Tabs with lyrics
This is entirely my own work, done on 1/23/06 with a Fender Guitar in hand. "Kerry" - Hall & Oates From the album "Bigger Than the Both Of Us" This is a great song from a pretty unknown H&O album. Chord wise, it's pretty simple, classic Daryl Hall stuff. But there's about 3 guitars intertwined throughout the song that play some cool stuff, in addition to the bass/drums/electric piano and so forth. But what I'm attempting to do here is somewhat dissect the song as it was played. If you want to play a simple,
solo rendition, all of these chords are common "open" position chords, and can be played as so (Daryl Hall no doubt wrote it on a piano or keyboard of some sort, so that's probably the best bet for a "solo" version). At any rate, I like to try and tab out what is actually being played on the record. Unfortunately, I just started playing guitar last August..so I'm still largely a novice. Thus, I can't guarantee authenticity of any of this..but it's as close as I can get for now! Here goes: Synthesizer Intro:G+G
FF (x2) Verse:
A minorAm
D MajorD (These two chords repeat throughout) One of the guitars is playing lead, with a bunch of cool little riffs like this one, which comes in at the beginning of the first verse: E-------5p3------------------------------------------------------ B------------5--3s1---------------------------------------------- G---------------------0---2v-------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- It's mostly G-major/E-minor pentatonic based stuff. Another guitar plays the chords. I'm not positive, but these positions sound close: E-------5---------5------------------------------------------------ B-------5---------7------------------------------------------------ G-------5---------7------------------------------------------------ D-------7---------7------------------------------------------------ A-------7---------5------------------------------------------------ E-------5---------5------------------------------------------------
A minorAm
D MajorD
Pre-Chorus:C majorC
G/BG/B (x3)
FF
C majorC
D MajorD Carry on.. On this part, for the
C majorC
G/BG/B progression, I can hear one guitar playing arpegios of these triads: E---------------------------------------------------------------- B------13--------12---------------------------------------------- G------12--------12---------------------------------------------- D------14--------12---------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------
C majorC
G/BG/B (this is technically just a
G+G arpegio, as the bass covers the
BB) Chorus:
G+G D/G
C majorC
G/BG/B
A minorAm (those last 3 chords are quick) Oh kerry..
G+G D/G CCC
G+G CCCG
C majorC oh kerry.. More arpegios in the chorus, mainly with these two chords: E---------------------------------------------------------------- B-----12----10--------------------------------------------------- G-----12----11--------------------------------------------------- D-----12----12--------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G D/G
C majorC
G/BG/B
A minorAm Verse 2:
A minorAm
D MajorD Same as before. Heres a cool "falling" riff at the beginning of the second verse: E---------------------------------------------------------------- B-----5s3s5--5--3------------------------------------------------ G------------------5--2------------------------------------------ D------------------------5--4------------------------------------ A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Chorus/Chorus is all the same. Then, the synth intro repeats. The song then modulates from the key of
G+G to the key of
Bb majorBb as follows:
C/DC/D
Eb/FEb/F Then, back to the chorus which is now in the new key of Bb, thus:
Bb majorBb F/Bb Oh kerry..
Eb MajorEb
Bb/DBb/D
C minorCm (fast) But don't get..
Bb majorBb F/Bb
Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb
Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb
Eb MajorEb etc. Same as the other choruses, but everything is moved up 3 half-steps. As the song fades via the chorus, the lead plays some riffs higher up on the neck around the 10/11th fret (for those familiar with the CAGED system, the "C" position in the key of
Bb majorBb). Like so: E-----13p11----------13p11--10--11------------------------------- B-----------13--11----------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- I probably spent too much time on this, considering the song is largely unknown to anyone outside diehard H&O fans. Which means no one will probably ever even search for a tab of this song..but if you need it, here's at least something! Any comments can be sent to [email protected]
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Kerry' by, formed in 2000