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Someone requested this, here it it (tho not complete). I'll type and post
more Crue tab soon.


For a better transcription, check out Guitar School, Sept 1990

Tuning: 1-D 2-A 3-F 4-C 5-G 6-D (down a whole step)
                        w/ bar
Intro:                  /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------
|--------0----------------------------------------------------
|----------------0--------------------------------------------
  |  /   |   /   |   /   
  |/     |/      |/
Ride the bar on these alot
Riff A                                       end riff A
|----------------------------------------------|  repeat 4x
|----------------------------------------------|
|.--------------------------------------------.|
|.--------------------------------------------.|
|--5---6/-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
|--3---4/-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---|
           pm------------>----------->------]

         Riff B
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------8----7---
|----------------------------------------------------7----7---
|----------2-----------------------------------7-----7----7---
|--5---6---0--3>-0--3--0-----5--3>-0--3--0--4--5--5-----------
|--3---4------------------3--3--------------------------------

|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------8>-7--7\------------------------------------
|-----------------7-----7\------------------------------------
|-----------------7-----7\-----2------------------------------
|--5--5--5--5--5---------------0---3>-0--3>-0-----5--3>-0-----
|---------------------------3------------------3--3-----------
  pm------------]

|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------8---7---------------------------------------
|-----------------7---7---------------------------------------
|-----------7-----7---7--------7----------------------2-------
|--3>-0--4--5--5---------5--5--5----------------0--3--0-------
|-----------------------------------0--1--2--3----------------
                        pm---]

                               v-End riff B
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------7-------------------------
|--3>-0--3>-0-----5--3>-0--3>-0--4--5-------------------------
|--------------3--3-------------------------------------------
                                    hold---------------------]


Verse:
When I get high I get high on speed
Riff A

Top fuel funny car's a drug for me
Riff A 

Riff C
   My heart     my heart  kickstart my heart
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------8----7-----------
|--------------------------------------------7----7-----------
|------------5----------------------7--------7----7-----------
|---5----6---3------5---------------5----5-----------5--5--5--
|---3----4----------3-----------------------------------------
                                                    pm--------
                End riff C
|----------------|
|--------8---7---|
|--------7---7---|
|--------7---7---|
|--5--5----------|
|----------------|
 ------]

Always got the cops comin' after me
Riff A

Custom built bike doin' 1 - 0 - 3
Riff A

My heart, my heart, kickstart my heart
Riff C

               Oooh,  are ya ready girls       oooh, are ya ready now
|---------------5--------------------------------5------------
|---------------8--------------------------------8------------
|---------------5--------------------------------5------------
|---------------5--------------------------------5------------
|--4--5--6/-7---7-----------------------5--6/-7--7------------
|--2--3--4/-5---5-----------------------3--4/-5--5------------

Chorus (w/ Riff B)
Whoa, yeah, kickstart my heart give it a start
Whoa, yeah, kickstart my heart hope it never stops
Whoa, yeah, 

  baby                       Yeah
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|---3---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
|-------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--
       pm---------------------------------------------------]

|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------2---------------------------------------
|---------------0--3--0--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---------
|---0--1--2--3-----------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---------
                       pm----------------------------]

Riff A (3x)

Then 2nd verse (sim. to first)
Sky dive naked from an aeroplane
Or a lady with a body from outer space
My heart, my heart, kickstart my heart
Say I've got trouble in my eyes
I'm just lookin for another good time
My heart, my heart, kickstart my heart


Chorus (same)

Interlude

|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|--9----------------------------------------------------------
|--7----------------------------------------------------------
|--0----------------------------------------------------------
   hold --------------------------------------------------

(clean)
|-----------------------------------------------2>-2--2-------
|---2--------3-------3-------------2-------3----3-----3-------
|---2--------0-------2-------------2-------0----2-----2-------
|---2--------5-------0-------------2-------5----0-------------
|---0------------------------------0--------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------

  When we started this band      Years gone by,
  all we needed, needed was      I'd say we've kicked some ass
  a laugh
|-----------------------------------------------2>-2--2-------
|---2--------3-------3-------------2-------3----3-----3-------
|---2--------0-------2-------------2-------0----2-----2-------
|---2--------5-------0-------------2-------5----0-------------
|---0------------------------------0--------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------

(w/ dist)           When I'm enraged or  hittin the stage
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------3------------------
|--------------------2---------------------0------------------
|--------------------2---------------------0------------------
|--------------0--3--0---------------------X------------------
|--0--1--2--3------------------------------3------------------
                     >                     >

  Adrenilin rushin thru my veins and I'd say we're still 
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-----3-----------------------------------------------3-------
|-----2-----------------------------------2-----------0-------
|-----0-----------------------------------2-----------0-------
|-----------------------------------------0-----------X-------
|-----------------------------------------------------3-------
      >                                   >           >
                              (half-time feel)
  kickin ass                   say ooh     ah     kickstart
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|---------3---------------------------------3-------------3---
|---------2----------------------2----------0-------------2---
|---------0----------------------2----------0-------------0---
|--------------------------------0----------X-----------------
|-------------------------------------------3-----------------
          hold------------

   my heart, hope it never stops,  and to think we did all of 
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------X\---------------------------3-----
|--------------------------X\--------------2------------0-----
|------------------------------------------2------------0-----
|------------------------------------------0------------X-----
|-------------------------------------------------------3-----

   this to rock
|------------------------------------
|-----------3------------------------
|-----------2------------------------
|-----------0------------X/--X\--X/--
|------------------------X/--X\--X/--
|------------------------------------

Chorus, etc.

Someday when I have more time I'll type in the lead parts and the outro
solo. For those who like improvising, it's trem picked A5 w/ A pentatonic
lead; B5 w/ B pent.; C5 w/ C pent.; D5 w/ D pent.; at 5th pos, 7th pos,
17th pos, and 17th pos for the leads, respectively.

Diversion

-- 
"I can see 'em                          | "Want me to create a diversion?"
    I can see 'em                       | Diversion
        Someone wake me when it's over" | *



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