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Is Anybody There Tab by John Hiatt

Is Anybody There tab by John Hiatt

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IS ANYBODY THERE? - John Hiatt
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F      Fsus4  Fsus2  F        x2

         Bb/C           F  Bb/C F C             Bb    Am Bb
Well I'm out here ...
C      A/C#  Dm               C        Bb
Asking on my knees for some ...
     Bb/C               F     Bb  C   F
And, God, you know it's ha....

Am7                          Bb
  I see a road and a ...
Gm7                    Bb/C
  Let me tell you ...
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           Dm     C     Bb              F
Is anybody there? Oh, I ...
   Dm        C        Gm          F/A        Bb        C
To care- I'm feeling alone and it ...
           Dm     C     Bb               F
Is anybody there? Oh, I ...
                 Eb/Bb           Dm/A
To know that I'm good ...
          Bb/C F
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 F (rolls eyes
condescendingly), you may find it easier to  play  in D with a capo on
the 3rd fret. In this case, F  becomes D, Bb/C becomes G/A (x00033), C
becomes A, Bb becomes G, Am   becomes   F#m, A/C# becomes F# (244322),
Dm becomes Bm, Gm7 becomes Em7,  F/A  becomes D/F# (200232), and Eb/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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