You're So Vain tab by Faster Pussycat

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Faster Pussycat
You're So Vain (Carly Simon cover)


Rhythm Guitar

[Intro]
e-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------|
g-----5-----5---2-----5-----5---2-----|
d-----5-----5---2-----5-----5---2-----|
a-0-0---0-0---0---------0-0---0-------|
e-------------------------------------|

[Verse]
Some scratching inbetween chords.
e---------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------|
g-2------x--2---2------x--2-----------------2------x--2---|
d-2------x--2---2------x--2---3---------3---2------x--2---|
a-0------x--0---0------x--0---3---------3---0------x--0---|
e-----------------------------1---------1-----------------|

[Prechorus]
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
d-3---3-----------2-2---7---------3-----------5-------------------------------------------|
a-3---3-----------2-2---7---------3-----------3---------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
e-1---1-----------0-0---5---------1---------------------------1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
                 E#E#      C majorC
                             ^ all E#s excepting the first are palm muted

[Chorus]
Some palm muting inbetween chords shown below
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-5---7---5-7---5---7---5-7----7---9---7-9---5---7---5-7-----2-----2---2-----------------------------------|
a-3---3---3-3---3---3---3-3----5---5---5-5---3---3---3-3-----0-----0---0-----3-----3---3---5-----5-----5---|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------1-----1---1---3-----3-----3---|
                                              G+G

[Rhythm during solo]
Play main verse riff.
e---------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------|
g-2------x--2---2------x--2-----------------2------x--2---|
d-2------x--2---2------x--2---3---------3---2------x--2---|
a-0------x--0---0------x--0---3---------3---0------x--0---|
e-----------------------------1---------1-----------------|

End with riff similar to prechorus.
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
a-3---3---5---5---2-2---7---------3-----------3---------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
e-1---1---3---3---0-0---5---------1---------------------------1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|

[Rhythm during coda]
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---7-----7-----7---5-----5-----5---|
a-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5---3-----3-----3---|
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|




Lead guitar

[Intro 1]
(This part might actually be done with a slide)
Bend up on 4, bend down slightly then bend up again on 4, then reverse bend on 4, and slide into 2.
4x
e-----------------------------|
b-----------------------------|
g-4b----4b--4pbr---/2---------|
d-----------------------------|
a-----------------------------|
e-----------------------------|

[Intro 2]
Same as with previous part,
e----12---------------------------------12------------------|
b-12b---12b--12pbr-/10---------------12b---12b--12pbr-/10---|
g-----------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------|

                  Mixture of bends reverse bends. Slide into the 10
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-12b---12b--12pbr-/10---------------12b---12b--12pbr12b12pb12pbr/10---|
g----------------------------------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|


[First verse 1]
Bend up on the first 7. Inbetween 2nd 7 and the 5, there seems to be something else which might be a scratch.
e---------------------------|
b---------------------------|
g-7b----7-x-5---------------|
d-----------------7---------|
a---------------------------|
e---------------------------|


[First verse 2]
Pinch harmonic on 5 on the G+G string
e---------------------------|
b---------------------------|
g-------7-5-----------------|
d-7-5-7---------------------|
a---------------------------|
e---------------------------|
     P.H


[Prechorus 1]
Played over the second E#E# of the prechorus.
Pick seven, bend up and then bring down, then do a slight pinch harmonic on the 5s on the G+G string.
Pick 5 on the d string, which should be when the rhythm hits C.
e---------------------------|
b---------------------------|
g-7br---5---5---5-----------|
d-----------------5---------|
a---------------------------|
e---------------------------|
    P.H P.H P.H

[Prechorus 2]
Played over the C majorC chord in the prechorus, but the 3 lands when the last group of E#s begin.
Hammer on from 7-8-7, 5-7-5 and then pick 3.
e---------------------------|
b---------------------------|
g---------------------------|
d---------------------------|
a-------7-h-8p7-5-h-7p5-3---|
e---------------------------|


[Chorus]
Octaves played with vibrato over the last three G+G power chords of the chorus
e-----------------------|
b-------------8~--------|
g-----------------------|
d-------5~--------------|
a-----------------------|
e-3~--------------------|


[Second verse 1]
Bend up on the first 7. Similar to the first lick of the first verse.
e---------------------------|
b-7b----7---5---------------|
g-7b----7-x-5--x------------|
d-----------------7---------|
a---------------------------|
e---------------------------|


[Second verse 2]
Bend up on the 17 on the b, and vibrato on the 17 on the e.
e-----------------15-17~------|
b-15-17b----------------------|
g-----------------------------|
d-----------------------------|
a-----------------------------|
e-----------------------------|


[Solo]
Phrase 1
Bend on 17 on b string
e-----------------------------|
b-17b-------------------------|
g-----------------------------|
d-----------------------------|
a-----------------------------|
e-----------------------------|

            slide into 10 tremelo pick      slide into 10
e-----8-------7-7-10--------8---7-----------------------------------------------|
b-8-------8------------10-----------8-8\-10---10trtrtrtrtrtr10---8------/10-----|
g--------------------------------------------------------------------9----------|
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                         N
[Phrase 2]
 Hammer-on between 5 & 7                           slide into last 7
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------5-------------------------------5-----------------------------------------|
g-------------------------5-------------------------------5-----------------------------------------|
d-5h7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-------7---5h7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-------7---5h7-7-7-7---7-7-5-------5--5/7----|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Phrase 3]
Slide into 19. Quickly bend up & then down on first 19 on the g string and then pull of to 17.
Bend on second 19 on g string and again on 20 on the b.
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------------------20b---------------|
g------17--------17---19br17----------17---19br---17---------------------|
d/19--------19------------------19---------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bend up, then down on 19. Use slight pinch harmonics on 17s.
e--------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------------------|
g-19br--17---17-----17-----17---12----------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|



[Third verse 1]
Bend up and down on the first 7s.
e---------------------------|
b-7br-7-x-5---5-------------|
g-7br-7-x-5---5-------------|
d-----------------7---------|
a---------------------------|
e---------------------------|


[Third verse 2]
Slide into the 17 on the b. Bend on the 20 on the b.
e----17-17----------------------|
b-17---------20b----------------|
g-------------------------------|
d-------------------------------|
a-------------------------------|
e-------------------------------|


There are three lead guitars at the end of the song.

[Lead during coda: first guitar]
Continue in this fashion until the song ends. The pattern is different each time.
The start of the third time around, the first set of 8th fret double stops are done
e-x-8---x-8---x-8---x-8---x-10---x-10-x-10-8---8---x-8------------|
b-x-8---x-8---x-8---x-8---x-10---x-10-x-10-8---8---x-8------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|

The start of the third time around, the first set of 8th fret double stops are done
in approximately this manner.
e-8---8----8-8----8-8----8-8----8-8------------|
b-8---8----8-8----8-8----8-8----8-8------------|
g-------10b----10b----10b----10b---------------|
d----------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------|


[Lead during coda: second guitar]

This part is rather hard to decipher, so here are the general ideas,
it's a little hard to tell where which lead guitar is which at some points.

Phrase 1
e----------------8----------|
b---10-8-10-8----8----------|
g-------------10------------|
d---------------------------|
a---------------------------|
e------------------/8-------|

Phrase 2
                    Some bends, should be done slowly. Hard to decipher here.
e------------------------------------------------------------------8-----------------------------------|
b----------------------------8--------------------------------8b------8pbr--5------------6---4-----4---|
g---------7b-----5-----7b-------b7-----5----7---7---7-------------------------------------------5------|
d-7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Lead during coda: second guitar
This guitar starts just before the second lead guitar finishes.
Bend up and down slowly            There's a group of notes here, but they are almost inaudible.
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-15b-----------13------15b---------13---------------------------------------------------------------|
g----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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