• Song:

    Nowhere Man

  • Artist:

    John Butler Trio

  • Album:

    Grand National

Nowhere man
John Butler Trio
Email: Pistal@hotmail.co.uk


Seen a few versions of this about & none of them are quiet right so thought
id have a crack at a cleaner version as this little tune is not in the
official book...

There is a banjo accompanying on the album version following the main riff,
harmonics etc if i buy a banjo one day ill tab that out too...   


Tuning: Half step down (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,eb)

Intro:                                 Main Riff:
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----0h1-0--------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|----0------2-----0--2--2------0---0-|
D|-----------x-x--------x-x-------x---|---0----------0h2--------0----------|
A|-----------x-x--------x-x-------x-2-|-----------0--------3-------3---2---|
E|-----------x-x--------x-x-------x---|3-----------------------------------|

                Verse Transition Into Bridge:
                                       D  D     U D U     D  D U   D U D U
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-----0h1-0--------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|----0------2-----0--2--2------0---0-|------------------------------------|
D|---0----------0h2--------0----------|---2-----2-2-2--------2-2-----2---0-|
A|-----------0--------3-------3---2---|3--3-----3-3-3-----3--3-3---3-3-2-2-|
E|3-----------------------------------|---x-----x-x-x--------x-x-----x---x-|

Note:JB'S not only varying palm muting but also fret muting. Pressure is
applied with the fretted fingers on the down stroke and muted on the
upstroke. U can also hear 0 2 0 as he ceases muting altogether on the G
string... 

  D  D     U D U     D  D U   D U D U   continue pattern.....
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|---2-----0-2-0--------2-2-----2---0-|------------------------------------|
D|---2-----2-2-2--------2-2-----2---2-|---2-----2-2-2--------2-2-----2---0-|
A|0--0-----0-0-0-----0--0-0---0-0-2-2-|3--3-----3-3-3-----3--3-3---3-3-2-2-|
E|---x-----x-x-x--------x-x-----x---x-|---x-----x-x-x--------x-x-----x---x-|


8th bar of bridge transition into chorus:
  D  D     U D U      D U D U D U D U   D   D U  D U D U  D   D U  D U D U 
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|---2-----2-2-2------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0--2-2-2-2--0---0-0--0-0-0-0-|
D|---2-----2-2-2------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0-0--2-2-2-2--2---2-2--2-2-2-2-|
A|0--0-----0-2-2------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---2-2--0-0-0-0--3---3-3--2-2-2-2-|
E|---x-----x-x-x------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3---3-3--------------------0-0-0-0-|

Then Verse, Bridge, Chorus again. Hope this is helpful...  


| D  down stroke 
| U  up stroke 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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