Tabs
Everybody Wants You by Billy Squier This is *NOT* correct to the record, but I am the only guitarist in our band, so fullness of sound is important. The way Bill S. plays it is higher in pitch (same key) but doesn't come off well live that way. You can transpose it up an octave easily if you want to be closer to the recorded version. Here is how *I* do it, and it packs the dance floor everytime: _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________3______________________ ___3____55____3____55_____3__5____5___3__55____________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________3______________________ ___3____55____3____55_____3__5____5___3__55____________
At this point the bass and drummer join me for two more of the above... _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________3______________________ ___3____55____3____55_____3__5____5___3__55____________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________3______________________ ___3____55____3____55_____3__5____5___3__55____________ _____________|__________________________________________ _____________|__________________________________________ ___7_7_______|__________________________________________ ___5_5___7_7_|__________________________________________ _________5_5_|__________________________________________ _____________|__________________________________________ Singing begins--^ Verse 1: You see em coming at you every night strung on pretension, they fall for you at first sight you know thier buisness-you think it's a bore they make you restless-it's nothing you ain't seen before *** Pretty repeatitive for awhile, then for the chorus, you'll be doing the "3 - 5 5" thingy as above; drop down to anE MajorE chord but you'll only be playing the open strings. EX: _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________3______________________ ___3____55____3____55_____3__5____5___3__55____________ _______0__|_____________________________________________ _______0__|_____________________________________________ __________|_____________________________________________ __________|_____________________________________________ __________|_____________________________________________ __0_______|_____________________________________________ ^---Hold an
____5_____________________5______________________________ ____5______________________5_____________________________ ____6_______________________6____________________________ ____7________________________7___________________________ ____7__________________7_________________________________ ____5__Played like: __5__________________________________ This may look weird, but try it, it fills the gaps because this is a very beat oriented song, and you need something to carry the tune when the singer isn't on the note. You can play around with theD MajorD chord and pick as shown, again this isn't how it is on the record, but this is easy to play and fits well in a live performance of the song) __2__2____3__2|__________2__2____3__2________________________________ __3__3____3__3|__________3__3____3__3________________________________ __2__2____2__2|__________2__2____2__2________________________________ ______________|______________________________________________________ ______________|______________________________________________________ ______________|______________________________________________________ Every body wants you Everybody needs you Repeat the above, then for the change: ("needs you , needs you") __3__2____3__2___3__2____3__2________________________________ __3__3____3__3___3__3____3__3________________________________ __2__2____2__2___2__2____2__2________________________________ ______________________________________________9______9_7_____ ______________________________________________7______7_5_____ _____________________________________________________________ needs you needs you needs you needs you ^----repeat to fit song ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________3___________________________ __2^(bend hard)___3____55____3____55_____3__5____5___3__55__ The 🏷Legendary bend! Then the piano note, I play it like they do, but sometimes make the "chicken cluck" note for fun: _______________________________________________________ _____10___10____10____10___etc.________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ That should give you a good start and enough for you to play it your way. Loral Johnson [email protected]
