'Action This Day' tab guide

Words and music by Roger Taylor

main riff
  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E-0---3---2---0-0-2-0-3---2---0---



Rhythm guitar repeats these chords on the 2nd and 4th
beats all the way during the Verse

  (E7)
e--10---
B---9---
G---9---
D-------
A-------
E-------


"But theres a heart beat pulse" part(still played on second beat):

    F#               B7             A7
e----2---------------5--------------3------------
B----2--4 times------4--4 times-----2--4 times---
G----3---------------4--------------2------------
D------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

This is played while the keyboard/piano plays the bassnotes:
F# 4x  B 4x A 4x 

then 
    .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *
A---------------------------------------------------------
E-0-2-0-3---2---0---2---3---------------2-------1-------0-



Chorus
chords arranged for guitar:

 D       G      "C"  G   D
 * . . . * . . . * . . . * . . . 
-2-------3-------5---3---2-------
-3-------3-------3---3---3-------
-2-------4-------5---4---2-------
-0-------0-------0---0---0-------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------

 D       G       C
 * . . . * . . . * . . . * . . . 
-2-------3-----------------------
-3-------3-----------------------
-2-------4-------5---------------
-0-------0-------5---------------
-----------------3---------------
---------------------------------

 F       Bb     "Eb" Bb  F
 * . . . * . . . * . . . * . . . 
---------------------------------
-1-------3-------4---3---1-------
-2-------3-------5---3---2-------
-3-------3-------3---3---3-------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------

 F       Bb      A
 * . . . * . . . * . . . * . . . 
---------------------------------
-1-------3-----------------------
-2-------3-------2---------------
-3-------3-------2---------------
-----------------0---------------
---------------------------------



Synth-break
synth is playing the arpeggios of these chords:
B A G E


Sax-synth solo arranged for guitar:

--17------15-14---15-14---12---------
-----------------------------15------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------

-------------------------------
----------------------5--------
-----5------------5--------7---
---5---7v-------5---7----------
-5-----------------------------
-------------------------------


---14---------------_____-----------------13------
------10-12-13v-----15/17-15------13---15---------
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--------------------------------------------------
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Sax 2:

----------------------------------------------------------
---------------5------------------------------------------
-----5-7-5-7-----5----------------------------------------
-5-7--------------------(4)-3---2-3-2---------2-----------
------------------------------5---------3-5-------5---3---
----------------------------------------------------------


-15-17____________...----
-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
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-----------------------5-------------------------
-------------------------8---5-------------------
-2-------2---0-----5-6-----------5h6----4--------
-------2------------------------------------7----
---3h4-------------------------------------------
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Yeah, that's it. Great song, and I hope you like the tab.
Author: Erik Vaagnes, additional editing: PD.
Last update: 03/21/2007