Here I Go Again (1987 version) by Whitesnake
Tabbed by Peter Gleeson, August 2011
I couldn't believe there wasn't a nice comprehensive tab on here that did justice to
this song. There was a fantastic tab for the solo, which I used here and take no credit for
working out, but other than that, not much else.
I've included lyrics (the ^ shows where the line begins relative to the guitar part) and
times (when the line begins) for reference. I haven't tabbed out the synth parts, but
there is stuff on youtube that is probably more relevant to synth players.
If anyone reckons they can improve this, feel free to steal as much or as little of this
tab as you like. Long live rock 'n' roll!
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The opening minute and 14 seconds or so is played on a synthesiser. The guitar part
begins after the line:
"WALK ALONG THE LONELY STREET OF DREAMS!!" then, (at 1:15) ...
e|----------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------|D|-xx-5-xx-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7--|A|-xx-3-xx-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--|E|------------3-3-----------------3-3-----------------|
^"HERE I GO AGAIN, ON MY OWN..."
e|---------------------|B|---------------------|G|---------------------|D|-----5-5-7-7-5-----2-|A|-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-2br-0-|E|-3-3-----------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------------|D|---------5/7/5--7/11/7--------------5/7/5-----5-----5-7---|A|-0-0-0-0-3/5/3--5/9-/5--5-3-0-0-0-0-3/5/3-0-0-3-0-0-3-5---|E|----------------------------------------------------------| P.M -----> <---------------------------------| <-> <->
^"COS I'VE MADE UP MY MIND! I AIN'T WASTIN' NO MORE TIME!" (1:34)
Then back to the synthesiser for a bit...
"I'M GONNA HOLD ON, FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS" then, (at 1:58)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------------------|D|-5-4-2----------5/7/5--7/11/7--------------5/7/5-----5-----5-7--|A|-3-2-0--0-0-0-0-3/5/3--5/9-/5--5-3-0-0-0-0-3/5/3-0-0-3-0-0-3-5--|E|----------------------------------------------------------------| P.M <-------> <--------------------------------| <-> <->
^"COS I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS...TO WALK ALONG THE LONELY STREET OF DREAMS!" (2:00)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|D|------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-----2-|A|--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-2br-0-|E|--3-3-----------------3-3-----------------3-3--------------------|
^"HERE I GO AGAIN, ON MY OWN!" (2:10)
e|----------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------------|D|---------5/7/5--7/11/7--------------5/7/5-----5-----5-7---|A|-0-0-0-0-3/5/3--5/9-/5--5-3-0-0-0-0-3/5/3-0-0-3-0-0-3-5---|E|----------------------------------------------------------| P.M -----> <---------------------------------| <-> <->
^"AND I'VE MADE UP MY MIND!" (2:27)
The following section proved tricky to tab; but I did my best:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------pinch harmonic--------------------------------|G|-------------6-----------2-[4]~-----------------------2----------2-------|D|-------5-7-9---2-----2---2-------2----2--7/9----2-2---2----2-----2-5-7---|A|-5-7-9---------2--xx-2xx-0----xx-2--x-2--5/7-xx-2-2-x-0-xx-2--xx-0-3-5---|E|---------------0--xx-0xx------xx-0--x-0------xx-0-0-x---xx-0--xx---------| ^ BIG SCREAM HERE "HERE I GO AGAAAAIIIN!" (at 2:51)
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SOLO - there is a really good tab for this by a user on here called hepzibahbaptist, all
credit for the solo tab goes to them. I have included it here for convenience, and
claim no responsibility for tabbing it out. It starts at 2:58.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------8b-8-7-8----------7-8-10-10b--12-------------------------------||4-5-7--------------5~~~~~x/9---------------14-12-14-----------14-12b--12-||------5/7-------------------------------------------12------12-----------||-------------------------------------------------------12-12-------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------17b~~17b~~~15-17------------------------------------------------||---------------------------15---------------------------------------------||12~~~~~~~-----------------------------------------------------11-12-14--11||-----------------------------------------------------------14---------14--||------------------------------------------------12-14-12-14---------------||-------------------------------12-14-15-12-14-15--------------------------|
|-------------12-12-14-15-18b~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-||-----12-13-15------------------------------||12-14--------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
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As the solo comes to an end (at 3:16), start the rythym guitar again
(at 3:12)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------------------|D|-5-4-2----------5/7/5--7/11/7--------------5/7/5-----5-----5-7--|A|-3-2-0--0-0-0-0-3/5/3--5/9-/5--5-3-0-0-0-0-3/5/3-0-0-3-0-0-3-5--|E|----------------------------------------------------------------| P.M <-------> <--------------------------------| <-> <->
^
"COS I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS!..." (3:15)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|D|------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-----2-|A|--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-2br-0-|E|--3-3-----------------3-3-----------------3-3--------------------|
^
"HERE I GO AGAIN ON MY OWN!" (3:24)
e|----------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------------|D|---------5/7/5--7/11/7--------------5/7/5-----5-----5-7---|A|-0-0-0-0-3/5/3--5/9-/5--5-3-0-0-0-0-3/5/3-0-0-3-0-0-3-5---|E|----------------------------------------------------------| P.M -----> <---------------------------------| <-> <->
^
"AND I'VE MADE UP MY MIND!..." (3:41)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|D|------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-----2-|A|--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-2br-0-|E|--3-3-----------------3-3-----------------3-3--------------------|
^
"HERE I GO AGAIN ON MY OWN!" (3:51)
e|----------------------------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------------|D|---------5/7/5--7/11/7--------------5/7/5-----5-----5-7---|A|-0-0-0-0-3/5/3--5/9-/5--5-3-0-0-0-0-3/5/3-0-0-3-0-0-3-5---|E|----------------------------------------------------------| P.M -----> <---------------------------------| <-> <->
^
"COS I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS..." (4:08)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|D|------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-7------5-5-7-7-xx-5-----2-|A|--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-5--5-5-3-3-5-5-xx-3-2br-0-|E|--3-3-----------------3-3-----------------3-3--------------------|
^
"HERE I GO AGAIN ON MY OWN!" (4:18) fades out to end (at 4:32)
Hope this helps!
