Without You Tab by The Doobie Brothers

Without You tab by The Doobie Brothers

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The Doobie Brothers - Without You
From "The Captain And Me"


Intro Part 1:

   Beats shown above since rhythm changes towards the end of each 4 bars

   1     2     3     4       1     2     3     4       1     2     3     4       1     2     3     4
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3--------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3-----3--3-----|
G|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2--------------|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2-----2--2-----|
D|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4--------------|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4-----4--4-----|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3--------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-2-----3-----3-----------|
G|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2--------------|----2-----2-----2--------|-2-----2-----2-----------|
D|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4--------------|----2-----4-----2--------|-2-----4-----4-----------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0-----0-----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3--------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-2-----3-----3-----3-----|
G|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2--------------|----2-----2-----2--------|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|
D|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4--------------|----2-----4-----2--------|-2-----4-----4-----4-----|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0-----0-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|




Verse:

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3--------------|
G|----------2--------------|-4b6-4-2-----2~----------|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2--------------|
D|-------2-----------4--2--|----------4--------4-----|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4--------------|
A|-3--4--------------------|-------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  "I get a  feelin',     lost without you baby"



e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-2-----3-----2-----2-----|
G|----------2--------------|-4b6-4-2-----2~----------|----2-----2-----2--------|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|
D|-------2-----------4--2--|----------4--------4-----|----2-----4-----2--------|-2-----4-----2-----2-----|
A|-3--4--------------------|-------------------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0-----0-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  "Liv-in' alone       is   drivin' me   cra- zy"



e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-3-----------3s----3-----|-------3-----------------|-3-----------3s----3-----|-------3-----------------|
G|-2-----------2s----2-----|-------2-----------------|-2-----------2s----2-----|-------2-----------------|
D|-0-----------0s----0-----|-------0-----------------|-0-----------0s----0-----|-------0-----------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------3--2--0-----|-------------------------|-------------3--2--0-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  "Don't       you   know…                     I got  no        -where   to go?"



e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3--------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-2-----3-----2-----------|
G|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2--------------|----2-----2-----2--------|-2-----2-----2-----------|
D|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4--------------|----2-----4-----2--------|-2-----4-----2-----------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0-----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------3--|
  "You should be the one that's hurt-… in'            You got ev'rything you need"

e|-------------------------|----3--3-----3--3--3-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-0-----------------------|----0--0-----0--0--0-----|-------3*-------3*-------|-3*----------------------|
G|-0--------------------0--|----0--0-----0--0--0-----|-2*-0*-------0*-------0*-|-------------------------|
D|-0-----------------0-----|----0--0-----0--0--0-----|-0--------5*-------5*----|-------------0--2--------|
A|-2-----------0h2---------|----2--2-----2--2--2-----|----------3--------2-----|----0--2--3--------0--0--|
E|-3-----------------------|----3--3-----3--3--3-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                                                       * 2nd guitar plays this



Verse 2:

(1:05) Same Guitar Part as Verse 1, with Lyrics:

"Back in the days when love was so easy
 I was fancy free and laughin' with no reason
 Things have changed,
 Your touch has grown strange,
 I can't help myself, I know that you have left me dyin' here"



Solo Rhythm:

This plays 4x after the Barre chords shown in the first 4 bars of the solo

e|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------------|
B|-9-----------------|-9----------------|-7----------------|------------------------|
G|-9-----------------|-9----------------|-7----------------|------------------------|
D|-9-----------------|-9----------------|-7----------------|----7----7----7---------|
A|-7-----------------|-7----------------|-5----------------|----7----7----7---------|
E|-------------------|------------------|------------------|----5----5----5---------|
                                                                off beats


Solo:

  (1:49)
   Bm                                                               C
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-12------12-----12--12---------|-12------12-----12--12---------|-13------13-----13--13~--------|
G|-14b16---b16----b16-b16--------|-14b16---b16----b16-b16--------|-15b17---b17----b17-b17--------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

   D                               Rhythm plays "Solo Rhythm" part
e|-------------------------------|-12------12---TP---------------|-12---TP-----------------------|
B|-15------15-----15~------------|-15b17---pb17-TP---------------|-pb17-TP-----------------------|
G|-17b19---b19----b19------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


e|-12---TP-----------------------|-12---TP--------------------------|------------------------|
B|-pb17-TP-----------------------|-pb17-TP-----12h15p12--12h15p12---|------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|---------------------14--------14-|-12---------------------|
D|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----14~----------------|
A|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------|


e|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------12----|
B|----------------------------|-----12-------------------------|-------------------12----15~|
G|-------------------12-14-12-|-14------12--14--12------12~----|---------------/14----------|
D|-(14~)----------------------|---------------------14---------|-14~~~~~~~~~~\--------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|


e|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-(15~)----------------------|-14b15----b15----b15-----b15----|--------12h14-12~----14-----|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|


e|----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------12----------12----|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------9--11--11---------|-9---11p9-----11b13--9~-----|----11b13-------11b13-------|
D|---------9--11--------------9h11--|----------11----------------|----------------------------|
A|---/10----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|


e|-------12--------12--------------------|------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------(9~)-----------------------|
G|-11b13-----11b13----11b13r11-9-9~------|-9~---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------9h11-|------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|




Bridge:

   (2:25) play 6x - softer on last 2x through
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------9------9---------------|----------9-------9--------------|
D|-9----9---9------9---9-----------|-9----9---9-------9---9----------|
A|-9h11-11-------------11----------|-9h11-11--------------11---------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------7------7---7-----------|----------7-------6---6----------|
D|-7----7---7------7---7-----------|----------7-------7---7----------|
A|-7h9--9--------------------------|------7---7-------7---7----------|
E|---------------------------------|-5----5---5-------5---5----------|

Lyrics (start at 2:40):

"Baby,  baby,    I can't live with-out you."
"Baby,  baby,    I can't live with-out you no more."
"Baby,  baby,    I can't live with-out you. I feel you know it, heh"



Bridge 2:

   (3:10)
e|----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-0--------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-1--hold-and-fade-----|------------------------|-1-----------------------| parts split
D|-2--------------------|--------5-----7---------|-2-----------------------| below
A|----------------------|--------5-----7---------|-2-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-12\----3--0--5---------|-0-----------------------|


   2 Rhythm Guitars
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------5-----7-----------|
A|-2---2-2-2-----2---2-2-2-----|-2---2-2-2-----2---2-2-2-----|-------5-----7-----------|
E|-0---0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-----|-0---0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-----|-------3-----5-----------|
 |
 | Lead
e|-12------12~-----------------|-12--------12--12-----12-----|-12----12----12----12----|
B|-15b17---b17~----------------|-15b17-----b17-b17----b17----|-b17---b17---b17---b17---|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


   2 Rhythm Guitars (at 3:24)
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|*15---*15-----*15---*15------|*15---*15-----*15---*15------|
G|-1---------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-2---------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-2---------------------------|-2------2------2------2------|-----------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------|-0------0------0------0------|-12\TP-----------------------|
 |                                                              pick while sliding down
 | Lead
e|-12------12-----12-----12----|-12--------12--12-----12-----|-12-----12-----12------12----|
B|-15b17---b17----b17----b17---|-15b17-----b17-b17----b17----|-b17----b17----b17-----b17---|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


   Rhythm
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------6-----------|-6-----6---------------------|-6-----6-----------------|
D|-------5-----7-----------|-7-----7---------7~~~~~~~\---|-7-----7---------7~------|
A|-------5-----7-----------|-7-----7-----/9--------------|-7-----7-----/9----------|
E|-------3-----5-----------|-5-----5---------------------|-5-----5-----------------|
 |
 | Lead
e|-12----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-15b17---15--------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------14-12~-------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


   Rhythm
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-7-----------9-----4-----|-------------------------|-6-----6------------------|
D|-7-----------9-----5-----|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----|-7-----7---------7~-------|
A|-5-----------7-----5-----|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----|-7-----7-----/9-----------|
E|-------------------3-----|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----|-5-----5------------------|
 |
 | Lead
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-10-------10-12b14r-10~--|-hold-note---------------|--------------------------|
G|----11-11----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|


   Rhythm
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-6-----6------------------|-7-----------9-----4-----|-------------------------|
D|-7-----7----9b11r---7~----|-7-----------9-----5-----|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
A|-7-----7------------------|-5-----------7-----5-----|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
E|-5-----5------------------|-------------------3-----|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
 |
 | Lead
e|-----------------------15-|-------15----------15----|-------------------------|
B|-----------------15b17----|-15b17-------15b17-------|-15b17~~-----------------|
G|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


Bridge Ending:

   Rhythm (3:46)
e|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-6-----6-------------------|-6-----6-----------------|-7----------9-----4-------|-----------------------|
D|-7-----7---------7~~~~~~~\-|-7-----7---------7~------|-7----------9-----5-------|-----------------------|
A|-7-----7-----/9------------|-7-----7-----/9----------|-5----------7-----5-------|-----5--5--5--5--5--5--|
E|-5-----5-------------------|-5-----5-----------------|------------------3-------|-----3--3--3--3--3--3--|
 |
 | Lead
e|---------------------------|----------------5--------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------------------------|-------------------8--5--|-8--5---------------------|-----------------------|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------7pb8-7--5--7--5~---|-----------5-----------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----7p5-7---7~--------|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|


   Rhythm
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
E|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
 |
 |
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-5~----------5/7~--------|-/9~---------10~---------|
D|-(7~)--------------------|-7/9~--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|



Intro Repeat:

   use quarter tone blues bends in 4th bar
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3--------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-------------------------|
G|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2--------------|----2-----2-----2--------|-------------------------|
D|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4--------------|----2-----4-----2--------|-------------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--3b-3b-|----3b----0--3b--0--3b---|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                                           "Hey        babe  now                   I'm lost without ya"

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3--------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-2--------3-----3--3-----|
G|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2--------------|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2-----2--2-----|
D|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4--------------|----2-----4-----2--------|-2--------4-----4--4-----|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   "Baby                                     Oh        baby  baby  babe  I can feel it on    down"



Outro:

   play 4x
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------3-----2-----|
B|----2-----3-----2--------|-------------------------|----2-----3-----2--------|-------------0-----3-----|
G|----2-----2-----2--------|-2~----2---2-------------|----2-----2-----2--------|-2~----2-----0-----2-----|
D|----2-----4-----2-----2--|-------------4--2--------|----2-----4-----2-----2--|-------------0-----0-----|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--4-----|-------------------3/4---|-0--0--0--0--0--0--4-----|-------------2-----0-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------3-----------|



Ending:

e|-------------------------|----------2---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----2-----2-----2--------|----------3---------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
G|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------2---------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
D|----2-----2-----2--------|-2--------0---------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0---------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


************************************

| x   Dead note
| g   Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| >   Accented note
| t   Tapping
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| s   Slap
| P   Pop
| PM  Palm mute
| TR  Trill
| N   Tremolo

Last updated: October 27, 2017

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