Jesus Freak by D.C. Talk from the album Jesus Freak Transcribed by: Bobby Heffernan Based on tabs by: Gert Hansen and aXman This is Jesus Freak as I hear it. I haved based my transcription on the work of Gert Hansen (gerth@usa.net) who in turn based his work on that of aXman (kyleb@juno.com). These two people deserve most of the credit for this work and what I have done is merely an improvement. I have done my best to make sure this sounds right and have put a lot of effort into it but this is my first tab and I'm pretty inexperienced. I have included parts for both Accoustic and Electric. Each section (e.g. - intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus etc.) consists of two parts: accoustic and electric. Mostly the accoustic is chords and the electric is tabbed. I have labeled all of them anyway though. I have also included the bass parts that Gert did, I have not checked these and they could be wrong. Also, I have tried to indent it to make it easier to read, does this help? If you have any comments, suggestions, or if you find any errors mail me at bob@heffernan.org
Here we go.... Tuning of Guitars: Just like Gert I have written the tab in standard tuning. There are two main reasons for this: firstly Gert originally wrote his tab in standard tuning and two, because it's much easier that way. This song is actually played with a tuning of F (that's a half-note up). Intro: Acoustic Guitar: E G C G A (Note: play these as bar chords, it sounds much better.) Next the electric guitar comes in with the main riff (below). Main riff: Electric Guitar (used in Second half of intro and the chorus) F G# D# A#7 C e: ------------------|---------------------- B: ------------------|-8-8------------------ G: ------------------|-8-8-7-7-------------- D: --3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-6-6-10-10-10-10-- A: --3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-8-8-10-10-10-10-- E: --1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-----6-6-8--8--8--8--- Verse: Accoustic: F C# A# A# (once again barch chords sound good here) Electric: (play this with a nice clear sound, no distortion) e: ------------------| B: ------------------| ] D: --3-/---5--4------|<--| REPEAT THIS FOR THE VERSES: LISTEN TO THE CD TO GET IT RIGHT | ] E: --1-/-------------| Pre-chorus (rap): Accoustic Guitar: I don't think it plays here Electric Guitar: (back in with lots of distortion) (These are just Power Chords) (listen to the CD to get the timing right) e: ------------------------------- B: -6-6-6--9--9-9--8-8-8--7--7-7-7 G: -5-5-5--8--8-8--7-7-7--6--6-6-6 D: -3-3-3--6--6-6--5-5-5--4--4-4-4 A: ------------------------------- E: ------------------------------- Bass: F C# A# D# A: --8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-|-------------6-6-- E: ------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6------ Bridge: Guitar plays some harmonics (forget it if you're in standard tuning) Bass : A: ----------6-|--------- E: --6---4-----|-1------- Bridge 2: Acoustic Guitar: F A# (sing 'stranger') Solo: Accoustic Guitar: I don't think it pays here Electric Guitar D G# G# G# e: ----------------|-----/10--------/16-------------- B: ----------------|---------9-9-9------15-15-15----- G: --7-7-7-x-1-1-1-|-------------------------------5- ] D: --7-7-7-x-0-0-0-|-------------------------------5- <--| REPEAT 4 TIMES | A: ----------------|--------------------------------- ] E: ----------------|--------------------------------- INTRO Verse 1: Separated and I cut myself .... Pre Chorus 1: I saw a man with a tattoo on ... Chorus: What will people think when they .... Verse 2: Kamikaze my death is ... Pre Chorus 2: There was a man from the desert .... Repeat Chorus: (twice) Bridge: People say I'm strange does ... SOLO Repeat Chorus: (twice) What will people think (What will ....
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