Tabs
[three versions: drop-D tuning, 
C majorC wahine tuning, regular tuning]
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Song : Never Going Back Again (Rumours 1977)
Tuning: Dropped 
D MajorD (DADGBE), capo 4th fret
Transcriber: Phil Champ ([email protected])
The second half of this tab is a version in C majorC wahine tuning which contains
the same notes as the original, but is considerably easier to play.
Verse
E MajorE||-----------------------|--------5--------5--------|------------------------|
BB||-------3---------2h3---|-----------3--------3-----|-------3p2--------5-----|
G+G||-------2---------2-----|-----2--------2--------2--|-------2----------2-----|
D MajorD||-------4---------2h4---|--------4-----------4-----|-------4p2--------5/4---|
A augmentedA||------------0----------|--------------0-----------|-------------0----------|
D MajorD||--0--------------------|--0-----------------------|--0---------------------|
|-------5--------5--------|--2--------2--------2-----|
|--3-------3--------3-----|-----5--------5--------5--|
|-------------2-----------|--------2--------2--------|
|-------4-----------4h5---|--------5-----------5-----|
|-------------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
|--0----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----2--------2--------2--|------------------------|-----------5--------------
|--------5--------5--------|--3----------5/7--5-----|--3--------------------3--
|--2--------2--------2-----|-----2------------------|-----2-----------2--------
|--------5-----------5-----|--------4----5/7---5----|--4-----4-----------4-----
|--0-----------0-----------|---------------0--------|--------------0-----------
|--------------------------|--0---------------------|--0-----------------------
|-----------------------|--------5--------5--------|------------------------|
|-------3---------2h3---|-----------3--------3-----|-------3p2--------5-----|
|-------2---------2-----|-----2--------2--------2--|-------2----------2-----|
|-------4---------2h4---|--------4-----------4-----|-------4p2--------5/4---|
|------------0----------|--------------0-----------|-------------0----------|
|--0--------------------|--0-----------------------|--0---------------------|
|--------5--------5--------|--2--------2--------2-----|
|--3--------3--------3-----|-----5--------5--------5--|
|-----2--------2-----------|--------2--------2--------|
|--------4-----------4h5---|--------5-----------5-----|
|--------------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
1.
|-----2--------2--------2--|------------------------|----------5-------------|
|--------5--------5--------|--3----------5/7---5----|--3---------------------|
|--2--------2--------2-----|-----2------------------|----------------2-------|
|--------5-----------5-----|--------4----5/7---5----|--4----4-----------4----|
|--0-----------0-----------|---------------0--------|-------------0----------|
|--------------------------|--0---------------------|--0---------------------|
2. Chorus
||-------------------||-------10--------9--------|
||--3----------------||-----------7--------------|
* ||--2----------------||-----------------------7--|
* ||--4----------------||-------7------------7-----|
||-------------------||--------------0-----------|
||--0----------------||--0-----------------------|
|--10---------10---------10------|-------10----9-----------|
|------10---------10---------10--|----------------8--------|
|----------7----------7----------|--7-------------------7--|
|----------7-------------7-------|-------7-----------7-----|
|-----------------0--------------|-------------0-----------|
|--0-----------------------------|--0----------------------|
|--10---------10---------10------|-------10-------9--------|
|------10---------10---------10--|-------------------------|
|----------7----------7----------|--7-------------------7--|
|----------7-------------7-------|-------7-----------7-----|
|-----------------0--------------|-------------0-----------|
|--0-----------------------------|--0----------------------|
|--10---------10---------10------|------------------------|
|------10---------10---------10--|-------3-------2--------|
|----------7----------7----------|---------------2-----0--|
|----------7-------------7-------|-------4----------2-----|
|-----------------0--------------|--2---------------------|
|--0-----------------------------|------------4-----------|
|-----------5--------------||
|--3/2---------------2h3---||
|-----------------2--------||
|--------2-----------2h4---||
|--2p0---------0-----------||
|--------------------------||
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Song : Never Going Back Again (Rumours 1977)
Tuning: C majorC wahine (CGDGBE), capo 6th fret
Corrections: Phil Champ ([email protected])
Verse
E MajorE||-----------------------|--------3--------3--------|------------------------|
BB||-------1---------0h1---|-----------1--------1-----|-------1p0--------3-----|
G+G||-------0---------0-----|-----0--------0--------0--|-------0----------------|
D MajorD||-------2---------0h2---|--------2-----------2-----|-------2p0--------3/2---|
G+G||------------0----------|--------------0-----------|-------------0----------|
C majorC||--0--------------------|--0-----------------------|--0---------------------|
|-------3--------3--------|--0--------0--------0-----|
|--1-------1--------1-----|-----3--------3--------3--|
|-------------0-----------|--------0--------0--------|
|-------2-----------2h3---|--------3-----------3-----|
|-------------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
|--0----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----0--------0--------0--|------------------------|-----------3--------------
|--------3--------3--------|--1----------3/5---3----|--1--------------------1--
|--0--------0--------0-----|-----0------------------|-----0-----------0--------
|--------3-----------3-----|--------2----3/5---3----|--2-----2-----------2-----
|--0-----------0-----------|---------------0--------|--------------0-----------
|--------------------------|--0---------------------|--0-----------------------
|-----------------------|--------3--------3--------|------------------------|
|-------1---------0h1---|-----------1--------1-----|-------1h-0-------3-----|
|-------0---------0-----|-----0--------0--------0--|-------0----------------|
|-------2---------0h2---|--------2-----------2-----|-------2h-0-------3/2---|
|------------0----------|--------------0-----------|-------------0----------|
|--0--------------------|--0-----------------------|--0---------------------|
|--------3--------3--------|--0--------0--------0-----|
|--1--------1--------1-----|-----3--------3--------3--|
|-----0--------0-----------|--------0--------0--------|
|--------2-----------2h3---|--------3-----------3-----|
|--------------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
1.
|-----0--------0--------0--|------------------------|----------3-------------|
|--------3--------3--------|--1----------3/5---3----|--1---------------------|
|--0--------0--------0-----|-----0------------------|----------------0-------|
|--------3-----------3-----|--------2----3/5---3----|--2----2-----------2----|
|--0-----------0-----------|---------------0--------|-------------0----------|
|--------------------------|--0---------------------|--0---------------------|
2. Chorus
||-------------------||-------8--------7--------|--8--------8--------8-----|
||--1----------------||----------5--------------|-----8--------8--------8--|
*||--0----------------||----------------------5--|--------5--------5--------|
*||--2----------------||-------5-----------5-----|--------5-----------5-----|
||-------------------||-------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
||--0----------------||--0----------------------|--0-----------------------|
|-------8----7-----------|--8--------8--------8-----|-------8-------7--------|
|---------------6--------|-----8--------8--------8--|------------------------|
|--5------------------5--|--------5--------5--------|--5------------------5--|
|-------5----------5-----|--------5-----------5-----|-------5----------5-----|
|------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|------------0-----------|
|--0---------------------|--0-----------------------|--0---------------------|
|--8--------8--------8-----|------------------------|
|-----8--------8--------8--|-------1-------0--------|
|--------5--------5--------|---------------0--------|
|--------5-----------5-----|-------2----------0h3---|
|--------------0-----------|--2---------------------|
|--0-----------------------|------------4-----------|
|-----------3--------------|
|--1p0---------------0h1---|
|-----------------0--------|
|--------0-----------0h2---|
|--2p0---------0-----------|
|--------------------------|
*** A augmentedA Note from Mike Wallbridge (Feedback) ***
Hi,
I came across your version of Never Going Back Again in C majorC Wahine tuning
(CGDGBE) and thought you'd be interested in some info. According to an
interview with Lindsey, he double-tracked the song on Rumours playing
it in Dropped-D tuning, which as you say is not quite so easy. In the
same interview he supplied the tab for the song and I transposed it
exactly into C majorC Wahine tuning to see how it came out. A augmentedA couple of days
later I found the enclosed site with exactly the same tuning and the
same notes that I had worked out. It is a fuller version that you have
at present and, I think, identical to what Lindsey played if in a
different tuning. Hope you enjoy it if you are still at this address.
If you ever manage to work out the tab for the very much slower and
different live version of the song I would appreciate you letting me know.
Cheers
Mike Wallbridge
***************
|================================|
| Tabbed by Vu Le on 27-6-2001 |
| [email protected] |
| Comments? |
| Suggestions? |
|================================|
NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN by Fleetwood Mac
Try my version of this song. It's sounds close to the real thing (and it's
easy for me, a mediocre guitar player, to play). I included a bass guitar
part and two versions of the chorus accompanyment. The first version
is played in the open position (while capoed) and the alternate version is
played using barre chords.
CAPO 6th fret
(s = slide)
(. = beat)
***************************************************************************
[Intro]
C majorC G+G C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE |---------------|-----3------3-----|--------------|-----3------3----|
BB |------1-----0--|-------1----------|-----1-----3--|-------1---------|
G+G |---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
D MajorD |------2-----0--|-----2---------2--|-----2-----0--|-----2---------2-|
A augmentedA |---3-----------|--3---------------|--3-----------|--3--------------|
E MajorE |---------3-----|----------3-------|--------3-----|----------3------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
G7G7 C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
E MajorE |--0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-|----------------|-------3----|
BB |----3------3----3-|-----3-----3-----|-1-----3s-5--3--|-1----------|
G+G |------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|
D MajorD |------3-------3---|-----3-------3---|----2--------0--|----2-----0-|
A augmentedA |------------------|-----------------|-3--------------|-3----------|
E MajorE |--3--------3------|-3-------3-------|-------3--------|-------3----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[Verses]
C majorC G+G C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE ||------------------------|-----3------3----|------------|---3-----3---|
BB ||--------1-----------0---|-------1---------|----1-----3-|-----1-------|
G+G ||.-----------------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
D MajorD ||.-------2-----------0---|-----2---------2-|----2-----0-|---2-------2-|
A augmentedA ||--3---------------------|-3---------------|-3----------|-3-----------|
E MajorE ||--------------3---------|----------3------|-------3----|-------3-----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. She broke down ...
2. gain.
3. You don't know ...
G7G7 C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
E MajorE |--0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-|----------------|-------3----|
BB |----3------3----3-|-----3-----3-----|-1-----3s-5--3--|-1----------|
G+G |------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|
D MajorD |------3-------3---|-----3-------3---|----2--------0--|----2-----0-|
A augmentedA |------------------|-----------------|-3--------------|-3----------|
E MajorE |--3--------3------|-3-------3-------|-------3--------|-------3----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C majorC G+G C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE |--------------------|------3-------3-----|------------|----3------3----|
BB |--------1--------0--|--------1-----------|----1-----3-|------1---------|
G+G |--------------------|--------------------|------------|----------------|
D MajorD |--------2--------0--|------2----------2--|----2-----0-|----2---------2-|
A augmentedA |--3-----------------|-3------------------|-3----------|-3--------------|
E MajorE |--------------3-----|------------3-------|-------3----|---------3------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Made me see ...
2. gain.
3. Come down an...
G7G7 C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
E MajorE |--0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-|----------------|-------3----|
BB |----3------3----3-|-----3-----3-----|-1-----3s-5--3--|-1----------|
G+G |------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|
D MajorD |------3-------3---|-----3-------3---|----2--------0--|----2-----0-|
A augmentedA |------------------|-----------------|-3--------------|-3----------|
E MajorE |--3--------3------|-3-------3-------|-------3--------|-------3----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[Chorus (open chord version)]
C majorC G+G C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE |-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
BB |----1-----0--|--1-----1------1----|----1------0--|--1-----1------1----|
G+G |-------------|----0------0-----0--|--------------|----0------0-----0--|
D MajorD |----2-----0--|------2------2------|----2------0--|------2------2------|
A augmentedA |-3-----------|--3-----------------|-3------------|--3-----------------|
E MajorE |-------3-----|-----------3--------|--------3-----|-----------3--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Been down one ...
2.
3. Been down ...
C majorC G+G C majorC 
A minorAm 
E minorEm
E MajorE |---------------|-------------------|-------------|
BB |----1-------0--|--1-----1-----1----|----1----0---|
G+G |---------------|----0-----0-----0--|-------------|
D MajorD |----2-------0--|------2-----2------|----2--------|
A augmentedA |-3-------------|--3----------------|-0---------2-|
E MajorE |---------3-----|----------3--------|-------0-----|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
1. times I'm
2.
3.
-----------------------
|1,2,3. |
| |
C majorC G+G
E MajorE |--------------3------||
BB |--1------------------||
G+G |--------------------.||
D MajorD |--------2-----------.||
A augmentedA |--3---------------2--||
E MajorE |--------------3------||
. . . .
1. never going...
2.
3. never going...
[Ending]
C majorC G+G C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE |---------------|-----3------3-----|--------------|-----3------3----|
BB |------1-----0--|-------1----------|-----1-----3--|-------1---------|
G+G |---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
D MajorD |------2-----0--|-----2---------2--|-----2-----0--|-----2---------2-|
A augmentedA |-3-------------|--3---------------|--3-----------|--3--------------|
E MajorE |---------3-----|----------3-------|--------3-----|----------3------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
gain.
G7G7 C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE |--0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-|----------------|--0------|
BB |----3------3----3-|-----3-----3-----|-1-----3s-5--3--|--1------|
G+G |------------------|-----------------|----------------|--0------|
D MajorD |------3-------3---|-----3-------3---|----2--------0--|--2------|
A augmentedA |------------------|-----------------|-3--------------|--3------|
E MajorE |--3--------3------|-3-------3-------|-------3--------|--0------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
***************************************************************************
Bass guitar - this part is a simple alternating bass.
[intro and verse]
C majorC G+G C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
G+G |---------|---------|---------|---------|
D MajorD |---------|---------|---------|---------|
A augmentedA |-----4---|-----4---|-----4---|-----4---|
E MajorE |-2-------|-2-------|-2-------|-2-------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
G7G7 G7G7 C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
G MajorG |---------|---------|---------|---------|
D MajorD |---------|---------|---------|---------|
A augmentedA |-4---4---|-4---4---|-----4---|-----4---|
E MajorE |---------|---------|-2-------|-2-------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[chorus]
C majorC G+G C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
G+G |---------|---------|---------|---------|
D MajorD |---------|---------|---------|---------|
A augmentedA |-----4---|-----4---|-----4---|-----4---|
E MajorE |-2-------|-2-------|-2-------|-2-------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm E minorEm C majorC
G+G |---------|---------|---------|---------|
D MajorD |---------|---------|---------|---------|
A augmentedA |-----4---|-----4---|-6-------|-6---4---|
E MajorE |-2-------|-2-------|-----6---|---------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
***************************************************************************
[Alternate chorus - if you can reach these frets on your guitar]
E MajorE |----8--------|--8------8------8---|----8--------|--8------8------8---|
BB |---------12--|----9------9------9-|---------12--|----9------9------9-|
G+G |-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
D MajorD |---10----12--|------10-----10-----|---10----12--|------10-----10-----|
A augmentedA |------10-----|--------------------|------10-----|--------------------|
E MajorE |-8-----------|--8--------8--------|-8-----------|--8--------8--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E MajorE |----8--------|--8------8------8---|-------------|--------3-----|
BB |---------12--|----9------9------9-|--------0----|--1-----------|
G+G |-------------|--------------------|---5---------|--------------|
D MajorD |---10----12--|------10-----10-----|-----------2-|-----2--------|
A augmentedA |------10-----|--------------------|---7---------|--3--------2--|
E MajorE |-8-----------|--8--------8--------|-5----0------|--------3-----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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