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Right Next Door by Robert Cray

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Robert CRAY
Right next door
(Original from the album
"The Definite Collection")

Bassist: Richard Cousins

Bass Tabs
Tuning : EADG
Tempo: 92 bpm 4/4


Key signature: Cm
Tuning: E A D G

Intro: 00:01 (play x2)

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- x2
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8---||-

Verse1: 00:10

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
I can hear the couple fighting right next door


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
Their angry words sound clear thru these thin walls


Part2: 00:21
b
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
Around midnight I hear him shout unfaithful woman


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
And I knew right there the axe was gonna fall
Pre-Chorus: 00:32

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Verse2: 00:38

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
I heard him shout who is he, she mumbled low


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
He said baby don't you lie to me no more

Part2: 00:49

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
And I'm listening thru these thin walls silently


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
As he called out my name, I was right next door


Pre-Chorus: 01:00

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Chorus1: 01:11

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts

oh oooh ooh


Bridge: 01:34

G|--------|--------|-------------|--------|
D|--------|--------|-------------|--------|
A|-6~-----|-3~-----|-------------|--------|
E|--------|--------|-6~----4~----|-3~-----|


Instrumental(1): 01:44 (Play X2)

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-

then.... play


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- x2
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8---||-


Verse3: 02:17

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-\
At daybreak I hear him back and say goodbye


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6----|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
 I can hear him slam the door and walk away


Part2: 00:49

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|---6--6---------6--6---|-
E|-6-8--8------6-8--8----|-8------------8--------|-
Right next door I hear that woman start to cry


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|----------------------*||-
A|-6-8--8-------8---6r---|----------------------*||-
E|-----------------------|-10r--8------6-8--8----||-
I should go to her but what would I say


Pre-Chorus: 02:38

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
E|--8---6r-----4-6--6r---|--6---8r-----x-8--8r---||-
It's because of me
It's because of me


Chorus3: 02:50

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts


Chorus4: 03:12

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
oh, She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
That she was just another notch on my guitar


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts


Instrumental: 03:34 (Play X2) play chorus

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------6-----------|-
E|-4--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8---6--8-----8--6r----|-


G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-x--4---4/6-6r---8r--6-|-8r-----------6-8--8---|-


Outro: 03:56 (repeat intro)

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||-
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--||-

G|-----------------------|-------------------5p--||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||-
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8---------||-

G|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------||-
A|---------------6r------|---------------6-6-----||- repeat till fade out
E|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--|-6-8--8-6--8-8-----8.--||-

End: 04:20


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Tablature 🏷Legend ----------------
| S slap
| P pop
| x mute note
| . full stop
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| > link to next bar
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| g grace note
| ~ vibrato

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