Tablature dont leave me this way - David Coverdale

          



 

  From: holladay@engin.umich.edu (matthew m. holladay)

  

  Hi everybody.  Here's another of the great songs from the

  Coverdale/Page album.  I regret to admit that I am not responsible

  for most of the material, it was sent to me from someone else.

  (Thanks, Chuck).  Please send your complements to ceh1@acpub.duke.edu,

  because all I did was clean it up a little, add some more 

  characteristic leads, and correct a couple of the notes.  (Don't

  worry, Chuck--the most you were ever off by was about 1 fret.  Not

  bad for remembering it by air guitar).  Hope you like it, because I

  love it.  Bluesy and a lot of room to ad lib...

  

    Coverdale/Page - Don't Leave Me This Way

  

  

  This song makes  use of an Echoplex and backing synths, so nothing is 

  going to sound quite right, but heres an attempt to capture

  it.

  

  Main Rythm--Let notes ring -  clean

  e-|---------------------------|

  b-|---------------------------|  This is repeated throught

  g-|-----0------0------0-----0-|    the song.

  d-|---2------2------2-----2---|

  a-|-3------1------0-----1-----|

  E-|---------------------------|

  									       

  After playing that a few times, this little phrase appears:

  E-|-------------------------------------------------|

  B-|-/6-6-6-6-----/4-4-4-4--/3-3-3-3--/4-4-4-4---| Note: only play this

  G-|-/10-10-10-10-/8-8-8-8--/7-7-7-7--/8-8-8-8---|  on one of the strings,

  D-|-------------------------------------------------|  whatever sounds right

  A-|-------------------------------------------------|  and is comfortable to

  E-|-------------------------------------------------|  you.

  

  And once in a while, the end of the main Rythm Part changes a little:

  e-|------------------------------------|

  b-|------------------------------------|

  g-|----0-----0-----0-------------------|

  d-|--2-----2-----2---------------1^3---|

  a-|3-----1-----0-----------1--3--------|

  E-|-------------------1--3-------------|

  

  

  Solo Guitar throughout song mostly stays within one blues scale

  Something Page was always quite comfortable doing,

  play around in this scale(VIII pos.) and listen to the song and you'll

  figure them out. I just cant remember them all off the top of my head.

     First lead:                             Second lead:

  e-|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|

  b-|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|

  g-|-------8b10---8--10--10b12rb10-8------|---10b12rb10-8--10--8------|

  d-|-8--8-----------------------------10--|-----------------------10--|

  a-|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|

  E-|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|

  

     Third lead:   Fourth lead:

  E-|------------|----13vvv-------------|

  B-|---12b13vv--|---(16)------13vvv----| 

  G-|------------|---(17)---------------| 

  D-|------------|----|-----------------| 

  A-|------------|----|-----------------| 

  E-|------------|----|-----------------| 

  		    |                   

  		   rake across strings

  At this point, I have to agree with Chuck--there are a hell of a lot

  of little leads and things thrown in from here, but they are all based

  pretty much on the C blues scale, which (for people just starting out)

  is shown below.  This is also the scale that most of the solo can be

  improvised over:

  

  C Blues Scale:(starting partway up the neck at the 5th fret)

      5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18                     

  E-|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|

  B-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|

  G-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|

  D-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|

  A-|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|

  E-|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|

      by incorporating different bends, runs, trills, etc.  This

      is a very powerful scale.  Just improvise your ass off.

  

  

  The chorus: Dist guitar

  e-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  b-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  g-|------------------------------------------------7------------2-----|

  d-|-5--5-------5--5--------5------5---5--7--8----8---8----3---3---3---|

  a-|-5--5-------5--5-------------------5--7--8--8-------8--3-3-------3-|

  E-|-3--3-------3--3---3--3---3--3-----3--5--6-------------1-----------|

  

  This figure appears at the end of the chorus:

  e-|---------------------------------|

  b-|---------------------------------|

  g-|-5--5/7--7/8--12----------6----|

  d-|-5--5/7--7/8--12slow-slide6----|

  a-|-3--3/5--5/6--10----------4----|

  E-|---------------------------------|

  

  I don't have the entire solo (he plays alot of it so goddamn fast,

  but heres the basic framework, and the rest should be left up

  to improv, or interpretation.

  			      /hell of a bend, but it is the only

  Solo:                       /  way I can get it to sound right.

  e-|------------------------|-----------------------------|

  b-|------------------------|-----------------------------|

  g-|-8b10vvv--rb8-p5-----8bbbb12---8--10------------------|

  d-|------------------------------------------------------|

  a-|------------------------------------------------------|

  E-|------------------------------------------------------|

  				 Just start a fast run down the 10th

  				 Postition and end it with this sort

  				 of lick:

  e-|-----------------------------------------------------10------|

  b-|--------------------------------------------------10-----13--|

  g-|------------------------------12--10----10--12^14------------|

  d-|-----------------10----10--12--------12----------------------|

  a-|-108----8/10-12----12---------------------------------------|

  E-|------10-----------------------------------------------------|

  

  e-|-----------10--------------------X----11----12----13----14----15----|

  b-|--------10-----13-10--13^15^13--10/13----13----13----13----13----13-|

  g-|-12^14---------------------------X----------------------------------|

  d-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  a-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  

  e-|---------------|

  b-|-18b20--16-13--|

  g-|---------------|

  d-|---------------|

  a-|---------------|

  E-|---------------|

  			Now start playing around there pretty fast,

  			and when you hit the third measure of the

  			rythm part with all the synths, slow it down

  			to something like this.

  

  e-|----------------------------------13b15----------|

  b-|-(15)b16rb15-13---(15)b16rb15-13---------13-13---|

  g-|-------------------------------------------------|

  d-|-------------------------------------------------|

  a-|-------------------------------------------------|

  E-|-------------------------------------------------|

  

  

  When you get to the chorus part do something like Page's climax from

  Since Ive Been Loving You, like this:

  e-|------------------------------10--13--13^15--13^15-------------11---|

  b-|-11p8----11p8-----8--------11-----------------------9-11-11^13------|

  g-|------10------10-------/12------------------------------------------|

  d-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  a-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  

  e-|---------11------13^15--13^15--13-13^15--11------------------------|

  b-|--11^13------11------------------------------13--------------------|

  g-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  d-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  a-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  					       And then play around in

  					       this pos. for a bit.

   


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 Dont leave me this way, de David coverdale 

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