Demolition Boys Lyrics

DEMOLITION BOYS - Girlschool
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com
Date: May 23, 2005 (submitted Sept. 12, 2005)
Corrections to main riff by: Jason (July 4, 2005)
CD: "Demolition" (1980, Bronze Records/Re-issue on Castle, 2004)
^...bend (q=quarter tone, s=semi-tone, w=whole tone)
h...hammer on
r...release bend
hb..hold bend (hold bend while playing notes within square brackets)
p...pulloff
x...dead note (damp with fretting hand)
-Tuning: Standard
-The song is in the key of A. The guitar solo is in A pentatonic minor.
-For measures 9-12 of the guitar solo, there's a key change to B.
(Measures 11-12 might be in D...not sure, but they're definitely played
over a D5 chord.) Song returns to A at measure 13 of guitar solo.
-Timing: bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time
INTRO:
Figure 1 - play 10x
D ---5h7-7---5h7-7---5h7-7-7---7-7-7-------|
The 5th and 6th time through, an A5 power chord is played on the
first beat of the measure.
1ST VERSE:
You can... ? comes.. Another... Gonna make...
Play Figure 1 2x
2ND VERSE:
The people....To watch...Band.......The roof.....
Play Figure 1 2x
Pre-Chorus:
For miles around they heard the sound
And came to see the show
And they all know
CHORUS:
Demolition
Demolition
Play Figure 1 4x with Chorus lyrics
3RD VERSE:
The boys......Hidden....Walls......No survivors to.....
Play Figure 1 2x
Pre-chorus:
For miles around they heard the sound
And came to see the show
And they all know
CHORUS:
Demolition
Demolition
Play Figure 1 4x with Chorus lyrics
BRIDGE:
Things used to be different for me
Until I heard the noise
Demolition boys
Demolition boys
Play Figure 1 4x
(The third and fourth time through Fig. 1, an A5 power chord is played
on the first beat of the measure.)
Figure 1 is played along with the first 8 measures of the guitar solo.
GUITAR SOLO:
(2 measures)
B --7^s--7^s--7^s--7^s--|---7^s-------------------------------------|
7^w-hb-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
G --7^w--7^w--7^w--7^w--|--r(7)p5---5-------|
(2 measures)
B ----------------------------5-8-----|-8-----8-----8--10p8---8-10--|
G ---------5-----5h7p5----x-7-------9-|-----9-----9---------9-------|
D -5h7p5------7--------7--------------|-----------------------------|
(1 measure)
B -13^w--13^w--13^w--13^wr(13)p10--------13-15--|
(1 measure)
B -15^w--15^w----15^w--15--15^wr(15)p13---------|
(2 measures)
B -------------------------------------|-8^w-8-7h8p7-5---7-5---------|
G -9--12-9---9--12-9---9--12-9-12-12^w-|---------------7-----7^q-5---|
Key changes to B here.
Rhythm guitar plays a B5 power chord on 1st beat of staff below.
(2 measures)
G -7-----7-----7-----7-----9---7-7-|--------------7--7-7h9p7---7-9^w-|
D -7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---9---7-7-|--9--7h9p7----7----------9-------|
Lead guitar - (on last note, gradually bend up 2 whole tones)
(2 measures)
|---12^w--14^w--15^w--17^w--17^w-|--17^w--17^w--17^w--17--14--17^(21)-|
|Rhythm - final note on this staff is actually 1st note of next measure
Key changes back to A.
(one measure) - play 4x
G --7^w--------7^w--------7^w--------7^w--------7^w-----------|
The third and fourth time through the above staff, the rhythm guitar
plays an A5 power chord on the 1st beat.
CHORUS:
Demolition
Demolition
Demolition
Demolition
Play Figure 1 8x with Chorus lyrics
Chords: A5 G5
(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.)