Bryan Adams-Before the night is over
Tabbed by: Sanjeev George & Thomas George
Email: bassatom@yahoo.co.in
3 guitar have been used in this song
Guitar 1 plays rhythm
Guitar 2 plays the arpeggios
Guitar 3 plays the leads
We have tabbed as much as we could hear and make out. Please listen to the song as u
this tab so u can figure out exactly where each guitar plays.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ let ring
| x Mute note
| fb Full bend
| r release bend
Tuning: Standard
Guitar 1
D A Bm G A
e|---2-2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3-3-----2-2-2-----3-3-3-----0-0-0-0------2-2---------------------------|
G|---2-2-----2-2-2-----4-4-4-----0-0-0-0------2-2---------------------------|
D|-----------2-2-2-----4-4-4-----0-0-0-0------2-2---------------------------|
A|-----------0-0-0-----2-2-2------------------O-0---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
D A Bm G A
e|-----------0------------------0-------------------0-------------------------|
B|-----3---3---3----------2---2---2-----------3---3---3-----------0-----2-----|
G|-------2-------2----------2-------2-----------4-------4-------0-----2-------|
D|--0------------------2-------------------4------------------0-----2---------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 3
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------10~------10fb-r------------------------------------|
G|---7/---------------------11—11h12~-\---------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
Solo (guitar 3)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------4h5--4-4-------------------4h5--4-4------------------4h5--4-4---|
G|---6---4--------------6-6---4-4---6-4-----------6-6---4-4---6-4-------------|
D|-----4---4------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---6-6---4-4-----4-4---6-4----6-4----6-4---------------------|
D|-----------------------4---4--4---4--4---4---2~--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/bryan-adams/64819.html ]
e|-----------------------7/9-7-7~----12/14-12-12~-----12-12-12---11-11------------|
B|-------------7/9-7-7~-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4/6-4-4~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------12---11-11------------------------------------------|
B|--14-14---12-12---14-12---------------14-14---12-12--------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro solo(guitar 3 )
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--7~--9~--11~--12~---------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------10~-----19fb-r-------------------------------------------|
G|---7-/------------------11~---11h12~--11~--\9----11~--12~---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--------------|
G|---14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--------------|
D|---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------15---14-14---12-12-----------12----15---14-14---12-12-----------------|
B|--15---------------------------15-15------15----------------------15-15---------|
G|-----14-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--17--------17--------17--------17--------17-----------| play as many times as
B|-----15-15-----15-15-----15-15-----15-15-----15-15-----| required till the end.
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
The song goes like this
Intro- guitars 1 and 2 start, then guitar 3 joins in
Verse 1 - its mostly bass only with few strums on guitar 1 at some points (same chords D
A Bm G A..........listen to the song)
Pre chorus 1 - few arpeggios on guitar 2
Chorus-guitars 1 and 2
Intro once
Verse 2 - its mostly bass only with few strums on guitar 1 at some points(listen to
song) and few arpeggios on guitar 2
Pre chorus 2- few arpeggios on guitar 2
Chorus-guitars 1 and 2
Intro once
Solo-guitar 3 plays
Chorus - till end. Guitars 1 and 2 begin, and then guitar 3 joins to play the end solo.
