Titel: Across the lines
Artiest: Tracy Chapman
Album: Tracy Chapman
Tempo: 114
h = hammer on d = down strook (Light) u = up strook (Light) 2/4 = up slide
p = pull off D = Down strook (Heavy) U = Up strook (Heavy) 4\2 = down slide
$ = dim (block)
Main chords:
e F c# -9-|---|---| e||---|---|---| e||---|-*-|---|---| e||---|-*-|---|
B R G# -9-|-*-|---| B||---|---|---| B||---|-*-|-*-|---| B||---|---|-*-|
F#m G E E -9-|---|-*-| E G||-*-|---|---| Bm G||---|-*-|---|-*-| D G||---|-*-|---|
D T B -9-|---|-*-| D||---|-*-|---| D||---|-*-|---|-*-| D||---|---|---|
A F# -9-|---|---| A||---|-*-|---| A||---|-*-|---|---| A||---|---|---|
E 9 C# -9-|---|---| E||---|---|---| E||---|-*-|---|---| E||---|---|---|
e||---|---|---| e||---|---|---|---|
B||---|-*-|---| B||---|---|---|---|
A G||---|-*-|---| A9 G||---|---|---|-*-|
D||---|-*-|---| D||---|-*-|---|---|
A||---|---|---| A||---|---|---|---|
E||---|---|---| E||---|---|---|---|
Voice:
| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |
Acr t lines, who would dare to go-ooo.
e |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------4-2-2-|-----------------|---------0-2---4-|---2---0---------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Intro:Played with 2 Acoustic Guitars (AG and RG)
Ch|| F#msus4 | Esus4 | Bm7sus2 | Dsus2 ||
|| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 ||
e ||---9---9---9---9-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-||
B ||-----12------12--|-----10------10--|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---||
G ||-11------11------|-9-------9-------|-7-------7-------|-7-------7-------||
D ||:----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------:||2x
A ||-9---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-5---------------||
E ||-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------||
Ch|| F#m | E | Bm | D ||
|| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 ||
D U D$ u D D D D U$ u D u D U D$ u D u D U D$ u D u
e ||-9---9-9---9-9-9-|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-||
B ||-10--1010--101010|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-3---3-3---3-3-3-|-3---3-3---3-3-3-||
G ||-11--1111--111111|-1---1-1---1-1-1-|-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-||
D ||:11--1111--111111|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-0---0-0---0-0-0:||2x
A ||-9---9-9---9-9-9-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-----------------||
E ||-----------------|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-----------------||
Tempo: 114
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tracy_chapman/across_the_lines_tab.html ]
Chorus: . |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |
Across the lines, |F#m |E |
who would dare to go. |Bm |D |
Under the bridge, over the tracks, |F#m |E |
that separates whites from blacks |Bm |D |
Choose sides, |F#m |F#m |
(Or) Run for your lifes. |E |A |
Tonight the riots begin. |Bm |D |
|E |E |
On the back streets of America, |F#m |E |
they kill the dream of America |Bm |D |
|A(add9) |A(add9) |
Vers 1: Little |A |A |
black girl gets assaulted, ain't no reason why. |F#m |E |
Newspaper prints the story and racist tempers fly. |Bm |D |
Next day it starts a riot,knives and guns are drawn|F#m |E |
Two black boys get killed, one white boy goes blind|Bm |D |
|D |
Chorus:
Across the lines, |F#m |E |
who would dare to go. |Bm |D |
Under the bridge, over the tracks, |F#m |E |
that separates whites from blacks |Bm |D |
Choose sides, |F#m |F#m |
(Or) Run for your lifes. |E |A |
Tonight the riots begin. |Bm |D |
|E |E |
On the back streets of America, |F#m |E |
they kill the dream of America |Bm |D |
|A(add9) |A(add9) |
Verse 2: Little |A |A |
black girl gets assaulted,don't no 1 know her name.|F#m |E |
Lots of people hurt and angry,she's the 1 to blame.|Bm |D |
|D |
Chorus:
Across the lines, |F#m |E |
who would dare to go. |Bm |D |
Under the bridge, over the tracks, |F#m |E |
that separates whites from blacks |Bm |D |
Choose sides, |F#m |F#m |
(Or) Run for your lifes. |E |A |
Tonight the riots begin. |Bm |D |
|E |E |
On the back streets of America, |F#m |E |
they kill the dream of America |Bm |D |
Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm |A(add9) |A(add9) |
|A |A |
Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm |A(add9) |A(add9) |
|A |A |
Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,Hmm |A(add9) |A(add9) |
Fade out... |A |A |
