Flirtin' With Disaster
Words & Music:
Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek & Banner Thomas (Molly Hatchet)
This is fully tabbed in the "Southern Rock"
issue of Guitar Legends.
I've lost the name of the fantabber who transcribed the tab here.
Intro: (can be divided between 2 Guitars)
Play these 4 bars 1 time:
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-9---|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Then, play this 3 times (Riff C):
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-----------------|---------------9-|-----------------|---------------7-|
D-----------------|---------------9-|-----------------|---------------7-|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------7-9---|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Then, play this 1 time: [last two bars, with pickup, are Riff D]
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------|--------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---6--7-------|
G-----------------|---------------9-|-4-6-7---6-|-6-6--7-6-4---|
D-----------------|---------------9-|-----7-7-6-|------------7-|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------|--------------|
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------|--------------|
Riff A Riff B
A5 Bb5 B5 C5 C#5 E5 D5 D#5 E5 E5
E-----------------|-------------------|
B-----------------|-------------------|
G-2--3---4--5--6--|--9--7--8---9---9--|
D-2--3---4--5--6--|--9--7--8---9---9--|
A-0--1---2--3--4--|--7--5--6---7---7--|
E-----------------|-------------------|
A5
G5
A5 [etc.]
I'm travelin' down the road & I'm flirtin' with disaster.
I've got the pedal to the floor & my life is running faster.
I'm out of money, out of hope, it looks like self-destruction.
Well, how much more can we take with all of this corruption?
PRE-CHORUS:
B5
Bsus4 B5 Asus4 A5 B5
We're flirtin' with disaster, y'all know what I mean.
And the way we run our lives, it makes no sense to me.
I don't know about yourself or what you want to be, yeah.
When we gamble with our time, we choose our destiny.
CHORUS:
D5 A5 B5
I'm travelin' down that lonesome road.
D5 A5 B5 [Riff A]
Feels like I'm dragging a heavy load.
D5 A5 B5
Yeah, I've tried to turn my head away.
D5 A5 E5
Feels 'bout the same most every day.
INTERLUDE: [half-time feel] E5 D5 E5 D5
then Riff D a tempo
Speeding down the fast lane, playin' from town to town.
The boys and I been burnin' it up; can't seem to slow it down.
I've got the pedal to the floor, our lives are running faster.
Got our sights straight ahead, I ain't sure what we're after.
PRE-CHORUS: & CHORUS:
INTERLUDE: [play Riff C 3x]
SOLO OVER:
E5 D5 A5 G5
E5 D5 A5 G5 E5 [2x-3x]
PRE-CHORUS: & CHORUS: