Thing Called Love tab by John Hiatt
Guitar Tab
thing_called_love.tab is a corrected and expanded version of thing_called_love.crd which was tabbed by Jeremy Crowhurst (who no longer has an internet account) and was based on the Bonnie Raitt cover version rather than the original. THING CALLED LOVE - John Hiatt ----------------- F#5 Don't have to humble ... I ain't your judge ... A E F#5 Baby, you know you ... We may not even have our ... This could be just some ... A E F#5 (/E) Baby we can choose you ...
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D G A
But are you ready for ...
D G A
Don't come from you and ...
D G A
I ain't no porcupine, ...
D B5 F#5
Are you ready for this ...
And you ain't some icon carved .....
(Chorus)
F#5 A
The ugly ducklings ....
F#5 A
And glide off down ....
F#5 A
Whether your ...
D B5
You only see the world ....
(Acoustic solo): F#5 A5 B5 E5 (x4)
F#5 A5 B5 E5
Before the laws of God and laws of man .....
And are you ready for this thing .....
D G A
Are you ready for it?....
(Acoustic solo): [Same chords as before]
Just a crazy thing ....(x lots to fade)
.................
NB On this song, the acoustic guitar is "dropped-G" tuned
(low to high EADEBE).
Chords used: F#5-244222 A-x02020 or 577555 E-022000
D-xx0535, xx053x or x57575 G-355333 or 3x033x B5-x242xx or 799777
Note that the acoustic is mixed quite low, so I'm not certain about the
chord shapes.
I didn't have much luck transcribing the solos (either studio or Live at
Budokhan), but if it's any help, they're all based on the F# blues scale
(F# A B C C# E).
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The main electric riff played thoughout the verses is this:
+ + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-------|-----2-----------|
|-----1-4---------|-1-4-------------|
|---2-----------2-|--------------/2-|
Play it with some distortion and lots of muted strums etc between the notes.
When you get to the third line of the verse, it goes like this
+ + + + + + + + + +
----------|-----------------|-----------------|
----------|-----------------|-----------------|
----------|-----------------|-----------------|
----------|-------2---------|-----------------|
---0-/4-0-|---0-4---0-------|---2-------------|
----------|---------------0-|/4---0-----------|
If you want to make the chorus sound like Ry, then have a good listen to
the album, cause it's beaten me. Otherwise just play ordinary chords.
However, the following is a vaguely Ryish lick that Michael Ward uses at
one point on the Live at Budokan album (use sparingly - once per chorus
at most)
+ + + + + + + +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-----0-----|-5---5---7-------|
|-4b5---4b5---2-0-|-5---5---7-------|
|-----------------|-3---3---5-------|
The power chords that the electric uses for the rest of the song are:
F#5-244xxx A5-x022xx D5-xx023x B5-x244xx E5-022xxx
...........
Comments, questions, suggestions, corrections, requests always welcome.
Enjoy!
Paul Hutchinson
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PS Check out the John Hiatt web page at http://www.unicom.com/john-hiatt
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