Joyride Roxette
Like the majority of Roxette's music, this is played with the guitar tuned a <br/>
semitone flat (low to high EbAbDbGbBbEb). <br/>
Comments, questions, corrections, suggestions, requests always welcome<br/>
Enjoy!<br/>
<br/>
Paul Hutchinson<br/>
<br/>
JOYRIDE - Roxette<br/>
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[Chords in lower case are implied by bass and keyboards]<br/>
<br/>
Intro: (assorted fairground-type noises)<br/>
<br/>
a g/a d/a a g/a <br/>
Hello you fool I love you, c'mon join the joyride<br/>
A<br/>
<br/>
Hit the road out of nowhere, had to jump in my car<br/>
Be a rider in the love game, following the stars<br/>
D Bm A<br/>
Don't need no book of wisdom, I get no money-talk at all<br/>
<br/>
She has a train going downtown, she's got a club on the moon<br/>
And she's telling all her secrets in a wonderful balloon<br/>
D Bm A<br/>
She's the heart of the funfair, she got me whistling her private tune<br/>
<br/>
E D A<br/>
And it all begins where it ends<br/>
E D<br/>
And she's all my, my magic friend...<br/>
<br/>
A G D A D<br/>
She says "Hello you fool I love you, c'mon join the joyride,<br/>
A<br/>
Join the joyride"<br/>
<br/>
She's a flower - I can paint her, she's a child of the sun<br/>
We're a part of this together, could never turn around and run<br/>
Don't need no fortune teller to know where my lucky love belongs, oh no.<br/>
<br/>
Cause it all begins again when it ends<br/>
And we're all magic friends...<br/>
<br/>
She says "Hello you fool I love you, c'mon join the joyride,<br/>
Join the joyride"<br/>
She says "Hello you fool I love you, c'mon join the joyride,<br/>
Be a joyrider"<br/>
<br/>
(Solo):|D G |D G |A | |D G |D G |A | | | |<br/>
|G |D |A | B5 C5 C#5|<br/>
<br/>
D5 D6 D5 D6 D5 D6 D5 D6 <br/>
I'll take you on a skyride, feeling like you're spellbound<br/>
A5 A6 A5 A6 A5<br/>
Sunshine is a la-dy - rocks you like a baby<br/>
<br/>
She says "Hello you fool I love you, c'mon join the joyride,<br/>
Join the joyride"<br/>
[Next line is sung without guitar]<br/>
Hello you fool I love you, c'mon join the joyride, join the joyride<br/>
Hello, hello you fool I love you,<br/>
C'mon, c'mon join the joyride, be a joyrider<br/>
Roxette!<br/>
<br/>
(Out-solo):|D G |D G |A <br/>
<br/>
[Whistling]<br/>
............<br/>
<br/>
The main guitar for the song is a heavily distorted electric - hence you've got<br/>
to play the song with lots of palm muting and avoid sloppiness or else it's <br/>
going to sound like a mess.<br/>
<br/>
The riff going into the first verse is:<br/>
+ + + + + + + +<br/>
|-----------------|-------------|<br/>
|-----------------|-------------|<br/>
|----/6--/6---4p2-|-------------|<br/>
|-----------------|-2-----------|<br/>
|-0---------------|-0-----------|<br/>
|-----------------|-------------|<br/>
<br/>
Play the following over the verse:<br/>
+ + + + + + + +<br/>
|-----------------|-------------------------|<br/>
|-----------2-3-2-|-------------------------|<br/>
|-----------2-2-2-|-------------------------| x2<br/>
|-----------2-2-2-|-------------------------|<br/>
|-----------------|-------------0-------0---|<br/>
|-----------------|---------3h5---0-3b------|<br/>
<br/>
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + <br/>
|---------|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|<br/>
|-3-------|---------|-------------------2-3-2-|-------------------3-2---|<br/>
|-2-------|-4-------|-----------------x-2-2-2-|-----------------x-2-2---|<br/>
|-0-------|-4-------|-------------------2-2-2-|-------------------2-2---|<br/>
|---------|-2-------|-----0-------0-----------|-------------0-----------|<br/>
|---------|---------|-3h5---0-3b--------------|-3h5---0-3b--------------|<br/>
<br/>
Play all that again, omitting the last two bars the second time.<br/>
<br/>
The following is played for the pre-chorus ("And it all begins.."):<br/>
<br/>
+ + + + + + + + + + + + <br/>
|------------------|---------|-------3---------------3---|<br/>
|---10-9-----------|---------|-------2---------------2---|<br/>
|-9------9-9-------|-7-------|-------2---------------2---|<br/>
|-9--------9-------|-7-------|---------------------------|<br/>
|-7--------7-------|-5-------|-0--0------0-0-0-0-0-----0-|<br/>
|------------------|---------|---------------------------|<br/>
<br/>
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + <br/>
|-------3---------------3---|------------------|---------|---------|<br/>
|-------2---------------2---|---10-9-----------|---------|---------|<br/>
|-------2---------------2---|-9------9-9-------|-7-------|---------|<br/>
|---------------------------|-9--------9-------|-7-------|-------x\|<br/>
|-0--0------0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-7--------7-------|-5-------|-------x\|<br/>
|---------------------------|------------------|---------|-------x\|<br/>
<br/>
Chorus:<br/>
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + <br/>
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|<br/>
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|<br/>
|---------|-2-------|----/6--/6---4p2-|-2-------|---------|---------|<br/>
|-7---5---|-0--2----|-----------------|-0-------|-2-------|---------|<br/>
|-7---5---|----0----|-----------------|---------|-0-------|---------|<br/>
|-5---3---|---------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|<br/>
<br/>
The fills from the first two verses are approximated in the next verse by synth<br/>
and acoustic twelve string guitar. The electric comes back in on "Don't need no<br/>
fortune teller".<br/>
<br/>
The first 6 bars of the solo are doubled an octave above by synth. There's 4 <br/>
things you could do about this:<br/>
a) Forget about it<br/>
b) Play it an octave up. This will be played something like this:<br/>
+ +<br/>
-10p9-------------<br/>
--------10--------<br/>
----------11--12--<br/>
------------------<br/>
------------------<br/>
------------------<br/>
c) Get a friend to play it an octave up as above whilst you play the lower bit<br/>
d) Use an octave pedal or a pitch shifter set at an octave above. Don't forget <br/>
to turn it off after 6 bars, though<br/>
<br/>
Solo:<br/>
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br/>
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|---------|---------|<br/>
|-3p2---------------------|-3p2-------------------------|---------|---------|<br/>
|-------2-----------------|-------2---------------------|---------|---------|<br/>
|---------4---5-----------|---------4-5-----------5-5h7-|---------|---------|<br/>
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-0-------|---------|<br/>
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|---------|---------|<br/>
<br/>
+ + + + + + + + <br/>
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|<br/>
|-3p2---------------------|-3p2-------------------------|<br/>
|-------2-----------------|-------2---------------------|<br/>
|---------4---5-----------|---------4-5-----------5-5h7-|<br/>
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|<br/>
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|<br/>
<br/>
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + <br/>
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|<br/>
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|<br/>
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|<br/>
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|<br/>
|-0---3p0-3p0---0-|-3p0-2-0-------0-|-0---3p0-3p0-----|---0---0---3-0---|<br/>
|-----------------|-----------0-3---|---------------0-|-3---------------|<br/>
<br/>
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br/>
|---------|---------|----------------------|---------------------|<br/>
|---------|-3-------|/10---8---8---8-------|---------------------|<br/>
|---------|-2-------|-----------9-----7----|---------------------|<br/>
|-5-------|-0-------|------------------10--|-7----5---5---5------|<br/>
|-5-------|---------|----------------------|-----------7-----5---|<br/>
|-3-------|---------|----------------------|------------------8--|<br/>
<br/>
This next bit is played under "I'll take you on a skyride"<br/>
<br/>
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br/>
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----<br/>
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----<br/>
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----<br/>
|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|-----<br/>
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-|-7\\-<br/>
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5\\-<br/>
<br/>
The out-solo is just the first four bars of the solo.<br/>
.........................<br/>
Notation used:<br/>
+ = Beat marker<br/>
/ = Slide up <br/>
\ = Slide down <br/>
h = Hammer-on<br/>
p = Pull-off<br/>
b = Bend string<br/>
x = Left-hand-muted note<br/>
.........................<br/>
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