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Reckless Life

Year: 1988 - Album: G N' R Lies [Gold]

Written by Guns N' Roses

Key:  D More
Reckless Life Key AA
Reckless Life Key A#A#
Reckless Life Key BB
Reckless Life Key CC(one step down)
Reckless Life Key C#C#(half step down)
Reckless Life Key DD(original key)
Reckless Life Key D#D#(half step up)
Reckless Life Key EE(one step up)
Reckless Life Key FF
Reckless Life Key F#F#
Reckless Life Key GG
Reckless Life Key G#G# 
	  		Well this is a tab I took from a french magazine, enjoy... 
So here's the tab: 
 
E|------------------------|----------------------|-x----2-------| 
B|------------------------|----------------------|-x----3-------| 
G|------------------2-2-2-|----------------2-2-2-|-x----2-------| 
D|------------------2-2-2-|----------------2-2-2-|------0-------|  
A|---3qb-(0)-0------0-0-0-|-3qb-p0-0-------0-0-0-|--------------| 
E|--------------3fb-------|----------3fb---------|--------------| 
 
E|-----------------|-----------------------|--------------------| 
B|--5---x-(5)------|-----------------------|--------------------| 
G|--5---x--5-------|-----------------2-2-2-|--------------2-2-2-| 
D|--5---x--5-------|-----------------2-2-2-|--------------2-2-2-| 
A|--3---x--3---0-0-|-3qb-0-(0)-------0-0-0-|-3qb-p0-0-----0-0-0-| 
E|-----------------|------------3fb--------|----------3fb-------| 
 
E|--3-------------|-2---x---2----------|------------------------| 
B|--3-------------|-3---x---3----------|------------------------| 
G|--0-------------|-2---x---2----------|------------------2-2-2-| 
D|--0-------------|-0---x---0----------|------------------2-2-2-| 
A|----------------|---------------0--0-|-3qb-(0)-0--------0-0-0-| 
E|--3-------------|--------------------|-----------3fb----------| 
 
E|-----------------------|-x----2------|------------------------| 
B|-----------------------|-x----3------|-5---x----(5)-----------| 
G|-----------------2-2-2-|-x----2------|-5---x-----5------------| 
D|-----------------2-2-2-|------0------|-5---x-----5------------| 
A|--3qb-p0-0-------0-0-0-|-------------|-3---x-----3------0-0---| 
E|------------3fb--------|-------------|------------------------| 
 
E|--------------------------|-----------------------|-3----|-2--| 
B|--------------------------|-----------------------|-3----|-3--| 
G|--------------------2-2-2-|-----------------2-2-2-|-0----|-2--| 
D|--------------------2-2-2-|-----------------2-2-2-|-0----|-0--| 
A|--3qb-0-(0)---------0-0-0-|-3qb-p0-0--------0-0-0-|------|----| 
E|-------------3fb----------|-----------3fb---------|-3----|----| 
 
Well, That's it!  
For commentaries, tab-search and marriage demand, write to [email protected]... 
 
  First Guitar Solo: 
|----------------16-17-19-17h19p17-16h17p16h17p16-16-------------------| 
|-19fb~~~~~~~~~--------------------------------------19p18-19p18p17-18-| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-17h18p17\16-17-16h17p16----16-16fb---19--------------14----------14--------| 
|-------------------------19--------------16--(16)fb------r17-17fb----r17~~~-| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
|-/10h11h12fb~~~~---16-16-14-13h14p13--14p13\12h13p12\11h12p11--12-10p9-10-7----| 
|-----------------0----------------------------------------------------------10-| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
........................................................................................
Reckless Life 
Guns N' Roses 
GN'R Lies 
 
Fast Rock  =196 
Tuning 1/2 step down:(eb ab db gb bb eb) 
 
  Rhy. Fig 1     1/4		full 
||-------/-------/--------|-------|-2-----|------------------| 
||------/-------/---------|-------|-3-----|-5--X--5----------| 
||:----/-------/---2-2-2--|--%----|-2-----|-5--X--5----------| 
||----/-------/----2-2-2--|-------|-0-----|-5--X--5----------| 
||--3/---0---/-----0-0-0--|-------|-------|-3--X--3------0-0-| 
||---------3/-------------|-------|-------|------------------| 
 
	  1/4	   full		   end rhy. Fig 1 
|-------/-------/--------|-------|-3------|-2--X--2----------| 
|------/-------/---------|-------|-3------|-3--X--3----------| 
|-----/-------/---2-2-2--|--%----|-0------|-2--X--2----------| 
|----/-------/----2-2-2--|-------|-0------|-0--X--0----------| 
|--3/---0---/-----0-0-0--|-------|-X------|--------------0-0-| 
|---------3/-------------|-------|-3------|------------------| 
 
			    D		  A5			D5 
|-------------------|-2--------|----|---------|-----------------------| 
|------7 measures---|-3--------|----|---------|-----------------------| 
|---|_____________|-|-2--------|----|---------|-----------------------| 
|------Rhy. Fig. 1--|-0--------|--hold for 2--|-----------------------| 
|-------------------|----------|----|-measures|-----------------------| 
|-------------------|----------|----|---------|-----------------------| 
1. I'm____ reckless___ and feelin' no 
2. See additional lyrics 
 
  
C5	   B5  B5					 G5	    D5 
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------|------------------| 
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------|------------------| 
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------|------------------| 
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------|------------------| 
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------|------------------| 
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------|------------------| 
pain.   You  know I've got no need to con- trol.__ 
 
 A5					    D5			C5 
|---------------------|---------|--------------------|----------------| 
|---------------------|---------|--------------------|----------------| 
|--------------hold for 2-------|--------------------|----------------| 
|------------------measures-----|--------------------|----------------| 
|---------------------|---------|--------------------|----------------| 
|---------------------|---------|--------------------|----------------| 
 Li-vin' with_ the dan-ger,  I'm  always on the edge_ now          with 
 
 
 
  A5						G5		D5            D5 C5 
|----------------|----------------|----------|------------------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------|------------------------| 
|------------hold for 2-----------|----------|------------------------| 
|--------------measures-----------|----------|------------------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------|------------------------| 
|----------------|----------------|----------|------------------------| 
 mil-lion dol-lar  vi-sions that I  hold.____ 
 
  B5				    A5   B5   C5				 D5(type 2) C5 
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------| 
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------| 
|---------------hold the-------------|------------hold the------------| 
|-----------------chord--------------|---------------chord------------| 
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------| 
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------| 
 Li-vin'  like this nev-er  ev-er tore_ my life a-part_ 
 
 B5				  A5  B5	   C5		   D5(type 2) 
|------------------|------------------|-----------|------------------|| 
|------------------|------------------|-----------|-first time:------|| 
|--------------hold the---------------|-----------|--repeat to -----:|| 
|-----------------chord---------------|-----------|----beginning-----|| 
|------------------|------------------|-----------|------------------|| 
|------------------|------------------|-----------|------------------|| 
 I know how to main- tain and you know__ I know my part 
 
Do this the second time: 
 D5(type 2)		D5			   C5	   G5  C5 
|----------------|----------|---------|-----|-------------------------| 
|----------------|----------|---------|-----|-------------------------| 
|----------------|------hold the------|-----|-------------------------| 
|----------------|--------chord-------|-----|-------------------------| 
|----------------|----------|---------|-----|-------------------------| 
|----------------|----------|---------|-----|-------------------------| 
 heart!  I lead a reck   -      less   life,       and I  
 
  D5				   C5	   G5  C5			 
|---------------|---------|-----|-------------------| 
|---------------|---------|-----|-------------------| 
|---------hold the -------|-----|-------------------| 
|-------------chord-------|-----|-------------------| 
|---------------|---------|-----|-------------------| 
|---------------|---------|-----|-------------------| 
  don't   need   your  ad- vice	    and you know___ 
 
 D5			 C5     G5   C5  G5  C5 G5 
|---|-------------|--------------------------| 
|---|-------------|--------------------------| 
|--hold ----------|--------------------------| 
|---chord---------|--------------------------| 
|---|-------------|--------------------------| 
|---|-------------|--------------------------| 
 __  its my on-ly  vice. 
 
 
 
Solo 1 
  B5								  A5    B5  
1:57  full~~~~~(w trem.bar) 
|------/--------------------|-16-17-19-17h19p17-16h17p16h17| 
|---19/---------------------|------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|------------------------------| 
sssssssssssllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 
										    G5  A5 
     A5     D5                          A5                       full 
|(17)p16---16--------------------------|-------------------------/----| 
|------------19p18-19p18p17-18-17h18p17|s16-17-16h17p16----16-16/-----| 
|--------------------------------------|----------------19------------| 
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------| 
 
   B5               A5   B5                       A5 
			trem.bar back to full&rb	  full&hold 
|(hold bend)--19--\----|--/---------14---\---------/-14-| 
|-----(16)---------1/2 |-/-------------16-\(16)s17/-----| 
|-------------------step--------------------------------| 
|----------------------|--------------------------------| 
|----------------------|--------------------------------| 
|----------------------|--------------------------------| 
 
             G5                A5  G   A5  G  A5  B5 
  RB		full&hold  rb  trem. Bar		  slow bend full trem.bar 
|---\--------/-14-------\----|------------s10h11|h12/------~~~~-------| 
|-17-\----17/-----17----(17)~|~~~~~~~~~~--------|------------------0--| 
|----------------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
|----------------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
|----------------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
|----------------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
sssssssssssssslllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh 
 
                             A5         B5 
|-16-16--14-13h14p13-14p13s12h13p12s11h12p11| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------| 
ssssssssssssssllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 
  A5     D5                     A5            G      A5 
									   full 
|12-10p9-10-7----7h9p7---------|-7-------------------------/----------| 
|-------------10------10p9-9h10|---7-9-10-7---7h9p7---7---/-----------| 
|------------------------------|------------9-------9---9/------------| 
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
 
 
	  
  B5                    A5  B5               A5        G5 
           full~~rb   1/4              1/4      1/2 		trem. bar 
|--------/-----\------/---|---------/-------/---|------10~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 
|-------/-------\----/----|--------/-------/----|---------------------| 
|-(9)-9/---------9p7/----9|(9)---7/------7/-----|----7----------------| 
|----------------------9--|----9-------9-----x-x|-9-------------------| 
|-------------------------|--------------------x|---------------------| 
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------| 
 
 
 
  A     A#    B   C            B5      C#  C#sus4   C#5 
	   Trem.bar 41/2 	   solo 2  full           f            f 
|(10)~~~~---------------/||--------/----9---------/------------/------| 
|--------------------12/-||---(12)/-------12p9-12/--9---------/-------| 
|--------0\--------------||--------------------------12p9----/--------| 
|----------\-------------||-------------------------------11/---------| 
|-----------\------------||-------------------------------------------| 
|------------\-----------||-------------------------------------------| 
 
sssssssssssssslllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
B5 C#        C#sus4 C#5                  E5 
	    f 
|9--------/12-----9-------9-------|9---------------------------9-| 
|-12p9-12/----12p9-12p9h12-12p9h12|-12p9-12p9h12-9h12p9-12p9h12--| 
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| 
 
   B5                 C#5   C#sus4 C#5  
	   full					   full 
|------12/-------12|---11--12-9h11p9----9----/--9-----| 
|-12p9-------------|-----------------12---12/-----12p9| 
|------------------|----------------------------------| 
|------------------|----------------------------------| 
|------------------|----------------------------------| 
|------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
                         B5                      A5 
					f rb					a.h full 
|----------------------------/----\------|---------------------/------| 
|-------9h12p9----12p9-12---/------\-----|--------------------/-------| 
|-11h12--------12--------11/-------(11)p9|11~~~~~~9~~~~--11-9/--------| 
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------| 
 
  B5                    C#5            B5     C#5 C#sus4    C#5 
	trem. Bar 11/2~~~  trem bar 11/2~~~          trem. Bar 1/2~~~ 
|-------------------------------------|----------------/--------------| 
|-----------------------/12-----------|(12)~~~-11p9h12/----(12)p11p9--| 
|(9)----------(9)s\---s/--------------|-------------------------------| 
|------------------\------------------|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------\-----------------|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
 
  
 B5  C#5   C#sus4          C#5           E5      
    trem. Bar 11/2~~   em.bar 11/2 v		   full             f rb 
|--------------------------------|-----/-----9----------/--\----------| 
|(9)s12-----------(12)s\----12--p|0-12/--------12-9----/----\---------| 
|-----------------------\--------|------------------11/-----(11)p9----| 
|------------------------\-------|------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| 
 
 
   B5 
	 f       f rb	     1/4      1/4  
|------/-------/--\----------/------/--| 
|-----/--9----/----\--------/--9---/---| 
|--11/-----11/----(11)p9-11/-----9/----| 
|------------------------------------11| 
|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------| 
sssssssssssslllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh 
  C#5  C#sus4  C#5                                     B5 
	   1/4                               1/4  
|--------//---------------------|--------/-----------------| 
|-------//----------------------|-------/------------------| 
|--11-9//-----------------------|------/-------------------| 
|--11-9/---11--9----------------|-----/--------------------| 
|----------------11s9--7-9h10h11|-9-7/-------9----7----7---| 
|-------------------------------|-------9------------------| 
ssssssssssssssssllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssshhhhhhhhhhh 
 
  C#5          C5         B5 
|-------------------------------------|			 
|s-12-12-12-s-12--12--12--------------| 
|s/13-13-13-s/13--13--13-13s14--------| 
|-/----------/------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------| 
 
    Bb5        A5           2:32 
|---------------------------| 
|-13-------14---------------| 
|----14s15----14s15s\-------| 
|-------------15s16s\\------| 
|--------------------\\-----| 
|---------------------\\----| 
ssssssssssssllllllllllllaaaaaaaaassssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh 
 
  D5				  C5        G5   C5 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
|-----------hold chord---|---------|---------------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
  reck       -    less__  life,____    I    lead a  
 
 
 D5				 C5      G5    C5 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
|----hold chord---------|------|----------------| 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
  reck -       less life!___		I    lead a 
 
 
 
 D5						  C5 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
|--------------hold chord-----------|----------|--rests---------------| 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
  ray   -   ay  -    eck   -  less    life,		  and you know__ 
 
  D5				   C5 w/ 
|---------|---------------|-------------------------------------------| 
|---------|---------------|-------------------------------------------| 
|-----hold chord----------|-----------------------------------------2-| 
|---------|---------------|-----------------------------------------2-| 
|---------|---------------|-----------------------------------------0-| 
|---------|---------------|15s and pick 7 sets of 8th note triplets--0-| 
 _________  it's my on-ly... 
 
 
 
D5				  C5        G5   C5 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
|-----------hold chord---|---------|---------------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------| 
  reck       -    less__  life,____    I    lead a  
 
 
 D5				 C5      G5    C5 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
|----hold chord---------|------|----------------| 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
|-------|---------------|------|----------------| 
  reck -       less life!___		I    lead a 
 
 
 
 D5						  C5 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
|--------------hold chord-----------|----------|--rests---------------| 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
|------------------|----------------|----------|----------------------| 
  ray   -   ay  -    eck   -  less    life,		  and you know__ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  D5				  C5  G5  C5  G5 C5 G5  C5  G5 C5 
|-------|----------------|----------|----------|----------| 
|-------|----------------|----------|----------|----------| 
|---hold chord-----------|----------|----------|----------| 
|-------|----------------|----------|----------|----------| 
|-------|----------------|----------|----------|----------| 
|-------|----------------|----------|----------|----------| 
 _______  it's my on-ly... 
 
 
 
 G5  C5  G5   C5  G5  C5    G5  C5  G5  D5 w/fill         D5sl 
|-----------|------------|-------------|----------------|-----\-------| 
|-----------|------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| 
|-----------|------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| 
|-----------|------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| 
|-----------|------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| 
|-----------|------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| 
	   Hey, hey!__________________________________ 
 
 
Fill for end: 
 
	F~~~~			  F rb					f 
|-----/------10-----------/-\--------------------------|----/---------| 
|--13/----------13p10----/---\-------------------------|13-/----------| 
|---------------------12/---(12)p10--12-10h11----------|12/-----------| 
|--------------------------------------------12p10~~~~~|--------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------|--------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------|--------------|

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