TWISTED SISTER - "the price" Tablature

The Price

by Twisted Sister
From the album: Stay Hungry
Bass Tablature

transcribed by Joe Vahabzadeh . . . king_v@excaliber.net
Originally completed on: 1/24/97
Updated on: 1/25/97
Please email me for any problems or corrections.

Thanks to Mike Zalot, whose guitar tablature of this song,
I used as a general framework to help me in this.

Lyrics are at the end after the tablature

h.= dotted half note
h = half note
q.= dotted quarter note
q = quarter note
e.= dotted eigth note
e = eigth note
s = 16th note

R = Rest

() = indicates note is not struck again, but is continued from previous
note.

)| |(
)| |(
)| and |( indicate the beginning and end of a set of measures to be
)| |( repeated, followed by how many times to be played.

Pre-intro: 1/2 measure
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|R---------------|
h

Intro: 8 measures

)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
)|--------------------------------|3---------------2---------------|
)|----------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
)|1-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
h h h h

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
|--------------------------------|0---------------0---------------|(
|----------------3---------------|----------0-3-0-----------------|(
|1-------------------------------|--------3-----------------------|( x2
h h q s s s s h

Verse 1: Rest for 7 measures, followed by:
|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---0---0-------|
|--------------0-----------3-1---|
|R-----------R-------------------|
q. s s e e s s e
*

Pre-Chorus: 4 measures
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------0---0-------0-------|
|----------------3---------------|3-------------------------3-----|
|1-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
h h q. e q s e.

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0----------(0)--0---0-----------|
|1-----------------------3-------|--------------0-----------------|
|----------------1---------------|--------------------------------|
h q q q. (s)s e q
*

Chorus: Play intro

Verse 2: 8 measures
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
)|--------------------------------|0----------(0)--0---0-----------|(
)|1---------------3---------------|--------------0-----------------|(
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|( x3
h h q. (s)s e q.
*

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0----------(0)--0---0---0-------|
|1---------------3---------------|--------------0-----------3-1---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
h h q. (s)s e e s s e
*

Repeat Pre-chorus, then Chorus.

Solo: Play last 4 measures of verse 2 section.

Repeat Pre-chorus.

Repeat Chorus to fade out.

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 1:
I've tried, oh, how I've tried,
For the life, yes the life, I'm onto.

Chorus:
Oh it's the price we've gotta pay,
And all the games we've gotta play,
Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on.
Cause it's a game we're gonna lose,
though it's a life we've gotta choose,
And the price is your whole life until it's gone.

Verse 2:
Time seems to have frozen,
But the mind 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'm onto.

Repeat Chorus.

(Solo)

Repeat Pre-chorus.

Repeat Chorus to fade out.