MILLA - "Charlie" Tablature
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Charlie
Key of D major, 3/4 tempo
0:00 (let chords ring for six beats each)
E-2------------2------------
B-3------------2------------
G-2------------2------------
D-0------------0------------
A-0------------0------------
E---------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
(from this point on you can assume that the six horizontal lines represent
the strings of a guitar tuned to E --> E, A, D, G, B, E in ascending order.)
0:05 (two notes played per beat)
-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------
-----3---3-------2---2-------0---0-------2---2------
-1-2-------2-0-2-------2-1-2-------2-0-2-------2----
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
0:05 (mandolin part)
The numbers below the staff count the beats in each measure of this
waltz - 1, 2, 3. The spaces between the beat-numbers widen at times
to make room for the notes that occur between the beats.
-------------------------7---------------------------
-----------------7-9-10--------10-9---9-10-7---------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
-------9-7-6-6---7-----6---6------------------------
---------------------9---9---7----------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
-------------9-----7--------------------------------
-----7-9-10----------10-7-9-----7-9-10-7------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Now..."
-------------------------------2-----------2--------
---------1---------0---------3-----3-----3-----3----
-------2---2-----0---------2-----2-----2-----2------
-----3---------0-----0---0-----------0--------------
---3-------------------0----------------------------
-1-----------3--------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Sky..."
-------------------------------2-----2/3\2----------
---------1---------0---------3-----3-------3--------
-------2---------0---------2-----2-----------2------
-----3---------0-----0---0---------------------0----
---3-------------------0----------------------------
-1---------1-3-----------------------------------0--
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Life's..."
-------------------------------2-----------2--------
---------1-----------0-------3-----3-----3-----3----
-------2-----------0---0---2-----2-----2-----2------
-----3-----3-----2-------0-----------0--------------
---3-----------2------------------------------------
-1-----------0--------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Take..."
-------------------------------2-----2---0----------
---------1-------------------3-----3---------3------
-------2-----------4-------2-----2-----2---2---2----
-----3-----3-----5-----5-0--------------------------
---3-----------5-----5------------------------------
-1-----------3--------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Listened..." "Closer..."
-------------------------------------5---3---1------
-------3-----------3---------1-----1----------------
-----0-----0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2---2---0----
---0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0--------------------
-1-----------1--------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Over..." "Shoulder..." (let chord ring)
-------------3-----------------------0--------------
-------3-----------3-------------1---1--------------
---0-3---0-3---0-3---0-3-------2-----0--------------
-0---------------------------3-----3-2--------------
---------------------------3---------3--------------
-------------------------1-----------X--------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Oh, Charlie..."
During this part you can either play the riff from 0:05
or you can strum along likeso:
-----2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------
-----3-3-3-------2-2-2-------0-0-0-------2-2-2-------
-----2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------
-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Or you can play it an octave higher:
----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14-----
----15-15-15----14-14-14----12-12-12----14-14-14-----
----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14-----
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
(spacing changed due to two-digit numbers in the fingering)
"I see you..."
-------------------2-----------------------2---------
-------2---------3---3---------2---------3---3-------
-----2---2-----2-------2-----2---2-----2-------2-----
---2-------2-0-------------2-------2-0---------------
-0-----------------------0---------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
And the strummed version - move this an octave higher if
you wish:
-----5-5-5-------2-2-2-------5-5-5-------2-2-2--------
-----2-2-2-------3-3-3-------2-2-2-------3-3-3--------
-----2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2--------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Steel could do..."
-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------
-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3------
---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------
-0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
The second verse and following choruses are basically
the same as above, except for this part of the second
verse:
"Finally win..."
-------2-----3\2-------0-2----------------------------
-----3-----3-----3------------------------------------
---2-----2---------2----------------------------------
-0-------------------0--------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3
(pull-off from the 3rd fret of the high E string to the 2nd)
And this part:
"A little closer..."
-------5-----5---3------------------------------------
-----6---------------6--------------------------------
---5-----5-5---2---2---0------------------------------
-0----------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3
At 2:01 the plucked notes played beneath the solo sound very
similar to what was played at 0:05, but there is actually a
small difference of one note. Basically the bottom note of
each arpeggiated chord is reversed from what it was before.
This is hard to explain with words, I advise that you just
play along a few times and you'll hear what the difference
is. Compare this with what's at 0:05:
(play this beneath the solo)
-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------
-----3---3-------2---2-------0---0-------3---3--------
-0-2-------2-1-2-------2-0-2-------2-1-2-------2------
-*-----------*-----------*-----------*----------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
See those bottom notes? I put stars beneath them. They're
the exact opposites of what they were during the beginning
of the song.)
Anyway, then it goes into this:
-------------------2-----------------------2----------
-------2---------3---3---------2---------3---3--------
-----2---2-----2-------2-----2---2-----2-------2------
---2-------2-0-------------2-------2-0----------------
-0-----------------------0----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Which is the same as "I see you lying stiff and cold..."
Now for the solo itself:
-------------7----------------------------------------
-----7-9-10--------10-9---9-10-7-------------9-10-9---
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
------------------------------------------------------
-7-----------------7-8-7------------------------9-----
-----9-------------------9---7---------777-9-11-------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
---------9--------------------------------------------
-10--12------9-----------9---10----12-9---7-----------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
------------------------------------------------------
---9-10-9-7---------7-8-----7-------------------------
--------------9---------------9---9---9-11-7----------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Reeling..." "Out..."
(the guitar AND mandolin are playing here, but this is
what I hear for the constantly-plucked guitar part)
-------------------------------------2----------------
-------3-----------3---------2-----2---2-3------------
-----4-----4-----4-----4-------2-4---------2-4--------
---4-----4-----4-----4-------------------------4------
-2-----------2-------------4--------------------------
-------------------------2----------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Or an alternate, easier version for the part under "Out..."
--------------------------
--------------------------
-------2-----------2------
-----4-----4-----4-----4--
---4-----4-----4-----4----
-2-----------2------------
1 2 3 1 2 3
"Daisy..." "In..."
------------------------------------------------------
-------3-----------3----------------------------------
-----4-----4-----4-----4-------4-2-0-4---2---0--------
---4-----4-----4-----4-------5---------0---0---0------
-2-----------2-------------5--------------------------
-------------------------3----------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Boat..." "Someone..."
-------------------------------1-----5---3---1--------
-------1-1-------1-3---------1---1--------------------
-----0-----0--------3-0----2-------2---2---2---0------
---3-----------3---------0----------------------------
-1-----------1----------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"You..."
-------------3----------------------------------------
-------3-------------------------1-5---3---1----------
-----3-----3-----3-------------2-----0---0---0--------
---5-----5-----5---5---------3------------------------
---------------------5-----3--------------------------
-3---------------------3-1----------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Oh..."
-2-----------------------------------------------------
-3-----------------------------------------------------
-2-----------------------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 (let chord ring)
The next chorus is the same as all the previous ones.
Then there's the outro solo:
--------------7----------------------------------------
-----7-9-10-------10--9---9-10-7-----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------10----------------------------------------
-------9-7-6-----6-----7-------------------------------
-------------------------9-----------------7-6-7-------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
-7-----------------------9---7-------------------------
-----10----------------7-------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
-------------------------------------------------------
-----------7-8---7-------------------------------------
---------------------9---9-11-7------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
End.
Key of D major, 3/4 tempo
0:00 (let chords ring for six beats each)
E-2------------2------------
B-3------------2------------
G-2------------2------------
D-0------------0------------
A-0------------0------------
E---------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
(from this point on you can assume that the six horizontal lines represent
the strings of a guitar tuned to E --> E, A, D, G, B, E in ascending order.)
0:05 (two notes played per beat)
-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------
-----3---3-------2---2-------0---0-------2---2------
-1-2-------2-0-2-------2-1-2-------2-0-2-------2----
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
0:05 (mandolin part)
The numbers below the staff count the beats in each measure of this
waltz - 1, 2, 3. The spaces between the beat-numbers widen at times
to make room for the notes that occur between the beats.
-------------------------7---------------------------
-----------------7-9-10--------10-9---9-10-7---------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
-------9-7-6-6---7-----6---6------------------------
---------------------9---9---7----------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
-------------9-----7--------------------------------
-----7-9-10----------10-7-9-----7-9-10-7------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Now..."
-------------------------------2-----------2--------
---------1---------0---------3-----3-----3-----3----
-------2---2-----0---------2-----2-----2-----2------
-----3---------0-----0---0-----------0--------------
---3-------------------0----------------------------
-1-----------3--------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Sky..."
-------------------------------2-----2/3\2----------
---------1---------0---------3-----3-------3--------
-------2---------0---------2-----2-----------2------
-----3---------0-----0---0---------------------0----
---3-------------------0----------------------------
-1---------1-3-----------------------------------0--
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Life's..."
-------------------------------2-----------2--------
---------1-----------0-------3-----3-----3-----3----
-------2-----------0---0---2-----2-----2-----2------
-----3-----3-----2-------0-----------0--------------
---3-----------2------------------------------------
-1-----------0--------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Take..."
-------------------------------2-----2---0----------
---------1-------------------3-----3---------3------
-------2-----------4-------2-----2-----2---2---2----
-----3-----3-----5-----5-0--------------------------
---3-----------5-----5------------------------------
-1-----------3--------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Listened..." "Closer..."
-------------------------------------5---3---1------
-------3-----------3---------1-----1----------------
-----0-----0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2---2---0----
---0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0--------------------
-1-----------1--------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Over..." "Shoulder..." (let chord ring)
-------------3-----------------------0--------------
-------3-----------3-------------1---1--------------
---0-3---0-3---0-3---0-3-------2-----0--------------
-0---------------------------3-----3-2--------------
---------------------------3---------3--------------
-------------------------1-----------X--------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Oh, Charlie..."
During this part you can either play the riff from 0:05
or you can strum along likeso:
-----2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------
-----3-3-3-------2-2-2-------0-0-0-------2-2-2-------
-----2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------
-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Or you can play it an octave higher:
----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14-----
----15-15-15----14-14-14----12-12-12----14-14-14-----
----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14----14-14-14-----
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
(spacing changed due to two-digit numbers in the fingering)
"I see you..."
-------------------2-----------------------2---------
-------2---------3---3---------2---------3---3-------
-----2---2-----2-------2-----2---2-----2-------2-----
---2-------2-0-------------2-------2-0---------------
-0-----------------------0---------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
And the strummed version - move this an octave higher if
you wish:
-----5-5-5-------2-2-2-------5-5-5-------2-2-2--------
-----2-2-2-------3-3-3-------2-2-2-------3-3-3--------
-----2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2--------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Steel could do..."
-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------
-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3------
---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------
-0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
The second verse and following choruses are basically
the same as above, except for this part of the second
verse:
"Finally win..."
-------2-----3\2-------0-2----------------------------
-----3-----3-----3------------------------------------
---2-----2---------2----------------------------------
-0-------------------0--------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3
(pull-off from the 3rd fret of the high E string to the 2nd)
And this part:
"A little closer..."
-------5-----5---3------------------------------------
-----6---------------6--------------------------------
---5-----5-5---2---2---0------------------------------
-0----------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3
At 2:01 the plucked notes played beneath the solo sound very
similar to what was played at 0:05, but there is actually a
small difference of one note. Basically the bottom note of
each arpeggiated chord is reversed from what it was before.
This is hard to explain with words, I advise that you just
play along a few times and you'll hear what the difference
is. Compare this with what's at 0:05:
(play this beneath the solo)
-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------
-----3---3-------2---2-------0---0-------3---3--------
-0-2-------2-1-2-------2-0-2-------2-1-2-------2------
-*-----------*-----------*-----------*----------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
See those bottom notes? I put stars beneath them. They're
the exact opposites of what they were during the beginning
of the song.)
Anyway, then it goes into this:
-------------------2-----------------------2----------
-------2---------3---3---------2---------3---3--------
-----2---2-----2-------2-----2---2-----2-------2------
---2-------2-0-------------2-------2-0----------------
-0-----------------------0----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Which is the same as "I see you lying stiff and cold..."
Now for the solo itself:
-------------7----------------------------------------
-----7-9-10--------10-9---9-10-7-------------9-10-9---
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
------------------------------------------------------
-7-----------------7-8-7------------------------9-----
-----9-------------------9---7---------777-9-11-------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
---------9--------------------------------------------
-10--12------9-----------9---10----12-9---7-----------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
------------------------------------------------------
---9-10-9-7---------7-8-----7-------------------------
--------------9---------------9---9---9-11-7----------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Reeling..." "Out..."
(the guitar AND mandolin are playing here, but this is
what I hear for the constantly-plucked guitar part)
-------------------------------------2----------------
-------3-----------3---------2-----2---2-3------------
-----4-----4-----4-----4-------2-4---------2-4--------
---4-----4-----4-----4-------------------------4------
-2-----------2-------------4--------------------------
-------------------------2----------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Or an alternate, easier version for the part under "Out..."
--------------------------
--------------------------
-------2-----------2------
-----4-----4-----4-----4--
---4-----4-----4-----4----
-2-----------2------------
1 2 3 1 2 3
"Daisy..." "In..."
------------------------------------------------------
-------3-----------3----------------------------------
-----4-----4-----4-----4-------4-2-0-4---2---0--------
---4-----4-----4-----4-------5---------0---0---0------
-2-----------2-------------5--------------------------
-------------------------3----------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Boat..." "Someone..."
-------------------------------1-----5---3---1--------
-------1-1-------1-3---------1---1--------------------
-----0-----0--------3-0----2-------2---2---2---0------
---3-----------3---------0----------------------------
-1-----------1----------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"You..."
-------------3----------------------------------------
-------3-------------------------1-5---3---1----------
-----3-----3-----3-------------2-----0---0---0--------
---5-----5-----5---5---------3------------------------
---------------------5-----3--------------------------
-3---------------------3-1----------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
"Oh..."
-2-----------------------------------------------------
-3-----------------------------------------------------
-2-----------------------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 (let chord ring)
The next chorus is the same as all the previous ones.
Then there's the outro solo:
--------------7----------------------------------------
-----7-9-10-------10--9---9-10-7-----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------10----------------------------------------
-------9-7-6-----6-----7-------------------------------
-------------------------9-----------------7-6-7-------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
-7-----------------------9---7-------------------------
-----10----------------7-------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
-------------------------------------------------------
-----------7-8---7-------------------------------------
---------------------9---9-11-7------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
End.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
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