• Song:

    Come Rest Your Head

  • Artist:

    Tonic

  • Album:

    Head On Straight

Standard tuning
tabbed by jjhand


Intro               
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-5-7-----7~-----------|
A|-----0-0------0-3qb-0-|
E|----------------------|




Verse - play 4x
e|----------------------|---------------------|--play bar 2x---------|
B|----------------------|-3----3---x-x--3--3--|----------------------|
G|----------------------|-2----2---x-x--2--2--|----------------------|
D|-5-7------7~----------|-2h4--4---x-x--4--4--|-5-7------7~----------|
A|-----0--0-----0-3qb-0-|---------------------|-----0--0-----0-3qb-0-|
E|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

on 3rd/4th time through a second guitar can be heard playing:

 |-5-----5-------5---|-5-----5-------5---|-5-----5-------5---|
 |---5-5-----5-5-----|---3-3-----3-3-----|---5-5-----5-5-----|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-play this bar 2x--|





Prechorus - with wah
e|-1------------|-1----------|-1------------|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
B|-3------------|-1----------|-3------------|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-2------------|-2----------|-2------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0------------|-3----------|-0------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|
E|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|





Chorus (rhythm plays chords noted) - play 2x

   A                                 F           G
e|-----0---------0-----0---------0-|-------0----------0---------|
B|-2/3---3-----0---2/3---3-----0---|-----1----------3/5--3-0----|
G|-----------2---------------2-----|---0h2---2-0--0----------0--|
D|---------------------------------|-3--------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
          "Come rest your head, come stay with me a while"




(1:33) Before Verse 2 - Lead Gutar
e|-----------5-5------------------------------|
B|---------------8-5-7-7~---------------------|
G|---5-7-7b(b9)--------7-7~--5-7-5--------------|
D|-7-----------------------------7-7-5---5h7~-|
A|-------------------------------------7------|
E|--------------------------------------------|



During Verse 2, Lead adds short licks-

(1:42)                                     (1:53)
e|-----7--5-----|-(5)-------------|    |----0-0-----0--------|---0---------------|
B|--------------|----------x-x-5--|    |-3b5___r3-2___-2h3p2-|-0-0---------------|
G|-5/7----5-----|-(5)------x-x-5--|    |---------------------|------2-0---0----2-|
D|--------------|-----------------|    |---------------------|----------4----4---|
A|--------------|-----------------|    |---------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------|-----------------|    |---------------------|-------------------|



Play PreChorus 2, but Lead plays this:
e|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|
B|--------------|------------1-|-1/3-----------|------------------|----------|
G|-(2)----------|----------2---|---------------|---------7b8r7~-5-|-2--------|
D|--------------|--------3-----|---------------|------------------|----------|
A|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|
E|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|




Play Chorus Again




Break - Uneven Rhythm (5th fret is longer note, play as shown), played 2x
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-|-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-|

e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------x-x-x-x-|
E|---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---|-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5----x-x-x-x-|




Play Prechorus again

Play Chorus again



For Outro, Bass plays Main Riff melody and Rhythm Gtr plays some occasional
A Pentatonic scale fills that are hard to hear, so I tabbed the lead part:

Lead (3:27) - 
e|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
B|-3b5r_b5----------|-(b5)------/5-----|---5-----------------------|
G|------------------|--------------5~~-|-----------------------5b6-|
D|------------------|------------------|-----5~~-----5---7p5-------|
A|------------------|------------------|---------7-7---7-----7-----|
E|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|


e|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------|-------------7b8r7-5---|-5---------------x-x-|
G|-(5b)---------|---------7b8-7b8r7-5---|-5---------------x-x-|
D|--------------|---------------------7-|---------------------|
A|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
  "come rest your head"

e|---5----------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
B|-8-----5------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
G|-----7----7-5-7-7b8r7-5-7p5-----|---------------------|-----------|
D|----------------------------5h7-|-5h7-----------------|-(7)-------|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
                                   "come rest your head"
(3:51)
e|------5--------5---------5---|-------------------------------------------|
B|------5--------5---------5---|-------8h10p8--8h10p8----------------------|
G|-/7b(b9)----5------------------|-0-0-0-------(b9)------9-7---5-------5-7-5-|
D|------------7-5-----7-5-7----|---------------------------7---7-7-7-------|
A|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
                                                    

e|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------|-------pb10_b10_b10r8---|-8b10------------|
G|-(b9)---------------|----------------------(b9)|-----------------|
D|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
"come rest your head"

e|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|
B|-(b10)--------pb10r8-|------------|-------------------------------|
G|---------------------|-5----------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------|------------|-music fades, playing similarly|
A|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|
                     "come rest your head"


KEY
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| x   Mute note
| qb  quarter bend (bluesy note, slight bend)
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| r   Bend release
| ()  holding previous note

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