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Newton Faulkner - Teardrop
Tuning - DbDb GbGb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb DbDb (often DGDGBD live)
Submitted by leroy

Percussion notation:

# = strike body with heel of the palm, slightly above strings and
  between sound hole and bridge
* = slap body with thumb, above strings, by end of fretboard

Right hand should remain roughly in natural picking position throughout

Rhythm:

DbDb|------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|------------------------------------|
GbGb|------------------------------------|
DbDb|------------------------------------|
GbGb|------------------------------------|
DbDb|------------------------------------|
  # #   # *   # #   # *

During verse, the first # is replaced by plucking of bass notes.

Intro:

(Strings picked, not strummed)

  DbDb    B2    GbGb    DbDb
Db|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb majorBb|--------|--------|--------|--------|
GbGb|--------|-0------|-0------|--------|
DbDb|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0------|  X2
GbGb|-7------|-5------|--------|-7------|
DbDb|-0------|--------|-5------|-0------|


  B2    GbGb    DbDb
Db|--------|--------|--------|
Bb majorBb|--------|--------|--------|
GbGb|-0------|-0------|--------|
DbDb|-0------|-0------|-0------|
GbGb|-5------|--------|-7------|
DbDb|--------|-5------|-0------|


 | Percussion |   x 8 bars


Verse:

Bass notes picked with right hand
Meoldy played by fretting hand
See notes above on percussion

  DbDb            B2
DbDb|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb majorBb|-------------------------|------------------------|
GbGb|-------------------------|-0----------------------|
DbDb|-0-----------------------|------------------------|
GbGb|-------------------------|-5----------------------| |
DbDb|-0-----------------------|------------------------| |
                            |
  GbGb            DbDb            | x2
DbDb|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-| |
Bb majorBb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
GbGb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
DbDb|-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
GbGb|-------------------------|------------------------|
DbDb|-5-----------------------|-0----------------------|

  B9B9    GbGb    DbDb
Db|---------|--------|---------|
Bb majorBb|---------|--------|---------|
GbGb|-----|----|-7-------|
DbDb|-----|----|--0------|
GbGb|---------|----|---7-----|
DbDb|--10-----|--------|----0----|
   nh    nh

  B2  B2  n.c
DbDb|-----|-----|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb majorBb|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
GbGb|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
DbDb|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
GbGb|-5---|-5---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
DbDb|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Outro:

Full percussion and bass/melody notes as per the start
of the verse, except bars with *, do not play the bass
notes in these bars. Chord structure:

 | DbDb | B2 | GbGb | DbDb |
 | B2 | GbGb | DbDb | Db*|
 | B2 | B2*| B2 | B2*|

 | DbDb | B2 | GbGb | DbDb |
 | Db*| B2 | GbGb | DbDb |
 | DbDb | B2 | GbGb | DbDb | fade out