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Ok well I've worked on this a little bit and I think I've got it. It's in Open G tuning and this tab is based around Jeff's October 27th 2006 solo show.

 

Intro/Verse Riff

 

d ------------------------------------------------------

b --0-----0-----5-3p0--0-----0-----0-----0-----X---

g --0-----0-----0-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----X---

d ------------------------------------------------------

g 0----0-----0-------------0-----0-----0-------X-----

d ------------------------------------------------------

 

Verse - This is just the three chords played the order is different.

 

d ----------------------------------------------------------------------

b ---0----0----0----0----5----5----5----5----10----10----10----10-

g ---0----0----0----0----5----5----5----5----10----10----10----10-

d ----------------------------------------------------------------------

g 0----0----0----0----5----5----5----5----10----10----10----10----

d ----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Pre-Chorus type thing.

 

d --------------------------------------------------------

b ---3----3----3----4p3---3-------2---3p2---2-----1-

g ---3----3----3----3------3-------2---2------2-----1-

d --------------------------------------------------------

g 3----3----3----3--------------2-----2------------1---

d --------------------------------------------------------

 

Chorus - Dunno if this is perfect but this is what I got so far.

 

d -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

b --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

g --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

d --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

g ---------------------------3----------------------------------0--0--0---------------------------

d 2-------1-------1/5---3-5---5-3-5----2------1-----1/5---5--5--5--5----3------2-------1----

 

Riff 1 - Theres been much speculation over this riff. This is what I came up with this time.

 

d --------------------------------------?

b 5--5-3-0-0-0-0-0-5--5-3-0-0-0---?

g 0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---?

d 0--0-0-------------0--0-0----------?

g --------------------------------------?

d --------------------------------------?

 

Cont'd

 

d ---------------------------------------------------------------------

b ---------------------------------------------------------------------

g ---------------------------------------------------------------------

d ---------------------------------------------------------------------

g-----3-------------------------3----------------------------3--------

d 3-5--5-3-5--3-5-5------3-5---5-3-5--3-5-5--------3-5---5-3-5-

 

Riff 2

 

d ---------------3p0-3---------------------------------3p0-3---12-11/10-9

b ---------3p0------------8-6h7p6-0-----------3p0-------------------------

g 0h3p0---------------------------------0h3p0------------------------------

d -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

g -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

d ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Then he messes around with Riff 2 but using octaves. I haven't figured it out yet.

 

Outro Riff

 

d------------------------------------------

b------------------------------------------

g---0-2-2-0-------0-2-2-3-4-------------

d-2----------2--1--------------------------

g---------------------------------0---0---0

d-------------------------------5---5---5--5

 

 

and for those of you who will like to hear this recording I put it up for you!

 

p.s. This is one of my favourite Tweedy recordings that I have so I reccomend you guys get it off etree!

 

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jeqbrx

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  • 3 months later...

it's the 8th fret, not the 10th fret. 10th fret would be F, but I hear Eb, which means 8th fret.

 

the "1st riff:"

 

----0-0-
-5-50-0-
-3-30-0-
----0-0-
----0-0-
----0-0-

 

and etc.

 

and on the second riff where you have the 8 stuff on the B it's a lot easier this way (and from looking at vids it seems that Tweedy does it this way too).

 

D-5-353-
B------0

 

And for when it gets hardcore, I'm only going to outline what he actually frets, because mapping out all the ringing open strings too (which are absolutely everywhere) would make it look like my computer exploded.

 

----------------------------------------12-
-----0-3-6-0-6-8-6-0------0-3-6-0-6-8-6-12-
-0-3-----5-0-5-7-5-0--0-3-----5-0-5-7-5-12-
----------------------------------------- -
----------------------------------------- -
----------------------------------------- -

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You guys have most of this down, but I've got just a few minor refinements and addtions. First, the piano intro:

 

pianointrorl6.png

 

Since this is the piano part adapted for guitar, it's a little trick to pull of the first little hammer-on; you have to strike the b flat note (g string 3rd fret) first, and hammer-on to the b natural at the same time you pick the g note (d string, 5th fret).

 

For the verse, the chords are G (two measures), C (2 measures), G (4 measures), C (2 measures), C minor (2 measures), Bb (2 measures), A (1 measure), Ab (1 measure).

 

The pre-chorus above is essentially correct. The chorus (I guess that's what you call it; it's the "honey, I think you're just right" bit) is in a half-time feel - F (one measure), C/E (1 measure) and Ebmaj7 (hold for two measures). Here's how I voice these:

 

F C/E Ebmaj7

|------------------------

|--10-----5-----8------

|--10-----5-----7------

|--10-----5-----8------

|--8------7-----6------

|-----------------------

 

 

The fills during the verse (2nd time you go to G (4 measures)) are on lap steel, but you can pull off an approximation on guitar.

 

First verse fill:

 

lapsteelfilloneaf7.png

 

Second verse fill:

 

lapsteelfilltwofg7.png

 

I didn't tab out the third verse fill; now that you know the gist of it, you can either improvise or figure it out on your own.

 

The 2nd stop-time break tabbed out above is partially correct; the bit where you go up high is completely off. It's a bit tricky; there's two guitars going at once; one plays a more simplified version (similar to the one tabbed out at the top of this thread), and the other a trickier version with lots of hammer-ons an pull-offs. They happen so quickly that you really don't notice unless you listen closely; the 2nd guitar sort of masks the actual part, too.

 

2ndstoptimebreakoa2.png

 

Execute those hammer-on and pull-offs quickly and smoothly and this bit will be a real gas.

 

And finally, the coda:

 

codagk4.png

 

There's some octave lines that follow the descending chord progression (F, E, Eb, D), and sundry other improvisational riff-raff going on here.

The final chord that holds at the end is an Eflat/G (or you might call it a Gaug), like this:

 

|---------------

|--4------------

|--3------------

|--1------------

|- x------------

|--3------------

 

This should be enough, along with the previous posts, to pull this one off convincingly.

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  • 4 months later...

I really love the solo jeff version of this song. I am trying to get it under my fingers.

 

Is this the best consensus for this? The last fella has it in standard; the first fella in Open G. There are lots of comments in the middle.

 

Does anyone have a definitive version??

 

Thanks in advance!

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Tweedy does it in slack G, and it looks like BolivarBalues has more the piano stuff added in too...so I would say the first one. I think video proves it, for the most part.

I have not seen the video. Can anyone share it with me?

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