THE PRICE
Twisted Sister
(From the 1984 Album STAY HUNGRY)
Words and Music by Dee Schneider
Transcribed by Jibesh (jibesh@hotmail.com)
F#5 C#5 F5 Eb5
2 4 4 x x x x 4 6 6 x x 1 3 3 x x x x 6 8 8 x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distrotion guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distrotion guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Distrotion guitar'
b - bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
S - shift slide
~ - vibrato
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
() - still ringing the previous note
Intro
Rhythm to the Intro is indicated above the Intro tab:
F#5 C#5 F#5 F5 <<---- Guitar II
Gtr I
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---17b19-------14--------14----|-14b16------14------------17b19-------|
|-------------------13-15----15-|---------------15-13-15---------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
F#5 C#5 Eb5<<---- Guitar II
Gtr I
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-14--------14----16--16-19-|-16----------17b19---------|
|-----13-15----15-----------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
F#5 C#5 F#5 F5<<---- Guitar II
Gtr I
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-14------------14----|-14b16------14------------17b19-------|
|---------13-15----15-|---------------15-13-15---------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
F#5 C#5 Eb5<<---- Guitar II
Gtr I ~~~~
|---------------------|---------------||
|-14-----14-16--16-19-|-21b23---21----||
|-----15--------------|---------------||
|---------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|---------------||
1st Verse
Use acoustic guitar(Gtr III)
B C# Eb B C# Eb
Gtr III
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----7---9-7-6-----|-----------------|-----7---9-7-6-----|
|-----4-------6---|---------------8-6-|-----4-------6---|---------------8-6-|
|---4---4---6---6-|---8---8-----------|---4---4---6---6-|---8---8-----------|
|-2-------4-------|-6-----------------|-2-------4-------|-6-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B C# Eb B C# Eb
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----7---9-7-6-----|-----------------|-----7---9-7-6-----||
|-----4-------6---|---------------8-6-|-----4-------6---|---------------8-6-||
|---4---4---6---6-|---8---8-----------|---4---4---6---6-|---8---8-----------||
|-2-------4-------|-6-----------------|-2-------4-------|-6-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Pre-Chorus
(Here Gtr I & Gtr II plays the same chord)
F#5 C#5 Eb5 B5 F#5C#5 Eb5
Gtrs I, II
|-----------|-----------|------------|------||
|-----------|-----------|------------|------||
|------6----|-6----8----|-4-------6--|-8----||
|-4----6----|-6----8----|-4----4--6--|-8----||
|-4----4----|-4----6----|-2----4--4--|-6----||
|-2---------|-----------|------2-----|------||
Chorus
F#5 C#5 F#5 F5 F#5 C#5 F#5 F5
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------6----|-----------|------6----|-----------|
|-4----6----|-4----3----|-4----6----|-4----3----|
|-4----4----|-4----3----|-4----4----|-4----3----|
|-2---------|-2----1----|-2---------|-2----1----|
2nd Verse --Use acoustic guitar(Gtr III)
F#5 C#5 Eb5 B C# Eb
Gtr III
|-----------|----------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------|----------||-----------------|-----7---9-7-6------|
|------6----|-8--------||-----4-------6---|---------------8-6--|
|-4----6----|-8--------||---4---4---6---6-|---8---8------------|
|-4----4----|-6--------||-2-------4-------|-6------------------|
|-2---------|----------||-----------------|--------------------|
B C# Eb B C# Eb
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----7---9-7-6-----|-----------------|-----7---9-7-6-----|
|-----4-------6---|---------------8-6-|-----4-------6---|---------------8-6-|
|---4---4---6---6-|---8---8-----------|---4---4---6---6-|---8---8-----------|
|-2-------4-------|-6-----------------|-2-------4-------|-6-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Pre-Chorus
B C# Eb F#5 C#5 Eb5
Gtrs I, II(Here Gtr I & Gtr II plays the same chord)
|-----------------|-------------------||-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----7---9-7-6-----||-----------|-----------|
|-----4-------6---|---------------8-6-||------6----|-6----8----|
|---4---4---6---6-|---8---8-----------||-4----6----|-6----8----|
|-2-------4-------|-6-----------------||-4----4----|-4----6----|
|-----------------|-------------------||-2---------|-----------|
Chorus
B5 F#5C#5 Eb5 F#5 C#5 F#5 F5
|------------|----------||-----------|-----------|
|------------|----------||-----------|-----------|
|-4-------6--|-8--------||------6----|-----------|
|-4----4--6--|-8--------||-4----6----|-4----3----|
|-2----4--4--|-6--------||-4----4----|-4----3----|
|------2-----|----------||-2---------|-2----1----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/twisted_sister/the_price_tab_ver_3.html ]
F#5 C#5 Eb5 F#5 C#5 F#5 F5
|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|------6----|-8--------|------6----|-----------|
|-4----6----|-8--------|-4----6----|-4----3----|
|-4----4----|-6--------|-4----4----|-4----3----|
|-2---------|----------|-2---------|-2----1----|
F#5 C#5 Eb5<<---- Guitar II( from here Gtr I starts solo while Gtr II plays the Rhythm)
Gtr I
PM-------------------------------------|
|-----------|--------------------------------------------||
|-----------|--------------------------------------------||
|------6----|----------------------------------------11--||
|-4----6----|-------------6-4-6-8-6-8-9-8-9-12-11-12-----||
|-4----4----|-6-4-6s8-6-8--------------------------------||
|-2---------|--------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
{Play Gtr II only when indicated (rhythm part)
while Gtr I plays the solo part and Guitar III do the plucking}
B C#
Gtr I
~~
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-13b15----------13b15------13-----11-10-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------4-----------------6-------|
|------------4-----------4-----6----6----|
|---------2------------------4-----------|
|----------------------------------------|
Eb
Gtr I
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-11-10------------------------11----|
|-------13-------13\-----/13------13-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|Gtr III
|------------------------------------|
|----------7-----9---7-6-------------|
|----------------------------8--6----|
|--------8---8-----------------------|
|--6---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
B C# Eb
Gtr I
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------14----------------------------14----|-16---16-19-16---------|
|-13b15===13-------13r-13b15===13-r-----13S15----15-|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|Gtr III
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------7-----9-7-6-----|
|----------------4-----------------------6----------|-------------------8-6-|
|-------------4-----4----------------6---------6----|----8-----8------------|
|----------2--------------------4-------------------|--6--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
Gtr II Plays the below indicated chords(rhythm) while Gtr I plays the solo part
F#5 C#5 Eb5<<---- Guitar II
Gtr I
~~ ~~
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------16-14----|-16--16-19-16--16-19-|
|---16-15-------------|---------------------|
|---------16----------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
B5 F#5 C#5 Eb5<<---- Guitar II
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
|-18-------21-------|-21b23--21-----||
|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| PM-------------|
|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------||
|------4--------6---|---------8-----||
|----4---4----6---6-|---------8-----||
|--2--------4-------|---------6-----||
|-------------------|---------------||
Out-Chorus
F#5 C#5 F#5 F5 F#5 C#5 Eb5<<---- Guitar II( play only this Eb5 only)
|
/
Gtr I Gtr I
~~
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------14-19-16----|
|------6----|-----------|------6----|---/15-------------|
|-4----6----|-4----3----|-4----6----|-------------------|
|-4----4----|-4----3----|-4----4----|-------------------|
|-2---------|-2----1----|-2---------|-------------------|
F#5 C#5 F#5 F5 F#5 C#5 Eb5<<---- Guitar II( play only this Eb5 only)
|
/
Gtr I
~~~~
|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------14-16-19-21b23--21--21b23--21----|
|------6----|-----------|------6----|---/15----------------------------------|
|-4----6----|-4----3----|-4----6----|----------------------------------------|
|-4----4----|-4----3----|-4----4----|----------------------------------------|
|-2---------|-2----1----|-2---------|----------------------------------------|
F#5 C#5 F#5 F5 F#5 C#5 Eb5 <<---- Guitar II( play only this Eb5 only)
|
/
~~~~ ~~
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-21b23-(21)---21-19-21-19-16----|
|------6----|-----------|------6----|--------------------------------|
|-4----6----|-4----3----|-4----6----|--------------------------------|
|-4----4----|-4----3----|-4----4----|--------------------------------|
|-2---------|-2----1----|-2---------|--------------------------------|
F#5 C#5 F#5 F5 F#5 C#5 Eb5
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------*|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------*|
|------6----|-----------|------6----|-8----*|
|-4----6----|-4----3----|-4----6----|-8----*|
|-4----4----|-4----3----|-4----4----|-6----*|
|-2---------|-2----1----|-2---------|------*|
Lyrics:
Verse 1
How long I have wanted,
this dream to come true.
And as it approaches,
I can't believe I'm through.
Pre-Chorus
I've tried,
oh how I've tried,
for the life, yes the life
I thought I knew.
Chorus
Oh it's the price we have to pay,
and all the games we gotta play.
Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on.
Cause it's a game we gotta lose,
though it's a life we gotta choose.
And the price is on our life until its done.
Verse 2
Time seems to have frozen.
But the mob can't be fooled.
As the days pass I discover,
destiny just can't be ruled.
Pre Chorus 2
Hard times,
oh hard times,
for the price, yes the price
I thought I knew.
Chorus
Oh it's the price we have to pay,
and all the games we gotta play.
Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on.
Cause it's a game we gotta lose,
though it's a life we gotta choose.
And the price is on our life until its done.
