Low Life In High Places

Tabbed by: FunkHammer
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Tuning: Standard

NOTES: Great song by a great, 
unheralded band. This tab is for the
 acoustic version
of the song as found on the "They 
Think It's All Over..." album. 
However, aside from
the electric parts, the acoustic 
voicings match up fairly close to 
those on the studio
version. I've kept the tab to a 
fairly simple diagramming of just 
the chord progressions,
leaving it up to the listener to 
discern the strumming/picking 
patterns on the
recordings -- they're pretty easy to
 figure out. Here we go...

SECTION A

    Am7      Am6           Am(#5)    
E |--0--------0-----------|--0----
B |--1--------1-----------|--1----
G |--0--------2-----------|--2----
D |--2--------4-----------|--3----
A |--0--------0-----------|--0----
E |-----------------------|-------
        Am
E|----------0---| 
B|----------1---| 
G|----------2---| 
D|----------2---| 
A|----------2---| 
E|--------------| 

     Mama  --  tell your    children
 not to go

    Am7           Am6             
E |--0-------------0-------------|
B |--1-------------1-------------|
G |--0-------------2-------------|
D |--2-------------4-------------|
A |--0-------------0-------------|
E |------------------------------|
  Am(#5)            Am  
E|--0----------------0-----| 
B|--1----------------1-----| 
G|--2----------------2-----| 
D|--3----------------2-----| 
A|--0----------------2-----| 
E|-------------------------| 

       down to the city where the   
desperate people go.

Repeat changes above for these 
lyrics:

      Am7   Am6   Am(#5)         
  And Mama   --   don't you let 
    Am
them stray;

  Am7            Am6              
  They won't find peace of mind in
        Am(#5) Am
 such a lonely place.

SECTION B

    Dm               G
E |--1-----1p0-------3-------|--1-
B |--3---------3-----3-------|--3-
G |--2------------2--0-------|--2-
D |--0---------------0-------|--0-
A |------------------2-------|----
E |------------------3-------|----
E|----1p0-------3---3/5\3--| 
B|--------3-----3---3/5\3--| 
G|-----------2--0---0------| 
D|--------------0---0------| 
A|--------------2---2------| 
E|--------------3---3------| 

      Wannabes and losers all  try 
to  get a  break . . .

     C                            
E |--0----------------------------
B |--1----------------------------
G |--0----------------------------
D |--2----------------------------
A |--3----------------------------
E |-------------------------------
      F      G           Dm
E|----1---|--3------------1----
B|----1---|--3------------3----
G|----2---|--0------------2----
D|----3---|--0------------0----
A|----3---|--2-----------------
E|----1---|--3-----------------
E|-------| 
B|-------| 
G|-------| 
D|-------| 
A|0h3p0--| 
E|-------| 

      They don't give a damn, 
they'll do whatever it takes.
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     Dm                 G         
E |--1--------1p0-------3---------
B |--3------------3-----3---------
G |--2---------------2--0---------
D |--0------------------0---------
A |---------------------2---------
E |---------------------3---------

     If they climb the ladder they 
get to

    Em            F
E |--0------------1---------------
B |--0------------1---------------
G |--0------------2---------------
D |--2------------3---------------
A |--2------------3---------------
E |--0------------1---------------

   play for higher stakes; that's 
why there's

     C     A#               F      
E |--0------x------------|--1-----
B |--1------3------------|--1-----
G |--0------3------------|--2-----
D |--2------3------------|--3-----
A |--3------1------------|--3-----
E |----------------------|--1-----
     A#     F     G
E|-----x-----1-----3---||  
B|-----3-----1-----3---||  
G|-----3-----2-----0---||  
D|-----3-----3-----0---||  
A|-----1-----3-----2---||  
E|-----------1-----3---||  

     low    life in high    places.

Then repeat from SECTION A with 
these lyrics:

   Am7   Am6            Am(#5)   
   Mama -- things have changed 
              Am
since you were young;

   Am7                     Am6    
   When they scream in the dead of
           Am(#5)       Am
 night now no one ever comes.

   Am7             Am6            
   And the poor man, he's cast as 
    Am(#5)           Am
the beggar and the thief;

   Am7          Am6               
   You see him down on the street 
             Am(#5)      Am
begging for enough to eat.

Then to SECTION B:

   Dm             G               
   Waiting on the corner I saw her
  Dm              G
 waiting for the man;

   C                       F   
   When the limo pulled up I saw 
   G                  Dm
what was changing hands.

   Dm                  G          
   I should'a tried to warn her 
  Em            F
and make her understand there is

   C    A#           F
   Low  life in high places. There 
is

(proceed right into:)

SECTION C:

     F    G               Am
E |--1----3-------------|--0------
B |--1----3-------------|--1------
G |--2----0-------------|--2------
D |--3----0-------------|--2------
A |--3----2-------------|--0------
E |--1----3-------------|---------

     Low  life like you   never even
 knew; there is

     F    G              D7sus4   
E |--1----3------------|---3------
B |--1----3------------|---1------
G |--2----0------------|---2------
D |--3----0------------|---0------
A |--3----2------------|----------
E |--1----3------------|----------
          D7  D7(9) D7             
E|---------2----0----2-------| 
B|---------1----1----1-------| 
G|---------2----2----2-------| 
D|---------0----0----0-------| 
A|---------------------------| 
E|---------------------------| 

     low  life, and he    lives in 
me and you;       but we

    D7sus4              G
E |---3-----------------3-------| 
B |---1-----------------3-------| 
G |---2-----------------0-------| 
D |---0-----------------0-------| 
A |---------------------2-------| 
E |---------------------3-------| 
E|                       
B|                       
G|                       
D|                       
A|                       
E|Go straight into . . . 

     don't all let it through

SECTION D: (Repeat 2-Bar phrase as 
necessary for solo)

   A7(11)             D
E |--3-------------|--2-----------
B |--3-------------|--3-----------
G |--2-------------|--2-----------
D |--2-------------|--0-----------
A |--0-------------|--------------
E |----------------|--------------
E|-|                         
B|-|                         
G|-|                         
D|-|                         
A|-|                         
E|-| Then back to SECTION B: 

  Dm             G                 
   Waiting on the corner I saw her 
Dm              G
waiting for the man;

   C                       F   
   When the limo pulled up I saw 
   G                  Dm
what was changing hands.

   Dm                  G          
   I should'a tried to warn her 
  Em            F
and make her understand . . .

SECTION E (Guitar Breakdown):
E |---------------------|--------
B |---------------------|--------
G |------5--5h7p5-------|--------
D |------5--5h7p5-------|--------
A |--/7------------7\---|--4h5---
E |---------------------|--------
E|------------| 
B|------------| 
G|3p0-3-------| 
D|3p0-3-------| 
A|------------| 
E|------------| 


     F          G
E |--1----------3---|           
B |--1----------3---|           
G |--2----------0---|           
D |--3----------0---|           
A |--3----------2---|           
E |--1----------3---| Then back 
E|                          
B|                          
G|                          
D|                          
A|                          
E|to SECTION A, and out.... 


Enjoy!