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Song
Artist: Bert Jansch
Track title: If You're Thinking 'Bout Me
Album: From the Outside
Tuning: DADGBE (dropped D)
This is another fantastic song, backed up with an amazing guitar part. The vocals and
guitar really compliment each other on this track. It's fairly easy to play, but as
always listen to the recording to pick up on the feeling and the structure, which is
basically the two sections I've tabbed here. The rhythm is 3/4 but watch out for a bar
of 4 in the 2nd section.
Rhythm: 3/4
Beat:
* * * * * * * * *
E||-------2-----2h5-2--|--3-----------------|--------2-----2h5-2--| B||----------3---------|--------------------|-----------3---------| G||--------------------|--------------------|---------------------| D||-------------4------|--2h-0-----------0--|--------------4------| A||--------------------|--------2--0--------|-----0---------------| D||--0-----------------|--------------3b4---|--0------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
E|--3-----------------|--------2-----2h5-2--|--3----------------| B|--------------------|-----------3---------|-------------------| G|--------------------|-----2---------------|-------------------| D|--2h-0-----------0--|--------------4------|--2h-0-------------| A|--------2--0--------|---------------------|--------2--0-------| D|--------------3b4---|--0------------------|--------------2b3--|
1st Section:
* * * * * * * * *
E|-------2-----2-5-2--|--3-----------------||---------2-----5h-2--| B|----------3---------|--------------------||------------3--------| G|--------------------|--------------------||*-----2--------------| D|-------------4------|--2h-0-----------0--||*--------------4-----| A|--------------------|--------2--0--------||---------------------| D|--0-----------------|--------------3b4---||---0-----------------|
* * * * * * * * *
E|--3-----------------|--------0-----------|------------------| B|--------------------|-----------3--------|------------------| G|--------------------|--------------2-----|--------6b7-------| D|--2h-0--------------|-----4-----------4--|-----0-------0----| A|--------2--0--------|--------------------|------------------| D|--------------2b-0--|--4-----------------|--5---------------|
* * * * * * * * *
E|--------2-----------|---------------------|--------------------| B|--------3-----------|---------------------|--------2-----3-----| G|-----2-----------0--|---------------------|-----------0-----0--| D|--0----------0h2----|-----------7------0--|-----2--------------| A|--------------------|-------7h9----9h7----|--0-----------2-----| D|--------------------|--9------------------|--------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
E|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------| B|--------5-----------|---------------------|--------------------| G|-----------0--------|-----------0---------|--------0-----------| D|-----5-----------5--|--------7-----4h2-0--|-----------0-----0--| A|--4-----------4-----|-----9---------------|-----2--------2-----| D|--------------------|--9------------------|--2-----------------|
* * * * * * * * *
E|--------0-----------|------------------|--------2----------| B|-----------3--------|------------------|--------3----------| G|--------------2-----|--------6b7-------|-----2----------2--| D|-----4-----------4--|-----0-------0----|--0----------0-----| A|--------------------|------------------|-------------------| D|--4-----------------|--5---------------|-------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
E|--------------------|----------------------|--------2-----------| B|--------2-----------|-----3--5h3-0---------|--------3-----------| G|-----------0-----0--|--4--0----------------|-----2-----2-----0--| D|-----2--------2-----|-------------------0--|--------------0-----| A|--0-----------------|--------0------0h2----|--------------------| D|--------------------|--5-------------------|--0-----------------|
* * * * * * * * *
E|----------------------|--------2-----2h5-2--|--3-----------------| B|-----3--5h3-0---------|-----------3---------|--------------------| G|--4--0----------------|-----2---------------|--------------------| D|-------------------0--|--------------4------|--2h-0-----------0--| A|--------0------0h2----|---------------------|--------2--0--------| D|--5-------------------|--0------------------|--------------3b4---|
2nd Section:
* * * * * * * * *
E|--------2-----2h5-2--|--3------------------||--------0----------| B|-----------3---------|---------------------||--------1----------| G|-----2---------------|--------------------*||-----2-------------| D|--------------4------|--2h-0-----------0--*||-------------2-----| A|---------------------|--------2--0---------||--0-------------0--| D|--0------------------|--------------3b4----||-------------------|
* * * * * * *
E|--------------------|--------0----------------------| B|--------3-----------|-----------3-------------------| G|-----0-----0-----0--|--------------2----------------| D|--------------0-----|-----4-----------4--0h2h0---0--| A|--------------------|--------------------------0----| D|--5-----------------|--4----------------------------|
* * * * * * * * *
E|--------0--------0--|--------------------|--------------------| B|--------1--------1--|--------3-----------|--------------------| G|-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--| D|--------------2-----|--------------0-----|--------------------| A|--0-----------------|--------------------|--------------------| D|--------------------|--5-----------------|--2-----4-----5-----|
* * * * * * * * *
E|--------------------|-------2-----2h5-2--|--3-----------------| B|-----2-----3-----5--|----------3---------|--------------------| G|-----0-----0-----0--|--------------------|--------------------| D|-----------------5--|-------------4------|--2h-0--------------| A|--0-----2-----4-----|--------------------|--------2--0--------| D|--------------------|--0-----------------|--------------2b-0--|
* * * * * * * * *
E|----------------------|--------2-----------|----------------------|| B|-----3--5h3-0---------|--------3-----------|-----3--5h3-0---------|| G|--4-------------------|-----2-----2-----0--|--4-------------------|| D|-------------------0--|--0-----------0-----|-------------------0--|| A|--------0------0h2----|--------------------|--------0------0h2----|| D|--5-------------------|--------------------|--5-------------------||
TAB guide: h = hammer on/pull off
b = bend note up 1 fret from given note or to next note
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