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The Best Of The Doors

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The Doors was an American rock band which formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1965. The band consisted of Jim Morrison (vocals), Ray Manzarek (organ), Robby Krieger (guitar) and John Densmore (drums). In this configuration, the band released six albums, all of which were successful and released two US #1 hit singles - 1967's "Light My Fire" and 1968's "Hello, I Love You". After Morrison's death at his apartment at 17 Rue Beautraillis Paris in 1971

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

Hey Everyone,

I just figured out these eight songs and they are really great so I thought I
would share them with you.

1. Hello, I love you

[Intro]
A G A E D C G

A G
Hello, I love you
C A
Wont you tell me your name?
A G
Hello, I love you
C A
Let me jump in your game
A G
Hello, I love you
C A
Wont you tell me your name?
A G
Hello, I love you
C A
Let me jump in your game

A G C A
Shes walking down the street
A G C A
Blind to every eye she meets
A G C A
Do you think youll be the guy
A G C A
To make the queen of the angels sigh?
A G
Hello, I love you
C A
Wont you tell me your name?
A G
Hello, I love you
C A
Let me jump in your game
A G
Hello, I love you
C A
Wont you tell me your name?
A G
Hello, I love you
C A
Let me jump in your game
A G C A
She holds her head so high
A G C A
Like a statue in the sky
A G C A
Her arms are wicked, and her legs are long
A G C A
When she moves my brain screams out this song
Bb G# Bb G#
Sidewalk crouches at her feet
Bb G# Bb G#
Like a dog that begs for something sweet
Bb G# Bb G#
Do you hope to make her see, you fool?
Bb G# Bb G#
Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel?
Bb
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello

I want you

Hello

I need my baby

Hello, hello, hello, hello

2. Roadhouse Blues

[Intro]
E E E A E (he does an E chord and quickly switches to the A for a 12 bar blues feel)

E (i won't include the A switch)
Ah, keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel

Yeah, we're goin' to the roadhouse

Gonna have a real

A good time

Yeah, back at the roadhouse they got some bungalows

Yeah, back at the roadhouse they got some bungalows

And that's for the people

Who like to go down slow
A
Let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll
B C B
Let it roll, all night long

Guitar Solo: E

E
You gotta roll, roll, roll

You gotta thrill my soul, all right

Roll, roll, roll, roll

To thrill my soul

You gotta beepa concha too chomp

Ko ko ko kah don-ta

Ate japoona may-jah

Bop a lula he-cho

Bop a mee-cho

He some funk, hey ride

Ashen lady, Ashen lady

Give up your vows, give up your vows

Save our city, save our city

Ah right now
E
When I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer

Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer

The future's uncertain, and the end is always near
A
Let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll

Let it roll, baby, roll
B C B A
Let it roll, ah, all night long

The last two chords are as follows:

e-----8--------7----|
B-----8--------7----|
G-----8--------7----|
D-----7--------6----|
A-----8--------7----|
E-------------------|

3. L.A. Woman

Intro Chords: C# B A G# twice then A

A
Well, I just got into town about an hour ago

Took a look around, see which way the wind blow

With a little girl in a Hollywood bungalow

Are you a lucky little lady in The City of Light
G
Or just another lost angel...City of Night
A G A
City of Night, City of Night, City of Night, woo, c'mon

[Guitar Solo:] A

A
L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

L.A. Woman Sunday afternoon

Drive thru your suburbs
G A
Into your blues, into your blues, yeah
G
Into your blue-blue Blues
A
Into your blues, ohh, yeah

Piano Solo: A

A*- (see below)
I see your hair is burnin'

Hills are filled with fire

If they say I never loved you

You know they are a liar
A*
Drivin' down your freeways

Midnite alleys roam

Cops in cars, the topless bars

Never saw a woman
G A
So alone, so alone
G A
So alone, so alone
A
Motel Money Murder Madness

Let's change the mood from glad to sadness

Interlude: A C rythym same as next part
A C A A C A
Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'
A C A A C A
Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'
A C A
Got to keep on risin'
A C A A C A
Mr. Mojo Risin', Mr. Mojo Risin'
A C A A C A
Mojo Risin', gotta Mojo Risin'
A C A A C A
Mr. Mojo Risin', gotta keep on risin'
A C A A C A
Risin', risin'
A C A
Gone risin', risin'
A C A
I'm gone risin', risin'
A C A
I gotta risin', risin'
A C A
Well, risin', risin'
A
I gotta, wooo! Bang! Bang!

Woah, ohh yeah

[Interlude/ Guitar Solo:] A D A

A
Well, I just got into town about an hour ago

Took a look around, see which way the wind blow

With a little girl in a Hollywood bungalow

Oh you were like a little lady in The City of Lights
G
Or just another lost angel...City of Night
A G A
City of Night, City of Night, City of Night, woah, c'mon

[Interlude] (again :)- A
A
L.A. Woman, L.A. Woman

L.A. Woman, you're my woman

Little L.A. Woman, Little L.A. Woman

L.A. L.A. Woman Woman
A ...
L.A. Woman c'mon

A*- For this part i tabbed out the actual rythym that is playing and it is as follows if
want to play it.

A
e---------------------|
B------2-0------------|
G-----------2-0-2-----|
D----2----------------|
A---0-----------------|
E---------------------| repeat throughout that verse

4. Riders on the Storm

[Intro:] Em

Em
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm
Am Bm C D
Into this house we're born
Em
Into this world we're thrown
Am
Like a dog without a bone
G
And actor out on loan
Em
Riders on the storm

Em
There's a killer on the road

His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Am Bm C D
Take a long holiday
Em
Let your children play
Am
If ya give this man a ride
G
Sweet family will die
Em
Killer on the road, yeah

[Interlude:] repeat the verse chords once

Em
Girl ya gotta love your man

Girl ya gotta love your man
Am Bm C D
Take him by the hand
Em
Make him understand
Am
The world on you depends
G
Our life will never end
Em
Gotta love your man, yeah

[Interlude:] Em

Em
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm
Am Bm C D
Into this house we're born
Em
Into this world we're thrown
Am
Like a dog without a bone
G
And actor out on loan
Em
Riders on the storm
Em
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

I also figured out the rythym for the part that the guitar plays during a lot of the
Here it is:

E--------------------------------------|
B---0---0-2---2/3---32---0-2-0--------|
G-----0-----0-----0--------------------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------| repeat multiple times...

5. Touch Me

[Intro:] Am

Come on, come on, come on, come on now
G
Touch me, babe!
Bm C Bb
Can't you see that I am not afraid?
G Bm
What was that promise that you made?
C Bb
Why won't you tell me what she said?
G
What was that promise that you made?
Am Bm
Now, I'm gonna love you
C G
Till the heavens stop the rain.
Am Bm
I'm gonna love you
C D
Till the stars fall from the sky
G
For you and I.

Come on, come on, come on, come on now
G
Touch me, babe!
Bm C Bb
Can't you see that I am not afraid?
G Bm
What was that promise that you made?
C D
Why won't you tell me what she said?
G
What was that promise that you made?

Am Bm
I'm gonna love you
C G
Till the heavens stop the rain.
Am Bm
I'm gonna love you
C D
Till the stars fall from the sky
G
For you and I.
Am Bm
I'm gonna love you
C G
Till the heavens stop the rain.
Am Bm
I'm gonna love you
C D
Till the stars fall from the sky
G
For you and I.

[Sax Solo/Outro:]
Am

End on Am Am G Am

6. Love Her Madly

[Intro:]
Am

Am
Don't ya love her madly

Don't ya need her badly
C
Don't ya love her ways
Am
Tell me what you say
Am C
Don't ya love her madly
D Dm
Wanna be her daddy
Am
Don't ya love her face
G Am
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
G Am
Like she did one thousand times before
D
Don't ya love her ways
Am
Tell me what you say
G Am
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
D5 D Dsus4 D D5 (here it has the different types of D chords going in
All your love an up and down pattern)

All your love

All your love
D7
All your love
G
All your love is gone
C
So sing a lonely song
Am
Of a deep blue dream
A* C Am G E Am
Seven horses seem to be on the mark
Am C F D
Yeah, don't you love her
Am G Am
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door
D5 D Dsus4 D D5
All your love

All your love

All your love
G
Yeah, all your love is gone
C
So sing a lonely song
Am
Of a deep blue dream
A* C Am G E Am
Seven horses seem to be on the mark

Interlude: Follows verse chords
Am
Well, don't ya love her madly

Don't ya love her madly
Am...
Don't ya love her madly

A*- This is some variation of an A chord and it is right but i have no idea what it is
so here it is:

E------0---------|
B------1---------|
G------2---------|
D------0---------|
A------0---------|
E----------------|

7. Unknown Soldier

Bm
Wait until the war is over
Am
And we're both a little older
Bm Am
The unknown soldier
Am
Breakfast where the news is read

Television children fed
G
Unborn living, living, dead
Am G D F
Bullet strikes the helmet's head
A
And it's all over
G
For the unknown soldier
A
It's all over
G
For the unknown soldier
N.C. (no chord)

Hut
Hut
Hut ho hee up
Hut
Hut
Hut ho hee up
Hut
Hut
Hut ho hee up
Comp'nee
Halt
Preeee-zent!
Arms!

Bm
Make a grave for the unknown soldier
Am
Nestled in your hollow shoulder
Bm Am
The unknown soldier
C G D F
Breakfast where the news is read
C G D F G
Television children fed
C G D F
Bullet strikes the helmet's head

C G D F

A
And, it's all over
G
The war is over
A
It's all over
G
The war is over
A G
Well, all over, baby
A
All over, baby
G
Oh, over, yeah
A
All over, baby
G
Wooooo, hah-hah
A
All over
G
All over, baby
A
Oh, woa-yeah
G
All over

8. The End

In this song he basicly just plays the D chord the whole time.

[Intro]
(sitar): D with this part added: B---2/3 played many times during song

D
This is the end
C G D
you gentle friend
D
This is the end
C G D
My only friend, the end
C G D
Of our elaborate plans, the end
C G D
Of everything that stands, the end
C G D
No safety or surprise, the end

I’ll never look into your eyes

Again
C G
Can you picture what we’ll be,
C D
So limitless and free?
C D
Desperately in need

Of some stranger’s hand
C D
In a desperate land

Interlude: D

D
Lost in a Roman

Wilderness of pain

And all the children are insane

All the children are insane

Waiting for the summer rain, yeah

There’s danger on the edge of town

Ride the king’s highway

Weird scenes inside the goldmine

Ride the highway west, baby

D
Ride the snake

Ride the snake

To the lake

The ancient lake, baby

The snake he’s long

Seven miles

Ride the snake

He’s old

And his skin is cold
D
The west is the best

The west is the best

Get here, and we’ll do the rest

Da blue bus is calling us

The blue bus is calling us

Driver where you takin’ us?
D
The killer awoke before dawn

He put his boots on

He took a face from the ancient gallery and he

Walked on down the hall

And he went into the room where his sister lived

And… then he… paid a visit to his brother, and then he…

He walked on down the hall, yeah

And he came to a door

And he looked inside

Father?

“Yes son?”

I want to kill you…

Mother? I want to… fuck you all night yeah,
Play the D chord harder for this part
Come on, yeah

D (back to normal)
Come on baby, take a chance with us

Come on baby, take a chance with us

Come on baby, take a chance with us and

Meet me at the back of the blue bus

Doin’ a blue rock

On a blue bus

Doin’ a blue rock
Play this part faster (still a D chord)
Come on, yeah

Kill… kill… kill… kill… kill… kill… kill
D (normal speed)
This is the end
C G D
you gentle friend
D
This is the end
C G D
My only friend, the end
D
It hurts to set you free

But you’ll never follow me

The end of laughter

And soft lies

The end of nights we tried to die

This is the end

And so concludes this tab/album. I hope you liked it and remember to rate! :)