Tablature angel - John Hiatt

          



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  From: Paul Hutchinson <u9343164@qub.ac.uk>

  

  ANGEL - John Hiatt

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  |G   |C   |C G |D   | x6

  

  D        G              C         G     D

   It is a hurtin' thing, you don't wanna talk about it

               G                 C G         D

  Pain in your heart, well, it's takin' your breath away

                 G               C       G      D

  You left it in lipstick on the mirror: no use talkin' about it

            G               C     G    D

  Love like this just don't come along every day

  

  G         C                 G   D

   Somebody just stop calling you angel

  G         C                 G      D

   Somebody just let love get up and go downtown

  G         C                 G   D

   Somebody just stop calling you angel

  G                C                  G    D

   Angel wings out in the snow and mascara running down

  

  They called you tookie in high school; you didn't mind it too much

  Kind of nice to have a nickname, kind of like they thought about it

  You wish that it stuck with you: didn't have to trade it in on

  Some crazy lover's petname- wind up hurtin' so much

  

  <Chorus>

  

  Em                                                   D

   He peeled the skin off of the world and you stopped breathin'

  C                                          D

   You drew a breath, he sighed, the air was freezin'

  Em                                            D

   Two blood red hearts pumpin' hard out in the open

       C                                    D

   You skinned your knee at kickball twenty years ago against all hopin'

  

  <Solo> (Same chords as chorus)

  

  Y'all put that hammer down and drove through love's angel food cake

  Tastin' every spongy layer and lickin' frosting off the moon

  Wild eyed with excitement but childishly disappointed

  Maybe even tasted better when mama let you lick the spoon

  

  <Chorus>

  

  Somebody just stop calling you angel (x3)

  

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  There are 3 guitars on  the  album:  1  clean  guitar, which plays the

  introduction and is mixed  centrally;  and  two  distorted, rhythm and

  lead, mixed left and right  respectively.  After the introduction, the

  clean guitar  is  mixed  pretty  low,  so  this  transcription  is  an

  arrangement for 2 guitars -  the  rhythm guitar plays the introduction

  clean, and then stomps  on  the  distortion  for  everything else. I'm

  going to call the rhythm guitar John, and the lead guitar Michael, for

  obvious reasons.

  By the way, this song has a  well  cool bass line- bassists take note.

  Anybody fancy transcribing it?

  

  Comments and corrections welcome, as usual...

  

  NB John is in 'dropped-G' tuning (low  to  high EADEBE) with a capo on

  the third fret- fret positions are given relative to the capo. Michael

  is in standard tuning.

  

  Intro riff: x2

  John

    +   +     +   +     +   +     +   +

  |---------|---------|---------|---------|

  |---0---0-|----0-0--|-0--0---0|-0--0-0--|

  |---0--0--|---0-0---|---0---0-|-2-2-2-0-|

  |-2-------|-7-----7-|-7---6---|-4-------|

  |---------|---------|---------|---------|

  |---------|---------|---------|---------|

  

  Chorus figure: x4

  John

       +   +     +   +     +   +     +   +

  ---|----0-0--|----0-0--|----0---0|----0-0--|

  ---|---0-0---|---0-0---|---0---0-|-0-0-0---|

  ---|-0-------|-0-------|---------|-x-------|

  -4-|-2-----2-|-2-------|---------|-4-----4-|

  -2-|-2-----2-|-0-----0-|---------|-2-----2-|

  ---|-0-----0-|---------|/5--/4---|-2-------|

  Michael      |         |         |         |

  ---|---------|---------|---------|---------|

  ---|---------|---------|---------|---------|

  ---|---------|---------|---------|---------|

  ---|-5-------|/10------|-10-5---|/12------|

  ---|-5-------|/10------|-10-5---|/12------|

  ---|-3-------|/8-------|-8--3---|/10------|

  

  Verse: x4

  John

    +   +     +   +     +   +     +   +

  |---------|---------|----0---0|---------|

  |-0-------|-0-------|---0---0-|-0-------|

  |-x-------|-0-------|---------|-x-------|

  |-4-------|-2-------|---------|-4-------|

  |-2-------|-2-------|---------|-2-------|

  |---------|-0-------|/5--/4---|-2-------|

  

  Bridge: (sustained chords)

  John

    + +   + +   + +   + +   + +   + +   + +   +   +

  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|

  |-----|-----|-----|-0-0-|-0---|-----|-----|-0---0---|

  |-4---|-----|-----|-x-x-|-0---|-----|-----|-x---x---|

  |-6---|-----|-----|-4-4-|-2---|-----|-----|-4---4---|

  |-4---|-----|-----|-2-2-|-0---|-----|-----|-2---2---|

  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|

  Michael     |     |     |     |     |     |         |

  |-0---|-----|-0-0-|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|

  |-0---|-----|-0-0-|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|

  |-9---|-----|-9-9-|-7-7-|-5---|-----|-----|-7---7-7/|

  |-9---|-----|-9-9-|-7-7-|-5---|-----|-----|-7---7---|

  |-7---|-----|-7-7-|-5-5-|-3---|-----|-----|-5---5---|

  |-0---|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|

  

  John

    + +   + +   + +   + +   + +   +   +     + +   + +

  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|-7---|-----|

  |-----|-----|-----|-0-0-|-0---|---------|-7---|-----|

  |-4---|-----|-----|-x-x-|-0---|---------|-7-STRUM---|

  |-6---|-----|-----|-4-4-|-2---|---------|-9-RAPIDLY-|

  |-4---|-----|-----|-2-2-|-0---|---------|-9---|-----|

  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|-7---|-----|

  Michael     |     |     |     |         |     |     |

  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|-----|-----|

  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|-----|-----|

  |/12--|-----|-----|-7-7-|-5---|-------5/|/7-7-|-7-7-|

  |-----|-----|-----|-7-7-|-5---|-------5/|/7-7-|-7-7-|

  |-----|-----|-----|-5-5-|-3---|-------3/|/5-5-|-5-5-|

  |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|-----|-----|

  

  Solo: (Backing is much the same as a chorus)

  (G Major Pentatonic all the way)

  

  Michael

    +   +     +       +         +       +         +       +

  |---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  |---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  |---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  |---------|-----------------|-------------5-5-|---------7p5-7b9-|

  |---------|-------------5-5-|-5-------5/7-----|-----------------|

  |-3~~~~~~~|-3-------5/7-----|-----------------|-----------------|

  

    +       +         +   +     +       +         +       +

  |-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|

  |-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|

  |-----------------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|

  |--------b9r7p5---|-5-------|-----5-----------|-----------------|

  |---------------7-|---------|-5h7---5h7p5-----|-----------------|

  |-----------------|---------|-------------7--5b7r5-3---3-------|

  

    +  .  .  .  +  .  .  .    +  .  .  .  +  .  .  .

  |-------------------------|-------------------12-12-|

  |-------12----10h12----12-|p10-10-10h12----12-12-12-|

  |-------12----9-h12----12-|p9--9--9-h12----12-------|

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|

  

    +  .  .  .  +  .  .  .    +  .  .  .  +  .  .  .

  |-12p10-------12-12-12p10-|-------12-12-12p10-------|

  |-12p10-------12-12-12p10-|-------12-12-12p10----12-|

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|

  

     +  .  .  .     +  .  .  .    +  .  .  .  +  .  .  .

  |-----------------------------|-------------------------|

  15b17r15-12-------------------|-------------------------|

  |-----------12-14b16r14p12----|-14----12-12-------------|

  |--------------------------14-|----14-------------14--|

  |-----------------------------|-------------------------|

  |-----------------------------|-------------------------|

  

    +  .  .  .  +  .  .  .    +  .  .  .  +  .  .  .    +  +

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------||

  |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------||

  |----------------12-14b16-|------------b16r14p12----|--------||

  |----------12h14----------|----------------------14-|-12-----||

  |----12h14----------------|-------------------------|-12-----||

  |-15----------------------|-------------------------|-10-----||

  

  Format:

     Intro riff

     Chorus figure

     Verse

     Chorus

     Verse

     Chorus

     Bridge

     Solo

     Verse (stab the first chord then play nothing

            for the remainder of the first 2 bars)

     Chorus x2

     Chorus/Out-solo

  

  I can't be bothered transcribing the  out-solo  - it doesn't sound too

  complicated, so just fiddle about with G minor pentatonic.

  

  Notation used:

     + = Marks the beat

     . = Marks a quarter-beat

     p = Pull-off

     h = Hammer-on

     / = Slide

     ~ = Vibrato

     b = Bend

     r = Release bend

  

  Sorry if the bending notation is  a  little confusing - notating bends

  is always a bit awkward. Just to clarify,

  

  ---7b9------b9r7p5-----

  

  means bend from the seventh fret up two frets, hold, restrike, release

  bend and then pull off to the fifth fret.

  

  Enjoy!

  

   


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 Angel, de John hiatt 

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