Where to find this song - Eye of the Tiger track #1
Release Date - March 1982
The Band:
Dave Bickler - vocals
Frankie Sullivan - guitar, background vocals
Jim Peterik - keyboards, background vocals
Klem Hayes / Bill Synair - bass
Kyle Woodring - drums
Jeff Boyle - drum programming
"Eye of the Tiger" was the theme song from " Rocky,"
as we all know. This song catapulted Survivor to being America's band.
You would have to have been deaf to not hear this song played from anywhere
to the skating rink to baseball games.....and let's not forget....boxing
matches.
Main Riff
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
How To Play It
Guitar 1
There are two guitar parts to this song. The first guitar part is past
simple, so the tablature speaks for itself.
Use any finger for the first guitar part and play the third fret on
the "A" string throughout with a slight palm mute. While this
part is simple in approach, it may take some practice to evenly pick
this up to speed.
Guitar 2
The second guitar part consists of all power chords. Begin this first
measure by placing your 1st finger on the third fret of the "A"
string. Then place your 3rd and 4th fingers on the fifth fret of the
"D" and "G" strings. Play that twice, and then move
to the first fret with your fingers still in the same position. Go directly
back to what you just played to finish off the measure.
The second measure is self explanatory. Play what you did in the first
measure.
The third measure starts out the same as the first measure. After you
have played the opening part twice, move to the "low E" string
with fingers still in the same structure and play that once. To finish
the measure, simply move all fingers over one fret toward the fourth
fret. That is it for the riff!
