Stevie Ray Vaughan

VERSE CHORDS

Cau ^B9 ght up in a ^E9 world ^A wind c ^G ant catch my breath, knee deep in hot water
broke out in cold sweat, cant catch the turtle in this rat race feels like
I'm losing time at breakneck pace.
etc....
People walking the tightrope trying to make it right
^E9 Walking the tightrope every day and every nigh ^B9 t etc...repeat order of chord
Walking the t ^E9 ightrope ^B9
A G (intro)
Solo is played in the key of B
~From: URBAN JOSEP DESOUZA
Here are some of my comments in order to improve tab that I found
at nevada. I'd like to thank Chuck Dolese for contributing Tightrope-SRV
to the net. Please take time to improve this if you know the song..
My comments are labelled with "UJD" at the end...
CHuck Dolese writes.....
Tightrope by SRV
on In Step
INTRO

The intro seems to be arpeggios off the chords...like
E D B & A G E. This is'nt reflected in the tab above though...UJD.
VERSE CHORDS

^{B9 E9 A G} Are A and G parts of the verse?? It seems to me the chords to the
verses were B9 (As above) G#m E9 and the intro stuff following that. I've
written this against the lyrics I got from nevada.----UJD
^B9 Caught up in a world wind cant catch my breath, knee deep in hot water
broke out in cold sweat, cant catch the turtle in this rat race feels like
I'm l ^G#m7 osing tim ^E9 e at breakneck pace. ^{E-D-B7 A-G-E}
The chorus is quite correct...(As Chuck Dolese wrote below..) except the A and
G below should (IMHO) be replaced by A and E9(?)......UJD.
People walking the t ^E9 ightrope trying to make it r ^B9 ight
^E9 Walking the tightrope every day and every nigh ^B9 t etc...repeat order of chord
Walking the t ^E9 ightrope ^B9
A G (intro)
Solo is played in the key of B
yes --UJD
PLEASE COMMENT ON THESE ...(all you good for nothing SRV fans)
From: mjg@sei.cmu.edu (Michael Gagliardi)
Mike Gagliardi
Tightrope by SRV
INTRO (tuned to Eb)

MIDRO (tuned to Eb)

MINIRO (tuned to Eb)

CHORDS (tuned to Eb)

^{B9 E9 Abm A E B} Song::
INTRO 2x
Verse 1:
Caught up in a world wi ^B9 nd
Can't catch my breath,
Knee deep in hot water
Brake out in cold sweat
Can't catch the turtle
In this rat race
Feels like I'm losing ^Abm time ^E9
At breakneck pace.
INTRO 2x
Verse 2:
Afraid of my own shad ^B9 ow
In the face of grace
Heart full of darkness
Spotlight on my face
There was love all around me
But I was looking for revenge
Thank God it never found ^Abm me ^E9
Would've been the end
MIDRO 2x
Chorus 1:
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Steppin on my frien ^B9 ds
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Was a shame and a s ^B9 in
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Between wrong and r ^B9 ight
Walking the ^A tightrope ^E
Both day and ^B night
MINIRO 1x
Solo 1:
(I don't have time yet to type it in.)
(rhythm uses standard blues progression in B)
B9 E9 ...
then solo ends ...
INTRO 2x
Verse 3:
Lookin back in front of ^B9 me
In the mirror's a grin
Through eyes of love I see
I'm really lookin at a friend
There's a whole lot of problems
That's the way life is
My heart goes out to ^Abm other ^E9 s
Who are there to make amends
MIDRO 2x
Chorus 2:
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Try to make it righ ^B9 t
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Every day and every ^B9 night
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Bring it all around ^B9 (?)
Walking the ^A tightrope ^E
From the lost ^B to found
MIDRO 2x
Chorus 3:
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Stretchin round the ^B9 world
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Save the boys and g ^B9 irls
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Let's make it right ^B9
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Do it do it tonight ^B9
Walking the tightro ^E9 pe
Solo 2:
let it rip and fade out.

Mike Gagliardi