Logo for GuitarTabsExplorer
🔎︎ Search
Mood For A Day by Steve Howe

Mood For A Day tab by Steve Howe

Guitar tabs

Mood for a Day
                 --------------

                    by
                  Steve Howe

                 transcribed in
            Guitar for the Practicing Musician
               Collector's Yearbook
                 Summer 1988
               The Acoustic Classics


                 SYMBOLS
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
     h    hammer-on        |    quarter note
     p    pull-off        |+   dotted quarter note
     /    slide          }    quarter rest
     {    roll          `/   eighth rest
     ///   tremolo picking     "/   sixteenth rest




 Vivace qtr = 138        _________________________________________
 * = Gently tap guitar face   |1.         |2.
                |          |
 3 G/D  F#/C#    2 G/D   |4 F#7/C#     3|4 F#7/C#
 -     ___    -     |-_______  __  -|-___  __  _____
 4     | |    4     |4| | | | `/ | | 4|4| | `/ | `/ | | |
||--3-3-3-3-2---|-----|-3-3-3-3-|-0-0---0----0--0--||-0-0----0-----0-0---|
||--3-3-3-3-2---|-o^/-|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2---2----2--2--||-2-2----2-----2-2---|
||@-4-4-4-4-3-*-|--/--|-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-X-3----3--3-@||-3-3----3-----3-3---|
||@-5-5-5-5-4---|-/^o-|-5-5-5-5-|-4-4---4----4--4-@||-4-4----4-----4-4-4-|
||--5-5-5-5-4---|-----|-5-5-5-5-|-4-4---4----4--4--||-4-4----4-----4-4---|
||--------------|-----|---------|------------------||--------------------|
  |_| |_|       |_| |_|




3        s/ Bm      A        6 G   F#   G/B  F#/A#
-  __ ___ ___ /s ___ ___ ___  ___ ======= ___ - _____ _____  _____  __
4 `/ | | | | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | |  | | | | |
|-------------3-||-2-2---2---2-|--------h-p------|--------h--0-|-----------|
|---------2-3---||---3-3-3-3---|-2-3-5-2-3-2-----|-3-2-0-2-3---|-3-2-0-2---|
|----3--4-------||---4-4-4-4---|-------------4-2-|-------------|-----------|
|--5------------||-----4-4-4---|-----------------|-------------|---------4-|
|---------------||-2---2---2---|-0---------------|-------------|-2-----1---|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|-3-----2-----|-----------|
  |+   `/ }   |  |  |            | `/ |_ }  | `/ | `/




3        Bm      A(6)         6 G   F#
-                 ..3..       -
4  __ ___ ___  ___ ___ ___  ===-===== ======= ___ 8 _____ _____
 `/ | | | | |  | |^| |^| |  |h|h|p|p| | | | | | |  | | | | | |
|------------3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-3-5-3-2----h-p------|--------h--0-|
|--------2-3---|---3-3-3-3---|-----------5-2-3-2-----|-3-2-0-2-3---|
|---3--4-------|---4-4-4-4---|-------------------4-2-|-------------|
|-5------------|---4-4-4-4---|-----------------------|-------------|
|--------------|-2---2-------|-0---------------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-----------------------|-3-----2-----|
 |+   `/ }  |  |  |_`/             | `/ |_ }




    To coda 3        2   poco rit
 G/B  F#/A# | -     .3.. - ..3..
 _____  __ -@- 4  __ ___ _ __ 4  __ =======  ======= =======
 | | | | |  |  `/ | | | | |    | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
|-------------||----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-2-0-2-----||----------2-3-0-|--2-----0-------|-----------------|
|-------------||-----3--4-------|-----3----2-3---|-0---------------|
|---------4---||---5------------|--------------4-|---2-4-0-2---0---|
|-2-----1-----||----------------|----------------|-----------4---2-|
|-------------||----------------|----------------|-----------------|
 | `/ | `/    |+   `/ }  |




 ======= =======  ======= =======  ======= =======  ======= =======
 | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-1-2---1-----1-|-2---1-----1-2---|-2---1-----1-2---|-1-----1-2---1--h|
|-------3---2-3---|---3---2-3-----3-|---3---2-3-----3-|---2-3-----3---2-|




 ..3..                            fermata
 _____________ _______________ _______________ _______________
 ----- ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----||
|h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-h-h-p-p-|h----||
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0|2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0|--2--||




Allegretto qtr = 92
        Grad. pick closer to sound hole      Play over fingerboard
 Bm/D      E7       G        D     Em/G
 ---=== ===--  ---=== ===--  ---=== =======    ___  ---=== =======
 | | | | | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | |  |  | |  | | | | | | |
|--------------|--------------|----------------|---------|----------------|
|-3--2-0-------|-3--2-0-------|-3--2-0---------|------p--|----------------|
|--------2-1---|--------2-1---|--------2-0-2-4-|-2---2-0-|-4--2-0-------0-|
|-0----------4-|------------4-|----------------|---0-----|-5------4-2-4---|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|---------|----------------|
|--------------|-0------------|-3--------------|---------|----------------|
 |+     `/                 `/ |.




 ..3..  ..3..   Bm Gm/Bb       Bb C  Bb A/C# D/A
 _______________
 =====-- =====--  __ ---=== ===--  ----===  =--   ---=== ===--
 | | | | | | | | `/ |  | | | | | |  |  | | "/ | |   | | | | | |
|-------------------{2-|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
|--h-p-p------------{3-|-3--1---------|-----------------|-{3--2-0-------|
|-2-4-2-0--h-p-p----{4-|------3-2-0---|(0)--------------|-{2------2-1---|
|---------2-4-2-0---{4-|------------0-|(0)--0-2----0-2--|-{0----------4-|
|-----------------2----|-1------------|(1)--1-3----1-4--|-{0------------|
|----------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
         |w/Nails                 |+    `/




 E7      G      D/A    Em/G                Bm
                            ..3..  ..3..
 --== ==--  ---== ====    __  --=== ========  =====-- =====--  __
 | || || |  | || ||||    | `/ | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | `/ |
|-----------|------------|----------|----------------|-------------------{2-|
|{3-20------|{3--20----0-|------3---|----------------|--h-p-p------------{3-|
|{1----21---|{0-----2020-|-2----2---|-4-2-0--------0-|-2-4-2-0--h-p-p----{4-|
|{2-------4-|{0-----0000-|-0--0-----|-5----54-2-4---|---------2-4-2-0---{4-|
|{2---------|{-----------|-0--------|----------------|-----------------2----|
|{0---------|{3----------|----------|----------------|----------------------|
              |_ |+                    |w/Nails



 Gm/Bb                        qtr+ = 84
         ..3.. ..3.. sim.          6
 --=== ===---  =====-===== =====-===== =====-===== -   ___
 | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 } } | |
|--------------|-5-3-5-3-----------------------------|-----2-4-||
|-3-1----------|---------6-5-3-----------------------|---------||
|-----3-2-0-{0-|(0)------------5-3-2-----------------|---------||
|-----------{0-|(0)------------------5-3-2-0---------|---------||
|-1------------|-----------------------------3-2-0---|---------||
|--------------|-----------------------------------3-|-2-------||




                      ____________________________
                      |1.     ||2.
  Esus4 D    A   G    F#  Bm  | F#/A#   || F#/A# Bm/A#
  _____ _____  _____ _____  _____ _____ |    ___ || _____ _____
  |p| | |p| |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |+ `/ | | || | | | | | |
||--5-4-2-2-0---|-----0-------|--h--0-------|-------2-4--||-----0-------|
||------------3-|-2-3---3-2-0-|-2-3---3-2-0-|-2----------||-2-3---3-2-0-|
||@-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------@||-------------|
||@-2-----0-----|-------------|-------------|----4------@||-------4-----|
||--------------|-0-----------|-------2-----|-1----------||-1-----------|
||--------------|-------3-----|-2-----------|------------||-------------|
  |+  |+   |+  |+   | `/ | `/  |+ |+




 F#7/E Bm   F#7+5          Esus4 D  rit C#m a tempo
 _____ _____  _____       ___  _____ ___ __       ==--
 | | | | | |  | | | |+  |+ `/ | |  |p| | |p| |   | `/ `/+ | |
|-----0-------|--h--0^(0)-|--------2-4-|-5-4-5-7-5-12-|-12-------10--9-|
|-2-3---3-2-0-|-2-3-3^(3)-|-{3---------|--------------|----------------|
|-------4-----|-3---3^(3)-|-{3---------|--------------|----------------|
|-2-----------|-----------|-{0---------|-2-----0------|----------------|
|-------------|-----///---|-{----------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|-----------|-{2---------|--------------|--9-------------|
 |+  |+         Thumb     |+  |  `/  |+  }  `/




                      qtr = 86
  D     E7/G#   A      G   4 D
  --===--- _______  ==----==--- _____ - .....3..... ____
  |+ | | | | |  | `/ | | | | | 4 |p p p| p| ||||
|-14--12-10----------|-9------7--|-7-5---|-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)---|
|-----------15-14-12-|----------10-----8-|---|-|---|-----3-3-|
|--------------------|-------------0-----|---===--==------2--|
|--0-----------------|-7-----------------|-0-----------------|
|-----------11-------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
  |+    |+    | `/+  `/ |+
            ==




 Gadd9           D          Gadd9
 .....3..... ___ ===--  .....3..... ____  .....3..... ___ ===--
 |p p p| p| | | | | |  |p p p| p| ||||  |p p p| p| | | | | |
|-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)---h-p--|--5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)---|-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)---h-p---|
|---|-|---|------3-0-3-0-|----|-|---|-----3-3-|---|-|---|------3-0-3-0--|
|-0-===--==--------------|@---===--==------2--|-0-===--==--------------@|
|------------------------|@-0-----------------|------------------------@|
|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|




3 F#7/C#          4      rake 3   D.S. al Coda s/
- ___ ___ ___  ___ ___ ___ - _______   ___ -   __ ____ ____ /s
4 | | | | | |  | | | | | | 4 | | | | } | | 4 `/ | | | | |
|-{0-0---0---0-|-0-0---0---0-|-0-0---0-----0---|-----------------3-||
|-{2-2---2---2-|-2-2---2---2-|-2-2---2-----2---|-----------2--3----||
|-{3-3-X-3-X-3-|-3-3-X-3-X-3-|-3-3-X-3-----3---|-----3--4----------||
|-{4-4---4---4-|-4-4---4---4-|-4-4---4-----4-4-|--5----------------||
|-{4-4---4---4-|-4-4---4---4-|-4-4---4-----4---|-------------------||
|--------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------||
                         |+    `/ }




Coda
 | 3           Bm       A(6)      G
-@- -   __ ____ ____  ___ ___ ____  ___ --=== ___  ___ ___ ___
 | 4 `/ | | | | |  | | | | | |  | | | |p| | |  | | | | | |
  |-----------------3-|-2-2---2----2-|-2-3-5-3-2-----|-3-5-7-5-3-0-|
  |-----------2--3----|---3-3-3-3----|-----------5-3-|-------------|
  |-----3--4----------|---4-4-4-4----|---------------|-0-----------|
  |--5----------------|-----4-4-4----|---------------|-------------|
  |-------------------|-2---2---2----|-0-------------|-------------|
  |-------------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
    |+    `/ }   |  |  |_ `/




6    F#  8 G/B  F#/A#    6  Esus4 D    A   G    F#  G/B
- _____ _____ - _____ __   ___ -  _____ _____  _____ _____  _____ _____
8 | | | | | | 8 | | | | }  | | 8  |p| | |p| |  | | | | | |  | | | | | |
|--------h--0-|---------------2-4-||--5-4-2-2-0---|-------------|-----0-------|
|-3-2-0-2-3---|-3-2-0-2-----------||------------3-|-2-3-5-3-2-0-|-2-3---3-2-0-|
|-------------|-------------------||@-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------4-----||@-2-----0-----|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-2-----1-----------||--------------|-0-----------|-------2-----|
|-3-----2-----|-------------------||--------------|-------3-----|-2-----------|
 | `/ |_ }  | `/ |_ `/ |+    | `/ |+   |+  |+   | `/ |_ }




_________________________
|1.     ||2.                           molto rit.
5 F#/A#  6|4 F#/A#   7 Esus4 D     6 C#m      D    E7/G#
-   ___ -|- __  ___ - _____ ___ ____ -    __  __ --==---  ______
8 | `/ | | 8|8 | `/ | | 8 |p| | |p| | | 8 | `/ | `/ |  |+ | | | | |
|------2-4--||-------2-4-|-5-4-5-7-5/12-12-|-12---10----9-|-14-12-10----------|
|-2---------||-2---------|-----------------|--------------|----------15-14-12-|
|----------@||-----------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|---/4-----@||----4------|-2-----0---------|--------------|--0----------------|
|-1---------||-1---------|-----------------|--------------|----------11-------|
|-----------||-----------|-----------------|--9-----------|-------------------|
 | |+    |_ |+    | `/       |+ }  `/  |+    |+




         Meno mosso qtr = 84
 A    G   4 D           Gadd9
 --==--- _____ - .....3..... _______  .....3..... ___ ===--
 |+ | | | | | 4 |p p p| p| | | | |  | p p| p| | | | | |
|-9--7----7-5---||-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)------|-5-5-3-2-2-0^(0)----h-p-|
|------10-----8-||---|-|---|------3---3-|---|-|---|------3-0-3-0-|
|---------0-----||---===--=|--------2---|-0-===--==--------------|
|-7-------------||-0--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------||----------------------|------------------------|
|---------------||----------------------|------------------------|
 |+   |+




 D            Gadd9          D
 ......3...... _______  .....3..... ___ ===--  ......3...... _______
 | p p p| p| | | | |  | p p| p| | | | | |  | p p p| p| | | | |
|-5-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)------|-5-5-3-2-2-0^(0)--------|-5-5-4-3-2-2-0^(0)------|
|---|-|-|---|------3---3-|---|-|---|------3-0-3-0-|---|-|-|---|------3---3-|
|---=====--==--------2---|-0-===---=--------------|---=====--==--------2---|
|-0----------------------|------------------------|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|




Poco meno mosso              rit...............
 Gadd9                    D
 ....3.....  --===  --===   ===--   __  __
 | p p| |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |+ | `/ | |
|-5-5-3-2^(2)^(2)-p-p-|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
|---|-|----------3-2-0^(0)-p-p----------|-------------3-^(3)---------------||
|-0-===---------------|---4-2-0^(0)-p-p-|----------2^(2)^(2)---------------||
|---------------------|------------4-2-0^(0)----0----(0)^(0)---------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|----2---\___/--|-------h----------||
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------2^(2)^(2)-||
                        |   |  } `/ |_ |  |

Mood For A Day tab

Steve Howe tabs for Mood for a day

What Is This?

Mood For A Day by Steve Howe guitar tabs playing instructions.

Who Is This Page For?

Welcome to the guitar tabs guide for "Mood For A Day" by Steve Howe! This page is perfect for musicians of any skill level. Dive in and master your favorite tunes with ease by using our guitar tabs.

What You Will Gain

By following this guide, you’ll not only learn to play "Mood For A Day" by Steve Howe with confidence but also improve your overall musicianship. Our comprehensive archive of guitar tabs are tailored to boost your skills and inspire your musical journey.

Find guitar tabs and chords

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #