Shadow Play - Rory Gallagher
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
I'm tabing down this tab cause i happened to work it out by chanse.

Intro:
D5 C5 A#5 C5
e[----------------------------------------------|
B[----------------------------------------------|
G[-777777-5-3333333-555555555555----------------| only the first note of each
D[-777777-5-3333333-555555555555----------------| metre is not palm muted
A[-555555-3-1111111-333333333333----------------| Repeat
E[----------------------------------------------|
pmpmpm pmpmpm pmpmpm pmpm


Verse:
D5 C5 A#5 C5
e[----------------------------------------------|
B[----------------------------------------------|
G[-777777-5-3333333-555555555555----------------| Same as intro only hevaries
D[-777777-5-3333333-555555555555----------------| the palm mute
A[-555555-3-1111111-333333333333----------------|
E[----------------------------------------------|

Pre Chorus:
A A# C
e[----------------------------------------------|
B[-------33333-55555----------------------------|
G[-66666-33333-55555----------------------------|
D[-77777-33333-55555----------------------------|
A[-77777-11111-33333----------------------------|
E[-55555----------------------------------------|

Chorus:
D5 C5 A#5 C5
e[----------------------------------------------|
B[----------------------------------------------|
G[-777777-5-3333333-555555555555----------------| Same as verse
D[-777777-5-3333333-555555555555----------------| but no palm mute
A[-555555-3-1111111-333333333333----------------|
E[----------------------------------------------|


After Chorus:
F C A# A C
e[-1--0-|------1--5------------------------------|
B[-1--1-|------3--5--555555555-------------------| The chords that appear
G[-2--0-|------3--6--555555555-------------------| once should be just
D[-3--2-|--X2--3--7--555555555-------------------| strummed out
A[-3--3-|------1--7--333333333-------------------|
E[-1----|---------5------------------------------|

Somewhere at the and of this part (after the last C chord) appears a riff that goes
like this:
e[--------------------------|
B[--------------------------|
G[-----------5-7-10---------|
D[-----3-5-7----------------|
A[-3-5----------------------|
E[--------------------------|


The chords for the solo are the Verse and Chorus chords. I'm tabing no solo but there is
second guitar ending part there,
i really really like it, so there it is (also over the Chorus chords)
e[----------------------------------------------------------|
B[----------------------------------------------------------|
G[--7-9-10-3-5-7-7\5-5--------------------------------------|
D[--7-9-10-3-5-7-7\5-5--------------------------------------|
A[----------------------------------------------------------|
E[----------------------------------------------------------|

There it is! Enjoy!
Song info
Shadow Play
Rory Gallagher
2001
  • Rock
  • Blues Rock
  • Classic Rock
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