Love Alive tab by Heart
Guitar Tab
"Love Alive" by Heart >From the album Little Queen Transcribed by Jeff Vick (Vicktory@aol.com) May 30, 2002 Part of the beauty of this song is that there are 2 distinct guitar parts which blend together seamlessly with harmonized riffs and different voicings of the same chord, including a lot of voicings using open strings. The two parts are here noted separately assuming it will be played as a duet. If you play it solo, mix and match your favorite bits. On the album the 2 guitars are well separated left and right. It sounds like they used two acoustic guitars (or 1 acoustic, 1 steel guitar), but an acoustic for guitar one and an electric set clean for guitar 2 works well also. The electric really helps to make the harmonics pop out.
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Symbols used include:
h = hammer on
p = pull off
= natural harmonic above fret x
/ = slide up to next note
\ = slide down to next note
x = mute, do not play
GUITAR ONE (Right channel on album)
Introduction:
Am
E--------------12h13p12\10--------------0--
B--8h10p8\5-----------------------------2-- Play this
G---------------------------5h7p5\4-----3-- only 1X
D---------------------------------------3--
A---------------------------------------0--
E------------------------------------------
Verse:
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D--7-7---5h7p5\4--5-5---4h5p4\2--4-4--2h4p2p0--4-2-2-----2--
A--0-0---0--------0-0---0--------0-0--0--------0-0-0-----0--
E------0--------------0------------------------------0h3----
Play the above 8 times, but on the 2nd through 8th times,
"walk up" by adding the following at the beginning:
E-----------
B-----------
G-----------
D--2--4--5--
A--0--0--0--
E-----------
First Harmonized Chorus: (at 0:34)
G A A A
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G----------------0-----------------------------4/6--6--6--
D-2-0--------------0------0---------------0----5/7--7--7--
A-------3-2-0----------------0-----------2-----5/7--7--7--
E---------------3------3-2-----2----2/3--------3/5--5--7--
Play above 2X
Next Repeat Verse 2X and 1st Harmonized Chorus 2X
Then play Verse 3X and 1st Harmonized Chorus 4X
Interlude: (at 2:10)
C/D D Asus4 A7sus9?
E-3-3--3---5--5-5-5---0-0-0---0--0-0---0-0-0--
B-5-5--5-/-7--7-7-7---5-5-5-/-7--7-7---7-7-7--
G-5-5--5-/-7--7-7-7---7-7-7-/-9--9-9---9-9-9--
D-x-x--x-/-x--x-x-x---7-7-7-/-9--9-9---9-9-9--
A---------------------x-x-x---x--x-x---x-x-x--
E---------------------------------------------
The interlude progression is played a total of 6 times.
Bridge: (at 2:42)
This part is played with chords, though you can pick a
nice melody from the chord shapes (which they do). The
chords for Guitar 2 are the same as Guitar 1, but each
plays a somewhat different strum/pick pattern.
The chords are:
E D to Dsus2 Aadd9 to A11? E Riff
Played as follows:
E = EADGBE D = EADGBE Dsus2 = EADGBE
022100 x00232 x00230
Aadd9 = EADGBE A11? = EADGBE
x02420 x02430
The riff is:
E------------------
B------------------
G--------0---------
D---------0----0---
A----------0----0--
E--0-2--3-----2----
The bridge progression is Played 5X.
On 5th time don't play riff at the end.
2nd Harmonized Chorus: (at 3:33)
D E
E-2---------------2-------------------------------------
B---5--3-2----------3-----2--------------2--3/5--5---5--
G-----------4---2-----2-----2----------2----2/4--4---4--
D-----------------------2-----2---2h4-------4/6--6---6--
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Play 4X
Ending: (at 3:53)
E----------------------
B----------------------
G----------0----0---2-- Play 3X
D---------0----0----3--
A--------0----0-----3--
E--0-2--3----2------0--
E---------0------+ +-----------0--------+
B-------8---8----+ Repeat +--------10---10-----+ Repeat
G-----9-------9--+ Again +-----11---------11--+ Again
D--10------------+ +--12----------------+
A----------------+ +--------------------+
E----------------+ +--------------------+
E-----------0-------------+
B--------12---12----------+ Repeat
G-----12---------12----12-+ Again
D--14---------------14----+
A-------------------------+
E-------------------------+
E
E------------------------------0 Rake and
B-----10h12p10\8---8-7-8--10----0 Let Ring
G--11----------------------------9
D-0-------------------------------9
A----------------------------------7
E-----------------------------------7
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GUITAR TWO (Left channel on album)
Introduction:
Am
E-----------------------------------------0--
B----------------------------------------10-- Play 1X
G-----------------------------------------9--
D----------------------------------------10--
A----------------------------12--
E--------------------------------
E------------------- Play left figure 8X. Variations heard:
B-------------------
G------------0------ The first time through, don't play
D--------------4---- first note (6th string harmonic).
A------------7-- The 4th and 8th times through, play
E--------------- first note twice.
First Harmonized Chorus: (at 0:34)
E---------------------------------------------------
B-12-11-----------------------------------------
G--------14-12-11-------------------11----------
D---------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
G A A A
E------------------------------------
B-------------------8-/-10----10--10- Play 2X.
G-------------------7-/--9-----9---9-
D-----------12h14---9-/-11----11--11-
A----12h14---------------------------
E------------------------------------
Verse:
Chords are as follows:
Asus2 G6/9? Dadd9 A9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
X02200 302005 x04230 302200
0
>From which the following is picked:
E-----0------------5----------0---------------------------
B-------0-----------0----------3--------------------------
G--2------2----0-----2----2-----2---2-2-2-----2-2-2-------
D---2-----------2----------4--------2-2-2-----2-2-2-------
A-0----------------------0--------------------------------
E-------------3--------------------------3p0h3-----3p0h3--
Repeat Verse 2X, then 1st Harmonized Chorus 2X
Then play Verse 3X, then 1st Harmonized Chorus 4X
When they sing "Suddenly a sunbeam..." at 1:00 it sounds
like a harp is overdubbed, but a passing approximation can
be made with the following fingering of the Aadd9 chord:
Aadd9 = E A D G B E
X 16 14 16 17 17
Interlude: (at 2:10)
C/D D Asus4 A7sus9?
E-3-3--3---5--5-5-5---0-0-0---0--0-0---0-0-0--
B-5-5--5-/-7--7-7-7---5-5-5-/-7--7-7---7-7-7--
G-5-5--5-/-7--7-7-7---7-7-7-/-9--9-9---9-9-9--
D-x-x--x-/-x--x-x-x---7-7-7-/-9--9-9---9-9-9--
A---------------------x-x-x---x--x-x---x-x-x--
E---------------------------------------------
The interlude progression is played a total of 6X.
Bridge: (at 2:42)
This part is played with chords, though you can pick a
nice melody from the chord shapes (which they do). The
chords for Guitar 2 are the same as Guitar 1, but each
plays a somewhat different strum/pick pattern.
The chords are:
E D to Dsus2 Aadd9 to A11? E Riff
Played as follows:
E = EADGBE D = EADGBE Dsus2 = EADGBE
022100 x00232 x00230
Aadd9 = EADGBE A11? = EADGBE
x02420 x02430
The riff is:
E------------------
B------------------
G--------0---------
D---------0----0---
A----------0----0--
E--0-2--3-----2----
The bridge progression is played 5X.
On the last time through, don't play the riff at the end.
2nd Harmonized Chorus: (at 3:33)
E---------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------7/9--9--9--
G-7-6----------------------6-------------7--7/9--9--9--
D------9-7-6---7------------------------7---7/9--9--9--
A------------------------------7--7h9---------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
Play 4X
Ending: (at 3:53)
E----------------------
B----------------------
G----------0----0---2-- Play 3X
D---------0----0----3--
A--------0----0-----3--
E--0-2--3----2------0--
E-------0-------------0-------+------0-------------0--------
B-------------0------------0--+-------------0------------0--
G----------0------0-----0-----+---------0------0------0-----
D-----5------5------5-----5---+-----9------9-----9------9---
A-5/7-----7-----7------7------+-7/9----9------9------9------
E-----------------------------+-----------------------------
E
E----------0--------------2h3p2p0--2---2---0
B--------0---0-----------------------3------0 Rake and
G------5-------5-------2---------------------9 let ring
D----7-----------7-----0----------------------9
A--0-----------------0-------------------------7
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