You Were There - Southern Sons
Transcribed by : Sindric Goh (sindric2@hotmail.com)
The guitar is tuned in an “Open C” style: [C G C F G c]. The “Live" Version, is tuned
down half a step further.
This is not the original tuning though. However, it is the first tuning style that I
experimented with that is able to give me a pretty accurate "voicing" of the guitar.
Comparing to standard tuning, the strings are tuned down as accordingly: E sting - 4
steps / A sting - 2 steps / D string - 2 steps / G string - 2 steps / B string - 4 steps /
e string - 4 steps.
The best method to tune the guitar this way other than using a guitar tuner is to first
tune the original A string down to G and adjust the rest of the strings to this
reference from there on.
h : hammer on
/ : slide
: harmonics
Intro:
|--0--------0-----------------0----|----0--------0-------0-h-2---------2----|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------0---0-------|
|--------2----------0------0-------|-------0--0-----------------------------|
|-----4----------------4-----------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----2----------------2-/-4--------------|
|--0----------------2--------------|----------------------------------------|
---------------7------------|
------------7-----7---------|
---------7-----------7------|
------0-----------------0---|
----------------------------|
--0-------------------------|
|--------4--------------7---|
|--------5--------------5---|
|-----0--------------6------|
|---------------------------|
|--2--------------0---------|
|---------------------------|
Verse:
|--------7-------------4---|---------7-------------7-------|
|--------5-------------5---|---------5-------------5-------|
|-------------------0------|------6------------------------| [Play bar 4 times]
|-----4--------------------|--------------------4------4---|
|----------------2---------|---0---------------------------|
|--0-----------------------|----------------0--------------|
|--2----------2---------2---|---------0-----------|
|------2----------------2---|---------0-------4---|
|-----2--------------2------|------0----------2---|
|---------------------------|-----------------2---|
|----------5----------------|---0-------------0---|
|--5--------------5---------|---------------------|
|--2----------2---------2---|---------7-------7---|
|------2----------------2---|---------7-------7---|
|-----2--------------2------|------6----------6---|
|---------------------------|-----------------7---|
|----------5----------------|---0-----------------|
|--5--------------5---------|---------------------|
Chorus:
[1st two bars same as Intro]...
|--0----------0---------0---|---2----------2---------2---|---2----------2---------2---|
|------0----------------0---|-------2----------------2---|-------2----------------2---|
|-----0--------------0------|------2--------------2------|------2--------------2------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------2----------------|-----------4----------------|-----------5----------------|
|--2--------------2---------|---4--------------4---------|---5--------------5---------|
|--------7------7---|----------------7-------------|----------4-------------7---|
|--------7------7---|-------------7-----7----------|----------5-------------5---|
|-----6---------6---|----------7-----------7-------|-------0-------------6------|
|---------------7---|-------0-----------------0----|----------------------------|
|--0----------------|------------------------------|----2-------------0---------|
|-------------------|---0--------------------------|----------------------------|
Middle 8 or bridge:
|--0----------0---------0---|---2------------2---------2------|---------------------7--------|
|---------------------------|--------2--------------2---------|----------12----10-------9/---|
|------2----------2---------|-------2---------------------2---|----------11-----9-------9/---|
|-----5--------------5------|---------------------------------|-------0----------------------|
|---------------------------|---0--------0-------0------------|------------------------------|
|--5--------5---------------|---------------------------------|---0--------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/southern-sons/285760.html ]
|--0--------------0----------0---|---2-------------2----------2---|
|--------------------------------|----------2--------------2------|
|---------2-----------2----------|-------2------------------------|
|-----5-------------------5------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---0----------0------0----------|
|--5----------5------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------3--------------3--------|
-------3---------------3----------3---|
------3---------------3----------3----|
--------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|
---5-------5-----5--------5-----------|
|--/5---------5----------------5--------|-----------------7---------|
|-------5---------------5-----------5---|--------------7-----7------|
|------5---------------5-----------5----|-----------7-----------7---|
|---------------------------------------|--------0------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--/7------7-----7---------7------------|----0----------------------|
|------------0-----------|
|------------0------4----|
|--------0----------2----|
|-------------------2----|
|--0--2-------------0----|
|------------------------|
2nd bar of verse three of "Live" version (optional):
|--------7-------------4---|---------7-------------------7---------|
|--------5-------------5---|---------5----------------0-----0------|
|-------------------0------|------6----------------7-----------7---|
|-----4--------------------|--------------------4------------------|
|----------------2---------|---0-----------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------|----------------0----------------------|
Last Chorus with Ending:
[1st two bars same as Intro]...
#
|--0----------0---------0---|---2----------2---------2---|---2----------2---------2---|
|------0----------------0---|-------2----------------2---|-------2----------------2---|
|-----0--------------0------|------2--------------2------|------2--------------2------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------2----------------|-----------4----------------|-----------5----------------|
|--2--------------2---------|---4--------------4---------|---5--------------5---------|
|--------7------7---|
|--------7------7---|
|-----6---------6---| [Repeat from #]
|---------------7---|
|--0----------------|
|-------------------|
|--------------7------------|---5---7---4---7---5---5---5---5----|----------------7------------|
|-----------7-----7---------|---0-------0-------5-------7--------|-------------7-----7---------|
|--------7-----------7------|---------------------------6--------|----------7-----------7------|
|-----0-----------------0---|---5-------4-------7-------7--------|-------0-----------------0---|
|---------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--0------------------------|------------------------------------|---0-------------------------|
|-------------------------<7>---<7>---|
|-------------------<7>---------------|
|-------------<7>---------------------|
|--<7>--------------------------------|
|-------<7>---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
Sequence and Lyrics:
Verse 1: I guess you’ve heard, I guess you know
In time I’d have told you, but I guess I’m too slow
And it’s overly romantic but I know that it’s real
I hope you don’t mind if I say what I feel
It’s like I’m in somebody else’s dream
This could not be happening to me
Chorus: But you were there
And you were everything I’d never seen
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
I was alone
I opened my eyes and you were there
Verse 2: Don’t be alarmed, no don’t be concerned
I don’t want to change things, leave them just as they were
I mean, nothing’s really different it’s me who feels strange
I’m always lost for words when someone mentions your name
I know that I’ll get over this for sure
I’m not the type dreams there could be more
Chorus:
Middle 8: Can I take your smile home with me
Or the magic in your hair…..
Verse 3: The rain has stopped, the storm has passed
Look at all the colors now the sun’s here at last
I suppose that you’ll be leaving but I want you to know
Part of you stays with me even after you go
Like an actor playing someone else’s scene
This could not be happening to me
Last Chorus: But you were there
And you were everything I’d never seen
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
I was alone
I opened my eyes and no, I’m not alone, I’m not alone
I opened my eyes and you were there
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