Wanted Dead Or Alive Tab

by Bon Jovi
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Author bigbucksgrimes [a] 199. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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                             Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
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Tabbed by: Chase Grimes
Email: bigbucksgrimes@yahoo.com
 
Tuning: standard
 
Song order:
Intro
Verse
Part 1
Verse
Part 1
Solo
Verse
Outro
 
Intro (note: This is the only 100% correct intro that there is for this song on the web,
the timing may be off a little. Listen to the intro carefully and you will hear the
in it. Also, I have learned that the best way to play this is finger picking using your
for strings D and G, and using your index finger for the e string.)
e|---13--------12------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------14--14---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------<7>------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------<12>---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   /\                         /\
   ||the notes above and below||
   || are artifical harmonics ||
   \/                         \/
e|---13--------12----------------------------------------------0-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------3-------------|
G|------14--14-------------------------------------------------2-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------0-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------0-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----3\1--1------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--4\2--2------------|
D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----3\1--1------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--4\2--2------------|
D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------0----------------------------0------------------------|
B|-------------------------2-(2)------------------------2-(2)----------------|
G|-----------------------3----------------------------3----------------------|
D|-----------0--3^-0----------------------0--3^-0----------------------------|
A|-0--0--3^---------------------0--0--3^-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
         /\                                   /\
         || bend 1/4 fret, do not return bend ||
         \/                                   \/
e|---------------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------2-(2)---------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------3---------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0--3^-0----------------------3--x-0-----------------------------|
A|-0--0--3^---------------------0--0--3^--3--x-0-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
end of Intro
 
Verse (played with pick)
   Dmaj                      Cmaj  Gmaj               Cmaj  Gmaj
e|-2---2---2--3--2--0---2----------3---------3--------------3----------------|
B|-3---3---3--3--3--3---3----1---1-3---------3--------1---1-3----------------|
G|-2---2---2--2--2--2---2----0---0-0---------0------0-0---0-0--------------0-|
D|-0---0---------------------2---2-----0----------0---2---2-----0--------0---|
A|---------------------------3---3-----2------0h2-----3---3-----2----0h2-----|
E|-------------------------------------3------------------------3------------|
   Gmaj   Dmaj           Dmaj                      Cmaj      Gmaj
e|--------2--2h3p2p0-3---2---2---2--3--2--0---2----------3---------3---------|
B|--------3--------------3---3---3--3--3--2---3----1---1-3---------3------0--|
G|--------2--------------2---2---2--2--2--3---2----0---0-0---------0----0----|
D|-0--0---0--------------0---0---------------------2---2-----0------0h2------|
A|-2--2--------------------------------------------3---3-----2---------------|
E|-3--3------------------------------------------------------3---------------|
   Cmaj  Gmaj                      Dmaj
e|-------3-------------------------2--2h3p2p0-3------------------------------|
B|-1---1-3-------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
G|-0---0-0--------------0----------2-----------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-----0--------0-----0--0---0-----------------------------------------|
A|-3---3-----2----0h2-------2--2---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------3--------------3--3---------------------------------------------|
That is all of the verse I could figure out. The rest of the verse is simple chords
but I  don't have the patiences or the time to figure it all out.
 
Part 1
e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----3\1--1------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--4\2--2------------|
D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----3\1--1------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--4\2--2------------|
D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Solo
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------5--5--5--5--5--3------|
A|---5p3--5--5--5p3---5-----3-----5----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------5---------------------------|
 
e|-------------------13--15--15^(17)---15----15p13---15~-------|
B|-----------13--15--------------------------------------------|
G|---12--14----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------7----5---5---7---5----------3--------------3-5--5--3--|
A|-0--0---5----3---3---5---5-----3h5-----5---3---5---------------|
E|---------------------------------------------5-----------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------13-|
B|---------------------------------------------------13--------------|
G|-------------------------------------------12^(14)---12^(14)-------|
D|---0h3p0--0-----0--3--5p3--3---------------------------------------|
A|---------------3---------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------13-----------------------------------------------|
G|--12^(14)--------12^(14)---12---10----------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------7---|
A|-----------------------------------------5-3-------------5----|
E|----------------------------------------------5-3-1-0---------|
 
Outro
e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----3\1--1------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--4\2--2------------|
D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                       the part below is played slowly towards the end
e|------13---------12---------10--------8-------5-----3----2-----------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------3-----------------|
G|---14----14\12------12---10----10\9-----9---5---5\4---4--2-----------------|
D|-0-------------0-------0------------0-----0--------------0-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------0-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
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Lyrics
 
 
From Album: Slippery When Wet
 
Wanted Dead Or Alive
J. Bon Jovi, R. Sambora
 
It's all the same, only the names will change
Everyday it seems we're wasting away
Another place where the faces are so cold
I'd drive all night
Just to get back home
 
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive
 
Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days
And the people I meet always go their separate ways
Sometimes you tell the day
By the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone and all you do is think
 
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive
 
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive
 
I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back
I been everywhere, still I'm standing tall
I've seen a million faces
And I've rocked them all
 
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
I'm a cowboy, I got the night on my side
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive
 
 
Tablature Legend:
 
| ()  ghost note
| ^   bend
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| <>  harmonic
| x   Mute note
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3 comments
Michael056
good job on figuring out the very begining of the intro but not all of it was right. the rest of the intro was good. the verse had the right chords but other than that it wasnt right. you didnt even have the chorus. the solo was wrong as well. the outro was good. even though it wasnt that good a tab good try (seriosuly. not trying to be mean.)
+1
bawalsh1
Ijust wanted to say thank you for the way you laid it out. Most tabs are a cluster F**k of confusing numbers in no order or just a vague word or two on what it is
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