Dont Leave Me This Way

Song

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From: holladay@engin.umich.edu (matthew m. holladay)

Hi everybody. Here's another of the great songs from the

Coverdale/Page album. I regret to admit that I am not responsible

for most of the material, it was sent to me from someone else.

(Thanks, Chuck). Please send your complements to ceh1@acpub.duke.edu,

because all I did was clean it up a little, add some more

characteristic leads, and correct a couple of the notes. (Don't

worry, Chuck--the most you were ever off by was about 1 fret. Not

bad for remembering it by air guitar). Hope you like it, because I

love it. Bluesy and a lot of room to ad lib...

Coverdale/Page - Don't Leave Me This Way

This song makes use of an Echoplex and backing synths, so nothing is

going to sound quite right, but heres an attempt to capture

it.

Main Rythm--Let notes ring - clean

e-|---------------------------|

b-|---------------------------| This is repeated throught

g-|-----0------0------0-----0-|    the song.
d-|---2------2------2-----2---|
a-|-3------1------0-----1-----|
E-|---------------------------|

After playing that a few times, this little phrase appears:

E-|-------------------------------------------------|
B-|-/6-6-6-6\-----/4-4-4-4\--/3-3-3-3\--/4-4-4-4\---| Note: only play this

G-|-/10-10-10-10\-/8-8-8-8\--/7-7-7-7\--/8-8-8-8\---| on one of the strings,

D-|-------------------------------------------------| whatever sounds right

A-|-------------------------------------------------| and is comfortable to

E-|-------------------------------------------------|  you.

And once in a while, the end of the main Rythm Part changes a little:

e-|------------------------------------|
b-|------------------------------------|
g-|----0-----0-----0-------------------|
d-|--2-----2-----2---------------1^3---|
a-|3-----1-----0-----------1--3--------|
E-|-------------------1--3-------------|

Solo Guitar throughout song mostly stays within one blues scale

Something Page was always quite comfortable doing,

play around in this scale(VIII pos.) and listen to the song and you'll

figure them out. I just cant remember them all off the top of my head.

First lead: Second lead:

e-|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
b-|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
g-|-------8b10---8--10--10b12rb10-8------|---10b12rb10-8--10--8------|
d-|-8--8-----------------------------10--|-----------------------10--|
a-|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|

Third lead: Fourth lead:

E-|------------|----13vvv-------------|
B-|---12b13vv--|---(16)------13vvv----|
G-|------------|---(17)---------------|
D-|------------|----|-----------------|
A-|------------|----|-----------------|
E-|------------|----|-----------------|

|

rake across strings

At this point, I have to agree with Chuck--there are a hell of a lot

of little leads and things thrown in from here, but they are all based

pretty much on the C blues scale, which (for people just starting out)

is shown below. This is also the scale that most of the solo can be

improvised over:

C Blues Scale:(starting partway up the neck at the 5th fret)

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

E-|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|
B-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|
G-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|
D-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|
A-|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|
E-|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-X-|

by incorporating different bends, runs, trills, etc. This

is a very powerful scale. Just improvise your ass off.

The chorus: Dist guitar

e-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-|------------------------------------------------7------------2-----|
d-|-5--5-------5--5--------5------5---5--7--8----8---8----3---3---3---|
a-|-5--5-------5--5-------------------5--7--8--8-------8--3-3-------3-|
E-|-3--3-------3--3---3--3---3--3-----3--5--6-------------1-----------|

This figure appears at the end of the chorus:

e-|---------------------------------|
b-|---------------------------------|
g-|-5--5/7--7/8--12\----------\6----|
d-|-5--5/7--7/8--12\slow-slide\6----|
a-|-3--3/5--5/6--10\----------\4----|
E-|---------------------------------|

I don't have the entire solo (he plays alot of it so goddamn fast,

but heres the basic framework, and the rest should be left up

to improv, or interpretation.

/hell of a bend, but it is the only

Solo: / way I can get it to sound right.

e-|------------------------|-----------------------------|
b-|------------------------|-----------------------------|
g-|-8b10vvv--rb8-p5-----8bbbb12---8--10------------------|
d-|------------------------------------------------------|
a-|------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------|

Just start a fast run down the 10th

Postition and end it with this sort

of lick:

e-|-----------------------------------------------------10------|
b-|--------------------------------------------------10-----13--|
g-|------------------------------12--10----10--12^14------------|
d-|-----------------10----10--12--------12----------------------|
a-|-10\8----8/10-12----12---------------------------------------|
E-|------10-----------------------------------------------------|
e-|-----------10--------------------X----11----12----13----14----15----|
b-|--------10-----13-10--13^15^13--10/13----13----13----13----13----13-|
g-|-12^14---------------------------X----------------------------------|
d-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|---------------|
b-|-18b20--16-13--|
g-|---------------|
d-|---------------|
a-|---------------|
E-|---------------|

Now start playing around there pretty fast,

and when you hit the third measure of the

rythm part with all the synths, slow it down

to something like this.

e-|----------------------------------13b15----------|
b-|-(15)b16rb15-13---(15)b16rb15-13---------13-13---|
g-|-------------------------------------------------|
d-|-------------------------------------------------|
a-|-------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------|

When you get to the chorus part do something like Page's climax from

Since Ive Been Loving You, like this:

e-|------------------------------10--13--13^15--13^15-------------11---|
b-|-11p8----11p8-----8--------11-----------------------9-11-11^13------|
g-|------10------10-------/12------------------------------------------|
d-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|---------11------13^15--13^15--13-13^15--11------------------------|
b-|--11^13------11------------------------------13--------------------|
g-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

And then play around in

this pos. for a bit.