The main part of this song is acoustic, but there are some lead guitar parts which I am
going to tab here for you.
/ = slide
//=slide and pick the note that you have slid to
Intro
Acoustic chords
A minor, Fmaj7, C major, G major
Lead guitar part- use a chorus effect if you have one and some distortion(sounds nice
with a slide/bottleneck but the other lead parts in the song do not require a slide so it
may be awkward for you to keep taking it on and off)
Let this note ring a bit\/
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Verse 1
AmFmaj7
Everytime that I see her
CG
A lightning bolt fills the room
AmFmaj7
The underbelly of Paris
CG
She sings her favourite tune
Verse 2
AmFmaj7
She'll drink you under the table
CG
She'll show you a trick or two
AmFmaj7
And every that I left her
CG
I miss a thing she would do
Pre-chorus
Fmaj7C
She was the one, for me
GAm
She opened my eyes, to see
Fmaj7C
She was the one, for me
G
Oh alright
Lead part- clean tone
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Chorus
For the lead part of this, you may want to either play the chords with a small bit of
distortion, or just arpeggiate the chords
Fmaj7C
It was a cold September
AmG
Before the Indian Summer
Fmaj7C
That's the thing I remember
AmG
When she gave me her number
Fmaj7C
Went from station to station
AmG
On a train across the nation
Fmaj7C
And the rain of November
AmG
That's the time that we ended
Bridge
The lead is the same as the pre-chorus
Fmaj7C
She was the one, for me
AmG
Oh alright
Verse 3
The chords are the same as the other verses
Vodka with coca-cola
Cocaine tucked in her shoes
Cigarettes over coffee
Her halo slipped to a noose
I'm pretty sure that 3 guitars are playing this part, 1 guitar for the chord, 1 electric
with a clean tone and 1 electric with distorted sound, so just play whichever one you like
Clean lead
Play this through all of the chords
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Distorted slide lead parts
These come in at various points throughout the verse, so just listen out for them, it's
not very hard to listen for them because they stand out with the distortion. Again use
the effects used for the intro.
-12//5 -10//12 -12//18 -18//---|
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Verse 4
Take the slow boat to China
You fly it right 'round the moon
She could take it or leave it
I knew it had to end soon
Outro
Acoustic chords
FCGAm
Lead slide parts
-10/12-17//12-----------10/12-17//12----| x2
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Order:
Intro
Verse 1
Verse 2
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Verse 3
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Verse 4
Pre-chorus
Outro
That's all, I hope you enjoy using this :)