• Song:

    Dont Wanna See Your Face

  • Artist:

    John Butler Trio

Hi guys, first tab so be gentle. Not sure how accurate this is but I think its pretty 
good. Put it together from a mix of watching live footage (for the riff and chorus) and by 
ear (for the solo).

John plays this on his 11 string (he removes the higher octave G) but I find this works 
fine for 6 string.

Tuning is Open C (CGCGCE) with a capo on 4th.

Intro and Verses

E|-------x-------x--------x------------------x-------x--------x---------|
C|----0--x----0--x-----0--x---0---9-------0--x----0--x-----0--x----0--3-|
G|-8h9-0-x-8h9-0-x--8h9-0-x-8h9-0-8----8h9-0-x-8h9-0-x--8h9-0-x-8h9-0-2-|
C|-------x-------x--------x------------------x-------x--------x---------|
G|-------x-------x--------x------------------x-------x--------x---------|
C|-0-----x-0-----x--0-----x-0-----0----0-----x-0-----x--0-----x-0-----0-|

The x's here don't symbolise a strike of all the strings whilst muted as such, more like 
John's typical percussive guitar playing (how he keeps the rhythm while he plays).

Chorus

E|------------------------------x--------x-------------------------------|
C|------9--------9-----------0--x-----0--x------0------0--0--------------|
G|------8--------8--------8h9-0-x--8h9-0-x---8h9-0--8h9-0-0--------------|
C|------------------------------x--------x----------------0--------------|
G|--x-x----x-x-x----------------x--------x-------------------------------|
C|--9-9----7/9-9-9--------0-----x--0-----x---0------0--------------------|

Play this twice, but not fully. Listen to the track, they kill it in the first chorus 
and again in the second for a bass fill.

After the bass fill

E|----------------------------------------|
C|-0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0/4--|
G|-0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0/4--|
C|-0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0/4--|
G|-0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0/4--|
C|-0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0/4--|

Play this twice.

Solo - I think this is pretty much there but probably not 100%.

E|-----------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------0-0-0-|
G|----------------------0---0---0-0h2-2----|
C|-2h3p0-----2b3p0-0-0h2-0h2-0h2-----------|
G|------0h2p0-----2------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------3-------------|
C|----0---0---0---0---0---0h2/4-4p2p0-----0--|
G|-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-----------2-0-2-0-|
C|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|
C|----7---7---7--7----0-0-0-2/4p0-2h4-0--|
G|-//8-8h9-8h9//9--0h2-2-----------------|
C|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------|

E|-----8-----10-------12--12-12---12------12--12\10--8-|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--7/9--9/10----10/12----12-12-12---10/12----12\10----|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|

Sorry for not really putting it in any coherent way regarding timing, just the way I 
wrote it down when I was trying to work it out.

Bridge

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-9-9-9---9-9-9--9\7-7-7-7---7-7-7--7\5-5-5-5---5-5-5--5--5-5-5---5--9-9-7-7-|
G|-9-9-9---9-9-9--9\7-7-7-7---7-7-7--7\5-5-5-5---5-5-5--5--5-5-5---5--9-9-7-7-|
C|-9-9-9---9-9-9--9\7-7-7-7---7-7-7--7\5-5-5-5---5-5-5--5--5-5-5---5--9-9-7-7-|
G|-9-9-9---9-9-9--9\7-7-7-7---7-7-7--7\5-5-5-5---5-5-5--5--5-5-5---5--9-9-7-7-|
C|-9-9-9---9-9-9--9\7-7-7-7---7-7-7--7\5-5-5-5---5-5-5--5--5-5-5---5--9-9-7-7-|

Play this twice.

This last chorus I am really not sure about but this is what I think, its just picking 
over the top of the bridge really.

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C|----7-----7-0--------------------0-----0-------0-----0-----|
G|-8h9-9-8h9-9---6h7-7-6h7-6p4--4h5-5-4h5-5-4-4h5-5-4h5-5-4--|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-----0---0---7---7-7-----5--5-----5-----5-5-----5-----5--|

Then its back to the verse riff.

Thats all I've got, please rate and comment.

Cheers
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