Teardrop tab by Newton Faulkner

Newton Faulkner - Teardrop
Tuning - Db Gb Db Gb Bb Db (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:

Db|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
  # #   # *   # #   # *

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


Intro:

(Strings picked, not strummed)

  Db    B2    Gb    Db
Db|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|--------|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0------|  X2
Gb|-7------|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|-0------|--------|-5------|-0------|


  B2    Gb    Db
Db|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|
Gb|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|--------|-5------|-0------|


 | Percussion |   x 8 bars


Verse:

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


  Db            B2
Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-0----------------------|
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-5----------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------| |
                            |
  Gb            Db            | x2
Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-| |
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Db|-5-----------------------|-0----------------------|

  B9    Gb    Db
Db|---------|--------|---------|
Bb|---------|--------|---------|
Gb|-----|----|-7-------|
Db|-----|----|--0------|
Gb|---------|----|---7-----|
Db|--10-----|--------|----0----|
   nh    nh

  B2  B2  n.c
Db|-----|-----|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-5---|-5---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|

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:

 | Db | B2 | Gb | Db |
 | B2 | Gb | Db | Db*|
 | B2 | B2*| B2 | B2*|

 | Db | B2 | Gb | Db |
 | Db*| B2 | Gb | Db |
 | Db | B2 | Gb | Db | fade out