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Written by: Barry Gibb
From: "Grease – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture" (1978)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The recording is somewhere between Bb and B. It's probably best transcribed
in A and then you can put the capo 1st fret (= Bb) or 2nd fret (= B).
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capo: 1st/2nd fret
play: Am
key: Bbm/Bm
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[Intro]
part 2
AmFG
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------7b9br7-5-|
G|----------------| 7\5---5---------|----------------|-------7b9br7-5-|
D|5h7----5h7------| 7\5(7)5---------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|---(7)----------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[clean guitar 1] [slightly dist]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----3/5-----8\5-|----5---x5------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3/5-----8\5-|----5---x5------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----5---x5------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[clean guitar 2]
LICK [Verse]
FGAm
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|------------------|----------------|
B|---------7b9br7-5-|----------------|
G|---------7b9br7-5-|----------------|
D|------------------| 5-7-------------|
A|------------------|----------------|
E|------------------|----------------|
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| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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[Intro]
part 1 (brass lick)
[2/4]
| Am | % | % |
part 2
| Am | % | F | FG |
(LICK)
[Verse 1]
AmDAm
I solve my problems and I'll see the light
DAmEm
We got a lovin' thing, we gotta feed it right
DmCBbAm
There ain't no danger we can go too far
DAmEm
We start believin' now that we can be who we are
FG
Grease is the word (LICK)
[Verse 2]
AmDAm
They think our love is just a growin' pain
DAmEm
Why don't they understand? It's just a cryin' shame
DmCBbAm
Their lips are lyin', only real is real
DAmEm
We stop the fight right now, we got to be what we feel
[Chorus]
Am7
Grease is the word
(Grease is the word, is the word that you heard)
Dm7
It's got groove, it's got meaning
Am7
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Dm7FG
Grease is the way we are feeling (LICK)
[Verse 3]
AmDAm
We take the pressure, and we throw away
DAmEm
Conventionality, belongs to yesterday
DmCBbAm
There is a chance that we can make it so far
DAmEm
We start believin' now that we can be who we are
[Chorus]
Am7
Grease is the word
(Grease is the word, is the word that you heard)
Dm7
It's got groove, it's got meaning
Am7
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Dm7FG
Grease is the way we are feeling
[Middle 8]
Dm7Em7F
This is a life of illusion, wrapped up in troubles,
EAm
Laced in confusion, what are we doin' here? (LICK)
[Verse 4]
AmDAm
We take the pressure, and we throw away
DAmEm
Conventionality, belongs to yesterday
DmCBbAm
There is a chance that we can make it so far
DAmEm
We start believin' now that we can be who we are
[Chorus]
Am7
Grease is the word
(Grease is the word, is the word that you heard)
Dm7
It's got groove, it's got meaning
Am7
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Dm7FG
Grease is the way we are feeling
[Interlude]
[2/4]
| Am | % | % |
[Intro brass lick)
| Am | N.C. | % | % |
[drums only] (LICK)
[Chorus]
Am7
Grease is the word, is the word that you heard
Dm7
It's got groove, it's got meaning
Am7
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
Dm7FG
Grease is the way we are feeling (brass)
[Outro]
Am
Grease is the word, is the word, is the word ... (repeat and fade)