#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# # This file is the author¥s own work and represents their interpretation # # of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,# # or research. # # # # All transcriptions on this site is the property of KISS Asylum and # # cannot be used on any other website, ftp site or archive without # # permission from KISS Asylum. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------# ONLY YOU (from the KISS CD "THE ELDER") -------------------- Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark, emil@kissasylum.com Standard tuning Comments: This is probably my favourite song on this album. It is big, contains several really cool (if a bit un-KISS like) riffs, and has a great melody. There is a little thing here that I think makes the song: the harmonic ambiguity in the beginning. As you'll note I've put the "F" in Rhy. Fig 1 in parenthesis since it's not played at all the first time and is barely audible the second (somewhat more audible on the right side). The exclusion of this note leaves us in doubt about the harmonic center of the riff, but the resolution to D major (and Dsus4) seems to indicate a D major tonality; somewhat skewed, but still D major. That's why Rhy. Fig 2 is suck a kick in the ass. Here the riff starts with a clearly accented minor third leaving us in little doubt that this is indeed D minor (but still with a D major chord at the end). That little twist, which is almost Beatles- esque in its quality, ranks as one of the finer points in the KISS catalogue. Anyway, the guitars have that little touch of chorus on them that characterize this album and all the bends in Rhy. Fig are 1/4-step bends. Key: / = slide up \ = slide down b = bend (whole step) b^ = bend (1/2 step) b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps) pb = pre-bend r = release-bend t = tap with righthand finger h = hammer-on p = pull-off ~ = Vibrato * = Natural Harmonic #(#) = Trill ** = Artificial Harmonic x = Dead notes (no pitch) P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes) (\) = Dive w\bar (/) = Release w\bar Tp = Tap w\plectrum Rhythm Fig. 1 E|-------(1)------------------------------------------| B|--------3----------------------3--------------------| G|--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--3--3--3----3--3--3--3------| D|--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. P.M. - - - - - -> P.M. - - -> E|--------3-------------------------------------------| B|--------3----------------------3--------------------| G|--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--2--2--2----2--2--2--0------| D|--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. P.M. - - - - - -> P.M. - - -> E|--------3----------------------3--------------------| B|--------3----------------------3--------------------| G|--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--0--0--0----0--0--0---------| D|--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--2--2--2----2--2--2--0------| A|---------------------------------------------0------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. P.M. - - - - - -> P.M. - - -> End 1 E|--------2----------------------3--------------------| B|--------3----------------------3--------------------| G|--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2----2--2--2--0------| D|--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. P.M. - - - - - -> P.M. - - -> End 2 E|--2-------------------------------------------------| B|--3-------------------------------------------------| G|--2-------------------------------------------------| D|--0-------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 2 E|--1-------------------------------------------------| B|--3----------------------3--------------------------| G|--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--3----3--3--3--3--3--3------| D|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. - - - - - > P.M. - - - - - > E|--3----------------------2--------------------------| B|--3----------------------3--------------------------| G|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--2----2--2--2--2--2--2------| D|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. - - - - - > P.M. - - - - - > E|--3----------------------3--------------------------| B|--3----------------------3--------------------------| G|--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--0----0--0--0--0--0--0------| D|--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--2----2--2--2--2--2--0------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. - - - - - > P.M. - - - - - > End 1 E|--2----------------------3--------------------------| B|--3----------------------3--------------------------| G|--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--2--0------| D|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| P.M. - - - - - > P.M. - - - - - > End 2 E|--2-------------------------------------------------| B|--3-------------------------------------------------| G|--2-------------------------------------------------| D|--0-------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 3 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|-------5--7----5--7---------5--7----5--7------------| D|-------7--7----7--7---------7--7----7--7------------| A|--0--------------------0----------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------8--8---------------| G|-----5--7----5--7-(5)-7----------7--7---------------| D|-----7--7----7--7-(7)-8----------8--8---------------| A|--0-------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 4 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|-----3-------------------3---------2----------------| G|-----2-------------------2---------2----------------| D|-----2-------------------2---------2----------------| A|--0-------------------0---------0-------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| End 1 E|-----3-------------------3---------2----------------| B|-----3-------------------3---------3----------------| G|-----0-------------------0---------2----------------| D|--------------------------------0-------------------| A|--3-------------------3-----------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| End 2 E|--3--------------------3----2-----------------------| B|--3--------------------3----3-----------------------| G|--0--------------------0----2-----------------------| D|-----------------------0----0-----------------------| A|--3-------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 5a (All bends are 1/4-step) E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|--0----0--5b-0--3b-0----0--5b-0--3b-0----0--3b-0----| End 1 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------8--7------7--5--------------| G|------------------------7--7------7--6--------------| D|------------------------9--7------7--7--------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----0--5b-0--3b-0-----------------------------------| End 2 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------8--7------------------------| G|------------------------7--7------------------------| D|------------------------9--7------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----0--5b-0--3b-0-----------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 5b (All bends are 1/4-step) E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|--0----0--5b-0--3b-0----0--5b-0--3b-0----0--3b-0----| End 1 E|-------------------------3--------------------------| B|-------------------------3--3------3----------------| G|-------------------------0--2------2--2-------------| D|-------------------------0--0------0--2-------------| A|--------------------------------------0-------------| E|----0--5b-0--3b-0--------3--------------------------| End 2 E|-------------------------3--------------------------| B|-------------------------3--3-----------------------| G|-------------------------0--2-----------------------| D|-------------------------0--0-----------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----0--5b-0--3b-0--------3--------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 6 E|--3-------------------------------------------------| B|--3-------------------------------------------------| G|--0-------------------------------------------------| D|--0-------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|--3-------------------------------------------------| E|--2-------------------------------------------------| B|--3-------------------------------------------------| G|--2-------------------------------------------------| D|--0-------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|--3-------------------------------------------------| B|--3-------------------------------------------------| G|--0-------------------------------------------------| D|--0-------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|--3-------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-------------------------| G|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-------------------------| D|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-------------------------| A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 7 (Let ring throughout) E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|--0-------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--0-------------------0-----0----0------------------| G|--12------------------11----9----7------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------0----------------------------------------| B|--0--------0----------------------------------------| G|--7-------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------0-------------------------------| Let ring - - - > E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--0-------------------0-----0----0------------------| G|--12------------------11----9----7------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Rhythm Fig. 8 (All bends are 1/4-step) E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|--0----0--5b-0--3b-0----0--5b-0--3b-0----0--3b-0----| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------0---------------------------| G|------------------------12--------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----0--5b-0--3b-0-----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--0-----0----0--------------------------------------| G|--11----9----7--------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Riff 1 E|----------------------------------------------------| B|--------------5-------------------------------------| G|--4---4---4-----4-----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | E|---------------12-----------------------------------| B|--12--12--12-----12---------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| ONLY YOU Gene Simmons [Rhy. Fig 1 w/ End 1] [Rhy. Fig 1 w/ End 1] Only you have the answers But the questions you have to find [Rhy. Fig 1 w/ End 2] Only you know the secrets But the truth lies deep in your mind [Rhy. Fig 2 w/ End 1] Only you are the answer You turn the night into day - yeah [Rhy. Fig 2 w/ End 2] Only you are the manchild You are the light and you are the way [Rhy. Fig 3] (4x) Tell me the secrets I wanna know Tell me the secrets I wanna know I wanna know [Rhy. Fig 2 w/ End 2] Only you are the manchild You are the light and you are the way [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1] [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 2] [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1] I can't believe this is is true [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 2] Why do I listen to you [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 1] If I am all that you say [Rhy. Fig 4 w/ End 2] Why am I still so afraid [Rhy. Fig 5a w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 5b w/ End 1] (2x) Only you! Only you! [Rhy. Fig 5a w/ End 2 and Rhy. Fig 5b w/ End 2] Only you! [Rhy. Fig 6] In every age In every time A hero is born As if by a grand design [Rhy. Fig 7 w/ Riff 1 (2x)] [Rhy. Fig 5a w/ End 1 and Rhy. Fig 5b w/ End 1] (2x) [Rhy. Fig 8]