Biography:
Damn Yankees was an American hard rock supergroup, well known for the single High Enough, formed in 1985, consisting of Jack Blades (Night Ranger), Tommy Shaw (Styx), Ted Nugent and drummer Michael Cartellone. Presumably inspired by the musical of the same name, Nugent once also explained that he coined the name because whenever someone asked him how he and Tommy Shaw would sound playing together, he would always reply by saying they would sound like "a bunch of damn Yankees.
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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!
Play entire thing with ornamentation, and frills.
Chords as used here:
[Intro]
G# A D A G# A G# A
D G# A D A x x A
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------3------------------3--------|---------3---------------------|
G|------2--2---2---2-------2--2--------|------2--2---2-----2-----------|
D|------2--0---2---2-------2--0--------|------2--0---2-----2-----------|
A|------0------0---0-------0-----------|------0------0-----0-----------|
E|--3b-----------3b----3b--------------|--3b-----------X-X-------------|
[Drums enter]
G# A D A G# A G# A
D G# A D A x x A
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------3------------------3--------|---------3---------------------|
G|------2--2---2---2-------2--2--------|------2--2---2-----2-----------|
D|------2--0---2---2-------2--0--------|------2--0---2-----2-----------|
A|------0------0---0-------0-----------|------0------0-----0-----------|
E|--3b-----------3b----3b--------------|--3b-----------X-X-------------|
[With lead line]
G# A D A G# A G#
A D G# A D A x x
A E
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------3------------------3--------|---------3---------------------|
G|------2--2---2---2-------2--2--------|------2--2---2-----2-----------|
D|------2--0---2---2-------2--0--------|------2--0---2-----2-----------|
A|------0------0---0-------0-----------|------0------0-----0-----------|
E|--3b-----------3b----3b--------------|--3b-----------X-X---0000000---|
PM-----|
[Verse 1]
(A - on the bass)
Freedom rider on a midnight cruise
On my way, I got nothing to lose
D (two bars)
(A - on the bass)
Sister mercy gonna take my hand
Lead me over to the promised land
|G# A~~~~~ | D A~~~ G# |
B~~~~~~~~
But you better not set your sights on me
|D D A~~~~~~|
B~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Cause it just might spoil your victory
|D D E~~~~~~~~~|
[Chorus]
(Some pattern as intro)
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
G# A D G# A
Don't you tread on me
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you try and make some fool of me
G# A D D E
Don't you tread on me
[Verse 2]
(A - on the bass only)
We walked the ground of ancient ones
Lit the fire with the rising sun
|G# A~~~|G# A~~~ D A |
(AA - on the bass only)
You and me, we got a full on rage
Won't get fooled, no I won't be caged
|G# A~~~|G# A~~~ D A |
B~~~~~~~~~~~
Make love not war was your claim to fame
|D D A~~~~~~|
B~~~~~~~~~~~
Now you're takin' me down, well I won't be tamed
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------2-----2-----|
D|-0-2-4---2-4-----0-|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
[Chorus]
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
G# A D G# A
Don't you tread on me
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you try and make some fool of me
G# A D D E E/D E/C#
Don't you tread on me
[MIDDLE]
A
You better turn and walk away
D
(Don't tread on me
A D
You might learn to love another day
A
And I know you need to hear me say
(Palm mutes)
G F# E D
All I want is you
[Solo]
(A - on the bass for 8 bars)
(A - with palm muted A for 7 bars) D (1 bar)
|B~~~~~~~~~~|D D A~~~~~~| x3
|D D A~~~~~~|D D A~~~~~~| EEEEEEEE |
[Chorus]
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
G# A D G# A
Don't you tread on me
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you try and make some fool of me
G# A D D
Don't you tread on
[Chorus]
(Exactly the same as a normal chorus, but a tone higher)
A# B E B A# B
A# D E
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
A# B E A# B
Don't you tread on me
A# B E B A# B
A# D E
Don't you try and lay your shit on me
A# B E E
Don't you tread on
[Chorus]
(And back to the original key)
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
G# A D G# A
Don't you tread on me
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare forget your history
G# A D D
Don't you tread on
[CHORUS] (with fade out)
G# A D G# A
G# A D A G# A G# A D
G# A D E
************************************
| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
************************************
Chords as used here:
[Intro]
G# A D A G# A G# A
D G# A D A x x A
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------3------------------3--------|---------3---------------------|
G|------2--2---2---2-------2--2--------|------2--2---2-----2-----------|
D|------2--0---2---2-------2--0--------|------2--0---2-----2-----------|
A|------0------0---0-------0-----------|------0------0-----0-----------|
E|--3b-----------3b----3b--------------|--3b-----------X-X-------------|
[Drums enter]
G# A D A G# A G# A
D G# A D A x x A
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------3------------------3--------|---------3---------------------|
G|------2--2---2---2-------2--2--------|------2--2---2-----2-----------|
D|------2--0---2---2-------2--0--------|------2--0---2-----2-----------|
A|------0------0---0-------0-----------|------0------0-----0-----------|
E|--3b-----------3b----3b--------------|--3b-----------X-X-------------|
[With lead line]
G# A D A G# A G#
A D G# A D A x x
A E
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------3------------------3--------|---------3---------------------|
G|------2--2---2---2-------2--2--------|------2--2---2-----2-----------|
D|------2--0---2---2-------2--0--------|------2--0---2-----2-----------|
A|------0------0---0-------0-----------|------0------0-----0-----------|
E|--3b-----------3b----3b--------------|--3b-----------X-X---0000000---|
PM-----|
[Verse 1]
(A - on the bass)
Freedom rider on a midnight cruise
On my way, I got nothing to lose
D (two bars)
(A - on the bass)
Sister mercy gonna take my hand
Lead me over to the promised land
|G# A~~~~~ | D A~~~ G# |
B~~~~~~~~
But you better not set your sights on me
|D D A~~~~~~|
B~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Cause it just might spoil your victory
|D D E~~~~~~~~~|
[Chorus]
(Some pattern as intro)
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
G# A D G# A
Don't you tread on me
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you try and make some fool of me
G# A D D E
Don't you tread on me
[Verse 2]
(A - on the bass only)
We walked the ground of ancient ones
Lit the fire with the rising sun
|G# A~~~|G# A~~~ D A |
(AA - on the bass only)
You and me, we got a full on rage
Won't get fooled, no I won't be caged
|G# A~~~|G# A~~~ D A |
B~~~~~~~~~~~
Make love not war was your claim to fame
|D D A~~~~~~|
B~~~~~~~~~~~
Now you're takin' me down, well I won't be tamed
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------2-----2-----|
D|-0-2-4---2-4-----0-|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
[Chorus]
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
G# A D G# A
Don't you tread on me
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you try and make some fool of me
G# A D D E E/D E/C#
Don't you tread on me
[MIDDLE]
A
You better turn and walk away
D
(Don't tread on me
A D
You might learn to love another day
A
And I know you need to hear me say
(Palm mutes)
G F# E D
All I want is you
[Solo]
(A - on the bass for 8 bars)
(A - with palm muted A for 7 bars) D (1 bar)
|B~~~~~~~~~~|D D A~~~~~~| x3
|D D A~~~~~~|D D A~~~~~~| EEEEEEEE |
[Chorus]
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
G# A D G# A
Don't you tread on me
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you try and make some fool of me
G# A D D
Don't you tread on
[Chorus]
(Exactly the same as a normal chorus, but a tone higher)
A# B E B A# B
A# D E
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
A# B E A# B
Don't you tread on me
A# B E B A# B
A# D E
Don't you try and lay your shit on me
A# B E E
Don't you tread on
[Chorus]
(And back to the original key)
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare Don't you tread on me
G# A D G# A
Don't you tread on me
G# A D A G# A
G# A D
Don't you dare forget your history
G# A D D
Don't you tread on
[CHORUS] (with fade out)
G# A D G# A
G# A D A G# A G# A D
G# A D E
************************************
| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
************************************
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