Feel A Lot Like You tab by Melissa Etheridge
Guitar Tab
From the "16 Unreleased & Unrecorded", "Melissa Madness" and "Being Sensitive" demos/bootlegs. in brief, its like this : [verse] |Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab | |Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab | |Gb |Gb | |Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab | [chorus] |Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab | |Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab | |Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab | |Gb |Gb | |Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab | |Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab |
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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 shapes).....
Db Bbm Gb Ab
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 Db 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....
Db Bbm Gb Ab
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 Db Bbm
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 Gb Ab
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 Db Bbm
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 Gb Ab
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 Gb
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 Ab]
chord Ab Ab
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 Ab Ab
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 Db
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
....you and they ...
chord Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
and they ...
chord Gb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
say they ...
chord Ab
beats 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------------1----------------
B-[vocal]-4-----4---4-----2-------------4------
G----------------------------------------------
yea they feel a ...
chord Db
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
....you and they ...
chord Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
and ...
chord Gb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
that they ...
chord Ab
beats 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------------1----------------
B-[vocal]-4-----4---4-----2-------------4------
G----------------------------------------------
baby they feel a ...
chord Db
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
....you and ...
chord Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
and they ...
chord Gb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------
G----------------------------------------------
say they ...
chord Ab
beats 1 2 3 4
e-------------------------------------1--------
B-[vocal]-4-------------------------------4----
G-------------------1--------------------------
yea yea they dont....
[part 2 again]
Gb Gb /f /gb [walk up bass]
...kno--whoa
[part 3]
Ab Ab
it takes ten of their kisses, to ...
Ab Ab
ten times baby ...
[part 1]
Db | Bbm | Gb | Ab |
..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 Db Bbm
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 Gb Ab
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 Db Bbm
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 Gb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---------1-----------------------------------1----------------------
B-------4---------------------2---4------2---------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
feeling ...
chord Db
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 Bbm Gb
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 Ab
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------1-----4--------
B-------4-----4----2----------------
G-----------------------------------
burns deep ...
chord Db Bbm
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 Gb Ab
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]
Gb
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 Db Bbm
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 Gb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 [just one strum of Ab]
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]
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab
|
[verse 1]
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab
|
myfriends, they're so worried .... say ....
they
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars in this
line]
dont know ...
|Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab
|
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
like
you they hold me....tell me..............
like
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars]
know it takes
|Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab
|
you [---------------no vocals here--------------------------]
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab
|
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
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars in this line]
dont know it takes
|Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab
|
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
you they hold me....tell me...
like
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars]
dont know it t...
|Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab |
you [ - - - - - - - - - - saxaphone solo - - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
[ - - - - - - - - - - - - -saxaphone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
[ - - - - - - - - - - - - -saxaphone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -they]
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars]
dont know it takes
|Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab
|
ten of their kisses to make one of ...
feel..like
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab |
you they kiss me....touch me......say....
you they hold me....tell me..............
like
you like you like you oh oh no
|Db |Bbm |Gb |Ab |
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
Db Bbm
my friends they're so ...
Gb Ab
girl there's something ...
Db Bbm
it aint natural to go from ...
Gb Ab
lover to lover ...
Gb
they dont know
Ab Ab
it takes ten of their ...
ten times baby ...
Db Bbm
you and they kiss me ...
Gb Ab
say they want me, yeah ...
Db Bbm
you and they hold me ..
Gb Ab
say they love me, baby ...
Db Bbm
you and they kiss me ...
Gb Ab
say they ...
Gb
they dont know
Ab Ab
it takes ten of their ...
Ab Ab
ten times baby ooh ...
Db Bbm Gb Ab
you
[chorus]
[verse 2]:
Db Bbm
I guess I could say I ...
Gb Ab
when the truth is that I ...
Db Bbm
since you left me ...
Gb Ab
to that ...
Db Bbm
a little bit here and a little ...
Gb Ab
this emptiness that ...
Db Bbm
ooo I think if I ...
Gb Ab
I can put together ...
Gb
I dont know
[chorus]
[3 lines of [part1] with ad-lib chorus vocals]
[outro]:
Ab Db Bbm Gb Ab
Sometimes if I close my ...
I feel a lot ...
E A G D B e
9 11 11 10 9 9 - Db
7 9 9 7 7 7 - Bbm
2 4 4 3 2 2 - Gb
4 6 6 5 4 4 - Ab
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
Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com Last updated:
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