• Song:

    Casual Affair

  • Artist:

    Tonic

  • Album:

    Mean to Me

Tuning: Electric 1 & Acoustic is tuned to DADGAE, capo 4th fret
Solo (Electric 2) is tuned standard
tabbed by jjhand

I changed this 12/5/09 to reflect a youtube video of Elerson and Jeff at
Murfeesboro, TN. Enjoy and please rate my tabs so others will check them out too!


Intro - Electric 1 w/ light distortion (tuning is with capo)
G#|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7--|
F#|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--|
C#|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Main Riff - Electric 1 (Electric 2 strums F#5 chords)
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------2--2h3p2---|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------2--2h3p2---|
|-3-0-0--3-0-0--3-0-0--3-0-0--3-0-0---|-3-0-0--3-0-0--3-0-0-------------|





Verse Riff - Acoustic part 
  play 2x                        then strum these chords similarly
G#|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0--|       |-0------------|-0-------------|
C#|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0--|       |-0------------|-0-------------|
B |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7--|       |-3------------|-5-------------|
F#|-----------------------------|       |--------------|---------------|
C#|-----------------------------|       |--------------|---------------|
F#|-----------------------------|       |--------------|---------------|



Verse Riff - Electric 1 part
|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|---7-----------|-------7------|----------0----|---------0---0----|
|-7---7-5--7--7-|-7---7----7---|------3------3-|------5----5---5--|
|---------------|--------------|----3----------|----5-------------|
|-------------8-|-8----------8\|-1-------------|-3----------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|

play 3x:
|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-------7------|----------0----|---------0---0----|
|-7-5---7(b9)----|-----7----7---|------3------3-|------5----5---5--|
|-----7---------|---7--------7\|----3----------|----5-------------|
|---------------|-8------------|-1-------------|-3----------------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|


Prechorus bar - Electric Gtr. 2 (on last bar of final verse repeat)
e|--------------------------|
B|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0--|
G|-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----5--|
D|-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----5--|
A|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----3--|
E|--------------------------|


Chorus - play 2x
  Electric 1 (Electric 2 overlaps as well)
   D                A        A  A#  B                 F#
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-/7----------7\-|-2--------2--3-|-/4------------\-|-2-----------|
|-/8----------8\-|-3--------3--4-|-/5------------\-|-0-----------|
|-/8----------8\-|-3--------3--4-|-/5------------\-|-0-----------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
|
|Acoustic (chords/rhythm are approximate)
|----0--0-0----0-|----0--0-0---0-|----0--0-0---0---|---0--0-0---0--|
|----0--0-0----0-|----0--0-0---0-|----0--0-0---0---|---0--0-0---0--|
|-7----------7---|-2-------------|-4---------4-----|-2--------2----|
|----------------|-3-------------|-5---------5-----|-0--------0----|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|


Play Verse, Prechorus, and Chorus again


Solo - (Standard-Tuned Lead/Electric 2, other electric plays Main Riff)
e|------------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|------------|------2-2-2--|--2---2---------------|----------------------|
G|-4b6________|(4b6)________|-b6r4-6r4--2---2~-----|----------------------|
D|------------|-------------|-------------4----4p2-|-4p2------------------|
A|------------|-------------|----------------------|-----4p2-0h2----------|
E|------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------4b5-2~~--|

e|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------10-|-10b11------------10-|-10b12r10------------------|
G|-11~-11~-11~-11~---|-------11~-11~-11~---|----------11~-11~-11~--11\-|
D|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|---2---2b4-2b4r2----------|
D|-4---4-----------4-2-4----|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

Play Chorus again 2x but alter final bar of Electric part to:

G#|-----------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------|
B |-/11----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
F#|-/12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
C#|-/12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
F#|-----------------------------|


Play Main Riff to end song



KEY:

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| b  string bend
| r  release of bent string
|()  hold note in next bar
| __ hold note while playing next note
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