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I Hear A Melody Tab by Elvis Costello

I Hear A Melody tab by Elvis Costello

Guitar Tab 

Elvis Costello
I Hear A Melody (Demo)
My Aim is True (Deluxe Edition)

4/4

[Intro]
[Note] only intro's muted notes are very detailed to give you the feel

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|0--(0)--x-------0-------x-------|7p5-----x---x-------------------|
B|0--(0)--x-------0-------x-------|5-------x---x-------------------|
G|1--(1)--x-------1-------x-------|5-------x---x---1-------1-------|
D|2-------x-------1-------x-------|----------------2-------1-------|
A|2---------------2---------------|----------------2-------2-------|
E|0---------------0---------------|----------------0-------0-------|

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|--------------------------------|------------------------x-------|
B|----2---------------x---3-------|----4-----------4-------x-------|
G|1-------1-----------x---3-------|4-------4---------------x-------|
D|2-----------2-------x---2-------|3-----------3-------------------|
A|------------------------3-------|4-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|4p2-----x---------------x-------|--------------------0-----------|
B|2-------x---2-----------x-------|3-------x---2----------(2)------|
G|2-------x---1-----------x-------|3-------x---2-------------------|
D|------------2-------------------|2-------x---1-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|3-------x---2-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

[Verse] - "It's easy to do..."

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|--------------------------------|2-------x---4-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|4-------x---4-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|3-------x---5-------------------|
D|2-------2-------2-------x-------|--------------------------------|
A|2-------2-------2-------x-------|--------------------------------|
E|0-------0-------0-------x-------|--------------------------------|

 |       |       |       |        |        |       |       |
E|------------2-------------------|------------0----------(0)------|
B|2------x----2-------------------|3-------x---0----------(0)------|
G|1------x----3-------------------|4-------x---2----------(1)------|
D|2------x----4-------------------|4-------x---2----------(2)------|
A|--------------------------------|2-------x---2----------(2)------|
E|--------------------------------|------------0----------(0)------|

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|------------4-------------------|2-----------4-------------------|
B|2-----------4-------------------|4-----------4-------------------|
G|2-----------4-------------------|3-----------4-------------------|
D|2-----------6-------------------|------------6-------------------|
A|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                              "...so hard to blame..."
  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|------------2-------------------|------------0-------------------|
B|2-----------2-------------------|------------0-------------------|
G|1-----------3-------------------|------------1-------------------|
D|2-----------4-------------------|------------2-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|6---4-------2-------------0-2---|
E|--------------------------------|4---2-------0-----------4-------|

[Chorus]                               "I hear..."

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

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|------------0-------------------|------------0-----------0-------|
B|2-----------0-------------------|------------0-----------0-------|
G|2-----------1-------------------|------------1-----------1-------|
D|2-----------2-------------------|------------2-----------1-------|
A|0-----------2-------------------|6---4-------2-----------2-------|
E|------------0-------------------|4---2-------0-----------0-------|

[Intro]
  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|0---------------0---------------|7p5-------------0-------0-------|
B|0---------------0---------------|5-------5-------0-------0-------|
G|1---------------1---------------|5-----------5---1-------1-------|
D|2---------------1---------------|----------------2-------1-------|
A|2---------------2---------------|----------------2-------2-------|
E|0---------------0---------------|----------------0-------0-------|

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

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|4p2-----------------------------|--------------------0-----------|
B|2-----------2-------------------|----3-------2-----------2-------|
G|2-----------1-------------------|----3-------2---------------2---|
D|------------2-------------------|----2-------1-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|----3-------2-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

[Verse 2] - "I'll never work out..."
  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|--------------------------------|2-----------4-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|4-----------4-------------------|
G|--------------------------------|3-----------5-------------------|
D|2-------2-------2-------x-------|--------------------------------|
A|2-------2-------2-------x-------|--------------------------------|
E|0-------0-------0-------x-------|--------------------------------|

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

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|------------4-------------------|2-----------4-------------------|
B|2-----------4-------------------|4-----------4-------------------|
G|2-----------4-------------------|3-----------4-------------------|
D|2-----------6-------------------|------------6-------------------|
A|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                                  "No it's not..."
  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|------------2-------------------|------------0-------------------|
B|2-----------2-------------------|------------0-------------------|
G|1-----------3-------------------|------------1-------------------|
D|2-----------4-------------------|------------2-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|6---4-------2-------------0-2---|
E|--------------------------------|4---2-------0-----------4-------|

[Chorus 2]
  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|------------0-------------------|------------0-------------------|
B|2-----------0-------------------|2-----------0-------------------|
G|2-----------1-------------------|2-----------1-------------------|
D|2-----------2-------------------|2-----------2-------------------|
A|0-----------2-------------0-2---|0-----------2-------------0-2---|
E|------------0-----------4-------|------------0-----------4-------|

  |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
E|------------0-------------------|------------0-----------0-------|
B|2-----------0-------------------|------------0-----------0-------|
G|2-----------1-------------------|------------1-----------1-------|
D|2-----------2-------------------|------------2-----------1-------|
A|0-----------2-------------------|6---4-------2-----------2-------|
E|------------0-------------------|4---2-------0-----------0-------|

[Outro]
            (freely)
  |       |       |       |
E|7p5-----------------0-----------|
B|5-------------------------------|
G|5-----------0h1-----------------|
D|------------2-------------------|
A|------------2-------------------|
E|-----------(0)------------------|

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

| x    Dead note
| (n)  Ghost note
| p    Pull-off
| h    Hammer-on

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