Kiss Cadillac Dreams

Tom: A CADILLAC DREAMS (from the KISS CD "HOT IN THE SHADE") -------------------- Standard tuning 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 End 1 1/4-step bends End 2 End 3 End 4 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 E |-------------------------------------------------17--20-------| B |--19p17-19p17-19p17-19p17-19p17--------------20b---------20b--| G |--------------------------------18~---------------------------| D |--------------------------------------------------------------| A |--------------------------------------------------------------| E |--------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | E |--------------------------------------------------------------| B |--15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14-15p14------------------17--20-------| G |--------------------------------14~----------19b---------19b--| D |--------------------------------------------------------------| A |--------------------------------------------------------------| E |--------------------------------------------------------------| E |--17--17--20~-------------------------------------------------| B |--------------------------------------------------------------| G |-----------------------10b-------r10-8h10p8~----\-------------| D |--------------------------------------------------------------| A |--------------------------------------------------------------| E |--------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | E |------17--20~-------------------------------------------------| B |--17----------------------------------------------------------| G |--------------------------------------------------------------| D |--------------------------------------------------------------| A |--------------------------------------------------------------| E |--------------------------------------------------------------| CADILLAC DREAMS Gene Simmons, Vini Poncia [Rhy. Fig 1] [Rhy. Fig 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. Fig 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. Fig 4 w/ End 1] I want money, money, that's what I need, I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 2 and Riff 1 (2x)] Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me [Rhy. Fig 5] Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams [Rhy. Fig 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. Fig 3] When I was seventeen I was an angry young man But I won't let just anybody tell me who I am [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1] I just want money, money, that's all I need I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister don'tcha take it from me [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 3 and Riff 1 (2x)] Give me money, money, more than I need These Cadillac dreams are waitin' on me [Rhy. Fig 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. Fig 7] [Rhy. Fig 8 (2x) w/ Rhy. Fig 9] Yeah, now dig this... [Rhy. Fig 8 (4x) w/ Rhy. Fig 10] When I was seventeen, there was this beauty queen Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car [Rhy. Fig 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. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 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. Fig 4 w/ End 2 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)] I want money, money, more than I need I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)] Money, money, that's what I need We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)] Someday, one day, just you and me We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)] [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 11 and Riff 1 (2x)] (repeat and fade)