Thin Lizzy

Opium Trail(Tabs)

Thin Lizzy

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	        Intro 

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Opening riff (with harmony guitar) 

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Figure 1. 
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Verse (Both Guitars) 
  I took a line                  that leads you to the opium trail 
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  Oriental eyes                  reveal the lies, deceit, betrayal 
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  On this journey                behold one who travels far 
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  You called him fool            but now you are 
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Figure 1. 
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Verse 

  The wizard wanders through     the world he made from dreams 
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  The splashing whirlpool        hides the frightened screams 
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  Exotic dancers, flashing lancers, this mysterious space 
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  The fanfare advances,        the warlord falls from grace   
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Chorus 
  It clears your pain, but it's got you claimed again, my love                              
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  You feel the need, but it lets you bleed, you must concede, my love 
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  No one to blame, no shame, you crave again and again, my love 
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  No use to plead from you, it feeds your greed, my love 
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                             Oh, it's got you, my love 
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Solo - Repeat Verse x2 under solo 
     Guitar Robertson 
     Not tabbed yet 
     Guitar Gorham 
     Repeat Verse under solo 

Verse 2x
	        

Written by Brian Downey, Scott Gorham e Phil Lynott

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