Cadillac Dreams Lyrics

CADILLAC DREAMS (from the KISS CD "HOT IN THE SHADE")
Key:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend (whole step)
b^ = bend (1/2 step)
b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb = pre-bend
r = release-bend
t = tap with righthand finger
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = Vibrato
* = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
** = Artificial Harmonic
x = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
(\) = Dive w\bar
(/) = Release w\bar
Tp = Tap w\plectrum
Rhythm Fig. 1
Rhythm Fig. 2
Rhythm Fig. 3
P.M. - - - - - - - - > Semi-harm
Rhythm Fig. 4
1/4-step bends
Rhythm Fig. 5
Rhythm Fig. 6
Rhythm Fig. 7
P.M. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
Rhythm Fig. 8
Rhythm Fig. 9
Rhythm Fig. 10
Rhythm Fig. 11
Riff 1 (w/ slide)
Riff 2 (w/ slide)
Riff 3 (w/ slide)
Riff 4 (w/ slide)
Solo (w/ slide)
Slide up past the fingerboard
CADILLAC DREAMS
Gene Simmons, Vini Poncia
Rhy. ig 1
Rhy. ig 2
When I was seventeen, found out just what it means
If you can get it free, it just ain't worth a damn
When I heard the preacher say, don't throw your life away
I got that message, and I wrote it on the wall
Rhy. ig 3
I don't want anybody tellin' me lies, no, I don't want your diamond ring
'Cause you ain't got my size
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 1
I want money, money, that's what I need,
I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 2 and Riff 1 (2x)
Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me
Rhy. ig 5
Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams
Rhy. ig 2 w/ Riff 2
When I had the young boy blues, I paid some young boy dues
I learned the hard way, there's a heartbreak every day
Stone cold reality came crashing down on me
Riff 3
Well life was hard on me, but I still don't give a damn
Rhy. ig 3
When I was seventeen I was an angry young man
But I won't let just anybody tell me who I am
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 1
I just want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister don'tcha take it from me
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 3 and Riff 1 (2x)
Give me money, money, more than I need
These Cadillac dreams are waitin' on me
Rhy. ig 6 w/ Riff 4
Didn't have the time of day, till this dream was born
You can't take that away, you can't take that away from me
Solo over Rhy. ig 7
Rhy. ig 8 (2x) w/ Rhy. ig 9
Yeah, now dig this...
Rhy. ig 8 (4x) w/ Rhy. ig 10
When I was seventeen, there was this beauty queen
Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car
Rhy. ig 3
When you want all the best things money can buy
You gotta reach down inside of you, to reach up to the sky
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 1 and Rhy. ig 11
Yeah, I want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister you can't take that from me
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 2 and Rhy. ig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)
I want money, money, more than I need
I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 1 and Rhy. ig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)
Money, money, that's what I need
We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 1 and Rhy. ig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)
Someday, one day, just you and me
We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 1 and Rhy. ig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)
Rhy. ig 4 w/ nd 1 and Rhy. ig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)
(repeat and fade)