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Guns N' Roses - There Was a Time Album: Chinese Democracy (2008) Transcribed by Jon Malmin (jogusmal@hotmail.com) There doesn't seem to be any transcriptions of this song in standard E tuning. I find that for an acoustic version, E tuning is far better and makes it easier too, since the song is in B minor and that's an easy key to play in. (Chord instructions are at the bottom of the page, for those interested) Intro: Bm F#m E Bm Bm6
BmBroken glass and cigarettes AWritin' on the wall It was a baErgain for the summer And I tBhought I had it all I was the Bmone who gave you everything The Aone who took the fall You were the Eone who would do anything The Bone who can't recall Where she Bmwas while she was sleepin' In aAnother women's bed Or the dEoctor's or the lawyer's Or the sBtranger that she met If there's Bmnothing I can gain from this Or aAnything at all It'd be the kEnowledge that you gave me When I tEhought I'd heard it all
[Chorus]
It was a lEong time forFmaj7#11 you It wG6as a lEong time forFmaj7#11 me It'd bG6e a lEong time for anFmaj7#11yone but ELooks likeFmaj7#11 it's meant to G6be
[Same chords as last verse] Social class and registers Cocaine in the hall All the way from California On the way to your next call To those non-negotiations To simulate a cause For the betterment of evils And your ways around the laws That keep you up and sitting pretty On a pedestal or bed And now you're sleeping like an angel Near the man who you give head If there's somethin' I can make of this Or anything at all It'd be the devil hates a loser And you thought you had it all [Chorus] It was the wrong time for you It was the wrong time for me It was the wrong time for anyone but Looks like I'm 'bout to see for myself
DIf I could go C#mback in time To the pE7lace in my soul There all alone GLonely teardrops, F#ooh Are callin' yBmou But AI don't want to know it nGow Cause knowin' yF#mou It won't change a damn EthingE7 But there was a Bmtime Bm6
Solo backing: Bm A E Bm (x2) Bm F#m E E7 Bm A E E7
BmYeah there was a time ADidn't wanna know it all... EDidn't wanna know it all... (E7) And I don't wanna know it now (Repeat once more)
[Gtr. melody backing] Bm A E E7
BmI would do aAnything for yEou There was a time BmI would do aAnything for yEou BmI would do aAnything for yEou There was a time
(Just keep playing Bm, A, E, (E7) throughout the rest of the song, with the long solo and the crazy coda) Well, that's it for this song! Cheers y'all! Chords used: A: B: Bm: Bm6: C#m: D: x-0-2-2-2-0 x-2-4-4-4-2 x-2-4-4-3-2 x-2-0-1-0-x x-4-6-6-5-4 x-x-0-2-3-2 E: E7: Fmaj7#11: F#: F#m: G: 0-2-2-1-0-0 0-2-2-1-3-0 1-3-3-2-0-0 2-4-4-3-2-2 2-4-4-2-2-2 3-2-0-0-3-3 G6: 3-5-5-4-0-0