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The Toy Dolls - Yul Brynner Was a Skinhead

Chord diagram for E
Chord diagram for A
Chord diagram for B
      
This tab is based on the version of the song which is in "Our Last Album".
Intro:
Riff 1:
1:--------------------------------------| 2:--------------------------------------| 3:----7---9---7--------7---9---7--------| 4:--9---9---9---9-8h9----9---9---9-8h9--| 5:--------------------------------------| 6:--------------------------------------|

Riff 2:
E A B
1:-----------------------| 2:-----------------------| 3:--9--9-----------------| 4:--9--9-----------7--9--| (x2) 5:--7--7-----------7--9--| 6:--0--0--0--4--7--5--7--|

Repeat Riff 1
Verse:
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------| 1:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 2:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 3:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 4:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 5:--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 6:----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------| P.M.-----------------------------------| 1:-------------------------------------------| 2:-------------------------------------------| 3:-------------------------------------------| 4:-------------------------------------------| 5:--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------| 6:----------------------------------7-7-7-7--|

Repeat Riff 1
P.M.-----------------------------------------------------------| 1:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 2:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 3:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 4:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 5:--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 6:----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------| P.M.------------------------------------------| 1:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 2:-------------------------------------------------------------------| 3:--------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| 4:--------------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| 5:--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 6:----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|

Chorus 1:
1:-------------------------------------------------| 2:-------------------------------------------------| 3:----------------------9-----------------------9--| 4:----------------------9-----------------------9--| 5:--2-2--5-4-2--0-0-0-4-7---2-2--5-4-2--0-0-0-4-7--| 6:-------------------------------------------------| 1:------------------------------------------| 2:------------------------------------------| 3:------------------------------------------| 4:---------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| 5:--4-4-4-5-7-4--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| 6:---------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

Riff 3:
1:--------------------------------------------------------| 2:--------------------------------------------------------| 3:----2-------2----7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-x-x-4--| 4:--2-2-2---2-2-2--7-7-x-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x-x-x-4--| (X2) 5:--2-0-2---2-0-2--5-5-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-x-2-2-x-x-x-x-2--| 6:--0---0---0---0-----------------------------------------| 1:--------------------------------| 2:--------------------------------| 3:----2---2---2-------------------| 4:--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------7--9--| 5:--2-0-2-0-2-0-2-----------7--9--| 6:--0---0---0---0--0--4--7--5--7--|

Repeat Riff 1
Repeat Verse
Chorus 2 is the same as the Chorus 1 but Riff 3 is played only once.
And it ends like that:
1:-----------------| 2:-----------------| 3:----2---2---2----| 4:--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 5:--2-0-2-0-2-0-2--| (let it ring, then do a pick slide along the strings) 6:--0---0---0---0--|

Solo:
E
1:--------------------------------------15p12-14h12-15p12-14h12----------| 2:--------12-------12-------12-------12----------------------------------| 3:--14b16----14b16----14b16----14b16----------------------------12b14~\--| 4:-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 5:-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 6:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E B
1:--3p0-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0--------------------------------------| 2:------3p0-----3p0-----3p0-----3p0----------------------------------| 3:-----------------------------------7b9--14b16~\--9p7---------------| 4:-----------------------------------------------------9p7-----------| 5:---------------------------------------------------------9p7-------| 6:-------------------------------------------------------------10p7--|

E B E
1:----------------------------------------------------------12------| 2:-----------------10/12-12-12--10/12-12-12--10/12-12-12------------| 3:----9------9--9---7/9--9--9----7/9--9--9----7/9--9--9---9----9~\--| 4:-------7h9--------------------------------------------------------| 5:--7---------------------------------------------------------------| 6:--0---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 3 is the same as the Chorus 1 but Riff 3 is played 3 times
End of the song:
1:----------------------------------------| 2:----------------------------------------| 3:----7---9---7--------7---9---7-------9--| 4:--9---9---9---9-8h9----9---9---9-8h9-9--| 5:-------------------------------------7--| 6:----------------------------------------|

Additions:
On the "Our last DVD" live version of this song
the beginning of the chorus is played like that:
1:------------------------------------------------------------| 2:------------------------------------------------------------| 3:--4-4--7-6-4--------------9-9--4-4--7-6-4--------------9-9--| 4:--------------x-x-x-x-----9-9--------------x-x-x-x-----9-9--| 5:--------------x-x-x-x-0-4-7-7--------------x-x-x-x-0-4-7-7--| 6:------------------------------------------------------------| 1:----------------------------------------| 2:----------------------------------------| 3:--6--6-6-6--7--9--6---------------------| 4:---------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| 5:---------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| 6:---------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

On the original version of the song the end of the solo
is played something like that:
1:----------------------------------------------------------------12------| 2:------------------------------------------------------------------------| 3:----9------9-----9-----9----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-9-9----9~\--| 4:-------7h9---7h9---7h9--7h9---7h9---7h9---7h9---7h9---7h9---------------| 5:--7---------------------------------------------------------------------| 6:--0---------------------------------------------------------------------|

/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer on
p = pull off
B = bend
~ = vibrato
Any comments or corrections please send to: shurik666@inbox.ru

Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/toy_dolls/yul_brynner_was_a_skinhead_tab_ver_2.html

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