Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 16:15:56 -0500
From: "Paulo Eduardo Tuasca" 
Subject: s/styx/lonely_child.tab


Styx: Lonely Child
>From the album 
Copyright 1975
Music by Dennis DeYoung
Lyrics by Dennis DeYoung

Comments to Paulo E. Tuasca 

Intro:

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4o--------5------o|-----------------|---------5-------|
D|4o5---3---5------o|-5---3---5---3---|-5---3---5-------|
A||-5---3---3-------|-5---3---5---3---|-5---3---3-------|
E||-3---1-----------|-3---1---3---1---|-3---1-----------|

Verses:

    Gsus2                               Fsus2
e||---------5-------------5-----------|---------3-------------3-----------|
B||---8-------8-----8-------8---------|---6-------6-----6-------6---------|
G|4-----7-------7-----7-------7---7---|-----5-------5-----5-------5---5---|
D|4-5-----5-------5-----5-------5-----|-3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----|
A||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Bridge:

    G#sus2            A#sus2            Csus2
e||-------6-6--------------8-8--------|-------10-10---------5-------3-----|
B||-----9-----9---------11-----11-----|-----13-----13---------8-------6---|
G|4---8-----------8---10-----------10-|---12-----------12-------7-------5-|
D|4-6-----------6-/-8-------------8-/-|-10-----------10---5-------3-------|
A||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Chorus:
(Listen to the song for timing and rhythm)

C Bb C                   Bb      Bb C Bb. Bb C Bb. Bb
     Lonely child, be my lover
C                              Bb      Bb C Bb. Bb C Bb. Bb
We'll make love in the morning light
C                      Bb      Bb C Bb. Bb C Bb. Bb
Weave your magic spell around me
           G#       Bb   Bb   C
And come spend your life with me

Solo:
(Later!)

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Tablature Explanation:
NT   = Nashville Tuning is when the low E, A, D & G strings are replaced
with
       lighter gauge strings and tuned one octave higher than normal.
|    = bar separating measures
~    = vibrato
x    = percussive note with no pitch; muted note
.    = staccato; mute the note immediately after striking it
h    = hammer
p    = pull
s    = slide (used when \ or / don't fit)
^    = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret shown in parenthesis ()
r    = release bend (string/fret may be indicated)
t    = fret board tap (not many of these with Rush)
/    = slide up
\    = slide down
x/   = pick slide up
x\   = pick slide down
  = natural harmonic (lightly touch the string at fret indicated)
[5]  = artificial harmonic (use thumb to follow through the pick attack)
(5)  = note sustained from previous measure
o    =\ repeat sign
o    =/
DC   = "Da capo" - means "from the head", when you see these initials
        you go back to the beginning of the piece of music.
DS   = "Dal segno" - means "from the sign", go back in the tabulature
        only as far as the (%) sign.
Coda = A passage at the end of a movement or composition that brings
       it to a formal close.
Al
Coda = means "to the tail", tells you that you must go to the end
          section which starts with the Coda sign (+).
RF   = repeat and fade
rit  = "ritardando" - Gradually slowing in tempo; retarding.

Other pertinent information:
  Tuning:  Standard [EADGBe].
  Key signature:  D#
  Effects:
  Chord Chart Below for major chords

Tablature Format:

This Tablature is based on the format indicated below.

  1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4