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From: rick@maya.demon.co.uk (Rich Tebb)
Subject: CRD: Street Fighting Man (Stones)
The original studio version is played on 2 acoustic guitars, one in
standard tuning and one in open D (DADF#AD). The main guitar is the
open D one.
Intro:
C F/C C
--10-10----------------10-|10-------10----------10-|
--10-10----------------10-|10-------10----------10-|
--10-10----------------11-|11-------11----------10-| repeat
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-|
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
This is all the way through the verse.
Chorus is different:
G Gsus9 G Gsus9
But what can a poor boy do
G Gsus9
except to sing for a rock'n'roll band
G Gsus9 G Gsus9 G
Cos in sleepy London town there's just no place for
D
Street Fighting Man
Chords here: G low { 5 5 5 5 5 5 } high
Gsus(add9) low { 5 5 7 6 5 5 } high
D low { 0 0 0 0 0 0 } high
The second acoustic guitar doubles the first, playing C and F in the usual
way, but tacet in chorus.
--
black rick
rick@maya.demon.co.uk
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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paddy Average |
#1 by paddy coscoran at Jan 19, 1973 at 12:40 PM EST |
| Keith Richards fucked up tuning with the engaging rhythm is the backbone of this song. This is one of the most original rock songs of the 60s. | |
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kyle Average |
#2 by kyle anderson at Apr 10, 1974 at 9:44 AM EST |
| Purportedly, the inspiration for this song is Tariq Ali, a strident British Pakistani. Wikipedia: "The song is about political strife, and Jagger allegedly wrote it about Tariq Ali after Jagger attended several of Ali's demonstrations. In 1987, Ali released an autobiography of the 1960's entitled Street Fighting Years, which gives credence to the theory that the song was inspired by Ali's public demonstrations. " | |
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Alexander Wanna Be |
#3 by Alexander Taule at Dec 4, 1974 at 8:55 AM EST |
| it was soo perfect at the end of V for Vendetta. it made me want to dance in the theatre. love it! | |
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FUCK Rhythm Player |
#4 by FUCK OFF at Nov 22, 1999 at 7:23 AM EST |
| one of the great protest songs of all time. | |
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Manu Professional Badass |
#5 by Manu at May 26, 2005 at 11:37 PM EST |
| After the Kent State massacre in 1970, the students at the University took to protesting and squared off with the national guard there as well. After a few tense hours, the dean of college pleaded with the governor to withdraw the guard and he did so. Immediately afterward, the students agreed that anyone with a copy of this song needed to play it at full volume and blast it out the speakers. A protest song for the protestors celebration of their few victories, even though Jagger admits "what can a poor boy do, except sing for a rock and roll band." | |
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