My Mistake Tab by Split Enz

My Mistake tab by Split Enz

Guitar Tab

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                                  My Mistake - Split Enz
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Can't believe no on has done this. Note: Guitar parts that come from Piano will be hard to play.


[Intro 1]                          x2

 Bb        GbM9   Gb7/Fb  Eb
---13-13----------------------------|
---15-15-----9------11-----4--------|
---15-15-----10-----9------3--------|
---15-15-----8------11-----5--------|
-13--------9--------9----6----------|
(6)-------(2)-----0-----(Low Eb)----|

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[Intro 2/Main Riff]                x2

Piano/Bass
 Cm       Cm7 Cdim
---3---3---3---2--------------------|
---4---4---4---4--------------------|
---5---5---3---5--------------------|
---5---5---5------------------------|
-3-------3--------------------------|
-----3-------3----------------------|
Guitar's
1 (Flanger effect) 2 (On beat "4 and")
------------------|-14--------------|
--3~~2~~----------|-12--------------|
--------3~~0~~----|-----------------|
------------------|-----------------|
------------------|-----------------|
------------------|-----------------|




[Verse 1] (Guitar 2^ still plays at start and end of Measure on beat "4 and")
                                                                    x2
 Cm           Cdim           Cm/Cb Bb     Eb      Bb      Eb  Eb/D
---3---3---3---2---3---3---3---3---1---1---6---6---1---1---6---6---|
---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8---|
---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8---|
---5---5---5-------5---5---5---5---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8---|
-3-------3-------3-------3---2---1-------6---6---1-------6---5-----|
-----3-------3-------3---------------1------(6)------1-------------|

Cm                     Cdim                     Cm/Cb
I went out to see if I could fall in love again,
Bb             Eb
That was my mistake.
Bb             Eb  Eb/D
That was my mistake.
Cm                     Cdim                     Cm/Cb
I went out to see if I could raise a laugh again
Bb             Eb
That was my mistake.
Bb             Eb
That was my mistake.




[Chorus]
 Bb  Fbdim  Cm7    F   Fbdim7  C7  Eb6/Bb  F/A
-6-----------3-----1------6-----6-----8-----5-----------------------|
-6-----8-----4-----1------8-----5-----8-----6-----------------------|
-7-----9-----3-----2------6-----3-----8-----5-----------------------|
-8-----8-----5-----3------8-----5-----8-----3-----------------------|
-8-----7-----3-----3------7-----3-----6-----0-----------------------|
-6-----0-----------1------0-----------6-----------------------------|

     Bb
When all I needed was a friend,
   Fbdim
To make me stop and think again,
   Cm7
To Pull me up and pull me through,
F                        Fbdim7  C7  Eb6/Bb  F/A
Tally ho! Your health my dear.




[Verse 2]
Cm                     Cdim                            Cm/Cb
I went out to see if I could live for a couple of days.
Bb             Eb
That was my mistake.
Bb             Eb   Eb/D
That was my mistake.
Cm                       Cdim                    Cm/Cb
One by one I counted all those happiest of days.
      Bb             Eb
Yeah, that was my mistake.
     Bb             Eb
Why, that was my mistake.




[Chorus 2]
       Bb
What's gone is gone, sweet memories,
      Fbdim
Don't let them get the best of me,
Cm7
No more lost in history,
F
No more lost for love.
     Bb
When all I needed was a friend,
   Fbdim
To make me stop and think again,
   Cm7
To Pull me up and pull me through,
F                        Fbdim7  C7  Eb6/Bb  F/A
Tally ho! Your health my dear.




[Interlude] (Pretty similar...The Bb chord does some different things but not too much to worry about)

  Cm                               Bb     Eb      Bb      Eb  Eb/D
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---6---6---1---1---6---6-----|
---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8-----|
---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8-----|
---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8-----|
---3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------6---6---1-------6---5-----|
-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1------(6)------1-------------|

Trumpet/"Woah's"                                                             x2
-------3~~1h3-1h3-1h3--------3~~-1h3-1h3-1h3-3/6---1----3p1-3/6---1-----------|
-1-3-1-----------------1-3-1------------------------4--------------4-3~~\-----|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




[Verse 3/Outro]
Cm                     Cdim                        Cm/Cb
I went out to see if I could fall in love again,
     Bb             Eb
Now, that was my mistake.
     Bb             Eb   Eb/D
Why, that was my mistake.
Cm                       Cdim                      Cm/Cb
One by one I counted all those happiest of days
      Bb             Eb
Yeah, that was my mistake.
G              F7
That was my mistake.

Bb             Eb
That was my mistake.
G              F7
That was my mistake.

(Repeat that alot of times)

Then

 Bb        GbM9   Gb7/Fb  Eb
---13-13----------------------------|
---15-15-----9------11-----4--------|
---15-15-----10-----9------3--------|
---15-15-----8------11-----5--------|
-13--------9--------9----6----------|
(6)-------(2)-----0-----(Low Eb)----|

  B5?                C                C  G  C (Turns in to a Cm again thanks to that high Eb and the Trumpet)
--------------------------------------0---------(11)-(11)---|
---------------------5----------------1--3--1---------------|
---4-----------------5----------------0--0--0---------------|
---4--5-6p5h6~-5~3~--5-6-7p6h7~-5~3~--2--0--2\\-------------|
-3-2---------------3-3----------------3--2--3\\-------------|
-----------------------------------------3------------------|





Fuck what a song.
Pretty Happy with it...
Of course, the chords i've supplied are just what voicings they sounds like in the song
but go ahead and play different inversions if it's easier and sounds better to you

Last updated: January 12, 2017

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