Key To The City

Tony MacAlpine's "Key to the City"

from the PolyGram CD _Maximum Security_

Transcribed by Jaime Reza (turin@soda.berkeley.edu)

(solo included)

(fast stuff approximated but sounds close :))

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(b - bend) (a.h. - artificial harmonic) (p-pull off)

(h - hammer on) (~ - vibrato)(s - slide)(tb- tremolo bend)

(td-tremolo dive)

Basically, Chorus 1 has a beginning that is played with end 1, then

repeated again but with end 2, then with an extension, then beginning

is repeated but with end 3.

"Chorus 1":

~ ~ p p

|--9--------12-9----7------12-7---I-------9-----10--14-12-10-----10---p--p---

|----10-12------------7-9---------I-----7-----10-------------14-----14-12-10-

|---------------------------------I---7--------------------------------------

|---------------------------------I------------------------------------------

|---------------------------------I------------------------------------------

|---------------------------------I------------------------------------------

(beginning) (end 1)

"Chorus 1":

p p

|--------14-----10-14-12-10--------------12----I----------------------------I

|-----14-----10-------------14--10-12-14-------I----------------------------I

|-11-------------------------------------------I----------------------------I

|----------------------------------------------I----------------------------I

|----------------------------------------------I----------------------------I

|----------------------------------------------I----------------------------I

(end 1 (cont)) (repeat beginning)

"Chorus 1":

p p

|------12-----10---14-12-10------10---p--p-----------12-----I

|----7-----10----------------14-----14-12-10------10--------I

|--7-------------------------------------------11-----------I

|-----------------------------------------------------------I

|-----------------------------------------------------------I

|-----------------------------------------------------------I

(end 2)

"Chorus 1":

|--------------------------------b-------------------------------------------

|-----------8-------------------12----b-------------8------------------------

|-----9---7---9---------9---12-----12-12--------9-7---9--------9----------11-

|--7------------10-9-7--------------------12--7---------10-9-7---------11----

|-----------------------------------------------------------------9-12-------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

(extension)

"Chorus 1":

|------14-9------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I

|--10-------10---I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I

|----------------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I

|----------------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I

|----------------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I

|----------------I-----------------------I---------------I------------------I

(cont) (repeat beginning) (repeat end 1) (repeat beginning)

"Chorus 1":

p p

|------12-----10--14-12-10------10----p--p-----------14--I

|---7------10--------------14-------14-12-10------14-----I

|-7--------------------------------------------11--------I

|--------------------------------------------------------I

|--------------------------------------------------------I

|--------------------------------------------------------I

(end 3)

"Chorus 2":

p p ~

|---------------------------------------------------13-16----15-13-11--

|--~------------s-----~---------------s----~-----13--------------------

|--5-----5--7--7-10---8-----8-10-12-12-15--13--------------------------

|------5---------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------

"Chorus 2":

|---~---------------s---------------------------s----------------------------

|---7---------7-9--9-12--10-9-10----10-12-14--14-17---15-14-15--15--17--19---

|-----------6----------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Chorus 2":

~ b ~ a.h. b(slow)

|--19---19----17---I--------------b-------------b----------------13---17-----

|------------------I-----------15-15--15--~-----17--14-15-----17-------------

|------------------I----------------------14--------------14-----------------

|------------------I--14-----------------------------------------------------

|------------------I-----12-15-----------------------------------------------

|------------------I---------------------------------------------------------

(cont.) (Begin Solo)

"Chorus 2":

p

|--13---17-13----------td----------------------------------------------------

|---------------17--13-13-----11-10-8----------------------------------------

|-------------------------------------10-9-7-----------------------p---------

|---------------------------------------------10-9-------------p--9-7--10----

|--------------------------------------------------10-9-8-7--10-7------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Solo":

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|-------------------------------p------p-------------------p------p-----p--15

|---------------p-------------15-12--14-12---p------p----14-12--15-12-17-12--

|--------p----14-12--15--12----------------14-12--15-12----------------------

|--12--15-12-----------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Solo":

a.h b h p p

|----------------~------------------------17-17------13-15-13-12-13-----~----

|----------------15------------15-----tb-------------------------------17----

|----p--p--s-----------14--17------14-14-------------------------------------

|--15-14-12-10---------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Solo":

~ ~

|-20---19----tb----~---24--22--20------20-19-20--19-17-15-17-15-14-----------

|---------20-20---18-----------------------------------------------19-17-15--

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Solo":

|-17-15-14--15-13-12-------------------------------12-10-8------------15-20--

|---------------------15-13-12-----------------------------------------------

|------------------------------14-12-10--------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------14-12-10------------10-9-7----------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Solo":

~ ~

|-15----------------20-----------------------------------------------10-12---

|----16---------------------------10--12--13---~-----------10--12-13---------

|-------17----------------------9--------------10-------9--------------------

|----------17-15-----------10-----------------------10-----------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

(sweep pick these)

"Solo":

~

|------------17--19--20--19------------------------I

|---------17----------------20-------------tb--~---I

|--14--17----------------------19--17--16--16--14--I

|--------------------------------------------------I

|--------------------------------------------------I

|--------------------------------------------------I

"rest of song":

|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I

|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I

|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I

|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I

|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I

|-----------I-----------------------------------I---------------------------I

(extension) (chorus 1 w/ end 1 and end 3 only) (chorus 2) (2x)