Wanted Dead Or Alive

Words & Music:

Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora

 

This is fully tabbed in the October 2008 issue of Acoustic Guitar (even Richie's fills!).  I've included Chase Grimes' wonderful tab of the introduction.  Fingerpicking the intro is easier than using a pick because of the string skipping.

 

e|---13--------12------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|------14--14---------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------<7>------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------<12>---|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   /\                         /\

   ||the notes above and below||

   || are artifical harmonics ||

   \/                         \/

e|---13--------12----------------------------------------------0-------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------3-------------|

G|------14--14-------------------------------------------------2-------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------0-------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------0-------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----3\1--1------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--4\2--2------------|

D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----3\1--1------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--4\2--2------------|

D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

e|---------------------0----------------------------0------------------------|

B|-------------------------2-(2)------------------------2-(2)----------------|

G|-----------------------3----------------------------3----------------------|

D|-----------0--3^-0----------------------0--3^-0----------------------------|

A|-0--0--3^---------------------0--0--3^-------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

         /\                                   /\

         || bend 1/4 fret, do not return bend ||

         \/                                   \/

e|---------------------0-----------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------2-(2)---------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------3---------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------0--3^-0----------------------3--x-0-----------------------------|

A|-0--0--3^---------------------0--0--3^--3--x-0-----------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

end of Intro

 

 

     D             C(add9)              G

It's all the same, only the names will change.

    C(add9)  G                     F     D

And ev'ryday---, it seems we're wasting away.

D                        C(add9)   G

Another place, where the faces are so cold.

    C(add9)   G                  F    D

I'd drive all night, just to get back home.

 

 

CHORUS:

      C      G        F              D

I'm a cowboy----, on a steel horse I ride.

    C     G    D               C     G    D

I'm wanted---, dead or alive.  Wanted---, dead or alive.

 

INTERLUDE:  [2x]

e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----3\1--1------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--4\2--2------------|

D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days.

The people I meet, always go their separate ways.

Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink.

And times when you're alone, and all you do is think.

 

CHORUS:

 

INTERLUDE & SOLO OVER CHORUS CHORDS:

 

CHORUS:

 

And I walk these streets, a loaded six-string on my back.

I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back.

I been ev'rywhere, still I'm standing tall.

I've seen a million faces, and I've rock them all

 

CHORUS:  [repeat & improv words over it]

 

OUTRO:  Play INTERLUDE, then play:

                the part below is played slowly towards the end

e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----2-----------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------3-----------------|

G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--2-----------------|

D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------0-----------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------0-----------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|