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I Want Crazy - Hunter Hayes
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Tabbed by: Spunde
E-mail: TheSpunde@Gmail.com
Tuning: Eb standard
Notes:
This is the entire song, and it's 100% correct. I'm talking intro riff, random guitar
riffs that happen here and there, both the guitar, and the mandolin solos, the whole
chord progression, and lyrics. Keep an eye out for the rhythm at the beginning of the
first 3 measures of the intro riff. The rhythm in the first beat is a 16th, then two
32nds, then two 16ths. I'm adding the counting bellow each line. I've painstakingly
tabbed this out by ear, and by scouring the youtubes for live videos to see where his
fingers are, and what they're doing during the intro riff.
32nds are counted as 1e+a&e+a, 16ths are 1 e & a, 8ths are 1 &
Here's a diagram of how each chord should be played.
E A C# B C#/A
e|--0---0---0---0---0--|
B|--0---0---0---0---0--|
G|--1---2---6---4---2--|
D|--2---2---6---4---2--|
A|--2---0---4---2---4--|
E|--0------------------|
***IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THE CHORUS***
The second A chord that's played in the chorus is anticipated.
Intro Riff:
e|-------0---4p0---0-----0-------0---|-------0---4p0---0-----0-0---------|
B|-0h2h4---0-----4---5h7---0-7h9-----|-0h2h4---0-----4-------0-0---------|
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------6/8-----6-------|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
1e+ a & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1e+ a & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
e|-------0---4p0---0-----0-------0---|-------0---------0-------0-------0---|
B|-0h2h4---0-----4---5h7---0-7h9---0-|-9h10-----0--7h9---0-2h4---0-4h5---5-|
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
1e+ a & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Sorry about the f'd up
spacing. these are still 16ths.
E
I'm booking myself a one way flight
E
I gotta see the color in your eyes
E
I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright
E A
Without you baby is a waste of time
(This is the little diddly that's played as that A chord hits)
e|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----|-9-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-9h11|-------8-------------------------|-----------------------------6---|
D|-----|-------------11--------------9---|-------------7-----------7h9---9-|
A|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
& a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
E
Yeah, our first date, girl, the seasons changed
E
Got washed away in a summer rain
E
You can't undo a fall like this
E C#/A A
Cause love don't know what distance is
C#m B
Yeah, I know it's crazy
(This is the second diddly that's played when the C#/A-A-C#m-B chord prog. is played)
e|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----|-9-------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|
G|-9h11|-------8---------------------9h11|-------8-------------------------|
D|-----|-------------11------------------|-------------11------------------|
A|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
& a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-6-----8-----9-------------------|-------9----11---9---11--8-------|
D|---------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Chorus
A
But I don't want good and I don't want good enough
A
I want can't sleep, can't breathe without your love
E (you can do a walk down on the A string 7-6-4-2)
Front porch and one more kiss, it doesn't make sense to anybody else
A
Who cares if you're all I think about,
A
I've searched the world and I know now,
C#m B
It ain't right if you ain't lost your mind
E
Yea I don't want easy, I want crazy
E
Are you with me baby? Let's be crazy
ĦĦĦĦIntro riff!!!!
The chords going under the riff are E for 1 3/4 measures, then A on beat 4 of every
other bar.
Verse Dos
E
I wanna be scared, don't wanna know why
E A (played on beat 4)
Wanna feel good, don't have to be right
E
The world makes all kinds of rules for love
E A
I say you gotta let it do what it does
e|-5-5/|-7---5---4-----------4-------5-5/|-7---5---4-----------4-----------|
B|-----|-------------7-------------------|-------------7-------------------|
G|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
& a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
E
I don't want just another hug and a kiss goodnight
E A (played on beat 4)
Catchin' up calls and a date sometimes
E
A love that revels and stills believes
E C#/A A
We're the kind of crazy people wish that they could be, yeah
C#m B
Oh, I know we're crazy, yeah
Do the other riff that happened earlier in this verse at C#/A , then this thing:
e|-4-------------------------------|---------------------4-----------|
B|-----7---5---4-------5-------4---|-4-----5-----7-------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Chorus
A
But I don't want good and I don't want good enough
A
I want can't sleep, can't breathe without your love
E (walk down A string 7-6-4-2)
Front porch and one more kiss, it doesn't make sense to anybody else
A
Who cares if you're all I think about,
A
I've searched the world and I know now,
C#m B
It ain't right if you ain't lost your mind
E
Yea I don't want easy, I want crazy
E
Are you with me baby? Let's be crazy
Solos
E - E - E - E - A - A - C#m - B
E for 4 measures, then A for 2, then C#m and B for 1 measure each.
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------10/12-12\10-------------10/12-12----------|
G|-------11/13-13\11p9-----9h11--11/13-13----------|
D|----------------------11-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a |
e|-------------------------------------------------|---
B|-------10/12-12\10----------------------------9--|9--
G|-------11/13-13\11p9-----9p-8-----------------9--|9--
D|----------------------11-------11p9--7h-9/11-----|---
A|-------------------------------------------------|---
E|-------------------------------------------------|---
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a |1
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------10/12-12\10-------------10/12-12----------|
G|-------11/13-13\11p9-----9h11--11/13-13----------|
D|----------------------11-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a |
e|-------------------------------------------------|---------
B|-------9h10p9------------------------------------|---------
G|----------------11-9h11p-9\-8--------------------|-9-------
D|-------------------------------11p9--------9-----|-9h11----
A|-------------------------------------11/12----12-|---------
E|-------------------------------------------------|---------
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e &
Mandolin solo on guitar:
you can play it in this octave, or move it up twelve frets, so that it's the same
octave as mandolin.
e|-------------------------7---7---|-7-5---5-4-------4-0-----0-------|
B|-----------------------7---------|-----7-----7-5-7-----4-0-2-------|
G|---------6---6-8-9-8-9-----------|---------------------------------|
D|-7-6-7-9---9---------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
second part of the guitar solo
e|----------|--------------------------------|------------------------12-----12h14-12-
B|------12--|h14-----------------------------|-----------------9h10h12--12/14---------
G|-11h13--13|--------h13-----/9p8---------8h9|-8---8h9-11--9h11-----------------------
D|----------|---------------------11---------|---11------9----------------------------
A|----------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------
E|----------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------
4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a| 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1
sorry about the odd spacing
Chorus
A
But I don't want good and I don't want good enough
A
I want can't sleep, can't breathe without your love
E (walk down A string 7-6-4-2)
Front porch and one more kiss, it doesn't make sense to anybody else
A
Who cares if you're all I think about,
A
I've searched the world and I know now,
C#m B
It ain't right if you ain't lost your mind
E
Yea I don't want easy, I want crazy
E
Yeah, look at us baby, tonight the midnight rules are breaking
E A (hit the A on beat 4)
There's no such thing as wild enough, maybe we just think too much
E
Who needs to play it safe in love?
E
Let's be crazy!
Intro Riff
The chord prog. is just like earlier in the song with E for 1 3/4 measures, then A on
the 4 of every other bar.
E A (each of these A chords land on 4)
Who cares if we're crazy, we gotta be crazy
E A
I know that we're crazy, so let's be crazy
The song ends with just acoustic playing the intro, the band hitting A on beat 4 of the
second bar of the riff, and then hitting a big fat tonic E on the & of 4 in the
last bar.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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