DOOBIE BROTHERS - "listen to the music" Tablature
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 10:45:57 -0600
From: jstaton@ucla.edu (Joe Staton)
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 20:43:24 -0500
From: Gig Schlich <gischlich@yahoo.com>
Subject: d/doobie_bros/listen_to_the_music.crd
I play listen to the music with what I call the Tom Johnston shuffle:
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D--9-----9---9---9-----9-----9---9---9---9--------------
A--9_10-10--10--10-----9_10-10--10--10---9--------------
E--0-----0---0---0-----0-----0---0---0---0--------------
e-------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------9_10-10-10-10-10_9----------------
G---------------------9--9--9--9--9--9-9----------------
D--9-----9---9---9----9_11-11-11-11-11_9----------------
A--9_10-10--10--10--------------------------------------
E--0-----0---0---0--------------------------------------
This can be played while barring the 9th fret and doing the hammer-ons and
pull-offs (_) with the 2nd and 3rd fingers.
(Shuffle)
Don't you feel it growing, day by day
Half the shuffle going to: C#m7
People gettin' ready for the news
B A Asus4 A Asus4 A
(at 7th fret) (At 5th fret)
Some are happy, some are sad Gonna let the music
(Return to shuffle)
Play
What the ..
It ain't ..
Gotta get ...
Lordy mama, ...
C#m A
Whoa-oo-whoa Listen to the music
C#m A
Whoa-oo-whoa Listen to the music
C#m A
Whoa-oo-whoa Listen to the music
F# A A Asus4 A Asus4 A A Asus4 A Asus4 A
All the time
Bridge (with flanger)
E D
Like ...
A
Surroundin' cas...
E D
And the ...
A
Listenin' ...
Return to verse (and shuffle) and end
(Apologies for any lyrical mistakes; this was from memory)
Date: Friday, March 2, 2001
From: Gig Schlich (gischlich@yahoo.com)
Subject: Another idea
I play this song by sticking a capo on the 4th fret. Since I have
no clue how to write tab, I'll just give it to you verbally.
1. The opening bars are basically just two chords, E and A. Since
you're capoed up, you'll play these chords with the open C and F
chord shapes.
2. The "shuffle" rhythm will take a bit of practice. In order to
get a good approximation, I start off by strumming the open strings
and hammering-on the C chord shape. Try it and you'll recognize
the sound.
3. Helps to use right and/or left hand muting to get the rhythm feel.
4. When transitioning to the F shape from the C shape, just lay your
first finger over to bar the bottom two strings for the F, then do
a hammer of the other two fingers in the same way as you did for
the C shape.
5. You can play the rest of the chords for the verse as open shapes,
too. I'll write 'em out for the first verse, putting the chord shape
over the part you change. Since you're capoed up, this won't be the
correct chord name, but I'm trying to make it easy on ya!
C F
Don't ...
C Am
People gettin' ...
G F--Fsus4-F
Some are happy, ...
For the Fsus4 thingy, you just drop your pinky down on the 3rd string,
3rd fret for a few strums (it's actually an Asus4 in this postion).
6. You can play this with open chords (no capo), too. If you can get
a bud to play the open chords while you play the capo part, it sounds
pretty good. Here's the real chord names in open position:
E A
Don't ya ...
E C#m
People gettin' ...
B A--Asus4-A
Some are happy, ...
For the Asus4 thingy, this time drop your pinky on the 2nd string, 3rd
fret. You can hammer on the E's and A's here, too, to get the rhythm
feel.
7. That's about all I have to offer. I was only interested in figuring
out the first little rhythm piece when I first played this. The rest I
leave for you to agonize over!
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