POISON - "Cry Tough" Tablature

PROPS GO TO: Chris McLarty

Song: Cry Tough
Written By:Poison
Artist:Poison
Album:Look What The Cat Dragged In
Tuning:Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb
Transcribed By:Chris Mclarty
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Techniques:
*-strum the chord
**-chug twice
*~-let ring throughout

Chords:
E-022100
F#5-244XXX
A-X0222X
B-X2444X

E Asus2
INTRO:(Clean Electric)
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B7sus Gtr2 E*~ *~ * (F#5)**
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*~ * A** * (REPEAT CLEAN PART THROUGH THE VERSE)
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E
Remember the Nights we sat
A B
and talked about all our dreams?
E
Well little did we know then
A B
They were more distant than they seemed,well

F#m F#5 A*~ * E*~
PRE-CHORUS:
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I Knew it,___ You Knew It Too

(E) *~ * F#5 * A*~
ringing from before
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___ The things_______we'd go through We knew the things___

(A) * B*~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
ringing from before
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____ We had to do_____ To make it, Ba- by

E F#m7(4) Asus2
CHORUS:(Guitars 1 & 2) (Clean Chorus Rhythm figure)
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You Got-ta Cry Tough__ Out on the streets_ To make your__

B7sus E F#m7(4)

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___ Dreams Hap - pen You got - ta cry out, out to the world

Asus B7sus E

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____ To make them all___come true

(repeat clean intro through verse 2)

E
Life ain't no easy ride
A B
at least that's what i'm told
E
And a-sometimes that rainbow baby
A B
is better than a pot of gold

F#5 A*~ E*~
PRE-CHORUS
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I--2--2--------------5--(5)--5-------0--(0)--0-----0-----0-----0-----------I
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You've got to Stick it out Whether you're wrong or right

F#5 A*~ *

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And don't give in___ Without a

B

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Fight to make it ba - by

C#m*~ B A*~
BRIDGE:(Guitars 1 & 2)
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You gotta aim high ba - by wheth - er you lose or win

A E F#m*~

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And when you get___ to the top, you

B

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Got - ta get off___ or go Right back down a - gain

(Play with clean Chorus Rhythm Figure)(E,F#m7(4),Asus2,B7sus
Guitar Solo:
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I-9---9p7--9--12vvvvv---10-10--9-9-7-7-9----10-10--9-9-7-7-9--19b(1step)---I
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I--17-17-17----19b(1step)--19b(1step)--19bend-release(1step)---------------I
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E F#m7(4)
OUTRO: (Guitars 1 & 2)
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You got-ta Cry Tough Out on the streets

Asus B7sus E

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To make_____ your__dreams hap - pen. You've gotta cry out

F#m7(4) Asus2 B7sus (Repeat and Fade)

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Out to the world to make them all______ come true