Give Me One Reason Tab

GIVE ME ONE REASON
On: Tracy Chapman, _New Beginning_
Words & Music: Tracy Chapman
 
 
TAB notation:
P: pull off
h: hammer on
/: slide up
\: slide down
b: 1/4 bend
B: 1/2 bend
Bb: full bend
~: vibrato
r: release bend
*: palm mute
pb: prebend
 
 
Tracy's part:
 
[Intro]
         F#          B    C#      F#                      B
e|---------2-----2-----2------4-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
B|---------2-----2-----4------6-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
G|---------3---3-3-----4----6-6-----3---3-3-----3---3-3------|
D|---------4---4-4-----4----6-------4---4-4-----4---4-4------|
A|-------------4---0-2----4-------------4-----------4---0-2--|
E|-0-0-0-2---2------------------0-2---2-----0-2---2----------|
 
      C#      F#                      C#          B
e|-2------4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----2-----2---|
B|-4------6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----6-----6-----4-----4---|
G|-4----6-6-----3---3-3-----3---3-3-----6---6-6-----4---4-4---|
D|-4----6-------4---4-4-----4---4-4-----6---6-------4---4-----|
A|----4-------------4-----------4---0-4---4-----0-2---2-------|
E|----------0-2---2-----0-2---2-------------------------------|
 
     F#
e|-----2-----2------2-----2--|
B|-----2-----2------2-----2--|
G|-----3---3-3------3---3-3--|
D|-----4---4-4------4---4-4--|
A|-----4---4--------4---4----|
E|-0-2---2------0-2---2------|
(this pattern repeats throughout the entire song)
 
 
Lead guitar part:
 
[Verse 2]
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------12B13-----------------------------|
G|----------11----14h11~---------13B14r13--11h13p11~---------|
D|----11h13----13--------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7\5--------------12B13r12-10----10B11--9b-9b-7-4---7-9b10-|
G|------4B5r4--2-----------------11------------------8--------|
D|----------------4~------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------12-----------------------|
A|-\5---7---9B10--------------12Bb14----14r12p10--12p10-------|
E|---------------11~--9B10r9-----------------------------11~--|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5/7\5--5--5-----5------------------------------------------|
A|--------4b-4b-2--4p2------------4B5--5r4--4p2---------------|
E|----------------------4~----2*----------------4~------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5b--7Bb9r8B9--9r7h5--------5b--7-7p5------------|
A|-------5--7--7-----------------------7--7-------------7---7-----|
E|---/6---------------------------------------------------6----4--|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------5b-----------9Bb11--11r9-------------7--9--------|
E|---7---7---------------9B10-10r9--7-----10B12--------------/8---8------------------8--|
 
e|----------------------9b------11b------12-------------------|
B|-9pb10r9p7---7-------10b------12b------12Bb14r13B14---------|
G|-----------8----/11-------11-------11-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------12-----------12Bb14------14r12---10--12Bb14--10h12~--10h12--|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---12pb14r12p10--12p10b------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------11~---9--------------------------|
D|------------------------------------11--11\9---7-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------9~~~----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
That's basically the entire song.  There are two more riffs
in the last two verses that I thought were neat.  Here they
are (sorry, I don't remember where they go, or what chords
support them).
 
 
[Riff 1]
 
e|-------14-------16-------18---------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--/15------/16------/18-------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Riff 2]
 
e|-17b-17b-14-----------------14------------------------------|
B|------------17p14--------14----------------17---------------|
G|------------------16Bb18-------16B17r16-14-16B17r16-14------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------16---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
The rest of the song is just a guitar ad lib.
 
Transcribed by: Drew Boles (BolesGJD@aol.com)
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