Too Much Time Tab by Captain Beefheart

Too Much Time tab by Captain Beefheart

Guitar Tab

Band: Captain Beefheart
Song: Too Much Time
Album: Clear Spot
Tabber: Andrew Biles

I have parts of the leads for the outro but I intend to add it on when completed - but
bear in
mind this has (sadly) been sitting on my computer for months unchanged.

Standard tuning

A     x0222x
A5    577xxx
B5    799xxx
Bm    x24432
D/F#  xx4232

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Intro
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------(7)---|
|-7-9-9/11-11-9--7-9-7----|
|--------------------9----|
|-5-7-7/9--9--7--5-7------|
                      (x2)

|---------------------------------|------------|
|---------------------------------|------------|
|--------------------7---7--7-7-7-|------------|
|-7-9-9/11-11-9--7-9-7---7--7-7-7-|-7-9-9/11---|
|--------------------9---9--9-9-9-|------------|
|-5-7-7/9--9--7--5-7--------------|-5-7-7/9----|
                              (x2)

Chorus
  A5                  B5  A5                     B5A5
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------11-9----------------------------------------|
|------------------11-9---7-------------11-9---7-9-7-----|
|------------9--7----------------------------------------|
|------------------9--7-0-5-------------9--7-0-5-7-5-----|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-/12-10-------------12-/14-12-10---------------12-10-|
|-9--/11-9--------------11-/14-11-9----------------11-9--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

           B5    A5
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-11-9------------------|
|-------11-9-----7------|
|-9--7------------------|
|-------9--7--0--5------|
|
|-----------------------|
|-19-19-17-14-12-10-7---|
|-18-18-16-14-11-9--6---|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

   A       D/F#           Bm    A
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--9-------11------------------------|
|-------------------------9-----7----|
|--7-------9-------------------------|
|-------------------------7-----5----|
  Too much time to be with out love


Verse
  A
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0h2--0h2--0-------------0h2--0h2--0-------------|
|---------------2------2----------------2------2--|
|------------------2h4---------------------2h4----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------10----------------------10-|
|------------------9/11--------------------9/11---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
  In   my  life I got a   deep devotion

|----------0-----------------------0-----------------|
|-0h2--2------0------------0h2--2------0-------------|
|----------------2------2------------------2------2--|
|-------------------2h4-----------------------2h4----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------10------------------------10-|
|-------------------9/11----------------------9/11---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
  Wide as the sky          deep as the ocean

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-0h2-0h2--0----------------0h2---0h2--0--------------|
|--------------2---------2------------------2------2--|
|--------------------2h4-----------------------2h4----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------10------------------------10-|
|--------------------9/11----------------------9/11---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
  Every   war that's waged  makes me  cry

                          Bm       A
|---------0------------------------------|
|-0h2--2----0----------------------------|
|--------------2------2---4----4--2------|
|-----------------2h4-----4----4--2------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------10--12---12-10-----|
|-----------------9/11----11---11-9------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
  Every bird that goes by gets me high


Break
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--2--------4-----4--/6-----4---2------4----6-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
  Sometime when it's late and I'm a little hungry

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--2----4----4--/6---4----2---4------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
     I heat up some old stale beans

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--2---4--4-/6---4---2-------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
  open up a can of sardines

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-6---------------2----4--------------------------------------|
|---------4----------------------/7----4-------2----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------4-2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------5--|
      eat crackers and dream about somebody to cook for me

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-11-7-9--|
|---------|
|-9--5-7--|


Chorus
A
I got too much time, too much time
               D/F#          Bm   A
I got too much time to be without love


Verse
 A
In my life I've got a deep devotion
Wide as the sky and deep as the ocean
Every war that's waged makes me cry
                        Bm      A
Every bird that goes by gets me high


|-12/14-14/12--------------------|
|-12/14-14/12-12/10-10/7-7/5-10--|
|-------------11/9--9-/6-6/4-9---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

Chorus
A
I got too much time, too much time
               D/F#          Bm   A

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