Thin Lizzy

Suicide

Thin Lizzy


Tom: C

Intro Riff
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|------------|
G|------------|------------|------------|------------| Slight pause between each part
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|----3-------|----3-------|----3-------|----3-------|
E|-3h5--5-3h5-|-3h5--5-3h5-|-3h5--5-3h5-|-3h5--5-3h5-|


Verse 1  Main Riff A

E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|--5--5----5-------5------| Repeat 6 times
D|--5--5----5--5-5h7-7-5---|
A|-------------------------|
E|-5--5--55----------------|


Pre-Chorus
Let chords ring
C5    F5   D5  G5    Main riff A played 3 times with variation on 3rd repeat.
E|--------|---------| |-----------------------------|
B|--------|---------| |-----------------------------|
G|-5-5/10-|-7-7/12--| |-------5-7b(9)r7p5-----------|
D|-5-5/10-|-7-7/12--| |-5-5h7-----------------------|
A|-3-3/8--|-5-5/10--| |-----------------------------|
E|--------|---------| |-----------------------------|

Main riff A continues through the chorus into the next verse and so on.


Bridge/Harmony
gtr 1                                                Descending line
E|----------------|----------------|----------------| 8-7-5------------------| This is played twice, then the
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|------8-6-5------------| drums kick in and it repeats 4
G|---------------5|---------------7|----------------|------------7-5-4------| more times.
D|777-777-777-777-| 777-777-777-777-|-777-777-777-777|------------------7-5-3|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|

gtr 2
E|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------| 12-10-8----------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|--------12-10-8--------------|
G|--------------------9|--------------------10|--------------------|----------------10-9-7-------|
D|101010-101010-101010-| 101010-101010-101010--|101010-101010-101010|-----------------------10-9-7|
A|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|


Pre-chorus riff variation on bass trades with descending guitar lines

  Bass          Guitar line               Bass         Guitar line
E|----------| e|8-7-5------------------| |----------| |8-7-5------------------|
B|----------| B|------8-6-5------------| |----------| |------8-6-5------------|
G|333333/8--| G|------------7-5-4------| |555555/10-| |------------7-5-4------|
D|----------| D|------------------7-5-3| |----------| |------------------7-5-3|
A|-----------------------| |-----------------------|
E|-----------------------| |-----------------------|


Next verse and chorus are the same as written above.
After the last "suicide" Phil sings repeat the main riff twice.

Now the song shifts up a full step from A minor to B minor.
Basically all riffs stay the same except we play them 2 frets higher.


New Main riff A is slightly different as we lead with the melody and play chord after.

E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-------7------7--7--7---|
D|-7-7h9---9-7--7--7--7---|
A|------------------------|
E|--------------7--7--7---|


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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| b   Bend
| r   Release