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Rihanna - Unfaithful Arranged for guitar by Matthew Nace I have yet to find a satisfactory version of this song (most are highly inaccurate, kudos to Garymow1, whose tab is the most accurate I have found, it saved me a good deal of time in lifting the song from the recording). Key: C minorCm Tempo: ---- = 144 Capol 3 (all notes and chords relative to capol) Into (x1), Verses (x2), and Outro (play through, then end on A minorAm) Am(add9) Bø7/A Am(add9) Bø7/A e=g -------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B=D -T-------0---1---3-|(3)--1-0---1---0-|-------0---1---3-|(3)--1-0---1-----| 4 G=Bb-A-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------| 4 D=F -B---2---------2---|---3---------3---|---2---------2---|---3---------3---| A=C ---0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| E=G -------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
FF F6F6 Fmaj7Fmaj7 E7sus piv.CI____ -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| -------0---1---3-|(3)--1-0---1-----|-------0---1---1-|(1)--0-----------| -----2-----------|-----2---------2-|(2)--2-----------|---------2---1---| -----------------|---0---------0---|---2---------2---|-2---0-----------| ---3---------3---|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---3---2---| -1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------| Pre-chorus and Bridge FF G+G A minorAm G+G CsusCsus CIII____________ -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-1p0-----| -------0-----1---|-0-----1-----3---|-------3-----5---|-3-----------3-1-| -2---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| -----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3---|-----2---3-------| -1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-3-----------0---| FF G+G Fadd9Fadd9 N.C. -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| -------0-----1---|-0-----1-----3-1-|(1)--------------|---------1p0-----| -2---------------|-----------------|-----0h2---------|-------------2-0-| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2---------| -----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|---3-------------|-----------------| -1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-1---------------|-----------------|
Chorus (and Interlude: first six measures then hold first beat of seventh measure for two measures) A minorAm FF DmDm G+G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| -------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-0-------1p0-----| -2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-------0-----2-0-| -----------------|-----------------|-----3-------3---|-----------------| -----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|-5-------5-------|-----2-----------| -5-------5-------|-1-------1-------|-----------------|-3---------------| A minorAm FF G+G DmDm -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|r1.------1p0-----| -------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-0-----1-----3---|-------------3-1-| -2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|r2.----2---------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|r0.--------------| -----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----------------| -5-------5-------|-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------| A minorAm FF DmDm G+G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| -------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-0-------1p0-----| -2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-------0-----2-0-| -----------------|-----------------|-----3-------3---|-----------------| -----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|-5-------5-------|-----2-----------| -5-------5-------|-1-------1-------|-----------------|-3---------------| FF G+G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| -----------------|---------1p0-----|-----------------|---------1p0-----| -2---------------|(2)----2-----2-0-|-----------------|-------0-----2-0-| -----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|(0)--------------| -3---------------|(3)--------------|-2---------------|(2)--------------| -1---------------|(1)--------------|-3---------------|(3)--------------| Intro C minorCm Dø7/C C minorCm Dø7/C AbAb Ab6Ab6 Abmaj7Abmaj7 G7sus Verse 1 C minorCm Dø7/C C minorCm Dø7/C Story of my life, searching for the right, but it keeps avoiding me. AbAb Ab6Ab6 Abmaj7Abmaj7 G7sus Sorrow in my soul because it seems like one really loves my company. C minorCm Dø7/C C minorCm Dø7/C He's more than a man and this is more than love, the reason that the sky is blue. AbAb Ab6Ab6 Abmaj7Abmaj7 G7sus The clouds are rolling in because I'm gone again, and to him I just can't be true. Pre-Chorus AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm Bb majorBb And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful, and it kills him inside Ebsus AbAb Bb majorBb Ab(add9) N.C. To know that I am happy with some other guy; I can see him dying. Chorus C minorCm AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb C minorCm I don't wanna do this anymore, I don't wanna be the reason why; AbAb Bb majorBb F minorFm C minorCm Everytime I walk out the door I see him die a little more inside. AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb AbAb I don't wanna hurt him anymore, I don't wanna take away his life: Bb majorBb I don't wanna be a murderer. Verse 2 C minorCm Dø7/C C minorCm Dø7/C I feel it in the air as I'm doing my hair, preparing for another date. AbAb Ab6Ab6 Abmaj7Abmaj7 G7sus A augmentedA kiss upon my cheek as he reluctantly asks if I'm gonna be out late. C minorCm Dø7/C C minorCm Dø7/C I say I won't be long, just hanging with the girls; a lie I didn't have to tell. AbAb Ab6Ab6 Abmaj7Abmaj7 G7sus Because we both know where I'm about to go, and we know it very well. Pre-Chorus AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm Bb majorBb 'Cause I know that he knows I'm unfaithful, and it kills him inside Ebsus AbAb Bb majorBb Ab(add9) N.C. To know that I am happy with some other guy; I can see him dying. Chorus C minorCm AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb C minorCm I don't wanna do this anymore, I don't wanna be the reason why; AbAb Bb majorBb F minorFm C minorCm Everytime I walk out the door I see him die a little more inside. AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb AbAb I don't wanna hurt him anymore, I don't wanna take away his life: Bb majorBb I don't wanna be a murderer. Bridge AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Our love, his trust, I might as well just take a gun and AbAb Bb majorBb AbAb Put it too his head; get it over with. I don't wanna do this Interlude C minorCm Dø7/C C minorCm Dø7/C AbAb Ab6Ab6 Abmaj7Abmaj7 G7sus Anymore, oh, anymore. Chorus C minorCm AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb C minorCm I don't wanna do this anymore, I don't wanna be the reason why; AbAb Bb majorBb F minorFm C minorCm Everytime I walk out the door I see him die a little more inside. AbAb F minorFm Bb majorBb AbAb I don't wanna hurt him anymore, I don't wanna take away his life: Bb majorBb I don't wanna be a murderer. Outro C minorCm Dø7/C C minorCm Dø7/C AbAb Ab6Ab6 Abmaj7Abmaj7 G7sus C minorCm A augmentedA murderer. The following chord shapes are standard shapes that can be used to play these chords without the tab (chords makred * are barre chords or partial barre chords): Capol 3 Open G+G C majorC FF Bb majorBb D MajorD G+G E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE Am: - 0 2 2 1 0 *Cm: - 3 5 5 4 3 Am(add9): - 0 2 2 0 0 *Cm(add9): - 3 5 5 3 3 Bø7/A: - 0 0 2 0 1 *Dø7/C: - 3 X 1 3 1 C: - 3 2 0 1 0 *Eb: - 6 5 3 4 3 Csus: - 3 2 0 3 1 Ebsus: - - 1 3 4 4 Dm: - - 0 2 3 1 *Fm: 1 3 3 1 1 1 E7: 0 2 2 1 3 0 G7: 3 2 0 0 0 1 E7sus: 0 2 2 2 1 0 *G7sus: 3 X 0 2 1 1 *F: 1 3 3 2 1 1 *Ab: 4 6 6 5 4 4 *F6: 1 3 X 2 3 1 *Ab6: 4 6 X 5 6 4 Fmaj7: - - 3 2 1 0 Abmaj7: - - 6 5 4 3 F(add9): - - 3 2 1 3 Ab(add9): - - 6 5 4 6 G: 3 2 0 0 0 3 *Bb: 6 8 8 7 6 6 A augmentedA NOTE ABOUT SUSPENDED CHORDS: First, the theory (skip this if you wish): Suspended chords are perhaps the most poorly understood chords in the modern repertoire. This is because a suspension is not technically a chord, but rather a melodic ornament; we, as guitarists, only refer to them as chords for the sake of simplicity. Technically, a suspension is a note found in a previous chord that is "suspended" or "sustained" (the other name for these types of chords), that is, held over onto the next chord, even though these notes are not part of the following chord, and eventually moving that note to the nearest note in the chord. For example, a D MajorD note found in a G+G chord held over into a C majorC chord, even though the D MajorD note is not normally found in the C majorC chord, is called a 2-1 suspension (or a 9-8 suspension), and so the C majorC chord becomes a Csus2Csus2 (or Csus9). Typically, the note carried into a new chord is the fourth note above the name of the chord (top and bottom inclusive), which is called a 4-3 suspension, or a "sus4" chord. Because this is the most common type of suspension, chords listed just as "sus" are often interpreted to mean "sus4". However, there are many types of suspensions, because many notes can be carried over to the following chords. A augmentedA better definition of a suspended chord is to play all or part of the seventh chord one whole step (two frets) below the root (i.e. the name) of the chord, while also playing the root of the chord and any other notes in the chord that do not clash. It is often said that in a "sus4" chord, the 4 note replaces the 3 note found in the typical chord (for example, in a Csus4, the FF note would replace the E MajorE note normally found in a C majorC chord). In fact, this is only partly true: the 4 note should replace the closest 3 note to it, but not neccesarily all 3 notes (i.e., there are two E MajorE notes normally found in the typical C majorC major shape, the FF should replace the nearest E, but may or may not replace the other E, at the musician's discretion). Eventually, the 4 note will descend to become the 3 note (the FF will drop to become the E MajorE that it has replaced). This is called resolution, and traditionally almost always goes down, though in some cases (paticularly "sus2" chords), it is becoming more common to resolve upwards. The CsusCsus (Ebsus) used here is actually a "sus4/2", and the E7sus (G7sus) is actually a "sus4/b6" (though in the root position chords, the Ebsus provided is only a "sus4", since Ebsus4/2 is a very difficult chord). THE POINT: Suspensions are melodic figures, and they need to resolve. That means that when a "sus" chord is indicated for a given duration, the "sus" chord should be played only for part of that duration (typically half), then the regular chord with the same root should be played to finish the measure, before moving on. This chord change may not be indicated (as in the case here), but is almost always preferable to staying on the "sus".
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