'L A Woman' by Doors - Guitar Tutorial

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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 18:27:10 -0700 (MST)
From: Paul Zimmerman 
Subject: TAB: L.A. Woman - Doors
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LA WOMAN
The Doors

Intro:

E --9---------|--7---------|--5---------53|
B ------------|------------|---------------|
G ------------|------------|---------------|
D ------------|------------|---------------|
A ------------|------------|---------------|
E ------------|------------|---------------|

E -2h3----2--3--2---0h2-|------------------------|
B ----------------------|-2h3----2--3--2--0--2~~-|
G ----------------------|------------------------|
D ----------------------|------------------------|
A ----------------------|------------------------|
E ----------------------|------------------------|


E -------------------|------------------------|
B -------------------|------------------------|
G -6h7p6--7p6-----6--|--6p7--6--7--6----------|
D -------------7-----|-----------------7---7--|
A -------------------|------------------------|
E -------------------|------------------------|


E -------------------|------------------------|
B -------------------|------------------------|
G -6h7p6--7p6-----6--|--6h7p6--7--6-----------|
D -------------7-----|---------------7--7-----|
A -------------------|------------------------|
E -------------------|------------------------|


E ---------------|----------------|
B ---------------|----------------|
G -6h7p6---------|--6h7p6---------|
D --------7--7---|---------7--7---|
A ---------------|----------------|
E ---------------|----------------|


Verse 1:

This is all done by singing aline a then doing a guitar phrase, so if I put the


Well I just got into town about an hour ago.
E --------------------------------------|
B -8---7----5--7------------------------|
G -----------------5b-------------------|
D ----------------------7--5------------|
A ----------------------------7--6--5---|
E --------------------------------------|


Took a look around see which way the wind blows.
E --------------------------------------|
B -8---7----5--7------------------------|
G -----------------5b-------------------|
D ----------------------7--5------------|
A ----------------------------7--6--5---|
E --------------------------------------|


With a little girl in a Hollywood bungalow.
E -----------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------5~~----|
D -7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7---------|
A -----------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------|


Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light?
E -----------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------5~~----|
G -7--6--7--6--7--6--7--6--7--6--7---------|
D -----------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------|

                                        G     (For these
Or just another lost angel,  City of night     strike the 	       		
                                                    and let 			
            A                G               A
City at night,   City of night,  City of night, Whoa come on


Solo:  may not be exact but you can change it around and it sounds good.


E ----------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------|
G -------------------0-2-4-4b----4--2-----2~~~--|
D -------------0-2-4------------------4---------|
A -------0-2-4----------------------------------|
E -0-2-4----------------------------------------|


E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------------------------|
G -------0-2-4--4b--2-----2--4b--4--2-----4b---2-----2-----2--4--|
D -0-2-4---------------4---------------4----------4-----4--------|
A ---------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|


E -0--5---5---5--7--5--7--7b--5-----5--7--5---7--7--7---|
B -------------------------------7----------------------|
G ------------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------|


E -9--9--9---10--10--10---9--9--9-----97---7--7--7~~---|
B ------------------------------------------------------|
G ------------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------|


E -75---5--5--5~~----53---|
B --------------------------|
G --------------------------|
D --------------------------|
A --------------------------|
E --------------------------|


E --------------------|-------------------|---------------|
B --------------------|-------------------|---------------|
G -6h7p6--7--6--7~~~--|-7p6--------6~~~---|-7--6----------|
D --------------------|--------7----------|--------7---7--|
A --------------------|-------------------|---------------|
E --------------------|-------------------|---------------|


E --------------------|
B --------------------|
G -6h7p6--7--6--------|
D --------------7--7--|
A --------------------|
E --------------------|


Then we go back to echoing a voice phrase with the guitar.


LA Woman

 E ---------------------|
 B ---------------------|
 G -7b----5--7--7b~~~---|
 D ---------------------|
 A ---------------------|
 E ---------------------|

LA Woman

 E ---------------------|
 B -8br-----------------|
 G --------5~~~~--------|
 D ---------------------|
 A ---------------------|
 E ---------------------|


LA Woman Sunday afternoon
E -------------------------------------------|
B -------------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------5~~~-----|
D -7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7-----------|
A -------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------|


LA Woman Sunday Afternoon
E --------------------------------|
B -7br----------------------------|
G -7br---5-------5----------------|
D ----------7-------7-------------|
A ---------------------7--7~~~~---|
E --------------------------------|


LA woman sunday afternoon  drive through you suburbs

              G                 A
into your blues.  into your blues.

          G                                 A
into your blue, blue, blue,   into your blues   Oh yeah

(Piano Break)

Now the guitar plays this part under these words.

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

A          G       A     G     A   G
I See your hair is burning

A         G           A    G   A   G
Hills are filled with fire.

        A     G     A     G    A   G
If they say I never loved you

    A         G     A   G      A   G
You know they are a liar.

A      G         A     G       A   G    (Switch back to chords)
Drivin down your freeway

A       G         A   G        A   G
Midnight alleys roam.

A
Cops in cars the topless bars, never saw a woman

       G            A
So alone,    so alone

Back to guitar echoing the voice.


Motel money murder madness
E --------------------------------|
B -5--7br-------------------------|
G ---------5--7---7---5-----5--7--|
D -----------------------7--------|
A --------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|



Lets change the mood from glad to sadness.
E ------------------------------------------|
B ------5--8b---5---------------------------|
G -7b--------------7br--5-------------------|
D -------------------------7--5-------------|
A --------------------------------7--6--5---|
E ------------------------------------------|



Now is where the whole song slows down and keep repeating
Mr. Mojo Risin.

I don't know anymore of the song, but I think Robby just improvises in the A blu


I have seen this song asked for many times, so now that I had time
I put it up, It's really a great song to play around with, It's realtively easy



Thanks to the original poster.

Peace,
Paul Z