Year: 1991 - Album: Joyride
Written by Per Gessle
(Solo):|D G |D G |A | |D G |D G |A | | | | |G |D |A | B5 C5 C#5| D5 D6 D5 D6 D5 D6 D5 D6 I'll take you on a skyride, feeling like you're spellbound A5 A6 A5 A6 A5 Sunshine is a la-dy - rocks you like a baby She says "Hello you fool I love you, c'mon join the joyride, Join the joyride" {Next line is sung without guitar} Hello you fool I love you, c'mon join the joyride, join the joyride Hello, hello you fool I love you, C'mon, c'mon join the joyride, be a joyrider Roxette! (Out-solo):|D G |D G |A {Whistling} ............ The main guitar for the song is a heavily distorted electric - hence you've got to play the song with lots of palm muting and avoid sloppiness or else it's going to sound like a mess. The riff going into the first verse is: + + + + + + + + |-----------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------| |----/6--/6---4p2-|-------------| |-----------------|-2-----------| |-0---------------|-0-----------| |-----------------|-------------| Play the following over the verse: + + + + + + + + |-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------2-3-2-|-------------------------| |-----------2-2-2-|-------------------------| x2 |-----------2-2-2-|-------------------------| |-----------------|-------------0-------0---| |-----------------|---------3h5---0-3b------| + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |---------|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-3-------|---------|-------------------2-3-2-|-------------------3-2---| |-2-------|-4-------|-----------------x-2-2-2-|-----------------x-2-2---| |-0-------|-4-------|-------------------2-2-2-|-------------------2-2---| |---------|-2-------|-----0-------0-----------|-------------0-----------| |---------|---------|-3h5---0-3b--------------|-3h5---0-3b--------------| Play all that again, omitting the last two bars the second time. The following is played for the pre-Chorus ("And it all begins.."): + + + + + + + + + + + + |------------------|---------|-------3---------------3---| |---10-9-----------|---------|-------2---------------2---| |-9------9-9-------|-7-------|-------2---------------2---| |-9--------9-------|-7-------|---------------------------| |-7--------7-------|-5-------|-0--0------0-0-0-0-0-----0-| |------------------|---------|---------------------------| + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |-------3---------------3---|------------------|---------|---------| |-------2---------------2---|---10-9-----------|---------|---------| |-------2---------------2---|-9------9-9-------|-7-------|---------| |---------------------------|-9--------9-------|-7-------|-------x\| |-0--0------0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-7--------7-------|-5-------|-------x\| |---------------------------|------------------|---------|-------x\| Chorus: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |---------|---------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------| |---------|---------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------| |---------|-2-------|----/6--/6---4p2-|-2-------|---------|---------| |-7---5---|-0--2----|-----------------|-0-------|-2-------|---------| |-7---5---|----0----|-----------------|---------|-0-------|---------| |-5---3---|---------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------| The fills from the first two verses are approximated in the next verse by synth and acoustic twelve string guitar. The electric comes back in on "Don't need no fortune teller". The first 6 bars of the solo are doubled an octave above by synth. There's 4 things you could do about this: a) Forget about it b) Play it an octave up. This will be played something like this: + + -10p9------------- --------10-------- ----------11--12-- ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ c) Get a friend to play it an octave up as above whilst you play the lower bit d) Use an octave pedal or a pitch shifter set at an octave above. Don't forget to turn it off after 6 bars, though Solo: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |-------------------------|-----------------------------|---------|---------| |-3p2---------------------|-3p2-------------------------|---------|---------| |-------2-----------------|-------2---------------------|---------|---------| |---------4---5-----------|---------4-5-----------5-5h7-|---------|---------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------|-0-------|---------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------|---------|---------| + + + + + + + + |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-3p2---------------------|-3p2-------------------------| |-------2-----------------|-------2---------------------| |---------4---5-----------|---------4-5-----------5-5h7-| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---3p0-3p0---0-|-3p0-2-0-------0-|-0---3p0-3p0-----|---0---0---3-0---| |-----------------|-----------0-3---|---------------0-|-3---------------| + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |---------|---------|----------------------|---------------------| |---------|-3-------|/10---8---8---8-------|---------------------| |---------|-2-------|-----------9-----7----|---------------------| |-5-------|-0-------|------------------10--|-7----5---5---5------| |-5-------|---------|----------------------|-----------7-----5---| |-3-------|---------|----------------------|------------------8--| This next bit is played under "I'll take you on a skyride" + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----- |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----- |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----- |-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|----- |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-7\\- |-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5\\- The out-solo is just the first four bars of the solo. ......................... Notation used: + = Beat marker / = Slide up \ = Slide down h = Hammer-on p = Pull-off b = Bend string x = Left-hand-muted note