Mainstreet

MAINSTREET

written & performed by Bob Seger

from ?Night Moves? (1976)

 

Transcribed by Tyler Semmelman

 

Play in standard tuning

 

 

Intro/Riff:

 

E|--18?--18-16-15--16---16-18-16?-15b16r15-13------11-13-15-16------|

B|------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

 

E|--18?--18-16-15--16---16-18-16?-15b16r15-13-----11----------------|

B|---------------------------------------------13----13---11-13-11--|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

Verse:

 

D C G Em

I remember standing on the corner at midnight,

D C G Em

Tryin' to get my courage up

D C G Em

There was this long, lovely dancer in a little club downtown

D C G Em

I loved to watch her do her stuff

Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 F#m

Through the long, lonely nights, she filled my sleep,

G Em G/A

Her body softly swayin' to that smoky beat

 

 

Chorus (w/riff):

D C G Em

Down on Mainstreet

Down on Mainstreet

 

 

In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers,

I used to watch 'em through the glass

Well I'd stand outside at closing time

Just to watch her walk on past

Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet

As she made her way alone down that empty street

 

 

Down on Mainstreet

Down on Mainstreet

 

 

Solo (over chords)

 

 

And sometimes even now, when I'm feelin' lonely and beat,

I drift back in time, and I find my feet

 

 

Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet

Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet

Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet

 

 

The main riff is changed slightly during each chorus (it gets

simpler each time) and there is a piano accompaniment throughout.

Sorry I don?t have the solo yet; this is my first tab.

 

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