A Gentle Few tab by Joe Pug

Tabs

Tabbed by Sam Borchard

Played with a guitar tuned down a whole step. So the fingering is G, but song is actually in F.

There are 3 main patterns in the song, tabbed out below for the first guitar.

               Pattern A augmentedA                     Filler
  _____________________________|_________________________________  ____________|__________
 /                                \ /            \
  FF    Bb majorBb   C majorC    FF        Bb majorBb   C majorC    FF     FF
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------0-----|---0-------0-------0-----|
FF|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-|
C majorC|-------------2---0---4-4h5---4---2-----------2---0---------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-----2---3---------------------------2---3-----------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-3---------------------------------------------------2---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---3---3---|

                  Pattern BB
  ____________________________________|__________________________________________
 /                                        \
  C majorC    G+G        C majorC        G+G    D MajorD
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------0---------------1-------1-------0-------3-------3-------3-----3-3-----|
FF|---0---0-------0---0---0-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2---------|
C majorC|-----2-------0---2---0-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0---0-------|
G+G|-3-----------------------3-------3-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------3-------------------------------3-------2-------2-------2-----------2---|


                              Pattern C majorC
  ____________________________________________________________|___
 /
  E minorEm       C majorC   G+G    C majorC   G+G    D MajorD
d|-3--^2-0---------0---------------0-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--|0-----3-----1-3---0---------1-3---0-----------3-----3-3-----|
FF|-0--|0-----------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---2---------2-2-----|
C majorC|----|2-----------------0---------------0-------0-------0-------0-|
G+G|----|2-----------3---3-----------3---3---------------------------|
D MajorD|-0-------0---0-----------3---3-----------3---3---2---2---0---2---|


__________________________________________________________________
                                 \
  E minorEm       C majorC   G+G    C majorC
d|-3--^2-0---------0---------------0-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--|0-----3-----1-3---0---------1-3-------0-------1---0---------|
FF|-0--|0-----------0-----0---0-----0-----2-------0-----------0---0-|
C majorC|----|2-----------------0---------------0-------------------------|
G+G|----|2-----------3---3-----------3---3---------------------------|
D MajorD|-0-------0---0-----------3---3-----------2---2---3---3---3---3---|

The second chord in each bar of pattern C majorC is strummed down, flamenco style, with the index finger.

Intro: A, Filler


A augmentedA Welcome home my son, it's been so very long, I know that you're here to surrender.
A augmentedA The disappointing days I suffered at your age were more than I care to remember.
BB Before you throw the towel and turn your engines out, don't expect to spit all that you tasted from your mouth
A augmentedA After all you've seen, the most you'll hope to be is pretending to be a pretender.

C majorC instrumental

A augmentedA The years that I been through, I met a gentle few who say that they love and they mean it.
A augmentedA The others that I met, they're decent folks I guess, but all that they love is achievement.
BB Their swagger and their dress, the trappings of success, the butter and the milk of what it takes to get ahead
A augmentedA Any given night, you'll catch them dead to rights painting their name on the ceiling.

C majorC instrumental

Solo over the verse (AABA), Filler

A augmentedA Remember in the end that many of your friends would rather be dead than uncertain.
A augmentedA They want a simple yes, or even better yet, a promise the next life is perfect.
BB I promise that it's not, but then what have they got? Only fifty years, they never gave a moment's thought.
A augmentedA Anyone they find who tells them otherwise, they'll follow him backwards and shirtless.

C majorC Instrumental

A augmentedA Welcome home my son, it's been so very long, I know that you're here to surrender.