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indicated, is:
|| | | || | | | That is, a dotted quarter,
|| | | || | | | then a dotted quarter
|/. /.____/ |/. /.____/ | tied to a quarter.
-----------------------
1 2 3 4
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
4 G |3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
4 D |3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
5 6 7 8
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
"I guess I tried to show you how, I'd take the crowd with my guitar,
9 10 11 12
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|
|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
and businessmen would clap their hands, and clip another fat cigar.
13 14 15 16
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|
|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
And publishers would spread the news, and print my music far and wide.
17 18 19 20
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|8-----8---------|8-----8---------|6-------6-------|4-------4-------|
|8-----7---------|6-----7---------|6-------5-------|4-------3-------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(notice, two tied quarters here)
All the kids who play the blues,
would learn my licks with a bottleneck slide.
21 22 23 24
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
But now it seems the bubble's burst,
21 22 23 24
|----------------|----------------|----------------|6-7-9-7---6-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------7---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------6-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(Here, the guitar doubles in 24 what the violin plays in 22.)
25 26 27 28
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|
|3-----2---------|1-----2---------|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
although you know there was a time, when love songs gathered in my head,
25 26 27 28
|----------------|----------------|----------------|8-9-11--9-8-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------9---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------8-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(Again, guitar doubling in 28 what the violin plays in 26.
Note that the third note is an "11" (a D#), not two 1's.)
29 30 31 32
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|
|5-----4---------|3-----4---------|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
with poetry in every line. And strong men strove to hold the doors,
33 34 35 36
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|6-----6---------|6-----6---------|8-----8---------|8-----8---------|
|6-----5---------|4-----5---------|8-----7---------|6-----7---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
While with my friends I passed that age, when people stomped on dirty
loors,
37 38
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|6-------6-------|4-------4-------| (Again, these are tied quarters.)
|6-------5-------|4-------3-------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
before I trod the rock 'n roll stage..."
The rhythm for measures 39-52, in 6/4 time, is two dotted quarters, a
quarter, and four eighth notes:
|| | | |\\|\\|\\|\\|
|| | | | | | | |
|/. /. / / / / / |
39 40
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
6 |------------------------|------------------------|
4 |--------------------3\\2-|--------------------2\\1-|
|----------------4\\3-----|----------------3\\2-----|
|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
41 42
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------1/2-|--------------------4\\3-|
|----------------3\\2-----|----------------4\\3-----|
|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
43 44
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------3\\2-|--------------------2\\1-|
|----------------3\\2-----|----------------3\\2-----|
|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
45 46
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------1\\0-|--------------------6\\5-|
|----------------3\\2-----|----------------5\\4-----|
|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
47 48
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------5\\4-|--------------------4\\3-|
|----------------4\\3-----|----------------5\\4-----|
|4-----4-----4-----------|4-----4-----4-----------|
49 50
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------3\\2-|--------------------4\\3-|
|----------------5\\4-----|----------------4\\3-----|
|4-----4-----4-----------|4-----4-----4-----------|
51 52
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------3\\2-|--------------------2\\1-|
|----------------3\\2-----|----------------3\\2-----|
|2-----2-----2-----------|2-----2-----2-----------|
53 54
|--------0-----------------------|----0---------------------------|
|r-------4-----------------------|r---3-----------------------r---|
8 |e-------4-----------------------|e---1-----------------------e---|
4 |s-------4-------------------1\\0-|s---0-----------------------s---|
|t-----------------------3\\2-----|t---------------------------t---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
now the rhythm becomes, in 8/4 time, a quarter, two dotted quarters, a
tied half, and four eighth notes.
| | | | | |\\|\\|\\|\\
| | | | | | | | |
/ /. /. /___/ / / / /
55 56
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
8 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
4 |----3-----2-----1-----------0/1-|----1-----2-----3-----------4\\3-|
|------------------------4\\3-----|------------------------5\\4-----|
|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
"I'll thank the man who'e on the phone and if he has the time to spend."
57 58
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----3-----2-----1-----------0/1-|----1-----2-----3-----------6\\5-|
|------------------------4\\3-----|------------------------5\\4-----|
|2-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
"The problem I'll explain once more and indicate a sum to lend."
59 60
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----5-----4-----3-----------2/3-|----3-----4-----5-----------7\\6-|
|------------------------5\\4-----|------------------------6\\5-----|
|4-------------------------------|4-------------------------------|
"That ten percent is now a joke. Maybe thirty, even thirty-five."
61 62
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----6-----5-----4-------1\\0-3/4-|----4-----5-----6-----------7\\6-|
|--------------------------------|------------------------6\\5-----|
|5-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
"I'll say my daddy's had a stroke, he'd have one now if he only was alive."
63 64
|--------0-----------------------|----0---------------------------|
|r-------4-----------------------|r---3-----------------------r---|
8 |e-------4-----------------------|e---1-----------------------e---|
4 |s-------4-----------------------|s---0-----------------------s---|
|t-------------------------------|t---------------------------t---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
The drums now pound out something in 4/4 like this:
| | |\\|\\|\\|\\ /quarter\\|
/ / / / / / \\ rest /|
At the same time, the guitar plays this, all notes sustained throughout:
65 66 67 68
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
4 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
4 |3-----2-----1---|--0-------------|------0-----1---|--2-----3---4---|
|----------------|--------4-3-2-3-|4---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
69 70 71 72
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-----2-----1---|--0-------------|------0-----1---|--2-----3---4---|
|----------------|--------4-3-2-3-|4---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
73 74 75 76
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5-----4-----3---|--2-----1-0---0-|1-----2-----3---|--4-----5---6---|
|----------------|------------4---|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
77 78 79 80
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------r--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------e--|
|7-----6-----5---|--4-----3-2-1-2-|3-----4-----5---|--6-----7---8s--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------t--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
81 82
|--------0-----------------------|----0---------------------------|
|r-------4-----------------------|r---3-----------------------r---|
8 |e-------4-----------------------|e---1-----------------------e---|
4 |s-------4-----------------------|s---0-----------------------s---|
|t-------------------------------|t---------------------------t---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Just as before, all notes are sustained. Please note that "11\\0"
and "13\\2" denote pull-offs from 11 to 10 (not 0) and 13 to 12,
resp., while "10/11" denotes the usual hammer-on from 10 to 11. Distortion
plays a big part of the sound here, so let 'em ring. Also, the rhythm gets
very tricky. Hammer-ons and pull-offs should be rather subtle.
83 84 85 86
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--11\\0--10--11--|--10-/11----11--|--11\\0--10--11--|--10-/11----11--|
4 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
4 |11----11--11----|11--------11----|11----11--11----|11--------11----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
87 88 89 90
|----------------|----------------|------12--------|----------------|
|--11--11----11--|--11--11----11--|--11--------11--|--11--11----11--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|11--------11----|11--------11----|11--------11----|11--------11----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
91 92 93 94
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--13\\2--12--1313|--12----13--12--|--1313--12--13--|12--13--12--1213|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|13----13--13----|13----13--13----|13----13--13--13|--13--13--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
95 96 97 98
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--14--14--14--14|14--14--14--1414|--14--14--14--14|14--14--14--14--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|14--14--14--14--|--14--14--14----|14--14--14--14--|--14--14--14--14|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
99 100
|--------0-----------------------|----0---------------------------|
|r-------4-----------------------|r---3-----------------------r---|
8 |e-------4-----------------------|e---1-----------------------e---|
4 |s-------4-----------------------|s---0-----------------------s---|
|t-------------------------------|t---------------------------t---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[then last verse with heavy distortion guitar playing God knows what!]
}}"I like the way you look at me. . . Say when you want to go and dance all
ight"
This is the basic rhythm for the ending(it's actually broken down farther in
to 7/16, but this is easier to write, moreover the drums seem to be doing
something in 7/4, which makes the melody sound more off beat.)
________ ________ |
7 | | | _| | _| | | |
- | | | | | | | | |
8 / / / / / / / / |
| | | |__| | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / |
This is the tab:
Guitar(in 7/8):(2nd fret position)
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
--------2---4-------2---4---|--------2---4-------2---4---|
----3-------------3---------|----3-----------3-----------|
2-------------2-------------|2-------------2-------------|
do 2x(at 2nd fret pos.) then transpose up 2 frets
do 1x(at 4th fret pos.) then transpose up 2 frets
do 1x(at 6th fret pos.)
Scott Lillis: sl4q+@andrew.cmu.edu
&
Kurt Colville: kfcolvil@mailbox.syr.edu
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