Tonic - 'Come Rest Your Head'
From the Album 'Head on Straight'
Standard tuning
tabbed by jjhand
Intro
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-5-7-----7~-----------|
A|-----0-0------0-3qb-0-|
E|----------------------|
Verse - play 4x
e|----------------------|---------------------|--play bar 2x---------|
B|----------------------|-3----3---x-x--3--3--|----------------------|
G|----------------------|-2----2---x-x--2--2--|----------------------|
D|-5-7------7~----------|-2h4--4---x-x--4--4--|-5-7------7~----------|
A|-----0--0-----0-3qb-0-|---------------------|-----0--0-----0-3qb-0-|
E|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
on 3rd/4th time through a second guitar can be heard playing:
|-5-----5-------5---|-5-----5-------5---|-5-----5-------5---|
|---5-5-----5-5-----|---3-3-----3-3-----|---5-5-----5-5-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-play this bar 2x--|
Prechorus - with wah
e|-1------------|-1----------|-1------------|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
B|-3------------|-1----------|-3------------|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
G|-2------------|-2----------|-2------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0------------|-3----------|-0------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|
E|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|
Chorus (rhythm plays chords noted) - play 2x
A F G
e|-----0---------0-----0---------0-|-------0----------0---------|
B|-2/3---3-----0---2/3---3-----0---|-----1----------3/5--3-0----|
G|-----------2---------------2-----|---0h2---2-0--0----------0--|
D|---------------------------------|-3--------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
"Come rest your head, come stay with me a while"
(1:33) Before Verse 2 - Lead Gutar
e|-----------5-5------------------------------|
B|---------------8-5-7-7~---------------------|
G|---5-7-7b9---------7-7~--5-7-5--------------|
D|-7-----------------------------7-7-5---5h7~-|
A|-------------------------------------7------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
During Verse 2, Lead adds short licks-
(1:42) (1:53)
e|-----7--5-----|-(5)-------------| |----0-0-----0--------|---0---------------|
B|--------------|----------x-x-5--| |-3b5___r3-2___-2h3p2-|-0-0---------------|
G|-5/7----5-----|-(5)------x-x-5--| |---------------------|------2-0---0----2-|
D|--------------|-----------------| |---------------------|----------4----4---|
A|--------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-------------------|
Play PreChorus 2, but Lead plays this:
e|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|
B|--------------|------------1-|-1/3-----------|------------------|----------|
G|-(2)----------|----------2---|---------------|---------7b8r7~-5-|-2--------|
D|--------------|--------3-----|---------------|------------------|----------|
A|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|
E|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|
Play Chorus Again
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tonic/243270.html ]
Break - Uneven Rhythm (5th fret is longer note, play as shown), played 2x
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-|-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-|
e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------x-x-x-x-|
E|---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---|-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5----x-x-x-x-|
Play Prechorus again
Play Chorus again
For Outro, Bass plays Main Riff melody and Rhythm Gtr plays some occasional
A Pentatonic scale fills that are hard to hear, so I tabbed the lead part:
Lead (3:27) -
e|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
B|-3b5r_b5----------|-(b5)------/5-----|---5-----------------------|
G|------------------|--------------5~~-|-----------------------5b6-|
D|------------------|------------------|-----5~~-----5---7p5-------|
A|------------------|------------------|---------7-7---7-----7-----|
E|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
e|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------|-------------7b8r7-5---|-5---------------x-x-|
G|-(5b)---------|---------7b8-7b8r7-5---|-5---------------x-x-|
D|--------------|---------------------7-|---------------------|
A|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
"come rest your head"
e|---5----------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
B|-8-----5------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
G|-----7----7-5-7-7b8r7-5-7p5-----|---------------------|-----------|
D|----------------------------5h7-|-5h7-----------------|-(7)-------|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
"come rest your head"
(3:51)
e|------5--------5---------5---|-------------------------------------------|
B|------5--------5---------5---|-------8h10p8--8h10p8----------------------|
G|-/7b9-----5------------------|-0-0-0-------9-------9\7-7---5-------5-7-5-|
D|------------7-5-----7-5-7----|---------------------------7---7-7-7-------|
A|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------|-------pb10_b10_b10r8---|-8b10------------|
G|-/9----------------|----------------------9-|-----------------|
D|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
A|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
"come rest your head"
e|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|
B|-(b10)--------pb10r8-|------------|-------------------------------|
G|---------------------|-5----------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------|------------|-music fades, playing similarly|
A|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|
"come rest your head"
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| qb quarter bend (bluesy note, slight bend)
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| r Bend release
| () holding previous note
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