Secret O Life tab by James Taylor

Tabs

Secret O' Life

by James Taylor
tab by Alan Fark ([email protected])

see also: http://james-taylor.com/guitar/secret.txt
tab by Noel Kerns, similar to this version with only small variations


Standard tuning
capo at 3rd fret
(s) = sustain
/  = pull off or hammer on
v  = upstroke
PM = palm mute

chord shapes:

A11A11     = x02420
Em7sus4   = 020200
E minorEm (v.1)  = 0x040x
D6D6 (sus4?) = x0x002
Dmaj7Dmaj7    = xx0222
C#m7C#m7    = 446454
F#F#     = 244322
C#m7sus4  = 242442
F#7F#7+5    = 2x2332
Bm7Bm7     = 224232
D/ED/E     = 0x023x
E/F#E/F#    = 2x2100
E9E9+5    = x20112
E minorEm (v.2)  = 0xx003
Dmaj7/A   = x00222



Intro

 A11A11              Em7sus4

|--------0-----------0--------|-------------0---|
|------2-----2-------------2--|-----------------|
|----4-----4---4--------------|-----2----2------|    (repeat)
|-----------------2-----------|-----------------|
|-0---------------------0-----|--2--------------|
|-----------------------------|-------0---------|


The first four measures of each verse are similar to the intro pattern:

A11A11                 Em7sus4

  |--------0-----------0---------|-------------0---|
  |------2-----2-------------2---|-----------------|
  |----4-----4---4---------------|-----2----2------|
  |-----------------2------------|-----------------|
  |-0---------------------0------|--2--------------|
  |------------------------------|-------0---------|  A11A11  Em7sus4

The secret of ........


 A11A11          Em7sus4        A11A11

|---------0----------0--|----------0---------|--------0--------0----|
|------2----------2-----|------------0-------|------2--------2------|
|----4---------4--------|-------2------2-----|----4--------4--------|
|-----------2-----------|-----0--------------|-----------2----------|
|--0--------------------|---2----------------|--0-------------------|
|-----------------------|-0--------------0/2-|----------------------|


  E minorEm (v.1)   D6D6     Dmaj7Dmaj7         C#m7C#m7

|------------|---2---------|-2----------2---------|-----------4------|
|--0(s)------|---0------5--|------2----------2----|-5----------------|
|--4------2--|---0(s)------|----2----------2------|------4---------4-|
|--0(s)------|-------------|-0-------0----------0-|----6---------6---|
|------------|---0(s)------|----------------------|-4-------4--------|
|--0(s)------|-------------|----------------------|------------------|


  F#F#         C#m7sus4 F#7F#7+5   Bm7Bm7

|-------------------2-|-----2--|------2---|----------------------2----|
|----------2----------|--4-----|---3------|-------------3--------3----|
|-------3--------3----|--4-----|---3------|-------------2-------------|
|-----4---------------|--2-----|---2------|-------4-------------------|
|--------------4------|--4-----|----------|---2-------------2---------|
|--2------------------|--------|---2------|---------------------------|



 D/ED/E     E/F#E/F#     Bm7Bm7              E9E9+5(strum)

|-----------|--------0---|-----------------------2------|--2(s)------|
|--------3--|--------0---|-----------3-----------3------|--1(s)------|
|--------2--|-----1------|-----------2------------------|--1(s)------|
|-----0-----|-----2------|-------4----------------------|--0(s)------|
|-----------|------------|---2-----------2--------------|--2(s)------|
|--0--------|--2---------|------------------------------|------------|


   A11A11            Em7sus4 A11A11  Em7sus4
The secret of love .......

   A11A11     Em7sus4

   A11A11              Em(v.1) D6D6

    Dmaj7Dmaj7      C#m7C#m7       F#F#  C#m7sus4 F#7F#7+5

  Bm7Bm7             D/ED/E  E/F#E/F#

 Bm7Bm7          E9E9+5


  A11A11           Em(v.2)

|---------0--------------|--3---2/0---------------|
|------2---------2-------|--0--------3--2/0-------|
|----4--------4-----4----|--0(s)--------------2/0-|
|----------------------2-|------------------------|
|--0---------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--0(s)------------------|

      give us a   .......


(for the following, I think that chords are plucked/strummed with
 downstrokes on the first beat and off-beat of 2, upstrokes on
 the off-beat of 1 and 3, and palm mute on 2 and 4, although
 later verses seem to be just plucked or strummed on each
 off-beat)


  Dmaj7/A           C#m7C#m7
   v PM   v PM        v PM    V PM   v PM
|--2--2-----2---2------------|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|
|--2--2-----2---2------------|--5--5-----5----5------5--5-------|
|--2--2-----2---2----(repeat)|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|
|--0--0-----0---0------------|--6--6-----6----6------6--6-------|
|--0--0-----0---0------------|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|


 F#F#     Bm7Bm7          D/ED/E
   v PM    v PM   v PM
|--2--2----|--2---2------2---2----|--2(s)--------------------|
|--2--2----|--3---3------3---3----|--3(s)--------------------|
|--3--3----|--2---2------2---2----|--2(s)--------------------| (back to
|--4--4----|--4---4------4---4----|--0(s)--------------------| intro
|--4--4----|--2---2------2---2----|--------------------------| riff)
|--2--2----|----------------------|--0(s)--------------------|



    A11A11                Em7sus4 A11A11 Em7sus4
Now the thing about ......

A11A11           Em7sus4  A11A11           Em(v.1) D6D6

Dmaj7Dmaj7            C#m7C#m7        F#F# C#m7sus4 F#7F#7+5

Bm7Bm7           D/ED/E  E/F#E/F#   Bm7Bm7       E9E9+5

A11A11         Em(v.2)        Dmaj7/A

    C#m7C#m7             F#F#

Bm7Bm7        D/ED/E           A11A11

      Dmaj7/A       C#m7C#m7         F#F#

Bm7Bm7        D/ED/E              A11A11

  A11A11              Em7sus4  A11A11