Biography:
Styx /st?ks/ is an American rock band from Chicago that formed in 1972 and became famous for its albums released in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for melding hard rock guitar balanced with acoustic guitar, synthesizers mixed with acoustic piano, upbeat tracks with power ballads, and incorporating elements of international musical theatre.[5] The band established itself with a progressive rock sound in the 1970s, and began to incorporate pop rock and soft rock elements in the 1980s.
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Other songs:
- Best Of Times
- Blue Collar Man (long Nights)
- Boat On The River
- Can't Find My Way Home
- Come Sail Away
- Crystal Ball
- Desrt Moon
- Just Be
- Lady
- Mr. Roboto
- A Criminal Mind
- All In A Days Work
- As Bad As This
- Babe
- Blue Collar Man Long Nights
- Count On You
- Desert Moon
- Dont Let It End
- Fooling Yourself
- Fooling Yourself The Angry Young Man
- Golden Lark
- Gone Gone Gone
- Grand Illusion
- Great White Hope
- Havent We Been Here Before
- Im Ok
- Just Get Through This Night
- Lords Of The Ring
- Lorelai
- Lorelei
- Love At First Sight
- Mademoiselle
- Man In The Wilderness
- More Love For The Money
- Mr Roboto
- One With Everything
- Radio Silence
- Renegade
- Rockin The Paradise
- Show Me The Way
- Sing For The Day
- Suite Madame Blue
- The Best Of Times
- The Greater Good
- The Outpost
- Too Much Time On My Hands
- Unfinished Song
- Waiting For Our Time
- World Tonite
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Transpose +3 steps with buttons on the left for original key, or capo up 3. Or leave it like this...
(this is done to make the E bass note available to drone throughout most of the song)
See Performance Notes at end.
(spoken)
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Law man has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home
Oh Mama, I can hear you crying you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long
[all the following quick changes keep E-bass as shown at the bottom]
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
B A E G A G E G A G E G A B
Never more to go astray, this'll be the end today, of the wanted man
E G F# E F# G F# E F# G A E
Oh Mama, I've been years on the lam and had a high price on my head
G F# E F# G F# E F# G A E
Lawman said 'Get him dead or alive' and it's for sure he'll see me dead
G F# E F# G F# E F# G A E
Dear Mama I can hear you cryin', you're so scared and all alone
G F# E F# G F# E F# G A E
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
B A E G A G E G A G E G A G
Never more to go astray, this'll be the end today, of the wanted man
Solo: E NC E ( E G A ) x2 ( F# A B ) x2 E
(spoken)
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
B A E G A G E G A G E G A G
Never more to go astray, this'll be the end today, of the wanted man wanted man...
Outro: E
(chorus) (verse)
E G A E G F# A B
e---------|----------------------------------------------------------------
B---------|----------------------------------------------------------------
G---0-2---|--------2---4---------------------------------------------------
D-2-0-2---|-2-5-4--2---4---------------------------------------------------
A-2-------|-2-5-4--0---2---------------------------------------------------
E-0-0-0---|-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------------
(this is done to make the E bass note available to drone throughout most of the song)
See Performance Notes at end.
(spoken)
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Law man has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home
Oh Mama, I can hear you crying you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long
[all the following quick changes keep E-bass as shown at the bottom]
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
B A E G A G E G A G E G A B
Never more to go astray, this'll be the end today, of the wanted man
E G F# E F# G F# E F# G A E
Oh Mama, I've been years on the lam and had a high price on my head
G F# E F# G F# E F# G A E
Lawman said 'Get him dead or alive' and it's for sure he'll see me dead
G F# E F# G F# E F# G A E
Dear Mama I can hear you cryin', you're so scared and all alone
G F# E F# G F# E F# G A E
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
B A E G A G E G A G E G A G
Never more to go astray, this'll be the end today, of the wanted man
Solo: E NC E ( E G A ) x2 ( F# A B ) x2 E
(spoken)
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me
E G A G E G A G E G A G
The renegade who had it made retrieved for a bounty
B A E G A G E G A G E G A G
Never more to go astray, this'll be the end today, of the wanted man wanted man...
Outro: E
(chorus) (verse)
E G A E G F# A B
e---------|----------------------------------------------------------------
B---------|----------------------------------------------------------------
G---0-2---|--------2---4---------------------------------------------------
D-2-0-2---|-2-5-4--2---4---------------------------------------------------
A-2-------|-2-5-4--0---2---------------------------------------------------
E-0-0-0---|-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------------
Sublime With Rom (...)
Submersed
Suburban Legends
Suburbia
Subvision