Biography:
Richie Sambora (born Richard Stephen Sambora on July 11, 1959 in Woodbridge, New Jersey) is best known for having been the lead guitarist for Bon Jovi from 1983 to his departure from the band in 2013. During his time in Bon Jovi he handled harmony and background vocals and collaborated with frontman Jon Bon Jovi in writing most of the band's songs. He has released three solo albums: Stranger In This Town in 1991, Undiscovered Soul in 1998 and Aftermath of the Lowdown in 2012.
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Other songs:
- All That Really Matters
- Backseat Driver
- Ballad Of Youth
- Every Road Leads Home To You
- Fallen From Graceland
- Father Time
- Forever All The Way
- Hard Times Come Easy
- If I Cant Have Your Love
- Ill Always Walk Beside You
- In It For Love
- Livin On A Prayer
- Made In America
- Masterpiece
- Mr Bluesman
- Nieznajomy W Miescie
- One Last Goodbye
- One Light Burning
- Rosie
- Seven Years Gone
- Stranger In This Town
- Sugar Daddy
- Take Me On
- Taking A Chance On The Wind
- The Answer
- Undiscovered Soul
- We All Sleep Alone
- Weathering The Storm
- Willing To Try
- World
- You Can Only Get So High
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Transcribe by: King Zeppelin I of UG
Not to be reposted without my permission
If you wish to contact me do so at [email protected]
Thanks and enjoy the tab
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1 , 2 , 3 , 4
C G C G D x2
G Em C D x2
G Em C D
Made in America, Nineten fifteen nine
G Em C D
Born down by the factories, Cross the Jersey City line
G Em C D
Raised on radio, Just a jukebox kid
G Em C D
I was alright
G Em C D
Just a small town homeboy, With big time dreams
G Em C D
Foollowing his conscience, In a world full of extremes
G Em C D
Fresh outta high school, Only seventeen
G Em
I was alright
Riff 1
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|---2-----|
|-3-------|
|-------3-|
Am
Blinded by my vision
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
There ws just no turning back
G G/F#
Lika a runaway train
Em
Life was steaming down the track
Am
You'd say I'd never make it out
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
But I kept on hanging on
Am
Every night I prayed to Jesus, And held my head up strong
G Em C D
I was alright, I landed on my feet
G Em C D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street
G Em C D
My old man's independence, Seemed good enough for me
G Em C D
I was made in America
G Em
Made in America..
C G C G D x1 (As Intro)
G Em C D
Never cared much about politics, Til I was twenty one
G Em C D
But I woke up when Lennon, Found the wrong end of a gun
G Em C D
He left his inspiration, Before he said goodbye
G Em
And we were alright
Riff 1
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|---2-----|
|-3-------|
|-------3-|
Am
We all lose our innocence
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
It's impossible to hold
G G/F#
I didn't know it then,
Em
I had a pocket full of gold
Am
When I kissed those younger days goodbye
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
It almost broke my heart
Am
I was going through my growing pains, I was driving in the dark
G Em C D
But I was alright, I landed on my feet
G Em C D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street
G Em C D
I'm facing up to freedom, And chasing down my dream
G Em C D
I was made in America
G Em
Yeah I was made in America
C G C G D x1 (As Intro)
SOLO (Chords C G C G D to begin with, then the regular G Em C D pattern - I don't
in transcribing solos really, so I'm not going to, however, it's all in Em so feel free to
away.)
C G C G D x1 (As Intro)
Am
Yeah we all lose our innocence
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
It's impossible to hold
G G/F#
I didn't know it then,
Em
I had a pocket full of gold
Am
When they said I'd never make it
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
I just kept on hanging on
Am
And every night I prayed to Jesus, And I held my head up strong
G Em C D
And I was alright, I landed on my feet
G Em C D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street
G Em C D
Facing up to who I am, chasing down my dream
G Em C D
I was made in America
G Em C D
Yeah I was made in America
G Em
Made in America..
C G C G D x3 (As Intro)
(After this there are some improvised vocals, the arpeggios at the very end are of D and
song is in Em so if you wish to work this last bit out for yourself, go ahead, they
part of the main song though and they aren't done live, which is why I'm not tabbing them.)
Transcribe by: King Zeppelin I of UG
Not to be reposted without my permission
If you wish to contact me do so at [email protected]
Thanks and enjoy the tab
---------------------------------------------------------
1 , 2 , 3 , 4
C G C G D x2
G Em C D x2
G Em C D
Made in America, Nineten fifteen nine
G Em C D
Born down by the factories, Cross the Jersey City line
G Em C D
Raised on radio, Just a jukebox kid
G Em C D
I was alright
G Em C D
Just a small town homeboy, With big time dreams
G Em C D
Foollowing his conscience, In a world full of extremes
G Em C D
Fresh outta high school, Only seventeen
G Em
I was alright
Riff 1
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|---2-----|
|-3-------|
|-------3-|
Am
Blinded by my vision
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
There ws just no turning back
G G/F#
Lika a runaway train
Em
Life was steaming down the track
Am
You'd say I'd never make it out
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
But I kept on hanging on
Am
Every night I prayed to Jesus, And held my head up strong
G Em C D
I was alright, I landed on my feet
G Em C D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street
G Em C D
My old man's independence, Seemed good enough for me
G Em C D
I was made in America
G Em
Made in America..
C G C G D x1 (As Intro)
G Em C D
Never cared much about politics, Til I was twenty one
G Em C D
But I woke up when Lennon, Found the wrong end of a gun
G Em C D
He left his inspiration, Before he said goodbye
G Em
And we were alright
Riff 1
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|---2-----|
|-3-------|
|-------3-|
Am
We all lose our innocence
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
It's impossible to hold
G G/F#
I didn't know it then,
Em
I had a pocket full of gold
Am
When I kissed those younger days goodbye
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
It almost broke my heart
Am
I was going through my growing pains, I was driving in the dark
G Em C D
But I was alright, I landed on my feet
G Em C D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street
G Em C D
I'm facing up to freedom, And chasing down my dream
G Em C D
I was made in America
G Em
Yeah I was made in America
C G C G D x1 (As Intro)
SOLO (Chords C G C G D to begin with, then the regular G Em C D pattern - I don't
in transcribing solos really, so I'm not going to, however, it's all in Em so feel free to
away.)
C G C G D x1 (As Intro)
Am
Yeah we all lose our innocence
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
It's impossible to hold
G G/F#
I didn't know it then,
Em
I had a pocket full of gold
Am
When they said I'd never make it
Riff 2
|---------|
|---------|
|-----0---|
|-------4-|
|-0-2-----|
|---------|
I just kept on hanging on
Am
And every night I prayed to Jesus, And I held my head up strong
G Em C D
And I was alright, I landed on my feet
G Em C D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street
G Em C D
Facing up to who I am, chasing down my dream
G Em C D
I was made in America
G Em C D
Yeah I was made in America
G Em
Made in America..
C G C G D x3 (As Intro)
(After this there are some improvised vocals, the arpeggios at the very end are of D and
song is in Em so if you wish to work this last bit out for yourself, go ahead, they
part of the main song though and they aren't done live, which is why I'm not tabbing them.)
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