The Person You Are tab by Harding John Wesley

Tabs

T H E MajorE  P E MajorE R S O N  Y O U  A augmentedA R E MajorE

			 by John Wesley Harding

		from the album "The Name Above The Title"

Key: G+G major
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INTRO:	G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  D MajorD

  (D MajorD)				 E minorEm
	I put my forehead ....
	  G+G				 D MajorD
	I heard the famous ...
					  E minorEm
	Looks like I've loved ...
		    G+G			D MajorD
	Oh, but all's fair ...
			   C majorC
	I couldn't even ...
	   G+G				 D MajorD
	See scrabbling sheets ...
	   C majorC			 G+G	D MajorD
	Give you the evil ..

	G+G	  C majorC	     G+G
	Why do you do ...	\
		 C majorC		  G+G	 |
	When the ...	 |- PLAY & SING TWICE
		 C majorC	  D MajorD		 |
	Hurt the ....	/

RIFF A:	 G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  D MajorD   G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  D MajorD

  (D MajorD)				    E minorEm
	I slammed my glass ...
	  G+G				   D MajorD
	My problems, they hit ...
					E minorEm
	I don't know ...
			G+G			 D MajorD
	That's okay; tonight I'm on ...
				  C majorC
	Tonight it's just me ...
	  G+G				 D MajorD
	The one who slips one ...
	  C majorC			  G+G	   D MajorD
	The one who slips away ...

	G+G	  C majorC		 G+G
	Why do you do ...	\
		 C majorC		  G+G	 |
	When the things ...	 |- PLAY & SING TWICE
		 C majorC	  D MajorD		 |
	Hurt the ..	/
				 G+G  D MajorD
	They hurt the ..
		    C majorC  D MajorD
	The person ...
		    G+G  D MajorD
	The person ...
		    C majorC  D MajorD
	The person ...

RIFF B:	 G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  D MajorD   G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  D MajorD

  (D MajorD)			   E minorEm
	Got a job to ...
	  G+G			    D MajorD
	Put people out of ...
				   E minorEm
	Now no-one's ...
		   G+G		   D MajorD
	Whose garden will ...
				   C majorC
	It's getting much to ...
	  G+G				 D MajorD
	It stings too much to open ...
	  C majorC			  G+G	  D MajorD
	To fundamental ...


	G+G	  C majorC		 G+G
	Why do you do ....	\
		 C majorC		  G+G	 |
	When the things ...	 |- PLAY & SING FOUR TIMES
		 C majorC	  D MajorD		 |
	Hurt the person ..	/
				 G+G  D MajorD
	They hurt the ...
		    C majorC  D MajorD
	The ...
		    G+G  D MajorD
	The person ...
		    C majorC  D MajorD
	The person ....
		   G+G	   D MajorD		  C majorC	  D MajorD	    G+G D MajorD C majorC	 D MajorD G+G
	The person............... person............... person...... yeay.
		   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
				OUTRO ON LEAD GUITAR


			-- T H E MajorE  E MajorE N D MajorD --

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L E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD  G+G U I T A augmentedA R  T A augmentedA BB S
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

I N T R O
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  G+G			   D MajorD			    C majorC
||-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8---|
||--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8---------------|
||--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9---------------------|
||--S----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
||--T----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
||-- ----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

  D MajorD
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--7----------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
  1 .	 2 . 3 . 4	.

 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

R I FF F  BB
~~~~~~~~~~~
  G+G			   D MajorD			    C majorC
|-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8----|
|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8----------------|
|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9----------------------|
|--S----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--T----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-- ----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


  D MajorD			   G+G			    D MajorD
|--------------7----------|-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|
|--------8----------10----|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|
|--7----------------------|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|
|-------------------------|--S----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--T----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-- ----------------------|-------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


  C majorC			   D MajorD
|-------------10-----8----|-------- ----------------|
|--------8----------------|--7--7--R----------------|
|--9----------------------|--7--7--E----------------|
|-------------------------|--------S----------------|
|-------------------------|--------T----------------|
|-------------------------|-------- ----------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

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O U T R O
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  G+G			   D MajorD			    C majorC
|-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8----|
|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8----------------|
|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9----------------------|
|--S----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--T----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-- ----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


  D MajorD			   G+G			    D MajorD
|--------------7----------|-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|
|--------8----------10----|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|
|--7----------------------|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|
|-------------------------|--S----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--T----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-- ----------------------|-------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


  C majorC			   D MajorD			    G+G
|-------------10-----8----|--------------7----------|--7---------------------||
|--------8----------------|--------8----------10----|--8---------------------||
|--9----------------------|--7----------------------|--7---------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


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O P T I O N A augmentedA L  R H Y T H M  G+G U I T A augmentedA R  P A augmentedA R T  FF O R  R I FF F  A augmentedA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Normally played on piano)
						    ^
  G+G	 ^		   D MajorD	  ^		    C majorC
|--------3----------------|--------2----------------|-------------------------|
|--------0----------------|--------3----------------|--1----------------------|
|--------0----------------|--------2----------------|--0----------------------|
|--------0--------------0-|-------------------------|--2----------------------|
|--------2----------------|-----------------0--0--2-|--3-----2-----0----------|
|--3-----------3--2--3----|-------------------------|--------------------3----|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


  D MajorD	 ^   ^ h	   G+G	  ^		    D MajorD   ^
|--------2-----0--2-------|--------3----------------|--------2----------------|
|--------3-----3----------|--------0----------------|--------3----------------|
|--------2-----2----------|--------0----------------|--------2----------------|
|--0----------------------|--------0--------------0-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------2----------------|-----------------0--0--2-|
|-------------------------|--3-----------3--2--3----|-------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

  ^			   ^
  C majorC			   D MajorD
|-------------------------|--2----------------------|	This section was
|--1----------------------|--3----------------------|	invented by me
|--0----------------------|--2----------------------|	around the part
|--2----------------------|--0----------------------|	played with the
|--3-----2-----0----------|-------------------------|	piano at  this
|--------------------3----|-------------------------|	point in Wes's
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .	recording.

Notes:
   * `^' means downstroke, `h' means hammer-on.

   * In the 4th bar of this section, the 3rd beat and it's half-beat can
	either be played using the hammer-on to the treble note as shown above
	(in which case the chord on the 3rd beat becomes Dsus2Dsus2), which is one
	of my personal favourite colourings, or the normal D MajorD fingering can be
	retained, with a downstroke on the 3rd beat and an upstroke on the
	following half-beat.

   * Don't worry unduly about playing only those strings shown in the tabs
	when doing downstrokes with your plectrum or thumb. In particular the
	C majorC chord strums are shown with the treble-E string not played, but this
	isn't always easy to get right, so don't worry, be happy :-)

   * A augmentedA reasonably flexible but reasonably firm pick/plectrum is best if you
	want to do this riff (IMHO).

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G+G E MajorE N E MajorE R A augmentedA L  N O T E MajorE S
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   1.	If you are playing solo, then the most important thing is to keep up
	the rhythm and chords, so you can forget the lead guitar solo parts.
	I like to use the last 4 bars of the OPTIONAL RHYTHM PART FOR RIFF A augmentedA
	as my intro, and obviously stick to the RIFF A augmentedA after the first verse,
	using it again after the second verse, where the recording has RIFF B.
	In place of the OUTRO, I just strum the chords of the rhythm guitar
	part, allowing the words (person... person... person... yeay) to hold
	the flow of the ending, and then finish with a flourish.

   2.	As always, learn the rhythm of the song from the recording.

   3. Enjoy!

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C majorC H O R D MajorD S
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   G+G chord			   D MajorD chord

 e||---|---|-o-| G+G		e||---|-o-|---| F#F#
 BB||---|---|---| BB		BB||---|---|-o-| D MajorD
 G+G||---|---|---| G+G		G+G||---|-o-|---| A augmentedA
 D MajorD||---|---|---| D MajorD		D MajorD||---|---|---| D MajorD
 A augmentedA||---|-o-|---| BB		A augmentedA||---|---|---| A augmentedA
 E MajorE||---|---|-o-| G+G		E MajorE||---|-x-|---| either use thumb on 2nd fret
						 or don't play bass-E string


   C majorC chord			  E minorEm chord

 e||---|---|---| E MajorE		e||---|---|---| E MajorE
 BB||-o-|---|---| C majorC		BB||---|---|---| BB
 G+G||---|---|---| G+G		G+G||---|---|---| G+G
 D MajorD||---|-o-|---| E MajorE		D MajorD||---|-o-|---| E MajorE
 A augmentedA||---|---|-o-| C majorC		A augmentedA||---|-o-|---| BB
 E MajorE||---|---|---| E MajorE		E MajorE||---|---|---| E MajorE


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