When You Walk In The Room Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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The Searchers - When You Walk In The Room (Jackie DeShannon) 135 bpm - 4/4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWQCLqab4o
 
* = play riff, once or twice
 
 
[Intro] (riff - 2 guitars, play which one you want)
       A
e|---|-----------2-----|-0---------------|-----------2-----|-0---------------|
B|---|-----2---0-----2-|-----2-0---2-0---|-----2---0-----2-|-----2-0---2-0---|
G|---|-2-----2---------|-----------------|-2-----2---------|---------------2-| (hold last note over verse)
D|-2-|-----------4-----|-2-------------2-|-----------4-----|-2---------------|
A|---|-0---4-0-2-----4-|-----4-2---4-2---|-0---4-0-2-----4-|-----4-2---4-2-0-|
E|-0-|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|
 
On the first line of the verses, miss out the first couple of notes of the riff, beginning on beat two.
 
 
[Verse 1]
      A                              *
I can feel a new expression on my face
      A                               E
I can feel a glowing sensation taking place
      D                E              A    F#m
I can hear the guitars playing lovely tu - nes
D     C#m       E                A**
Every time that you, walk in the room
 
[Verse 2]
           A                                            *
I close my eyes for a second and pretend it's me you want
    A                           E
Meanwhile I try to act so nonchalant
        D              E            A    F#m
I see a summer's night with a magic mo - on
D     C#m       E                A*
Every time that you, walk in the room
 
[Bridge]
D      C#m      E
  Baby,  it's a dream come true
D         C#m        E
  Walking right alongside of you
A                           F#m
  Wish I could tell you how much I care
B                              E     E7
  But I only have the nerve to sta - re
 
[Verse 3]
      A                                   *
I can feel a something pounding in my brain
     A                                 E
Just any time that someone speaks your name
D                   E             A    F#m
Trumpets sound and I hear thunder bo - om
D     C#m       E                A*
Every time that you, walk in the room
 
D     C#m       E                A**
Every time that you, walk in the room
 
 
End by playing the riff twice (as first 2 bars of intro), ending on a held A note or chord.
 
 
 
Correction by: André H. Hofman, 2019-08-02
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When You Walk In The Room – The Searchers

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Live they play the riff on a 12 string- playing the lower notes in the tab. On their original recording they did not have a 12 string and according to Frank allen they used a six string and the recording engineers enhanced it to sound a bit like a 12 string. And yes I too have found Nspen1 to be really helpful.

great tab. thank you for posting.

The D at "i can hear the guitars playing" should b a B minor. There's a video of Jackie DeShannon playing the song on an acoustic guitar (she plays it in D) and there she goes to an E minor. In A that's B minor. Don't know if The Searchers are playing a D but if so, they've got it wrong. The video is from a Jools Holland show if y'all wanna look it up.