thing_called_love.tab is a corrected and expanded version of thing_called_love.crd which was tabbed by Jeremy Crowhurst (who no longer has an internet account) and was based on the Bonnie Raitt cover version rather than the original. THING CALLED LOVE - John Hiatt ----------------- F#5 Don't have to humble ... I ain't your judge ... A E F#5 Baby, you know you ... We may not even have our ... This could be just some ... A E F#5 (/E) Baby we can choose you ...
D G A But are you ready for ... D G A Don't come from you and ... D G A I ain't no porcupine, ... D B5 F#5 Are you ready for this ... And you ain't some icon carved ..... (Chorus) F#5 A The ugly ducklings .... F#5 A And glide off down .... F#5 A Whether your ... D B5 You only see the world .... (Acoustic solo): F#5 A5 B5 E5 (x4) F#5 A5 B5 E5 Before the laws of God and laws of man ..... And are you ready for this thing ..... D G A Are you ready for it?.... (Acoustic solo): [Same chords as before] Just a crazy thing ....(x lots to fade) ................. NB On this song, the acoustic guitar is "dropped-G" tuned (low to high EADEBE). Chords used: F#5-244222 A-x02020 or 577555 E-022000 D-xx0535, xx053x or x57575 G-355333 or 3x033x B5-x242xx or 799777 Note that the acoustic is mixed quite low, so I'm not certain about the chord shapes. I didn't have much luck transcribing the solos (either studio or Live at Budokhan), but if it's any help, they're all based on the F# blues scale (F# A B C C# E). ................. The main electric riff played thoughout the verses is this: + + + + + + + + |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |---------2-------|-----2-----------| |-----1-4---------|-1-4-------------| |---2-----------2-|--------------/2-| Play it with some distortion and lots of muted strums etc between the notes. When you get to the third line of the verse, it goes like this + + + + + + + + + + ----------|-----------------|-----------------| ----------|-----------------|-----------------| ----------|-----------------|-----------------| ----------|-------2---------|-----------------| ---0-/4-0-|---0-4---0-------|---2-------------| ----------|---------------0-|/4---0-----------| If you want to make the chorus sound like Ry, then have a good listen to the album, cause it's beaten me. Otherwise just play ordinary chords. However, the following is a vaguely Ryish lick that Michael Ward uses at one point on the Live at Budokan album (use sparingly - once per chorus at most) + + + + + + + + |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----0-----0-----|-5---5---7-------| |-4b5---4b5---2-0-|-5---5---7-------| |-----------------|-3---3---5-------| The power chords that the electric uses for the rest of the song are: F#5-244xxx A5-x022xx D5-xx023x B5-x244xx E5-022xxx ........... Comments, questions, suggestions, corrections, requests always welcome. Enjoy! Paul Hutchinson ........... PS Check out the John Hiatt web page at http://www.unicom.com/john-hiatt
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