picture paddy Average	#15 by paddy coscoran at Oct 18, 2007 at 1:07 AM EST
	Its so obvious that it is about a girl who is hitting puberty and the boys don't want to PLAY they want to REALLY GO AT IT! And the guys like telling her that shes like a plane - she can either stay here and deal with it or fly away and find a real guy.