Catch Me If I Try Tab by David Wilcox

Catch Me If I Try tab by David Wilcox

Guitar Tab

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  Song   : "Catch Me If I Try"
  Artist : David Wilcox
  Album  : East Asheville Hardware (1995)
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(Transcribed by Brian Scholl)
scholl@ruccs.rutgers.edu

Tuning : D A D G A D

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

INTRO (4 Bars, repeated twice)
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|-------------0----|------------------|---------0-----0--|------------------|
|---------0-----0--|--------------0---|-----------0------|--------------0---|
|-----4-4---4------|------0---2/4---4-|-----4-4----------|------0---2/4---4-|
|---0--------------|---2---2-0--------|---0--------------|---2---2-0--------|
|-0-------5--------|-2----------------|-0-------5--------|-2----------------|


FIRST VERSE (10 Bars)
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|------------------|------(0)---(0)---|------------------|-------------0----|
|-------------0----|----(0)-----------|-------------0----|------------------|
|-----4-----4--(4)-|---0--------------|-----4-----4--(4)-|----(0)--2--------|
|---5-----5--------|-0---------5------|---5-----5--------|---2---0-----0----|
|-5-----5----------|---------0----(0)-|-5-----5----------|-2----------------|
  "easy"                                "easy"


|------------------|--------------(0)-|------------------|---------|
|------------------|------(0)---(0)---|------------------|---------|
|-----0--------(0)-|----(0)-----------|-------0------(0)-|---------|
|-------4-----0----|---0--------------|-----2------(2)---|--(0)----|
|---5-------5------|-0---------5------|---2------(2)-----|-0-------|
|-5-------5--------|---------0--------|-2------(2)-------|---------|
  "Lay off"                             "I'm"


|------------------|------------------|
|-------------0----|----------------0-|
|-----0---0-----0--|--------------0---|
|---4---4---4------|------0---2/4-----|
|------------------|---2---2-0--------|
|-0-------5--------|-2----------------|
  "fly"


FIRST CHORUS (11 Bars)
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|------------------|------------------|-----0-------0----|------------------|
|-----0---0--------|--------------0---|---------0-----0--|--------------0---|
|---4---4---4---4--|------0---2/4---4-|---4---4---4------|------0---2/4---4-|
|------------------|---2---2-0--------|------------------|---2---2-0--------|
|-0-------5--------|-2----------------|-0-------5--------|-2----------------|
  "touch"                               "make"


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|-----0------(0)---|----------------0-|-------0---0h2----|
|---------0----(0)-|--------------0---|-----0------------|
|---4---4---4------|------0---2/4-----|---4--------------|
|------------------|---2---2-0--------|---------0--------|
|-0-------5--------|-2----------------|-0----------------|
  "make"                                "Catch"


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|-----0-------0----|------------------|---------0-----0--|----------------0-|
|---------0-----0--|--------------0---|-----0-----0------|--------------0---|
|---4---4---4------|------0---2/4---4-|---4---4----------|------0---2/4-----|
|------------------|---2---2-0--------|------------------|---2---2-0--------|
|-0-------5--------|-2----------------|-0-------5--------|-2----------------|


SECOND VERSE (14 Bars)
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|-----0------------|----(0)----0-2h0--|-----0------------|-------------0----|
|--------------(0)-|------------------|--------------(0)-|-----------0---0--|
|---0-----0---0----|--------(0)-------|---0-----0---0----|---0----(0)-------|
|-3-----3----------|-2-----2----------|-3-----3----------|-2-----0----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
  "temptin'"                            "I thought"


|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|----(0)---(0)-(0)-|------0-3/2h0-0---|
|--(5)---(2)--0----|---0h2-0-----2-0--|
|-5-----2----------|------------------|
  "love..."


|-----------0------|----(0)-----------|------------------|-------0----------|
|-----0--------(0)-|----------(0)-----|------------------|---0-------0------|
|--------(0)-------|--------(0)----0--|-------0-------0--|---------------0--|
|-------0-----0----|-------0-----0----|-----4----(4)-----|-------------4----|
|--(0)-------------|--(0)-------------|---5----(5)--5----|-5---5---5--------|
|-0----------------|-4----------------|-5----------------|------------------|
  "read"                                "dance"


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|---------------0--|-----0------------|-----0------------|---------------0--|
|---------0--------|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|------------------|
|-----2-4-----4----|---------4--------|---4-----4---4----|-2----------------|
|---2--------------|--(2)------2-2----|-0----------------|-0-----------0----|
|-2----------------|-2----------------|------------------|------------------|
      "I have"                           "but"


SECOND CHORUS: Repeat 1st 9 bars of First Chorus, then 2 more bars
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|-------------0----|-------0----------|
|-----0---0-----0--|-----0---------0--|
|---4---4---4------|--(0)--------2----|
|------------------|-0----------------|
|-0-------5--------|------------------|
  "And when"


THIRD VERSE (9 Bars)
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|-----0-------0----|------(0)---------|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|
|------------------|-------------0----|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----|
|------------------|-----------4--(4)-|---0-------0------|---0-------2------|
|---5-------5---5--|---5-----0--------|------------------|---------0--------|
|-0-----0-4--------|-5----------------|-0-------4--------|-5----------------|
  "fallin'"                             "never"


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|-----0-------0----|-------0----------|-----------0------|---0--------------|
|------------------|---0-------0---0--|------(0)---------|--------------(0)-|
|------------------|------------------|----(2)-----------|-----4-0-----0----|
|---5---5---5---5--|-2-----------2----|---2---------2\---|-0----------------|
|-0-------4--------|------------------|-2----------------|------------------|
  "Way up"                              "Let up"


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|---0--------------|
|-----0------------|
|-------0----0-----|
|-0----------------|
|------------------|


THIRD CHORUS: Repeat first 9 bars of First Chorus


CODA (7 Bars)
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|-----------0------|--------------0---|-----------0--(0)-|---------------0--|
|---------0--------|------------------|-----0---0--------|------------------|
|---4---4----------|------0---2/4---4-|---4---4-----0----|---0---0---4------|
|-----5-------5-5--|---2---2-0--------|------------------|-----2---0--------|
|-0----------------|-2----------------|-0----------------|------------------|
  "touch"                               "touch"

                                          ..........harmonics.... .....
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|----(0)---(0)-(0)-|------------(0)---|---7---7---7---5--------------7-----||
|--(0)---(0)-(0)---|----(0)---(0)-(0)-|---7---7---7---5-------------7------||
|------------------|--(0)---(0)-------|---7---7---7---5-----7------7-------||
|------------------|-3-----2----------|---------------------------7--------||
|-0-----4----------|------------------|-0------------------------0---------||
  "touch"                               "fly"



FIRST VERSE
Go easy on those eyes, I'm about to ....

CHORUS
Then you say 'Touch me. You ....

SECOND VERSE
You tempted me to step off ....

CHORUS

THIRD VERSE
And when I try it's only falling, ...

CHORUS

CODA
Then you say 'Touch me. You can ....

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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