Day By Day Tab by The Hooters

Day By Day tab by The Hooters

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"DAY BY DAY"  BY THE HOOTERS  FROM THE ALBUM NERVOUS NIGHT

I tried to include complete tab, but you'll have to listen to the
CD to get the timing, and come up with your own version of the
keyboard/mandolin intro. If you are not on the mailing list for
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Intro:  Synth. arranged for guitar

------/10------------------------------|
------/10-----/8----/10---/10----------|
--------------/7----/9----/9-----------|
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Verse:
  Asus2                                 Gsus2       D/F#
  Give me what you can tonight...
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--0-----------------------------------------------------------|
--2-----------------------------------------2-2---------2-2---|
--2---------------------------------------0-----------0-------|
--0-----------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------0-2-3-----------2---------|

Repeat this through the verses, then go to E just before chorus:

  E
      Tell me every    ...
--0-0-0---0--0--0------0------0--------------------------
--0-0-0---0--0--0------0------0--------------------------
--1-1-1---1--1--1------1------1--------------------------
--2-2-2---2--2--2------2------2--------------------------
--2-2-2---2--2--2------2------2--------------------------
--0-0-0---0--0--0------0------0--------------------------

Chorus:
    D5                  G5                 A
    day                          Day  ...
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------3-2-3----3-2-3----3-3-2-3-----3-2-3----2-2-3--3-3-3---
------2-2-2----2-2-2----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0----2-2-2--2-2-2---
----0--------0----------0---0-0--0--0------2-2-2-2--2-2-2---
-------------------------------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0---
------------------------3---3-3--3--3-----------------------

  D5/A                                   G5
        Nothing lasts forever only ...
-------------------------------------------------------------
--3-3-2-3---3-2-3---3-3-2-3---3-2-3------3-3-2-3---3-2-3-----
--2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2------0-0-0-0---0-0-0-----
--0---0-0-0---0-----0---0-0-0------------0---0-0-0-0---------
--0---0-0-0---0-----0---0-0-0--------------------------------
-----------------------------------------3---3-3-3-3---------

  A             D5                    Gsus2   D/F#
  day ________
------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------|
----2-2-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------|
----2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------2-------2---|
--2-2-2-2--2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------0-------0-----|
--0-0-0-0--0-0----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------0-2-3-------2-------|

repeat for verse 2, then go to bridge:

   Gsus2                 D/F#              E5
   And if you break down  I will ...
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------2---------------------2-------------------------------
-----0---------------------0---------------------------------
----------------------------------------------2------2----4--
---3---------------------2-----------------0-----------------

 D                    Bm                   Gsus2
 were yesterday          You can ...
--------2-------2--------------------------------------------
--------3-------3-----3--------------------------------------
--------2-------2-----4----------4----4--------2-------------
-0--------------------4---2--4---4----4------0---------------
-------------4--------2----------2----2----------------------
-------------------------------------------3-----------------

 Bm                E
 every every every ...
----------------------------------------------|
-------------------9---9----------------------|
--------7-7--------9---9----------------------|
-----7--9-7--------9---9----------------------|
---9--------9-7----7---7----------------------|
-7--------------------------------------------|

Rhythm plays chorus part, lead plays solo:

 bend                         slide
-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-3-5----------------------------------------------------
---------------2-2--------2------------0-2---0-2---0-2---0-2---0-2
--------------------5-4-5------------4-----4-----4-----4-----4----
-------------------------------19\--------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

                                        bend      harmonic
-----------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------2-3-2---2-------7--5--------------|
-0-2-4-0-2-4-0-2-4-0-2-4-------4---2----------7------------|
--------------------------------------------------7--5-----|
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Then repeat chorus several times, there is a cool fill after the
"I can't stand anticipation..ooh" as follows:

          bend    bend    bend
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---2---4---4---2---------------------|
------------------2---0---3---0------|
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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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