The Big Crash by Eddie Money
THE BIG CRASH
As recorded by Eddie Money
(From the 1983 Album WHERE'S THE PARTY?)
Words and Music by Eddie Money & Duane Hitchings
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Nelson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ralph Carter - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'John Nelson - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=152
N.C. D
4/4
Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
W W W +W
|----------|----------|-----------|--------||
|----------|----------|-^7--------|-(7)----||
|----------|----------|-^7--------|-(7)----||
|----------|----------|-^7--------|-(7)----||
|----------|----------|-^5--------|-(5)----||
|----------|----------|-----------|--------||
Pre-Verse
G
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
W W W Q. E +H
|-----------|------------|-----------|--3-------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|-------3-(3)----|
|-----------|------------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
|-----------|------------|-^3--------|-(3)------------|
|-^7--------|-(7)--------|-^3--------|-(3)------------|
|-^7--------|-(7)--------|-^4--------|-(4)------------|
|-^7--------|-(7)--------|-^5--------|-(5)------------|
|-^5--------|-(5)--------|-^5--------|-(5)------------|
|-----------|------------|-^3--------|-(3)------------|
D G
W W W Q. E +Q Q
|-----------|------------|----------|--3---------------|
|-----------|------------|----------|-------3-(3)------|
|-----------|------------|----------|--------------2---|
|-----------|------------|----------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|----------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|----------|------------------|
|
| W +W W +W
|-----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)--------------|
|-^7--------|-(7)--------|-3--------|-(3)--------------|
|-^7--------|-(7)--------|-4--------|-(4)--------------|
|-^7--------|-(7)--------|-5--------|-(5)--------------|
|-^5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)--------------|
|-----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)--------------|
A7
PM------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------|------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|--8-8-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-8-8-7-7-5-5------|
|-----------|------------|------------------|-------------7-7--|
|-----------|------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| W +W W W
|-^5--------|-(5)--------|-^3---------------|-3----------------|
|-^5--------|-(5)--------|-^3---------------|-3----------------|
|-^6--------|-(6)--------|-^4---------------|-4----------------|
|-^5--------|-(5)--------|-^5---------------|-5----------------|
|-^7--------|-(7)--------|-^5---------------|-5----------------|
|-^5--------|-(5)--------|-^3---------------|-3----------------|
A7 D
+W W Q. E +H Q. E +H
|------------|------------|--3----2-(2)----|--0----2-(2)----||
|------------|------------|--3----3-(3)----|--3----3-(3)----||
|-(7)--------|------------|--2----2-(2)----|--2----2-(2)----||
|------------|------------|--0----0-(0)----|--0----0-(0)----||
|------------|------------|----------------|----------------||
|------------|------------|----------------|----------------||
|
| W +W W +W
|-^5---------|-(5)--------|----------------|----------------||
|-^5---------|-(5)--------|-^7-------------|-(7)------------||
|-^6---------|-(6)--------|-^7-------------|-(7)------------||
|-^5---------|-(5)--------|-^7-------------|-(7)------------||
|-^7---------|-(7)--------|-^5-------------|-(5)------------||
|-^5---------|-(5)--------|----------------|----------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Dsus4D G
Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
W W H Q E E Q Q E E E E
||----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o---------------|------------|---------------7s|=12---10--8-7-8-7-|
||----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
||----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o---------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
||----------------|------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Q. E +H +W Q. E +H +W
||--3----2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-2----3-(3)------|-(3)--------------|
||o-3----3-(3)----|-(3)--------|-3----3-(3)------|-(3)--------------|
||--2----2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-2----4-(4)------|-(4)--------------|
||--0----0-(0)----|-(0)--------|-0----5-(5)------|-(5)--------------|
||o---------------|------------|------5-(5)------|-(5)--------------|
||----------------|------------|------3-(3)------|-(3)--------------|
Dsus4 D G
|-3--|
+W W W E E E H.
|----------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(7)------------|------------|---------------|--5--7---5----|
|----------------|------------|---------------|-------7-------|
|----------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| Q. E +H +W Q. E +H +W
|--3----2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-2----3-(3)----|-(3)-----------|
|--3----3-(3)----|-(3)--------|-3----3-(3)----|-(3)-----------|
|--2----2-(2)----|-(2)--------|-2----4-(4)----|-(4)-----------|
|--0----0-(0)----|-(0)--------|-0----5-(5)----|-(5)-----------|
|----------------|------------|------5-(5)----|-(5)-----------|
|----------------|------------|------3-(3)----|-(3)-----------|
A7 G
W W H E E +E E +W
|----------|------------|--------------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------9pb11r(9)-7-|-(7)----||
|----------|------------|--------------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------------------|--------||
|
| W +W W +W
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-3------------------|-(3)----||
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-3------------------|-(3)----||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-4------------------|-(4)----||
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-5------------------|-(5)----||
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-5------------------|-(5)----||
|----------|------------|-3------------------|-(3)----||
Chorus
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G D
|------3------|
W W H H H +W
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-8-----7-----------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------7---|-(7)--------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3-2-(2)----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3-3-(3)----|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-4-4-4---4-(4)-----|--4--4-4-2-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-5-5-5---5-(5)-----|--5--5-5-0-(0)----|
|----------------|----------------|-5-5-5---5-(5)-----|--5--5-5----------|
|----------------|----------------|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3----------|
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G D
PM----------------------------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-8-8-7-7--5--5-7-7-|-8-8-7-7--5--5------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------7-7--|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-------|-3-3-3-2-(2)--------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)-------|-3-3-3-3-(3)--------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-4-4-4-4-(4)-------|-4-4-4-2-(2)--------|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-5-5-5-5-(5)-------|-5-5-5-0-(0)--------|
|----------------|----------------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-------|-5-5-5--------------|
|----------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-------|-3-3-3--------------|
Bridge
A7 Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
+W W H Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------||-||----------------------|-----7----------------|
|------------|------------o||-||o---------------------|-------10-7-----------|
|-(7)--------|-------------||-||-----------------9b11-|-(9)--------10--9-7---|
|------------|-------------||-||----------------------|--------------------9-|
|------------|------------o||-||o---------------------|----------------------|
|------------|-------------||-||----------------------|----------------------|
|
| W +W E E E E +H E E E E +H
|--0---------|-(0)---------||-||--3-3-3-2-(2)---------|--3--3--3-2-(2)-------|
|--2---------|-(2)--------o||-||o-3-3-3-3-(3)---------|--3--3--3-3-(3)-------|
|--0---------|-(0)---------||-||--2-2-2-2-(2)---------|--2--2--2-2-(2)-------|
|--2---------|-(2)---------||-||--0-0-0-0-(0)---------|--0--0--0-0-(0)-------|
|--0---------|-(0)--------o||-||o---------------------|----------------------|
|------------|-------------||-||----------------------|----------------------|
G A Bm A
+W W W W
|------------|----------|----------|-------||
|------------|----------|----------|------o||
|------------|----------|----------|-------||
|-(9)--------|----------|----------|-------||
|------------|----------|----------|------o||
|------------|----------|----------|-------||
|
| W W W W
|--3---------|-0--------|-2--------|-0-----||
|--3---------|-2--------|-3--------|-2----o||
|--4---------|-2--------|-4--------|-2-----||
|--5---------|-2--------|-4--------|-2-----||
|--5---------|-0--------|-2--------|-0----o||
|--3---------|----------|----------|-------||
Chorus
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G D
|------3------|
W W H H H +W
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-8-----7-----------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------7---|-(7)--------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3-2-(2)----|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3-3-(3)----|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-4-4-4---4-(4)-----|--4--4-4-2-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-5-5-5---5-(5)-----|--5--5-5-0-(0)----|
|----------------|----------------|-5-5-5---5-(5)-----|--5--5-5----------|
|----------------|----------------|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3----------|
A Dsus4 D
W W E Q E +Q. E
|----------|------------|-------------------------|
|----------|------------|----10--10-(10)---10b12==|
|----------|------------|-------------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------------|
|
| W +W Q. E +H
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-3-------2--(2)----------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-3-------3--(3)----------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-2-------2--(2)----------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-0-------0--(0)----------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-------------------------|
|----------|------------|-------------------------|
|----3-----|
+Q +Q S +S +S E E E
|----------------------------------|
|-(10)r=(10)-----------------------|
|-------------9b11==(9)r(9)p7-9----|
|-------------------------------9--|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| +W
|--(2)-----------------------------|
|--(3)-----------------------------|
|--(2)-----------------------------|
|--(0)-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
D G
H E E E e H E E E E
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------10-12----|
|-7-------9----7-7-|--------/11-------11-|
|------------9-----|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q. E +H +W
|-2----3-(3)-------|-(3)-----------------|
|-3----3-(3)-------|-(3)-----------------|
|-2----4-(4)-------|-(4)-----------------|
|-0----5-(5)-------|-(5)-----------------|
|------5-(5)-------|-(5)-----------------|
|------3-(3)-------|-(3)-----------------|
Dsus4 D
H. E E E E E E +H
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-10-----------12----|-10--12----10-(10)----|
|-----------------11-|--------11------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q. E +H +W
|--3----2-(2)--------|-(2)------------------|
|--3----3-(3)--------|-(3)------------------|
|--2----2-(2)--------|-(2)------------------|
|--0----0-(0)--------|-(0)------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
D G A7
E E E E E E E E +W W W
|-----------------------17-|-(17)--------|----------|--------|
|----15-15----15--17-------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-16-------16--------16----|-------------|----------|--------|
|--------------------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|--------------------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|--------------------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|
| E E E E +H +W W +W
|--2--2--2--3-(3)----------|--(3)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|--3--3--3--3-(3)----------|--(3)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|--2--2--2--4-(4)----------|--(4)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|--0--0--0--5-(5)----------|--(5)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-----------5-(5)----------|--(5)--------|-0--------|-(0)----|
|-----------3-(3)----------|--(3)--------|----------|--------|
G A7
PM--------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +W W
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-8-8-7-7-5-5-7-7-|--8--8-7-7-5-5-----|------------|--------|
|-----------------|---------------7-7-|-(7)--------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|
| W +W W +W
|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|--0---------|-(0)----|
|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|--2---------|-(2)----|
|-4---------------|-(4)---------------|--0---------|-(0)----|
|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|--2---------|-(2)----|
|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|--0---------|-(0)----|
|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|------------|--------|
Outro
Bm A Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
W W W W
|----------|----------||-----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------||o----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------||-----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------||-----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------||o----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------||-----------------|----------------|
|
| W W E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-2--------|-0--------||--3-3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|
|-3--------|-2--------||o-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|
|-4--------|-2--------||--2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-4--------|-2--------||--0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|
|-2--------|-0--------||o----------------|----------------|
|----------|----------||-----------------|----------------|
G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
|------3------|
H H H +W W W
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-8-----7-----------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------7---|-(7)--------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|-3-3-3-2-(2)----|
|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-(3)----|
|-4-4-4---4-(4)-----|--4--4-4-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-5-5-5---5-(5)-----|--5--5-5-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|
|-5-5-5---5-(5)-----|--5--5-5----------|----------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3----------|----------------|----------------|
G D A7
|------3------|
H H H +W W W 3x
|-------------------|------------------|----------|---------||
|-8-----7-----------|------------------|----------|--------o||
|---------------7---|-(7)--------------|----------|---------||
|-------------------|------------------|----------|---------||
|-------------------|------------------|----------|--------o||
|-------------------|------------------|----------|---------||
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H W +W 3x
|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3-2-(2)----|-0--------|-(0)-----||
|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3-3-(3)----|-2--------|-(2)----o||
|-4-4-4---4-(4)-----|--4--4-4-2-(2)----|-0--------|-(0)-----||
|-5-5-5---5-(5)-----|--5--5-5-0-(0)----|-2--------|-(2)-----||
|-5-5-5---5-(5)-----|--5--5-5----------|-0--------|-(0)----o||
|-3-3-3---3-(3)-----|--3--3-3----------|----------|---------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Well she's always been a good good girl
But she's always lived in her own world
Stealing makeup from her mommy's purse
And her mother said it only got worse
Well she ran with kids much older
She did all the things they told her to do
Doin' crazy things because they were in
[Chorus:]
Now she's heading for the big crash
She's running with the white trash
The girl is moving too fast
She's heading for the big crash
The big crash, the big crash
Well I wish she'd listen to me
And I'd tell her 'bout the things that she doesn't see
Tell her now before it gets too late
That she's heading for the big crash
[Chorus:]
She thinks that she's all grown up now
She thinks that she's cool enough now
When will she realize that they're cutting her down to size
The big crash
The girls moving too fast-heading for the big crash
Goin' places where she shouldn't have been
Doin' crazy things because they were in
[Chorus:]
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