GUITAR TABS FOR
GUNS N'ROSES

"COMA"

Coma

Written by SLASH and Axl Rose

Originally recorded by Guns N'Roses

Tabulature by Stephen Iggulden

(Thanks, Stephen!)

Coma
Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion I

Tabbed by:       Stephen Iggulden
                 dwigg@interlog.com

intro: w/ heartbeat
 Riff A
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|-6---5---4-4-----5---6---5-----------5---6---5-----------5-5-4---6---5---6-|
|-4-0-3-0-6-6-0-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-3-2-0-4-0-3-0-4-|
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|----------------------------------14-14--------------------------12-12-|
|-14-14----------------------------14-14--------------------------12-12-|
|-12-12----------------------------12-12--------------------------10-10-|
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      hey, you caught me in a coma       an i don't think i wanna

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|------------------------11-11--------------10-10-------------------------9--9-|
|------------------------12-12--------------10-10------------------------10-10-|
|------------------------12-12--------------10-10------------------------10-10-|
|------------------------10-10---------------8--8-------------------------8--8-|
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 ever come back to this         world again       kinda like it in a coma

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  cause no one's ever gonna

Ab5         Eb5             G5           D5   
oh make me come back to this   world again now i feel as if i'm 

floating away i can't feel

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|-5-5----------------------------------------------4-4---------|
|-5-5----------------------------------------------5-5---------|
|-5-5----------------------------------------------5-5---------|
|-3-3----------------------------------------------3-3---------|
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  all the pressure and i like it this way but my body's callin'

              Eb5          Bb5              D5        A5
my body's callin' won't ya come back to this world again suspended deep

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in a sea of black i've got the light at the end i've got the bones

                                                  B5
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on the mast well i've gone sailing i've gone sailing i could leave

   F#5  B5                      C5 C#5  D5                    A5
so easily while friends are callin'    back to me i said they're leaving

      E5            G5                D5      C#5 C5
it all up to me when all i needed was clarity an     

 B5 C5  B5  C5  B5  C5  B5  C5   B5 C5 B5 C5
someone to tell me what the fuck is goin' on

 w/ heartbeat
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|-4-0-3-0-6-6-0-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-3-2-0-|
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|-6---5-----------5-5-4-3-|
|-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-3-2-1-|
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  God  -   damn  -   it!

            w/EKG
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|----------|------------|--------7--|--------8-|--------11-|-----(11)~~~~~-|
|----------|------------|--------7--|--------7-|--------10-|-----(10)~~~~~-|
|-2-2------|------------|-----------|----------|-----------|---------------|
|-0-0------|----0~~~~---|-----------|----------|-----------|---------------|
|----------|------------|-----------|----------|-----------|---------------|

F5                                              C5
slipin' farther an farther an farther away it's a miracle how long

                   B5  A#5  B5   A#5   B5   A#5  B5 A#5 B5   A#5    B5  A#5 B5
we can stay in a world our minds cre - at - ed   in  a world that's full of shit

 Riff B
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|-4---3----4-4-----3---|
|-2---1----2-2-----1---|
|---0---0------3-0---0-|
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 Help me                Help me             Help me
[medical dialogue & sound effects]
w/Riff B(3x) & RiffA

A. D5.      A.  A5..   B5.
please understand me i'm climbing throught the wreckage of all

                            F#5
my twisted dreams but this cheap investigation just can't stifle 

        F#.   C#.  F#. G5..           D.                     E5..
all my screams an i'm waiting at the crossroads wainting for you

              E5..                          A5..
waiting for you______________(where are you?)

 half time feel
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|--------0-3---|----------|-0h2----------|--------------|-----5------|---5-|
|------0-------|-r4-------|--------------|------2-------|-------r4---|-----|
|----4---------|----------|--------------|-2h4----------|------------|-----|
|-0------------|----------|--------------|--------------|------------|-----|
|--------------|----------|--------------|--------------|------------|-----|

|---------------3-------------------------------------2--------5-----------|
|-----5--4--2----------3---------------------------------------------2-----|
|------------------0-------2----------------------0-------2----------------|
|---------------------------------------------4----------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------0--------------------------------|
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  no one's gonna bother me anymore      no one's gonna mess with my head no more

|---------------3-------------------------------------|
|-----5--4--2----------3-----------------------5/7\5--|
|------------------0-------2--------------------------|
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 i can't understand what all the fightin's for

|------0--------2--------5---------------------|
|-------------------------------2--------------|
|-----------0-------2-------2------------r2----|
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|---0------------------------------------------|
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 but it's so nice here down off the shore

|---------------3---------------------------------------------2--------5------0---------0-|
|-----5--4--2----------3--------------------------------------------------------0-----2---|
|-------------------0---------------------------------------------0-------2-------2-------|
|-----------------4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------------0------------------------------|
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 wish you could see this 'cause there's nothing to see it's peacefull here and it's fine with me

|---------------3----------------0h2-------------------0------2---5-------------------|
|-----5--4--2----------3------------------------------------------------3-2tr(3)~~~~~-|
|------------------0--------------------------------------0-----2---2-----------------|
|------------------------4------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------------------0----------------------------------|
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 not like the world where i used to live          i never really wanted to live

|---------------3---------------------------------------3---5----------------|
|-----5--4--2-----------3------3---------------------3---------------------2-|
|--------------------0------------0---------------0------------------------2-|
|-----------------4---------------------------4-----------------4---2------2-|
|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-6---5---4-4-----5---6---5-----------5---6---5-----------5-5-4---6---5-------------------|
|-4-0-3-0-6-6-0-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-3-2-0-4-0-3-0-4-3-2-1-0-------|
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 guitar solo:
|----------3---------3---------3---------3---------3-------3--------|
|-6p3----3---6-----3---6-----3---6-----3---6-----3---6--6^---6p3-6^-|
|-----5^--------5^--------5^--------5^--------5^--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-3---3--6-3---3-6p3----3-6p3----3-6p3----3-6p3----3-6p3----3-6p3-----|
|---6--------6-------6--------6--------6--------6--------6--------6p3-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-7p4------8p5-------9p6------10p7----------------------------------------------------|
|-----7p4-------8p5------9p6-------12^---r12p10-----12^------------r12--p10-----12~~~-|
|------------------------------------------------11--------------------------11-------|
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|-------------------------------10-------------------------------------|
|-/15-(15)----13p12--13-12\11------13^---------r-----10-(10)---r13-----|
|-------------------------------------------------10-------------------|
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|-------------------------------------13---------------------------------|
|-11--(11)h13p11\10---11-10--9---13^-----13-(13)~~~~~~~------13-(13)~~~~-|
|------------------------------------------------------12h14-------------|
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|-------------------15--------------------------------------------------17----|
|----13--15^--(15)-----r15-(15)~~~~~-------15-(15)~~~~~~----15-17^-(17)---r17-|
|-12---------------------------------14h16---------------14-------------------|
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|-15^---15^--(15)--------------(15)~~~~-(15)----r(15)p13------15^-(15)-----(15)-----(15)---r15-|
|---------------------------------------------------------14-----------------------------------|
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|-13h15----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------14^-(14)-----12-14----12--(12)~~~---------------------14----12-|
|--------------------------14---------------------12-14-12-14----14----|
|------------------------------------------13-14-----------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------------13----13-----------|
|-----12-15-----12-----12------------------------15-------13----13-----16^-(16)-|
|-14^-------14^----14^----14^r-12----14------12--14^--14------------------------|
|---------------------------------14----14--------------------------------------|
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|-15-14-13-----------------------------13-14-15----------18^r^~~~~~----|
|----------16^(gradual bend)--(16)--17----------r15--13----------------|
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|-17^--(17)-r^----17^r^-----17^\/\/\/\/\/\/\--17^--(17)\---------------|
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 w/ bitching
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|----------------------|-%--|
|-4---3----4-4-----3---|-3x-|
|-2---1----2-2-----1---|----|
|---0---0------3-0---0-|----|

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|-6---5---4-4-----5---6---5-----------5---6---5-----------5-5-4---6---5---6-|
|-4-0-3-0-6-6-0-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-0-4-0-3-0-4-7-4-0-3-3-2-0-4-0-3-0-4-|
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|-6-----5-----------------5--5--4--3-|
|-4--0--3--0--4--7--4--0--3--3--2--1-|
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Chords used:
A5 = x022xx       C5(5) = xx55xx      E5.. = xxxx00        F#. = xx466x
G5 = 355xxx       D5(7) = xx77xx      A5(10) =  x121414xx  C#. = x466xx
F5 = 133xxx       G5.. =  3x003x      C#5 =  x466xx        B5. = x141616x
Ab5 = 466xxx      Bb5(3) = xx33xx     F5(8) = x81010xx     F#5. = x91111xx
Eb5 = x688xx      D5.. =  xx023x      Db5 = x466xx
D5 = x577xx       A5.. =  x02244      A5. = x0xxxx
C5 = x355xx       B5  =   x244xx      D5. = xx161415
Bb5 = x133xx      F#5 =  244xxx       D. = x5777x


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