Father Time Tab by Richie Sambora

Father Time tab by Richie Sambora

Guitar Tab

I recieved a request for this the other day.  I just finished
tabbing it out today, and thought that I might share it with everyone.
This is definitely not "THE CORRECT" version, but I think it is close.
Enjoy...

              Richie Sambora - Father Time
              ----------------------------

Intro Arranged for Guitar:
E-|------8vv------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-8vv-------11vv---9-8-9vv--8vv-------8-9-8vv--9----------------|
G-|--------------------------------10vv------------10--8--7--5----|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------|

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E-|------8vv--10-11-----------------------------------------|
B-|--8vv------------11vvvv--9-8-9vv-8vv------8-9-8vv--9-----|
G-|-------------------------------------10vv------------10--|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------|

E-|-11-10-8------------------|   Or, if you don't want to toy with intro
B-|---------8----------------|   intro, mess around with the chords:
G-|-----------8-7-5----------|   E    e  E    e  E    e
D-|-----------------5--------|   ======  ======  ======
A-|-------------------6-5-3--|   x3554x  x6888x  x5888x
E-|--------------------------|
                          ^
                          |  Same Time, the piano part (below) is played
                          |  three times during this entrance
      Guitar Entrance:    v
                     E-|----------------------------------------------|
                     B-|--4------------4-4-----------4------------4---|
                     G-|--5------------5-5-----------5------------5---|
                     D-|--5------------5-5-----------5------------5---|
                     A-|--3------------3-3-----------3------------3---|
                     E-|----------------------------------------------|

Piano:
E-|-11--10--9------------------------------|
B-|------------9--8----8-------------------|
G-|-----------------------10--8----8--7--5-|
D-|----------------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------|


Piano before verse:
E-|------------------|-----------------|
B-|--4---4---4---4---|-4---4---4---4---|
G-|--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|
D-|----5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
A-|------------------|-----------------|
E-|------------------|-----------------|


Fig. 1:
E-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
B-|--4---4---4---4---|-8---8---8---8---|------------------|-----------------|
G-|--5---5---5---5---|-8---8---8---8---|--7---7---7---7---|-3---3---2---2---|
D-|----5---5---5---5-|---8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8---|-3---3---3---3---|
A-|------------------|-----------------|----8---8---8---8-|---3---3---3---3-|
E-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|


Fig. 2:   Note: The lead into Fig. 2 is usually a pick scrape.  Make
                an A chord and scrape the pick along the bottom few strings
E-|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G-|------2-----------|-----------------|-----2-----------|-------------5---|
D-|----2---2-----3---|-----5-----2-2-2-|---2---2-----3---|-----5-----5---5-|
A-|--0---------3---3-|---5---5---2-2-2-|-0---------3---3-|---5---5-3-------|
E-|----------1-------|-3-------0-0-0-0-|---------1-------|-3---------------|

E-|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
B-|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
G-|--------------8---|---------------10----|------10--------8---|
D-|------6-----8---8-|-----8------10----10-|---10----10---8---8-|
A-|----6---6-6-------|---8---8--8----------|-8----------6-------|
E-|--4---------------|-6-------------------|--------------------|

E-|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B-|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G-|--------------5---|-------------8---|--------------10----|
D-|------8-----5---5-|-----6-----8---8-|-----8-----10----10-|
A-|----8---8-3-------|---6---6-6-------|---8---8-8----------|
E-|--6---------------|-4---------------|-6------------------|

E-|---------------------|----------------------|
B-|---------------------|----------------------|
G-|-------10--------8---|-----------5----------|
D-|----10----10---8---8-|------8----5-(hold)---|
A-|--8----------6-------|----8---8--3----------|
E-|---------------------|--6-------------------|


Fig. 3:
E-|---------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------|
G-|--5-5-----5-5-5-5-5--7--8-8-----8-8-8-8-8--x-------|
D-|--5-5-----5-5-5-5-5--7--8-8-----8-8-8-8-8--x--8-8--|
A-|--3-3-----3-3-3-3-3--5--6-6-----6-6-6-6-6--x--8-8--|
E-|----------------------------------------------6-6--|

E-|-------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------|
D-|--8-8-8-8-8--x--3---------3-1vvvvvv--|
A-|--8-8-8-8-8--x--3-------3------------|
E-|--6-6-6-6-6--x--1-----1--------------|


Fig. 4:
------
Chords used under solo:
C5 Eb5 Bb5 G5

Solo 1:
E-|-11-10-11-----11-10-11-----11-10-11-11s13vv-11-10-11---|
B-|----------8------------8-----------------------------8-|
G-|-------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------------|

E-|------------------------------------|
B-|-8b9rb8-p6--------------------------|
G-|-----------8-7-7b8rb7---7-----------|
D-|----------------------8-------------|
A-|--------------------------8-8s10vvv-|
E-|------------------------------------|


E-|---------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------3--5vvv--3--5--3----3-------------------|
D-|--x\-------3--5--------------------5----5s8vvv--10-------|
A-|--x\-3--6-------------------------------------------10---|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------|
     ^
     Pick scrape while holding a C5

E-|-------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------|
D-|-10vvv--12--13--12--10--8--8vvvv--3vvv-----|
A-|-------------------------------------------|
E-|--8vvv--10--11--10---8--6--6vvvv--1vvv-----|


Solo 2:
E-|-----------------------------------------------|
B-|-s8vv-4-6-4vvvv--------------------------------|
G-|-s8vv------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------1-3-3s5-3p1h3p1vv-|
A-|---------------------------3-------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------|

E-|------------------------------------------6-6-8-8vvssssssss--|
B-|--------------------------------4-4-6--s8-------8vvssssssss--|
G-|--s5-s5-s5-s3-s0-s3-s3vv-----s5------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------|

E-|-8-6---8-6---8-6---8-6---8-s11-|-8-6---8-6---8-6---8-6----------|
B-|-----8-----8-----8-----8-------|-----8-----8-----8-----8-s6-s4--|
G-|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E-|----------------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------6-6---13--13-16---|
G-|----------3--------3----------3---3--5------5-------------|
D-|----------1--------1------s5----5-------------------------|
A-|-3-x-x-3-------3-x---3------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------------------------|

E-|----------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------13--------------13-----------------------15s18-18--|
G-|-12h15----15b17--12h15----15b17---15b17rb15-12------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------------------------|

E-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-16-16-15-15-13-13-15-15-16-16-18-18-16-18-18b20vvvv--|
G-|------------------------------------------------------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

E-|--------------------18-------------|
B-|-18b20rb18-16-18b20----18b20vvv----|
G-|-----------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|

E-|----------------------------16-18-20-20b22vvvv--18-20vvv---|
B-|-------------------16-18-20--------------------------------|
G-|-------------15-17-----------------------------------------|
D-|-------15-17-----------------------------------------------|
A-|-15-18-----------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------|


Order of Song:
=====================================
Intro Arranged for Guitar
Guitar Entrance w/Piano
Piano Before Verse
Fig. 1 (2x)
Fig. 2
Piano (2x)
Fig. 3 (2x)
Fig. 2
Solo 1 w/ Fig. 4
Fig. 2
Solo 2 w/ Fig. 4
Guitar Entrance w/ Piano fade to end
=====================================

That should get you through the whole thing.  I'm sure there are
some leads missing somewhere, and my solos probably leave a little
to be desired, but it is close enough for me.

Comments, corrections, additions, questions, etc. are always welcome.

M Holladay
holladay@engin.umich.edu
------------------------

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