Tabs
From the Album "Head on Straight"
Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand
This is one of the few songs by Tonic in standard tuning & not using
a capo, and its still has good rock riffs. Please rate/comment.
Intro - play 4x
e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|-2---------2----------2-----|
D MajorD|-2----2--2-2----2--2--2-----|
A augmentedA|-0----2--2-0----2--2--0-----|
E MajorE|---3--0--0---3--0--0----3-0-|
Verse 1 - Bass only
(0:18) Wah Guitar, w/ echo (0:24)
e|--------------| --------------|
BB|-12\----------| -15~~\--------|
G+G|-12\----------| --------------|
D MajorD|--------------| --------------|
A augmentedA|--------------| --------------|
E MajorE|--------------| --------------|
Chorus 1 - play 2x
e|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
BB|-------5--5---|-------5--5---|---------------|---------------|
G+G|-6-----6--6---|-------6--6---|---------------|---------------|
D MajorD|-6------------|-7------------|-2-------------|-4-------------|
A augmentedA|-4------------|-7------------|-2-------------|-4-------------|
E MajorE|--------------|-5------------|-0-------------|-2-------------|
Chorus Ending
e|----------|----------------------------|
BB|----------|----------------------------|
G+G|-2--------|-2---------2----------2-----|
D MajorD|-2--------|-2----2--2-2----2--2--2-----|
A augmentedA|-0--------|-0----2--2-0----2--2--0-----|
E MajorE|----------|---3--0--0---3--0--0----3-0-|
Verse 2 - Electric Guitar plays:
e|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|
D MajorD|---------2p0-------0---2-|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0-3p0-------0-3p0---0---|
Play Chorus Again
Solo - other guitar plays Intro 3x
e|--------|--------|---------|
BB|--------|--------|-12~--\--|
G+G|--------|--------|-12~--\--|
D MajorD|--------|--------|-14~--\--|
A augmentedA|-rest---|-rest---|---------|
E MajorE|--------|--------|---------|
Rhythm: A5A5 E5E5
e|------------------------------------------|-10/12~--------------|
BB|-----------------9-9-9/11-11-11-/15-15-15-|---------------------|
G+G|-9-9-9-/12-12-12--------------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------7-7-7/9--9--9--/12-12-12-|---------------------|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-/10-10-10--------------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
A5A5 E5E5 (continue similarly)
e|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
BB|-14p12--14p12--14p12--14p12--14qb-14qb-|-12~--------------x/---|
G+G|-14p12--14p12--14p12--14p12--14qb-14qb-|-12~--------------x/---|
D MajorD|------14-----14-----14-----14----------|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|
e|------15-----15-----15-----15-------------|-15p12~-------------|
BB|-15b17--15b17--15b17--15b17--15b17--15p12-|--------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
* Chorus plays again:
e|-------------------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|
BB|-------------------|--------------------------|-5---------|-5---------|
G+G|-------------------|--------------------------|-6---------|-6---------|
D MajorD|----------------5--|-7b8---7b8---b8r7p5---5-5-|-----------|-7---------|
A augmentedA|-7--------5--7-----|--------------------7-----|-----------|-----------|
E MajorE|----3--5-----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|
Continue Chorus
Play Intro until end with wah guitar random notes
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release