The Allman Brothers Band - High Cost of Low Living

      
 
 Band: Allman Brothers Band
 Album: Hittin' The Note
 Song:The High Cost of Low Living by Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes
 
 Tabbed by Terry Mulligan (tmulligan6@comcast.net) and
 Zack Rosenberg (fendercustomstrat@yahoo.com)

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 This tab is currently 95% created by Terry and 5% by myself.
 I have basically edited and revised this version of the tab.
 You can expect more of my updates to this tab including leads
 and both guitars some time in February. I hope you enjoy our tab.
 
 Zack

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 INTRO RIFF (play 2 x) - (this is just one of the guitars):
 
 Am Am 
   

 E --------------------]------------------
 B --------------------]------------------
 G ----------5---------]-------5-7h5------
 D -------5-----5h7----]-----5--------7---
 A ---5h7--------------]-5h7--------------
 E --------------------]------------------
 

 
 VERSE
 G                              Dm           Am 
 You?re the life of the party, everybody?s host
            C                      G  
 Still you need somewhere you can hide
 Dm                                   Am                   
 All your good-time friends and your fair-weather has-beens
 C                                     G    
 Lord knows?.they?re just along for the ride
 E7                               Am                        
 You think you?re a survivor, but boy you better think twice
 G Dm (2 beats) > D
 No one rides for nothing, so step up and pay the price
 
 CHORUS
             F     C        G    Am 
 It?s the high cost of low living
              F   C     G    Dm               Am 
 Ain?t it high time you turned yourself around
              F  C    G           Am 
 Yeah, the high cost of low living
 Eb                F              C     
 Bound to put you six feet in the ground

 E ---------------]-17s~~--------------]
 B -5-3p1---------]--------------------]
 G ---------2-----]--------------------]
 D ---------------]--------------------]
 A ---------------]--------------------]
 E ---------------]--------------------]
 

 
 G                           Dm               Am    
 So many here who love you still you just can?t tell
 
 C                                         G 
 The real ones from those that drop your name
 
 Dm                                           Am             
 All the while behind your back they rip the flesh right from
 your bones
 
 C                                     G   
 you should know by now we?re all fair game
 
 E7                                       Am                
 You been chasing each dream with whiskey From here to Tokyo
 
 G                              Dm                  D 
 Using up all your real friends No places left to go
 
 CHORUS
 
             F   C       G   Am  
 It?s the high cost of low living
              F   C      G   Dm               Am 
 Ain?t it high time you turned yourself around
                 F    C         G Am 
 Yeah, the high cost of low living
 Eb                       F             C 
 Bound to put you six feet in the ground
 
 JAM: (Bb F ) ( C ) (Bb F) ( C )
 
 HERE?S THE ASCENDING RIFF AFTER THE 2ND CHORUS

 E -------------------]-------------------]-------12-14-15h17-15--]
 B -------------------]-------------12-13-]-13-15-----------------]
 G -------------------]----11-12-14-------]-----------------------]
 D ----------12-13-14-]-14----------------]-----------------------]
 A -12 14 15----------]-------------------]-----------------------]
 

 
 Jam?.
 Eb            Bb                     C 
 Don?t look behind you Don?t look back
 Eb             Bb                                 C   Dm 
 Don?t try to find reasons In the past the past is gone
 
 CHORUS
 
 Another Jam
 
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