Tabs
Tabbed by: Sam Tennent
Corrections: Paul Hutchinson
PERFECTLY GOOD GUITAR - John Hiatt
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Intro:
|
A minorAm |
E minorEm |
G+G 
C majorC |
D MajorD E minorEm |
|A minorAm |E minorEm D MajorD |G+G C majorC |D MajorD |
|E minorEm |D MajorD E minorEm | |D MajorD E minorEm |
E minorEm G+G
Well he threw one down ...
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Beautiful women were ....
E minorEm G+G
They all got wet when he ...
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
But off in the dark you ...
A minorAm E minorEm
Oh it breaks my ...
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Smashing a perfectly ...
A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD
I don't know who they think ...
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Smashing a perfectly good guitar...
|D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm |D MajorD E minorEm |
It started back in ...
He loved that guitar just ....
- same chords as chorus
There out to be a law ....
Late at night the end of ...
(Hold the final D MajorD on "good" for 4 measures)
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There are at least 4 guitars on the recording (possibly as many as 6).
However, the 3 main ones are an acoustic (John strumming the chords), the lead
guitar (Michael) and another electric (an overdub). The lead guitar plays the
intro and solo as shown below, plays nothing during the verses, and power chords
during the chorus.
Intro: Begins with feedback, and then..
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|-----17--15~~~~--|---17--15----------|------------------------|----------------|
|--/16--16------16|-16--16-----\14-12-14b16---b16-r14p12h14-12-|-14-12----------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|------14-/14----|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----17--15~~~~--|---17--15----------|-------15----------------|
|--/16--16------16|-16--16-----\14-12-|-14b16---b16---r14-12----|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------14-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------------------------|---------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|---------|-----------------| repeat last
|-14\12-12\11-11\7--7-----|---------|-----------------| 2 measures
|----------------------9--|---------|-7-7---9---------|
|-------------------------|-7-------|-5-5---7---------|
|-------------------------|-0-------|-------0---------|
Solo:
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|-----17--15~~~~--|---17--15----------|-------15---------------------|
|--/16----------16|~~~--16-----\14-12-|-14b16---b16-----r14p12-14-12-|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------12-----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------15b17|
|-14-12-----------------------|----------------------12-14b16---------------|
|-------14-12-----------------|-----------------14--------------------------|
|-------------14\12-10--------|------10-12--/14-----------------------------|
|------------------------12\--|--/12----------------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
|--------15b17------b17-15~|~~~~~12-----------------|-------------------------|
|---15-12------------------|-----15-15b17-r15-13----|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------14-|/14\12-12\11-11\7--7--9--|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
+ + + +
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
|/9--9-~~~~~~~|^^^^^^^^^^|
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
Overdub Guitar Fill:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----/5-4-5-4-2-0-|-0-0---2---------|----/5-4-5-4-2-0-|-0-0---2---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
The fill shown is first played at the end of the first chorus.
During the second chorus, the overdub guitar plays
+ + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|----/5-----------|---3-5-----------|
|-----------------|-------4---------| 
G5G5 
C5C5 | 
D5D5 
E5E5 |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|----/5-----------|---3-5-----------|
|-----------------|-------4---------| G5G5 C5C5 | D5D5 |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
And then the fill again.
The fill appears again at the end of the solo.
During the third chorus, the overdub guitar plays
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|-----------------|
|----/5-----------|---3-5---------3-|-----3-------3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------4----/4---|---4---5---------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----2-2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|-----3-----------|
|----/5-----------|---3-5---------3-|-----3-------3---|-----3-----------|
|-----------------|-------4----/4---|---4---5---------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
And then the fill again
During the fourth chorus, the overdub guitar plays much the same as what it did
for the third, except for the fact that the last measure shown is held for a
further 3 measures, before playing the fill twice.
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