Lucky Man

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LUCKY MAN – Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

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Tabbed by: Adam B.

Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

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Notes:

It also in 6/8 time- so accents are on first and fourth beat

Notes in parentheses are sometimes played and some times not played.

For Guitar 2 in the intro, the notes on the highest three strings are very quiet until

D, where they are loud again. I don’t play them because you can only hear them if guitar

isn’t playing, and I recommend you don’t either.

I have the chords at the bottom, and here are all the riffs in the song:

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Intro/Verse 1 and 2:

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Guitar 1:

G Gadd2 D D

e|-------3-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|

B|---3-----3---|---3-----3---|---3-----3---|---3-----3---|

G|-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|

D|-5-----------|-5-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|

A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Guitar 2:

G G(6) D D

e|-------------|---3-------3-|-------------|-2-3-2-------|

B|-----------3-|-------------|---------3---|-------3-----|

G|---------0---|--------(0)--|-----------2-|---------2---|

D|-------------|-0---0h2-----|------(0)----|-----------0-|

A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

E|-3-----------|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|

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Chorus: (strums and rhythm approximated)

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Guitar 1:

Am Em D

e|-0-----------|-0------------|-2----------|-------------|

B|-1-----------|-0------------|-3----------|-------------|

G|-2-----------|-0------------|-2----------|-------------|

D|-2-----------|-2------------|-0----------|-------------|

A|-0-----------|-2------------|------------|-------------|

E|-------------|-0------------|------------|-------------|

(second time and ends on this D)----|

Guitar 2: V

Am Em D D4D D2 D D4 D D2

e|-0--00-0--00-|-0--00-0--00-|-2-22-2--3-2|-0-2--22--3-2-0-|

B|-1--11-1--11-|-0--00-0--00-|-3-33-3--3-3|-3-3--33--3-3-3-|

G|-2--22-2--22-|-0--00-0--00-|-2-22-2--2-2|-2-2--22--2-2-2-|

D|-2--22-2--22-|-2--22-2--22-|-0-00-0--0-0|-0-0--00--0-0-0-|

A|-0--00-0--00-|-2--22-2--22-|------------|----------------|

E|-------------|-0--00-0--00-|------------|----------------|

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Solo 1:

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Guitar 1: play this 4x and play chorus part

G Gadd2 D Dsus4 D

e|-------3-----|-------5-----|-------2----|-3-----2------|

B|---3-----3---|---3-----3---|---(3)-3----|-3-----3------|

G|-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-|---(2)-2----|-2-----2------|

D|-5-----------|-5-----------|-0-(0)-0----|-0-----0------|

A|-------------|-------------|------------|--------------|

E|-------------|-------------|------------|--------------|

Guitar 2- strum verse and chorus chords

Guitar 3:

G D G D

e|------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------7--7h9p7--|

D|-------------------5--7/9-----------|

A|---------5-5h7-5--------------------|

E|-3---5/7----------------------------|

G D G D

e|-----------10----14b15r14b15b14------------10-------------|

B|--10-10h12----------------------10---10h12----8-7-8-7-----|

G|--------------------------------------------------------7-|

D|----------------------------------------------------------|

A|----------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------|

Am Em D Am Em D

e|----------------------------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------2-------------------------|

D|--------2----------0----------2-----------0---------------|

A|-0-2-3----------/2-----0-2-3------------2-----------------|

E|----------0-2-3-------------------0-2-3-------------------|

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Verse 3: Guitar 2 is still the sane

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Guitar 1: (last time right before chorus don’t strum D5)

G Gadd2 D D5

e|-------3-----|-------5-----|------------|-5------------|

B|---3-----3---|---3-----3---|------------|-3------------|

G|-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-|------------|-2------------|

D|-5-----------|-5-----------|-0----------|-0------------|

A|-------------|-------------|------------|--------------|

E|-------------|-------------|------------|--------------|

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Chords to Whole Song:

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Play intro twice

Verse 1:

G D

He had white horses

G D

And ladies by the score

G D

All were dressed in satin

G D

And waiting by the door

Chorus:

Am Em D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2

Oooh, What a lucky man he was

Am Em D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Oooh, What a lucky man he was

Play solo

Verse 2:

G D

Lightless and feathers

G D

They made up his bed

G D

A gold covered mattress

G D

On which he was laid

Play chorus

Verse 3:

G D

He went to fight wars

G D

For his country and his king

G D

Of his honor and his glory

G D

The people would sing

Play chorus

Verse 4:

G D

A bullet had found him

G D

His blood ran as he died

G D

No money could save him

G D

So he laid down and he died

End with a synthesizer solo with verse and chorus chords

Then stop playing guitar and just finish with synthesizer and drums