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				"Play On"
			  (S. McCall - E. Carmen)

Intro:

	lead guitar [bars 1-5]:
	rhythm guitar [bars 3-8]:

	 v     v     v     v  
	--------------------------
	--------------------------
	--------------------------
	--------------------------
	----------2-----5-----7*--
	-0*-0-/4----/7----/9--0---
	 * 1st only           * 5th only

	bass [bars 5-8]:

	 v     v     v     v  
	----------4--4------------
	-4**---6--------------6---
	-7*-7-----------5--4------
	--------------------------
	  * first time
	  ** repeats

	lead guitar [bars 6-8]:

	[6]                        [7]
	 v     v     v     v        v     v     v     v  
	--------------------------|--------------------------
	--------------------------|----------12----15----17--
	--------------------------|------/13---/16-----------
	----------9-----12----14--|----14--------------------
	----7-/11---/14---/16-----|--------------------------
	--------------------------|--------------------------

	[8]
	 v         v         v         v
	-19b21-----19b21---16-19-16-------------
	----------------------------19-17-19b21-
	----------------------------------------
	----------------------------------------
	----------------------------------------
	----------------------------------------
			      ^^^^^^^^	
	                      triplets


Verse 1:

	        E (w/intro riff)
	It's a hard life but you play it for laughs
	                                   C#m
	It's a cold-hearted business, keep away from the draft
	          F#m                         A
	And your fingers and your throat get sore
	            F#m                         A    B
	But they're out there beggin' for some more

Chorus:

	        E             A/E           F#7         B
	So play on (while the lights shine around your head)
	     G#         C#m       G#7       C#m
	Play on (every night in a different bed)
	         A   Asus2 A  F#m/B
	And the nights go  on  and...

	[1, 3: E (intro riff, 2X)]
	[2:    (to bridge)]
	[4:   G#m  A (to coda)]
	    ...on

Verse 2:

	Take a break and find a place you can hide
	'Cause tonight you're got to be a star personified
	You're rushin' round to get your plane
	Then it's back in the bubble again

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

	C
	Critics comin' 'cause you're Number One (Number One)
	Am
	Play your hits and all the girls will come
	         Em
	(So play on) play on
	     C
	(Play on) play on
	     A   A/B
	Play on

[repeat intro riff, 2X]

[guitar solo over verse chords]

[repeat chorus]

[repeat verse 1 w/harmony vocal]

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

	     F#m  G#m A  A/B E
	The nights go on and on

	lead guitar (rhythm guitar plays jangly E-based figure):

	(E)                                                        [N.C.]
	 v v v v   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	---------|-----------0-2-4-|-----------0-2-4-|-----------------
	---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
	---------|-----------1-2-4-|-----------1-2-4-|-----------------
	---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
	---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
	---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-2-0-
	(...on)

	bass:

	 v v v v   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	---------|-----------131416|-------------1413|-----------------
	---------|-----------------|-----------14----|---14--14--5-4-2-
	---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----14----------
	---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
	(...on)


	guitar:

	                      E5 [N.C.]                  E5 [N.C.]
	 v     v     v     v        v     v     v     v  
	--------------------------|--------------------------
	--------------------------|--------------------------
	--------------------------|--------------------------
	--------------------------|----------9-----12----14--
	----------2-----5-----7---|----7-/11---/14---/16-----
	-0--0-/4----/7----/9------|--------------------------

	bass:

	 v     v     v     v        v     v     v     v  
	--------------------------|--------------------------
	----------------------2---|----------------2--2--2---
	----------------x--x------|--------------------------
	--------------------------|--------------------------
	                ^  ^ drum accent


	guitars:
	                      E5
	 v     v     v     v  
	--------------------------
	----------12----15-16-17--
	------/13---/16-----------
	----14----------------2---
	----------------------2---
	----------------3--2--0---
	                ^^^^^^^ rhythm guitar

	bass:

	 v     v     v     v  
	--------------------------
	----------------5--4--2---
	--------------------------
	--------------------------


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers