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IS ANYBODY THERE? - John Hiatt
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Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramFsus4Fsus4  Chord diagramFsus2Fsus2  Chord diagramFF        x2

         Chord diagramBb/CBb/C           Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramBb/CBb/C Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramBb majorBb
Well I'm out here ...
Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramA/C#A/C#  Chord diagramDmDm               Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramBb majorBb
Asking on my knees for some ...
     Chord diagramBb/CBb/C               Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramBb majorBb  Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF
And, God, you know it's ha....

Chord diagramAm7Am7                          Chord diagramBb majorBb
  I see a road and a ...
Chord diagramGm7Gm7                    Chord diagramBb/CBb/C
  Let me tell you ...

           Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramBb majorBb              Chord diagramFF
Is anybody there? Oh, I ...
   Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramG minorGm          Chord diagramF/AF/A        Chord diagramBb majorBb        Chord diagramC majorC
To care- I'm feeling alone and it ...
           Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramBb majorBb               Chord diagramFF
Is anybody there? Oh, I ...
                 Chord diagramEb/BbEb/Bb           Dm/A
To know that I'm good ...
          Chord diagramBb/CBb/C Chord diagramFF
To walk ....

And as a woman in this world, well ....

We could hit that road in a ....

 x2

 x7
I'm gonna keep on walking, baby ...
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On the album, the song  is  carried  by  electric piano, with electric
guitar and Hammond organ being decorative.  If  you want to play it by
yourself, and you're not totally confident in the key of Chord diagramFF (rolls eyes
condescendingly), you may find it easier to  play  in Chord diagramD MajorD with a capo on
the 3rd fret. In this case, Chord diagramFF  becomes D, Chord diagramBb/CBb/C becomes Chord diagramG/AG/A (x00033), Chord diagramC majorC
becomes A, Chord diagramBb majorBb becomes G, Chord diagramA minorAm   becomes   F#m, Chord diagramA/C#A/C# becomes Chord diagramF#F# (244322),
Chord diagramDmDm becomes Bm, Chord diagramGm7Gm7 becomes Em7,  Chord diagramF/AF/A  becomes Chord diagramD/F#D/F# (200232), and Chord diagramEb/BbEb/Bb
becomes C/G.

Anyway, back to what IS on the  album. The guitar, piano and organ are
pretty well mixed together, and so  it's  quite  hard to pick out what
the guitar is doing. Hence the following transcription is approximate,
and any repeating  sections  will  probably  be  played with different
variations each time - but what's here should give you a fair idea.
Please don't try to play it note-for-note.
Comments and corrections welcome....

Intro riff:
  +   +   +   +         +   +   +   +
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-10--------------10--|-11--------------11--|
|---------------10----|--12-----------12--12|
|-------------10----10|-------------10------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|

  +   +   +   +          +   +   +   +
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|----10---13--13------|
|------------------10--|---10----10--10------|
|-10----------10-12--10|-10------12--12------|
|-10-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|

Verse: (Play twice, omitting last 2 chords 2nd time)
  +   +   +   +         + + +   +   + + + +   + + +  +
|---------------------|---------8-|-6---6-5-|-6---------|
|-10------10---10h11--|-10----8---|-6---6-5-|-6---------|
|-10-----------10h12--|-10--------|---------|-----------|
|-10----10------------|-----10----|---------|-----10-11-|
|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----10-11-|
|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----8--9--|

  +  +   +  +    +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +    +  +  +  +
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------11-11-|-10----6--8--|-10----11-11-|
|--------10-9--|-7-----12-12-|-10----7--9--|-10----12-12-|
|-12---12---10-|-8-----------|-10----8--10-|-10----------|
|-12-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-10-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Bridge:
  + + + +   + + + +   +     +  .  +.    +       + + + +
|-.-.-0---|---------|----------13-13----------|---------|
|-8-8-----|-6----6--|-11----------13-13-10~~~~|-11------|
|-5-5--5--|-7-------|-10----------------------|-12------|
|-7-7---7-|-8-------|-12----------------------|-12------|
|---------|---------|-------------------------|---------|
|---------|---------|-------------------------|---------|

Chorus:
  +   +     +   +     + + + +   +   +       +   +     +   + + +
|-------------------|---------|---------------------|--/6-5-6---|
|-6---------6---5---|-----6---|-6-----------6-------|--/8-6-6-5-|
|-7------7p5----5---|-----5---|-7-------7p5-7-------|-------7-5-|
|-7------7p5--------|-8---7---|-7-------7p5-7-------|---------5-|
|-------------------|-8-------|---------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-6-------|---------------------|-----------|

  +   +     +   +     + + + +   + + + +   + +
|-------------------|---------|---------|-----|
|-6---------6---5---|-----10--|-11--10--|-11--|
|-7------7p5----5---|-----10--|-12--10--|-12--|
|-7------7p5--------|-8---10--|-13--12--|-----|
|-------------------|-8-------|---------|-----|
|-------------------|-6-------|---------|-----|

Format:
   4 bar electric piano introduction
   Intro riff
   Verse
   Bridge
   Chorus
   Intro riff
   Verse
   Bridge
   Chorus x2
   Intro riff x7

Notation used:
   + = Marks the beat
   p = Pull-off
   h = Hammer-on
   / = Slide
   ~ = Vibrato
   . = Staccato

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