Where I Go tab by Natalie Merchant
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I know demand is *so* great for this, so here it is. Twirling lead singer is optional & YES, there are guitars on this album, check it out. Where I Go by Natalie Merchant from the album "Tigerlily" 1995 Transcribed by Viki Temesvary without anyone's permission or request KEY to TABLATURE: / slide up \ slide down ^ hammer on or pull off ~ vibrato /B bend up a whole or half note " accent this note [E] chord (strum patterns NOT tabbed) (0:13) time marker on track
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Key of B major, I think
|-------------------------------------------------------
|--12--9------------------------------------------------
|---------11--8--11--------9-----8----------------------
|---------------------/-11----/9--------9/B--9/B--------
|----------------------------------/-11-----------11----
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------12--9-------12--12/B--9-----
|---------------/-11--9--11--------9^11-----------------
|---------9--11-----------------------------------------
|----/-11-----------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
(0:13) " [B] [E] [B] [E]
|--------------------------------| ---------------------
|----------12--------------------| ------9--------------
|----9^11------11--9^11^9-\8-----| -8----9--------------
|-----------------------------9--| -9----9--------------
|--------------------------------| -9-------------------
|--------------------------------| ---------------------
Riff at (0:42)
|-------------------------------------------------------
|---12--9-----------------------------------------------
|---------11--8--11-------------------------------------
|--------------------11--11-------9--9-----11-----------
|----------------------------/11-------11------11--11---
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------9-9--11-11/13----11-------
|--/-9--9-9-9--11--9--11-11-----------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
|---11^13^11--11^13^11-----9---
|------------------------------
|------------------------------
Riff at (1:04)
|--------------------------------------------------
|---12--9--12--9--12--/14/B--12~~------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
(1:32)
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|-----9--9^12^9-----9--9^12^9-----------------------------------
|--11------------11------------11-----------------13------------
|----------------------------------13--13--11--13------------9--
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
(2:00) Natalie's still singing over this
|---------------------------------------14~------------------
|---14~--12--14--16~----12--14--12--14-------16--14----------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
Remaining parts of the song and closing riffs are a mixture of
ascending scales like:
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|------------------11--13-----
|------------9--11------------
|----7--9/11------------------
|--9--------------------------
and many hammers and pull-offs kinda like:
|----------------------------
|--11^12^11------------------
|-----------13---11^13^11----
|-------------------------13-
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
with repeats of parts of previous riffs - improvise in the key
just be sure to end on a B or B chord.
|------|
|--12--|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
"Where I Go" by Natalie Merchant from Tigerlily 1995
Transcribed by
Please! *Any* comments or suggestions are welcome!!
I've corrected my recent submission for Natalie Merchant's "Where I Go" below.
I had forgotten to add the F# chord diagram and also fixed some notes in the
tab after relistening to the song.
Here's my take on Natalie Merchant's "Where I go". This is clearly the best
song on her solo effort "Tigerlily". I think I only had to listen to it
about a million times before I could get it all down. Of course, I will
extend that standard disclaimer that this is my first tab submission.
Chords (standard tuning):
B B7 G#m E F# A#m A#m/E
xx o oo x xx xx o
|||||| 7|||||| 4|||||| |||*|| |||||| |||||* ||||||
|||||* *---** *---** |**||| ||||** ||||*| ||||*|
|||||| |||*|| |||||| |||||| |||*|| ||**|| ||**||
||***| |**||| |**||| |||||| |**||| |||||| ||||||
All the symbols are what you would expect. Here, B7 is named so
for lack of a better term. I looked through a chord dictionary,
but didn't see one the same as my diagram. A#m/E is the same case.
Chord Progression:
I use (B G#m E E x 2) (F# E F# E F# E) for the verse and chorus.
Later, there's just (G#m G#m E E) and the (F# E F# E F# E) with
some variation you will see in the tab. I use the B7 in place of
the B whenever Ms. Merchant is not singing. The A#m and A#m/E
only occurs once in two measures (at 3:19) late in the song
(see strum pattern).
Strum Key:
| down strum x muted down strum u up strum
d d |
4 quarter note 8 eighth note
Try the following for the verse (4/4 time):
B G#m E E
4 4 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 4
| x u u | | x u u | | x u u | u | u x u u |
d d | | d d d | | d v v | | v | v | v | | v
B G#m E E
(same as 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
above) | u x u | u | u
v | v | v | v |
For the A#m measures:
A#m A#m
4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 (I use A#m/E on the down strum after
| x u | u x u | u x u | u | each muted down strum. You really
v v | v | v | v | v | v | v need to listen to the song to hear this.)
Tab Key:
h -- hammer on
p -- pull off
s -- slide
(m:ss) -- time marker at beginning of measure
(intro)
B7 (0:00) G#m E E
|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-12----------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------11------|
|----11-11h13----11-|-----8s7---8--|----------------9|---9-9h11-9-11-13----13---|
|-------------13----|-9h11----9---9|11-9h11-9--9-11--|11------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
B7 G#m E E
|----------------------|-----------9-|-10p9----------|--------------------------|
|-------------12-------|--------12---|---------------|-------12-----------------|
|-------11-13----11h13-|--11h13------|------11h13-11-|-11h13----11h13-----------|
|-11h13----------------|-------------|---------------|----------------14-13-11--|
|----------------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------------|
(verse 1)
B (0:16) G#m E E
Climbing ..
B G#m E E
Climbing ..
(chorus)
F# E
Well I ..
F# E
Ponder ...
F# E
Just ..
B7 (0:43) G#m E E
|------------------------|---------------|-------------|---------------------|---
|-11h12------------------|---------------|-------------|---------------------|---
|-------11-11h13------11-|---------------|-------------|---------------------|---
|----------------11h13---|-11-11-13p11p9-|------8-9-11-|-11h13---------------|---
|------------------------|---------------|-9-11--------|-------11-11-13p11p9-|---
|------------------------|---------------|-------------|---------------------|---
B7 G#m E E
|----------------|----------|------------------|-----------|---------------------
|----------------|----------|------------------|-----------|---------------------
|----------------|----------|--------------6h8-|--6h8--6h8-|---------------------
|----------------|------8--8|8-9--9-9-11--9----|-9----9----|---------------------
|-9-9-9-11-11-11-|-9-11-----|------------------|-----------|---------------------
|----------------|----------|------------------|-----------|---------------------
(verse 2)
B (0:59) G#m
Find a ..
E E
|-------------------------------------------|---|--------------------------------
|-------------------------------------14-12-|---|--------------------------------
|-------------------------13-11-13-11-------|---|--------------------------------
|--------(13)-14-13-14-13-------------------|---|--------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------|---|--------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------|---|-------------------------------
where ..
B E E E
See the ...
(chorus)
F# E
Well I ..
F# E F#
Ponder ...
E G#m
Watch .
G#m E E
Ease ...
B7 (1:34) G#m E E
|----------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|----------|-------12-----------|--------12|----------|
|-11-------|-11h13----11h13-11--|--11h13---|11h13-11--|
|----------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|----------|--------------------|----------|----------|
|----------|--------------------|----------|----------|
(chorus)
B7 G#m E E F# (1:49) E
|------|-------7|----------|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|------|-----7--|----------|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|-9-8--|-8-9----|9-8-------|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|------|--------|----11-9--|------9----9|8----------------------|---------------|
|------|--------|----------|-9h11---11--|-----------------------|---------------|
|------|--------|----------|------------|-----------------------|---------------|
Well ...
F# E F#
Wander ...
E G#m (2:01) G#m E E
|---------------|-------------9h11-|----------|---------------|14-11------------|
|-11h12-11-11---|-------11-12------|--12-11---|-------11-12-12|------12---------|
|-------------11|11h13-------------|--------11|11h13----------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|
Watch ...
G#m G#m E
cool ..
(Bridge)
E F#m (2:16) F#m E G#m
|-------------|----------|------------------|---------|-------------|
|-11h12-------|----------|------------------|---------|-------------|
|-------13-11-|----------|------------------|---------|-------------|
|-------------|----------|------------------|8h9-9p8--|-----9-------|
|-------------|----------|-----6-7---9----11|---------|9h11---9h11--|
|-------------|----------|-7-9--------------|---------|-------------|
slow OOh ..
G#m G#m F# F#
|---------------|------------------|-----------|------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----9-----|------------|
|---------------|--------8h9p8----8|9-11---11--|------8-9-8-|
|---------------|8---9---------11--|-----------|-9-11-------|
|------6-7--9-11|------------------|-----------|------------|
|--7-9----------|------------------|-----------|------------|
let ..
G#m G#m F# F#
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-9----8------|----------------|8-8h9p8----------|------------|
|---11---9-11-|------------9-11|--------11p9h11-9|------------|
|-------------|-9h11-9h11------|-----------------|9h11-9h11--9|
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|------------|
the .....
G#m (2:40) G#m F# F#
|-----------|---------------------|----------------7-7h9--9|9h11--11-11-11|
|-----------|--------------------9|9h11--11-11h12----------|--------------|
|-----------|--11h13-13-13-13-13--|------------------------|--------------|
|---9-------|---------------------|------------------------|--------------|
|11---9h11--|---------------------|------------------------|--------------|
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------|--------------|
the ...
G#m (2:47) G#m F# F#
|11h12-------|------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------|---------13-13-13-13-13-|-11-13-9-11-9-8-|-----------------|
|------------|------------------------|----------------|-11-13-9-11-8----|
|------------|------------------------|----------------|--------------11-|
|------------|------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
let ..
F# E F# E F# E
|----|-------|------|------|-----------|---------------|
|----|-------|------|------|-----------|-------------11|
|----|-------|------|------|8h11---9-11|11h13--11-13---|
|----|-------|9-8---|--9h11|-----------|---------------|
|-9--|---9-11|------|------|-----------|---------------|
|----|-------|------|------|-----------|---------------|
flow away....
G#m G#m E E
|-------|--11-11----------|----------------------|------|
|11h12--|--------12-12-11-|-11h12-12-9-9h11-11---|------|
|-------|-----------------|--------------------11|-11---|
|-------|-----------------|----------------------|------|
|-------|-----------------|----------------------|------|
|-------|-----------------|----------------------|------|
ooh...
G#m G#m A#m (3:19) A#m
|------------------|------------------14-14-|-14-11----11--------|-11p9--|
|---11h12----11-12-|-11-12-12h14-12---------|-------12----12h14--|-------|
|-11------13-------|------------------------|--------------------|-------|
|------------------|------------------------|--------------------|-------|
|------------------|------------------------|--------------------|-------|
|------------------|------------------------|--------------------|-------|
mmm...
F# E F# E
|------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-11s0-|--12-12-12-11-9-|9h11p9-------------|----------------|
|------|----------------|------11---11h13p9-|-8h9------------|
|------|----------------|-------------------|----11---9h11-8-|
|------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|
la la la... la la la...
F# E G#m G#m
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------|
|--8-9-8----8------|---------------11|-11h13p11p9----------|------------|
|--------11---9-11-|11-11h13-14p13---|------------13h14-13-|--11h13-11-9|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------|
E E G#m G#m E E
|--------|---------------|---------|-11s9--------|------|------------------|
|--------|-------9-12-11-|-9h11-9--|--------11-12|-12---|------------------|
|--------|-----8---------|---------|-------------|------|--9h11-11-11h13-11|
|-------8|-8h9-----------|---------|-------------|------|------------------|
|-11--7--|---------------|---------|-------------|------|------------------|
|--------|---------------|---------|-------------|------|------------------|
la la la... mmm...
B7 (3:50) (fine)
|----------------|
|11h12-----------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
Hope you will enjoy playing this as much as I do.
As usual, feel free to send me any questions, comments,
complaints, suggestions, or anything else you might have
on your mind.
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