#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: rkh2@ukc.ac.uk T H E (022100@1) P ER (022100@1)S O N Y O U AR (x02220@1)E (022100@1) by John Wesley Harding from the album "The Name Above The Title" Key: G major ~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRO: G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) (D) Em (022000@1)I put my forehead to the door G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)I heard the famous sound of infidelity Em (022000@1)Looks like I've loved and lost once more G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Oh, but all's fair in love and war, supposedly C (x32010@1)I couldn't even burst in on you G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)See scrabbling sheets or your excuse C (x32010@1) GD Give you the evil eye or verbal abuse G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Why do you do what you do C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)| When the things that you do |- PLAY & SING TWICE C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) | Hurt the person you are? / RIFF A: G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) (D) Em (022000@1)I slammed my glass down on the bar G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)My problems, they hit the floor so gracefully Em (022000@1)I don't know where I parked the car G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)That's okay; tonight I'm on the town without me C (x32010@1)Tonight it's just me and my evil twin G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)The one who slips one more drink in C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)The one who slips away when I start sinking G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Why do you do what you do C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)| When the things that you do |- PLAY & SING TWICE C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) | Hurt the person you are? / G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)They hurt the person you are C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)The person you are G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)The person you are C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)The person you are RIFF B: G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) (D) Em (022000@1)Got ajob (x02210@1)to pay the rent G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Put people out of work by repositioning Em (022000@1)Now no-one's sitting on the fence G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Whose garden will we end up sitting in? C (x32010@1)It's getting much to hard to heal the sky G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)It stings too much to open up our eyes C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)To fundamental truths that we hold as lies G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Why do you do what you do C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)| When the things that you do |- PLAY & SING FOUR TIMES C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) | Hurt the person you are? / G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)They hurt the person you are C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)The person you are G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)The person you are C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)The person you are G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GD C (x32010@1) DG The person............... person............... person...... yeay. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ OUTRO ON LEAD GUITAR -- T H E (022100@1) EN (022100@1)D-- (xx0232@1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L EA D (xx0232@1) GU (320003@1)I T AR (x02220@1) T AB S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I N T R O ~~~~~~~~~ G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C||-- (x32010@1)--7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8---| ||--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8---------------| ||--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9---------------------| ||--S----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| ||--T----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| ||-- ----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . D|-------------------------| (xx0232@1)|-------------------------| |--7----------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R I FF B~~~~~~~~~~~ (x2444x@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C|-- (x32010@1)--7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8----| |--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8----------------| |--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9----------------------| |--S----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |--T----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-- ----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D|--------------7----------|-- (xx0232@1)--7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-| |--------8----------10----|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------| |--7----------------------|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------| |-------------------------|--S----------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|--T----------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-- ----------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . C (x32010@1) D|-------------10-----8----|-------- (xx0232@1)----------------| |--------8----------------|--7--7--R----------------| |--9----------------------|--7--7--E----------------| |-------------------------|--------S----------------| |-------------------------|--------T----------------| |-------------------------|-------- ----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O U T R O ~~~~~~~~~ G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C|-- (x32010@1)--7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8----| |--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8----------------| |--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9----------------------| |--S----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |--T----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-- ----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D|--------------7----------|-- (xx0232@1)--7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-| |--------8----------10----|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------| |--7----------------------|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------| |-------------------------|--S----------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|--T----------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-- ----------------------|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G|-------------10-----8----|--------------7----------|--7---------------------|| (320003@1)|--------8----------------|--------8----------10----|--8---------------------|| |--9----------------------|--7----------------------|--7---------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O P T I O N AL (x02220@1) R H Y T H M GU (320003@1)I T AR (x02220@1) P AR (x02220@1)T FO (133211@1)R R I FF A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Normally (x02220@1)played on piano) ^ G (320003@1)^ D (xx0232@1) ^ C|--------3----------------|--------2----------------|-------------------------| (x32010@1)|--------0----------------|--------3----------------|--1----------------------| |--------0----------------|--------2----------------|--0----------------------| |--------0--------------0-|-------------------------|--2----------------------| |--------2----------------|-----------------0--0--2-|--3-----2-----0----------| |--3-----------3--2--3----|-------------------------|--------------------3----| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . D (xx0232@1)^ ^ h (x2444x@1) G (320003@1) ^ D (xx0232@1) ^ |--------2-----0--2-------|--------3----------------|--------2----------------| |--------3-----3----------|--------0----------------|--------3----------------| |--------2-----2----------|--------0----------------|--------2----------------| |--0----------------------|--------0--------------0-|-------------------------| |-------------------------|--------2----------------|-----------------0--0--2-| |-------------------------|--3-----------3--2--3----|-------------------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . ^ ^ C (x32010@1) D|-------------------------|--2------------------------| (xx0232@1) This section was |--1----------------------|--3------------------------| invented by me |--0----------------------|--2------------------------| around the part |--2----------------------|--0------------------------| played with the |--3-----2-----0----------|---------------------------| piano at this |--------------------3----|---------------------------| point in Wes's 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . recording. Notes: * `^' means downstroke, `h' means hammer-on. * In the 4th bar of this section, the 3rd beat and it's half-beat can either be played using the hammer-on to the treble note as shown above (in which case the chord on the 3rd beat becomes Dsus2), which is one of my personal favourite colourings, or the normal Dfingering (xx0232@1)can be retained, with adownstroke (x02210@1)on the 3rd beat and an upstroke on the following half-beat. * Don't worry unduly about playing only those strings shown in the tabs when doing downstrokes with your plectrum or thumb. In particular the Cchord (x32010@1)strums are shown with the treble-E string not played, but this isn't always easy to get right, so don't worry, be happy :-) * A reasonably flexible but reasonably firm pick/plectrum is best if you want to do this riff (IMHO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GE N ER (022100@1)AL (x02220@1) N O T ES (022100@1)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. If you are playing solo, then the most important thing is to keep up the rhythm and chords, so you can forget the lead guitar solo parts. I like to use the last 4 bars of the OPTIONAL RHYTHM PART FOR RIFF A (x02220@1)as my intro, and obviously stick to the RIFF Aafter (x02220@1)the first verse, using it again after the second verse, where the recording has RIFF B. In place of the OUTRO, I just strum the chords of the rhythm guitar part, allowing the words (person... person... person... yeay) to hold the flow of the ending, and then finish with aflourish. (x02210@1) 2. As always, learn the rhythm of the song from the recording. 3. Enjoy! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH (x32010@1)O R DS (xx0232@1)~~~~~~~~~~~ Gchord (320003@1) Dchord (xx0232@1) e||---|---|-o-| G e||---|-o-|-----| F# B||---|---|---| B B||---|---|-o---| D G||---|---|---| G G||---|-o-|-----| A D||---|---|---| D D||---|---|-----| D A||---|-o-|---| B A||---|---|-----| A E||---|---|-o-| G E||---|-x-|-----| either use thumb on 2nd fret or don't play bass-E string Cchord (x32010@1) Emchord (022000@1) e||---|---|---| E e||---|---|-----| E B||-o-|---|---| C B||---|---|-----| B G||---|---|---| G G||---|---|-----| G D||---|-o-|---| E D||---|-o-|-----| E A||---|---|-o-| C A||---|-o-|-----| B E||---|---|---| E E||---|---|-----| E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .