Tabs
From the "16 Unreleased & Unrecorded", "Melissa Madness" and "Being
Sensitive" demos/bootlegs.
in brief, its like this :
[verse]
|
DbDb |
BbmBbm|
GbGb |
AbAb |
|DbDb |BbmBbm|GbGb |AbAb |
|GbGb |GbGb |
|AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |
[chorus]
|DbDb |BbmBbm|GbGb |AbAb |
|DbDb |BbmBbm|GbGb |AbAb |
|DbDb |BbmBbm|GbGb |AbAb |
|GbGb |GbGb |
|AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |
|DbDb |BbmBbm|GbGb |AbAb |
in not-so-brief, its like this.......
This song isn't on a studio album, so I'm gonna assume you've never heard
it and try to get across how to play it just using this tab......
The song's quite bright in terms of tempo and mood. It's 4/4 timing at
124 beats per minute. There's a bit of a Joan Armatrading 1975/6
influence here...(try the 'Back to the Night' album).
Overall, its an upbeat strummed guitar played over a bongo rhythm track.
The actual rhythm of the drum part isn't a million miles from
"Occasionally", but slightly faster (Occasionally is 119 bpm) and played
on a drum :>)
There are three sections to the guitar part- this first one makes up most
of the song....
First, get something that clicks 124 times a minute (or at least at a
steady rhythm)...this tab won't make much sense without following the
timing pretty close...
then, get the feel for the basic rhythm by playing this over and over
(using barred 
E MajorE shapes).....
DbDb BbmBbm GbGb AbAb
e-||----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------4--4-4||
B-||----------------|--------6-------|----------2---2-|----------4--4-4||
G-||--------10------|----------6---6-|------------3---|----------5--5-5||
D-||----------11--11|------------8---|----------------|----------------||
A-||------------11--|----------------|----------------|----------------||
E-||9--.------------|6--.------------|2--.------------|4--.------------||
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Cut the bass notes short (at the ".") to give a funky(?) feel
In the last bar, delay the strums at the end to create an expectation for
the DbDb in the next bar
Once you've gotten that into your head...fill it out a bit by playing the
same thing but *also* hitting the string each side of the one you were
picking before......like this....
DbDb BbmBbm GbGb AbAb
e-||------------------|-------6-------|-------2-----2-|---------4--4-4||
B-||-------9----------|-------6-6---6-|-------2-2---2-|---------4--4-4||
G-||-------10-10----10|-------6-6-6-6-|---------3-3-3-|---------5--5-5||
D-||11-----11-11-11-11|8--------8-8-8-|4--------4-4---|6--------------||
A-||11--------11-11-11|8----------8---|4----------4---|6--------------||
E-||9--.---------11---|6--.-----------|2--.-----------|4--.-----------||
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
then, spice that up by sliding between the bass notes, synchopating a
bit, chucking in some extra strumming and generally putting some
expression into it...then call this [part 1].
Right, now you've got the intro, most of the chorus and half the verse
sorted out.... here's the vocal....
just play [part1] over and over and sing this.....
chord DbDb BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---------------------------------------4--1-------------------------
B-------2---------------------2------4-------------------2-----2---2-
G-1--------------------------------------------------------------
my friends they're so ...
chord GbGb AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------------------------------------------------1------4--4---------
B-------2-----4--------4--2---------4----4--2------------------------
girl there's something ...
chord DbDb BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----4----4-4-1----------------------------1-----------------------
B----------------------2--2---2---4--4--2----2---------------------
it aint natural to go ...
chord GbGb AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------------------1----------------------1-------1----------------
B---------4-4---2-----2-----------4-4---2--------------4-------------
lover to lover moving a-...
on to [part 2], which is just two bars of Gb, followed by a walk up the
bass........
chord GbGb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------------------------------------------------------------
B-[vocal]-4---2--------------------------------------------2------
G-----------------------3--------------------------3--------------
kno...ho.......who..................oa it takes
/f /gb
e----------------------------------------------------------------
B-[guitar]-------2------4--2----------4--2-----------------------
G--------------3---------------3-------------3-------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E---------2-----------------------------------------1*-----2*----
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
* pick these by
hooking the string
away from the
guitar
[then part 3, four bars of AbAb]
chord AbAb AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------2--------------
B-[vocal]-4--4----4----4-2--------2---4-----4---2----------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
ten of their kisses ...
e-----------------------4---------------------------4------------
B-[guitar]--------------4---------------------------4------------
G-----------------------5---------------------------5------------
D----------6--------------------------6--------------------------
A----------6--------------------------6--------------------------
E----------4--------------------------4--------------------------
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
chord AbAb AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------------------------1-4----------6--4---4----4--1------------
B-[vocal]--4-----4-----------------------------------------4------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
ten times baby oh ...
e----------------------------------------------------------------
B-[guitar]-------------------------------------------------------
G---------5------5------5------5------5--------------------------
D---------6------6------6------6------6--------------------------
A---------6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6---6---[let ring]-------------
E---------4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4--------------------------
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
then back to [guitar part 1] for the chorus
chord DbDb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
....you and they ...
chord BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
and they ...
chord GbGb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
say they ...
chord AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------------1----------------
B-[vocal]-4-----4---4-----2-------------4------
G----------------------------------------------
yea they feel a ...
chord DbDb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
....you and they ...
chord BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
and ...
chord GbGb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
that they ...
chord AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------------1----------------
B-[vocal]-4-----4---4-----2-------------4------
G----------------------------------------------
baby they feel a ...
chord DbDb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
....you and ...
chord BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
and they ...
chord GbGb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
say they ...
chord AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4
e-------------------------------------1--------
B-[vocal]-4-------------------------------4----
G-------------------1--------------------------
yea yea they dont....
[part 2 again]
GbGb GbGb /f /gb [walk up bass]
...kno--whoa
[part 3]
AbAb AbAb
it takes ten of their kisses, to ...
AbAb AbAb
ten times baby ...
[part 1]
DbDb | BbmBbm | GbGb | AbAb |
..you .....[no vocal].......
the rest of the song pretty much just repeats various parts of that.
There's a few extra syllables in verse 2, so here's the melody to the
vocal [play guitar part1]
chord DbDb BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------------------------------------1--------------
B---2---2---2---2----2---4--2--------4---4-------2-------------2-----
G------------------------------------------------------------------3-
I guess I could say I don't ...
chord GbGb AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------------------------------------------------------4----4-------
B-------2---2----2-----2----4-----------4----------------------------
G-------------------3------------------------------------------------
truth is that I just ...
chord DbDb BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------4----1-------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------2--4---4--4----4---4----2--------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
left me I got ...
chord GbGb AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---------1-----------------------------------1----------------------
B-------4---------------------2---4------2---------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
feeling ...
chord DbDb
beats 1 2 3 4
e----1--4-4----4---1----1--1--------------1--------------
B-----------------------------4-4----4-------------4------
G---------------------------------------------------------
a little bit here and a ...
chord BbmBbm GbGb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------------------1-------------------------------------
B---2---4-----2--4---2-----------2--2---2-2----------------2--
G-------------------------------------------------------------
it helps to take away ...
chord AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------1-----4--------
B-------4-----4----2----------------
G-----------------------------------
burns deep ...
chord DbDb BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---4---6---4--4----1-------------1----------------------------------
B----------------------4--2-4-------2-----------------2--2-----------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
..I think if I gather enough ...
chord GbGb AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------------------------------------------1------------------------
B-------2---2-2--2------------4----4---2-----------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
put together ...
[play guitar part 2]
GbGb
e---1------------------
B------4------4---2----
G----------------------
I don't kno---ow...
it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]
chorus .....[play part 1]
it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]
[saxaphone solo] over part 1
they dont know.....[play part 2]
it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]
chorus.....[play part 1]
adlib (chorusy) vocals over 3 lines of part 1
....[outro]: [still playing guitar part 1]
chord...Ab DbDb BbmBbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------1-----------------------------
B-------4---4----4--4---4-----2-----4--------------------------------
sometimes if I ...
chord GbGb AbAb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 [just one strum of AbAb]
e----------1---------------- then stop dead]
B-4----2--------2-2----------
close my eyes ba-by
[acapella]
beats 2 3 4
e---------------1---------------------------
B-----2--4---2------4-2------4-2------------
...I feel a lot ...
Sing that last line with a lot of irony, kinda like the whole song has
been building to that twist at the end.
Here's the whole thing, set out for timing & structure.........
[intro]
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb
|
[verse 1]
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb
|
myfriends, they're so worried .... say ....
they
|GbGb |GbGb f gb| [only 2 bars in this
line]
dont know ...
|AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |AbAb
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb
|
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
like
you they hold me....tell me..............
like
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
|GbGb |GbGb f gb| [only 2 bars]
know it takes
|AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |AbAb
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb
|
you [---------------no vocals here--------------------------]
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb
|
I guess say I don't know right wrong....
left me I got to get back ...
somewhere
little bit here there.helps take away ...
o
I think.gather enough pieces I can ...
I
|GbGb |GbGb f gb| [only 2 bars in this line]
dont know it takes
|AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |AbAb
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb
|
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
you they hold me....tell me...
like
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
|GbGb |GbGb f gb| [only 2 bars]
dont know it t...
|AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |AbAb
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb |
you [ - - - - - - - - - - saxaphone solo - - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
[ - - - - - - - - - - - - -saxaphone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
[ - - - - - - - - - - - - -saxaphone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -they]
|GbGb |GbGb f gb| [only 2 bars]
dont know it takes
|AbAb |AbAb |AbAb |AbAb
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb |
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
you they hold me....tell me..............
like
you like you like you oh oh no
|DbDb |BbmBbm |GbGb |AbAb |
kiss me touch me......say.want ....
you like yo-oo like you-hoo [outro]sometimes if I
cls
eyes close my eyes baby........[stop][acapella]
I ...
you
If you already know the song, here's the standard, .crd version
DbDb BbmBbm
my friends they're so ...
GbGb AbAb
girl there's something ...
DbDb BbmBbm
it aint natural to go from ...
GbGb AbAb
lover to lover ...
GbGb
they dont know
AbAb AbAb
it takes ten of their ...
ten times baby ...
DbDb BbmBbm
you and they kiss me ...
GbGb AbAb
say they want me, yeah ...
DbDb BbmBbm
you and they hold me ..
GbGb AbAb
say they love me, baby ...
DbDb BbmBbm
you and they kiss me ...
GbGb AbAb
say they ...
GbGb
they dont know
AbAb AbAb
it takes ten of their ...
AbAb AbAb
ten times baby ooh ...
DbDb BbmBbm GbGb AbAb
you
[chorus]
[verse 2]:
DbDb BbmBbm
I guess I could say I ...
GbGb AbAb
when the truth is that I ...
DbDb BbmBbm
since you left me ...
GbGb AbAb
to that ...
DbDb BbmBbm
a little bit here and a little ...
GbGb AbAb
this emptiness that ...
DbDb BbmBbm
ooo I think if I ...
GbGb AbAb
I can put together ...
GbGb
I dont know
[chorus]
[3 lines of [part1] with ad-lib chorus vocals]
[outro]:
AbAb DbDb BbmBbm GbGb AbAb
Sometimes if I close my ...
I feel a lot ...
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
G+G 
D MajorD 
BB e
9 11 11 10 9 9 - DbDb
7 9 9 7 7 7 - BbmBbm
2 4 4 3 2 2 - GbGb
4 6 6 5 4 4 - AbAb
small case letters are individual notes (not chords), except b which is a
flat symbol, ;>)
I'd appreciate any comments on this presentation.....I'll probably do a
few more of the unreleased songs, but (for example), if everyone's
already got the tapes, I could save on a load of keying in time.....
whaddayathink?.....
Nic
[email protected]
