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capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higherSong
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If I Don’t Be There By Morning – Eric Clapton
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Written by: Bob Dylan/Helena Springs
From: "Backless" (1978)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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capo: 2nd fret
play: A
Key B
For chords in original key transpose +2
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[Verse] basic riff
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------| B|2-------3-3---2-|--------3-3-----| G|2-------2-2---2-|--------2-2-----| D|2-------4-4---2-|--------4-4-----| A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| E|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D/A x-0-4-2-3-x
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Intro
| A D/A | % | % | % |
| A D/A | % | % | % |
Verse
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
Blue sky upon the horizon
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
Private eye is on my trail
D | D | D7 |
And if I don't be there by morning
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
You know that I must have spent the night in jail
Verse
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
I've been running from Memphis to L. A.
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
Had an appointment set sometime for today,
D | D | D7 |
And if I don't be there by morning
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
You know that I must have gone the other way
Middle 8
Finding my way back to you girl
Lonely and blue and mistreated too
Sometimes I think of you girl
Bm | E | % |
Is it true that you think of me too?
Solo
| A D/A | % | % | % |
| A D/A | % | % | % |
| D | % | % | D7 |
| A D/A | % | % | % |
Verse
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
I got a woman living in L. A.
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
I got a woman waiting for my pay
D | D | D7 |
And if I don't be there by morning
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
Pack my clothes, get down on your knees and pray
Middle 8
Finding my way back to you girl
Lonely and blue and mistreated too
Sometimes I think of you girl
Bm | E | % |
Is it true that you think of me too?
Verse
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
I left my woman with a twenty dollar bill
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
I left her waiting, I hope she's waiting for me still
D | D | D7 |
And if I don't be there by morning
A D/A A D/A | A D/A | % |
You know that I, I never will.
Outro
| A D/A | % | % | % |
| A D/A | % | % | % |
| D | % | % | D7 |
| A D/A | % | % | % |
| A D/A | % | % | % |
| A D/A | % | % | % |
| D | % | % | D7 |
| A D/A | % | % | % |
(fade out)
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