Tonic - Believe Me
From "Head On Straight" album
Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand
Main Riff (Intro/Chorus)
Dist Gtr
e|-3----3-------3-----3--|-3----3-------3-----3--|---------------|-----------------|
B|-1----1-------1-----1--|-0----0-------0-----0--|------0--0--1--|------0--0--1----|
G|-0----0----0-----0-----|-0----0----0-----0-----|------0--0--2--|------0--0--2----|
D|-2----2----2-----2-----|-0----0----0-----0-----|-3-------------|-3---------------|
A|-3----3----3-----3-----|-2----2----2-----2-----|-3-------------|-3-------------0-|
E|-----------------------|-3----3----3-----3-----|-1-------------|-1---------------|
|
| Clean Gtr
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|------0--0--1--|------0--0--1----|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|------0--0--2--|------0--0--2----|
D|-----------2h3-2-0-----|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|-3------------------3--|-2---------2--3--2--0--|---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-1-------------|-1---------------|
Verse (Dist Gtr holds F chord and fades out)
Clean Riff 1
e|-------0---------|--------0---------|
B|---------1-------|----------3-------|
G|-----------0--0--|------------0--0--| play 2x
D|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-1---------------|-3----------------|
Hold the last note of each bar.
Continue with Verse Riff 2 (0:39):
Dist Gtr.
e|------3-----------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|
B|------------6-----|-5-------5b6r5--3--1-|-/3------------|-------------|
G|------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-3--------3-----3-|---------------------|---------------|-rest--------|
A|------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|...
E|------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|
|
| Clean Gtr.
e|------------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------|
B|------------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------|
G|------0---------0-|-(0)-------0------0--|-------0-----0-|-------0-0------0-|
D|-3----------------|---------0-----------|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0------|
A|--------------3---|-------3-------------|---------------|------------------|...
E|------------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tonic/187097.html ]
Dist Gtr
e|------3------------|---------------------|
B|------------6------|-5-------5-5/6-5-3-0-|
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-3--------3-----3--|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Clean
e|-------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|
G|--------0--------0-|-(0)----0-0-0---0---|
D|-3-----------3-----|--------------------|
A|------3--------3---|------3-------3-----|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
Play Main Riff
Dist Part in Verse 2 (1:13)
e|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|
B|----------0--0--0--|-(0)-------0--0--0--|---------0--0--0--|-(0)--------0--0--0--|
G|----------0--0--0--|-(0)-------0--0--0--|---------0--0--0--|-(0)--------0--0--0--|
D|-3-----------------|--------------------|-/5---------------|---------------------|
A|-3-----------------|--------------------|-/5---------------|---------------------|
E|-1-----------------|--------------------|-/3---------------|---------------------|
at 1:33, play Verse Riff 2 again on both guitars
Play Main Riff again
Bridge (2:06)
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-1-----0---------|
B|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|-1--1--1---------|
G|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|-2--0--0---------|
D|-3---------5---------|-3---------5---------|-4---------2---------|-3--2--2---------|
A|-3---------5---------|-3---------5---------|-2---------0---------|-3--3--3---------|
E|-1---------3---------|-1---------3---------|---------------------|-1---------------|
Solo (Rhythm chords written below)
e|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
B|---8b10r8-6-5-8-6-5---|-5b6r5~~------------|---------------------|-----------------|
G|-5------------------7-|------------7-5-4-5-|-7-------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|-------------7b9r7-5-|-(5)-----NH12----|
A|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
Fmaj7 G
e|-------15--------------------|-------12-13-15---------------------|
B|-15b17----15b17r15-13--15-13-|-15b17----------15b17r15-13-15__b17-| delay the last bend
G|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
Fmaj7
Play Main Riff again
At 3:00, play Bridge again with Lead playing:
e|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------|
B|-8b10r8-6--5--8--6--5----|-5b6r5----------------|----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------------7-|--------7--5--4--5--7-|-(7)------------|---------------|
D|-------------------------|----------------------|------------7-5-|-7h9--7--5-----|
A|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------|
Outro - Main Riff played on acoustic
Key:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note