Lighten Up Lyrics

Chickenfoot - Lighten Up
From 'Chickenfoot III' album
Intro (Sounds like Organ, but is Satch's Guitar Effect)
Main Riff - played 4x
|-rest---2--------|-------------2-----|-2---2---0------|-2------------2-----|
"Why you pushing so hard baby? You could be making it easy"
fourth bar of Main Riff changes each time:
2nd time: pick scrape
3rd time: ascending natural harmonics on 6th string (low Eb)
4th time
|--0-----0-----------|--------------------|----9--8--7--5---3--|----5___----|
|-------------2--0h2-|-2------------------|--------------------|-/7_____7---|
"I said oh, baby you pushing too hard... lighten up!"
Solo 1 (1:11)
|-8---8-5-------------|-17b------------17s-|-17b-10p8-10p8---8-8---10p8-10-8\5|
|-------------7b9~~---|-17b------------17s-|-17b-----------9------------------|
Play Main Riff Again, with new endings:
1st ending 2nd Ending 3rd Ending
|--------------| |--2NH~~~~~~~----| |-0--3b--0------0----|
4th time - Pick scrape, then silence
(2:07) play 4x
"You're pushing too hard" ...
(2:15) play 4x
"I like it when u want it" ...
Solo 2 (2:31) - Rhythm Guitar plays D5 chords throughout
High Solo Part (2:46) - Add some tremelo picking
Rhythm Guitar during 'High Solo Part'
After solo, play Main riff 8 bars, similar to before
(3:25) Organ Part from Intro Resumes, Guitar 2 repeats this:
"Oh baby, you're pushin too hard..."
Final Solo (3:50)
(4:05)
|-7h12h15-----|-7h12T17-7h12T17-7h12h15-7h12T17-7h12T17-7h12h15-|
|-7h12T19----7h12T21---|-7h12T22----x\---22b24r-|-b24~~~-19h22TP-|
|-19h22TP--22TP-19TP-17TP-15TP-|-12TP-10TP-9TP-7TP-6TP-5TP-|
|--5TP----0h5h7-0h5h7-0h5h7----|-6TP-5TP-----6TP-5TP-------|
|-8----5-----------------------|---------8TP---------8TP---|
(4:22)
|-6TP-5TP----6TP-5TP----|-6TP-5TP----6TP-5TP-6TP-|-6TP-5TP-6TP-7h10TP-7h10TP-|
|--------8TP--------8TP-|--------8TP-------------|---------------------------|
|-10h12-7h10h12------7h10-|-12-7h10h12-7h10h12-7h10h12-15TP-17TP-|
All tremelo picking * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
(4:42) **Play this 3x**
Ending
|-----------------------| Joe plays random Eb minor
|--7----5---------------| pentatonic licks at the end
KEY
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| NH natural harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| TP Tremelo picking
| T Right hand tapping