Tonic - "Take me as I am"
From "Head on Straight" album
Drop D tuning,
tabbed by jjhand
A nice rock song with good yet simple lead guitar added on. Please
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Intro - played 4x w/ Distortion
D/G D e|--------------------------|B|--------------------------|G|-7-7--7--7--7------7--7-7-| <- last few notes are one guitarD|-7-7--7--7--0------0--0-0-| * not played on 4th timeA|-5-5--5--5--0-------------|D|-5-5--5--5--0-------------|
When playing intro, harmonics are added on 3rd time through
Clean Guitar Harmonics - play 2x e|------------------------|B|------------------------|G|------------------------|D|------------------------|A|-----------7NH----------|D|-5NH---4NH-----4NH--5NH-|
Verse Riff - Play 8x during lyrics
Guitar 1e|--------------------|B|--------------------|G|-----0--------------|D|---0---7--7---------|A|--------------------|D|-5----------0-------|
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| Guitar 2 (sometimes high E is omitted in arpeggios)e|-------------------0-------|B|-----3-----3-----3-----3---|G|---2-----2-----2---------2-|D|-0-----0-----0-------------|A|---------------------------|D|---------------------------|
"I never knew my father
I never knew his pain
Or that an empty home life
Would break him down again
So when I feel like running,
I have to look inside
I want to find the answer
I want to break my line"
Prechorus - e|-------5---5---5-----|-------5---5---5-----|-------|---------------|B|-----8---8---5---8---|-----8---8---8---8---|-3-----|---------------|G|-0-------------------|-0-------------------|-2-----|-----0---------|D|---------------------|---------------------|-4-----|---0---7---7---|A|---------------------|---------------------|-5-----|---------------|D|---------------------|---------------------|-0-----|-5-----------0-|
"Fear falls down like rain, & it makes me whole again"
e|-------5---5---5-----|-------5---5---5-----|B|-----8---8---5---8---|-----8---8---8---8---|G|-0-------------------|-0-------------------|D|---------------------|---------------------|A|---------------------|---------------------|D|---------------------|---------------------|
"Fear falls like rain"
Chorus - play 2x
Guitar 1 D Asus A Bm Ge|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|B|-3------------|-3----2-------|-3------------|-------------|G|-2------------|-2----2-------|-4------------|-0----0------|D|-0------------|-2----2-------|-4------------|-5----5------|A|-0------------|-0----0-------|-2------------|-5----5------|D|-0------------|--------------|--------------|-5----5------|
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|Guitar 2e|-2-3-2-0-2----|--------------|-2-3-2-0-2----|-3-----------|B|-3------------|-3----2-------|-3------------|-0-----------|G|--------------|-2----2-------|--------------|-0----7NH----|D|--------------|-2----2-------|--------------|-------------|A|--------------|-0----0-------|--------------|-------------|D|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
1)"Take me as I am, I'm not broken...
Pieces of my life are not tokens"
2)"I want to let you know that I'm still learning...
how to love again & stop hurting"
Play Intro 2x before Verse 2
Verse 2 - Same as before but Guitar 2 plays Harmonics riff.
Lyrics:
"I want to roll my darkness into a million suns
I need to find forgiveness when all the pain is done
I want to hear I'm sorry, I want to let you go
I have to find my own life, I want to learn to grow"
Prechorus 2 - Same as before
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Guitar 1e|-------------------------------|B|-------------------------------|G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-| repeat last barD|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|D|-------------------------------|
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| Guitar 2 (with delay throughout bridge)e|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|B|-10------10--10----------------|-12/14-----14--14--14/15--15------|G|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-------------------------------14-|D|-7-------7---7---5h7-9---9p7-5-|--9/11-----11--11--11/12--12------|A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------12-|D|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (as Guitar 1 plays Intro)e|------------------------------|-------------------------|B|-15---------------------------|-------------------------|G|-----14-12--12-11--11-x--11---|-14----12----11--11--11--|D|-12---------------------------|-------------------------|A|-----12-10--10-9---9--x--9----|-12----10----9---9---9---|D|------------------------------|-------------------------|
End of Bridge: Guitar 1e|-------------------------------|B|-------------------------------|G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-| repeat last barD|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|D|-------------------------------|
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| Guitar 2e|-10--10------------------------|------------------------------|B|-10--10--10-----10/12---12--12-|-12/14---14---14-14/15---15---|G|-------------------------------|------------------------------|D|-7---7---7-------7/9-----9---9-|--9/11---11---11-11/12---12---|A|-------------------------------|------------------------------|D|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
Guitar 2 Solo (Guitar 1 plays Chorus Chords)e|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------------|B|-10~---------|-------------|-10------------|---------------------|G|-------12-11-|-9~----------|-12b14---12-11-|-7~---4--------------|D|-------------|-------------|---------------|--------7-5-4--------|A|-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------7-5-4-5|D|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------------|
Repeat Chorus
Ending :
Repeat Intro (4x) with Guitar 2 playing:
* use delay again, just like the bridgee|------------------------------|B|------------------------------|G|-14----12----11--11--/12\11-7-|D|------------------------------| play 4xA|-12----10----9---9---/10\9--5-|D|------------------------------|
End on D chord on 4th time
Key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend note
| r release bend
| ~ vibrato
| NH natural harmonic
| x Mute note
