Toronto discography (6 CDs): http://www.canadianbands.com/Toronto_CDs.html
Band's current website: http://torontoandhollywoods.com/ (name has changed)
Band's CDs have been re-issued on EMI Int'l in recent years, and can be found
listed on (among others) the Amazon sites (Canada, US, and UK).
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EVEN THE SCORE - Toronto
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Tabbed by: Anne Drury
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com
Date: September 7, 2005
Written by: B.Allen, J.Fox
CD: "Lookin' For Trouble" (1980, Solid Gold Records)
Notes:
^...bend (w=whole step)
p...pulloff
r...release bend
/...slide up
~...vibrato
o
o...repeat
-Tuning: Standard
-bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time
-the song is in F minor, except for the guitar solo section,
which is in G minor (solo is in G minor)
INTRO:
Figure 1 - play 3x
Fm Eb (Fm)
E -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||------
B -9~---8---9--|-11~---9---8--|-9~---8---9--|-11~---9---8--o||-9----
G -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||------
D -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||------
A -------------|--------------|-------------|--------------o||------
E -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||------
1ST VERSE:
Fm
You played around when I was gone
Ab
But I got hip to what went on
Bb
When I returned I left no doubt
C
I kept my cool, but threw you out
C Db
And now you come with heart in hand
E ------------|-------------|
B --9--9--8-9-|-11-9-8-9----|
G ------------|-------------|
Fm
You're begging me to understand
E ------------|-------------|
B --9--9--8-9-|-11-9-8-9----|
G ------------|-------------|
Db
(??lyric??) for what's in store
E ------------|-------------|
B --9--9--8-9-|-11-9-8-9----|
G ------------|-------------|
Bbm
And now's my chance
E ------------|-------------|
B ---------13-|-13-11-11----|
G ------------|-------------|
Eb Fm
To even the score
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
Even the score -- You cheated and lied
Eb Ab
Even the score -- The tears that I cried
Eb Fm
Even the score -- Watch you crumble inside
Eb Db
Even the score -- There's no place you can hide
(1st beat
of verse)
E -------------|--------------|------
B -9~---8---9--|-11~---9---8--|-9~---
G -------------|--------------|------
D -------------|--------------|------
A -------------|--------------|------
E -------------|--------------|------
2ND VERSE:
Fm
Cut the tears, I know they're fake
Ab
Loving you was a bad mistake
Bb
Don't come crawling around my door
C C
'Cause I can't stand your face no more
BREAK:
1.Eb Eb
2.C C Fm Fm D
E -----------|----------||------------|---------|------------|---------|
B ---11p9----|-11~-----o||---13p11----|-13~-----|---15p13----|-15~-----|
G --------12-|----------||---------13-|---------|---------15-|---------|
D -----------|----------||------------|---------|------------|---------|
A -----------|---------o||------------|---------|------------|---------|
E -----------|----------||------------|---------|------------|---------|
| || | | | |
| || | | | |
| || | | | |
E -----------|----------||------------|---------|------------|---------|
B ----8p6----|-8~------o||----9p8-----|-10~-----|---10p8-----|-10~-----|
G ---------8-|----------||---------10-|---------|---------11-|---------|
D -----------|----------||------------|---------|------------|---------|
A -----------|---------o||------------|---------|------------|---------|
E -----------|----------||------------|---------|------------|---------|
GUITAR SOLO:
Gm
E --------------------------|---------------------------|
B --------------------------|---------------------------|
G --------------------------|--------------------10-----|
D -----------------10----10-|--12-10-12-13-12-13----13--|
A -10--12-13-12-13----13----|---------------------------|
E --------------------------|---------------------------|
F
E --------------------------|-----------------------10/-|
B ----------10-------10--11-|-10--11--13----11--13------|
G --10--12--------12--------|---------------------------|
D --------------------------|---------------------------|
A --------------------------|---------------------------|
E --------------------------|---------------------------|
Gm F
E -15-15~---15--|-11-13-13^wr--13--|---13-15-15^wr--15--|-------------|
B --------------|------------------|--------------------|--------8-11-|
G --------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------|
D --------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------|
A --------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------|
E --------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------|
Gm F
E ---------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
B -11^w-11-8----8------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
G -----------10---10---|--------------|---------------|-------------0-|
D ---------------------|--------3-0---|-----------3---|-----3---------|
A -------------------8-|-8^w--------3-|-1-------------|---------------|
E ---------------------|--------------|---3-2-1-----1-|--1-----1------|
Gm
E ----------------------------|-------------------------|
B ----------------------------|-------------------------|
G -3p2p0--7p5p0--3p2p0--5p3p0-|-7p5p0--3p2p0--5-----3p2-|
D ----------------------------|-----------------5-------|
A ----------------------------|-------------------------|
E ----------------------------|-------------------------|
F
E -------------------|--------------------|
B -------------------|-3-3-6/8-8----------|
G ---------------3-5-|--------------------|
D -3-5-5-5---3-5-----|--------------------|
A -------------------|--------------------|
E -------------------|--------------------|
You fool
E --7----8----9----10----11----12----13---|
B ----------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------|
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E ----------------------------------------|
B --8----9----10---11----12----13----14---|
G ----------------------------------------|
D ----------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------|
3RD VERSE:
Db
You think I'm dumb and blind
E ------------|-------------|
B --9--9--8-9-|-11-9-8-9----|
G ------------|-------------|
Eb Fm
You've come too late to change my mind
E ------------|-------------|
B --9--9--8-9-|-11-9-8-9----|
G ------------|-------------|
Eb Db
Just ask someone who's tried before
E ------------|-------------|
B --9--9--8-9-|-11-9-8-9----|
G ------------|-------------|
C Bb
I don't get mad
E ------------|-------------|
B ---------13-|-13-11-11----|
G ------------|-------------|
Eb Fm
I even the score
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
You cheated and lied
Eb Ab
The tears that I cried
Eb Fm
Watch you crumble inside
Eb Fm
There's no place you can hide
Eb Ab
Even the score -- You cheated and lied
Eb Ab
Even the score -- The tears that I cried
Eb Fm
Even the score -- Watch you crumble inside
Eb Db
Even the score -- There's no place you can hide
Play Figure 1 2x
E - ven the score, Well I e - ven the score, Now I
Fm Eb
E -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
B -9~---8---9--|-11~---9---8--|-9~---8---9--|-11~---9---8---|
G -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
D -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
A -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
E -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
e - ven the score, Yes I e - ven the score
Ab Db
E -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
B -9~---8---9--|-11~---9---8--|-9~---8---9--|-11~---9---8---|
G -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
D -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
A -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
E -------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
E - ven the score E - ven the score
E -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
B -9~---8---9--|-11~---9---8--|-9~---8---9--|-11~----9-11-13-|-13----|
G -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
D -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
A -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
E -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
E -------------|--------------|-13~--11--13-|-15~---13-15-16-|-16----|
B -14~--13--14-|-16~---14--13-|-------------|----------------|-------|
G -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
D -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
A -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
E -------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|-------|
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(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)
Artist: Toronto
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