When I Needed You

Tab

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Song

"When I Needed You"(Steven Tyler)

"When I Needed You" CO9O323.

main riff-

   E------------------------------------------------|
   B------5-----5-----4-------4/5-----5-----4-------|
   G---0-----0-----0-------0-------0-----0----------|
   D------------------------------------------------|
   A------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|

Repeat that riff where appropriate. It's pretty much evident throughout the

song. The lyrics and chord changes for the verse are as follows:

When I needed you

To be my girl

When I needed you

To give me a whirl

chorus-

When I wanted all you had

(main riff)

And what you gave me turned out all bad

C5 A Bb5 C5 D5

I needed all your love

You'll have to listen to the music to understand how the chords fit in with

the song. Here are all the chords used in this post for those who aren't

familiar:

A5 G5 C5 A Bb5 D5 D G

   E------------------------------2----3-------|
   B---------------2--------------3----3-------|
   G-----------5---2---3-----7----2----0-------|
   D---7---5---5---2---3-----7---------0-------|
   A---7---5---3-------1-----5---------2-------|
   E---5---3---------------------------3-------|

When I wanted you all for my own

When I wanted you

but you just left me alone

(chorus)

solo 1(turn on distortion)-

   E------------------------------------------------|
   B------------------------------------------------|
   G---------------------------------12b-12rp10-----|
   D---------------9--10--9------9---------------12-|
   A---12--10--12------------12---------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|
   B--------------12brp10---------------------------|
   G--10------10----------12-12brp10----10--12b-r-12|
   D------12-------------------------12-------------|
   A------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|
   B------------------------------------------------|
   G-p10------10--------------------------9--10--9--|
   D------12------12--10--10--12--10--12------------|
   A------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|
   B---------12b-12rp10-----------------14-14-14-14-|
   G------9--------------12--12b-12rp10-12-12-12-12-|
   D--12--------------------------------------------|
   A------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|
   B-14-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14---------------------|
   G-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---------------------|
   D------------------------------------------------|
   A------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------|

(chorus)

(Steven yells "ow!")

(solo 2,basically the same as solo 1 except with a few changes that are

too minor to transcribe)

(chorus)

I needed all your love(3x)

(end on D-A-G-D(or something very similar))