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Tearing Us Apart

Eric Clapton
Tab
★4.7(3)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Riff 2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|*----------13-----------------------------------13---------------------------|
G|-12/14--14----14\12--10--12/14--------12/14--14----14\12--12--12----10b------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------12~--|
A|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------12brp10------10b------10b---play----*|
G|----------12brp10------10b------10b---this-----|
D|-------------------12-------12--------Riff-----|
A|--------------------------------------twice---*|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 1 8 times with verse

Chorus

e|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|*-12brp10--12--10b-*|---12p10--12~---12p10--12----12--10b-|
G|--12brp10--12--10b--|---12p10--12~---12p10--12----12--10b-|
D|--------------------|--------------------------12---------|
A|*------------------*|-------------------------------------|
E|---play-3-times-----|-------------------------------------|

Riff 2 twice again

Riff 1 for second verse

Chorus

Now there's kind of a breakdown

e|--------------------------------------|
B|*------------------------------------*|
G|-----------------5b-------------------|
D|--7--5----5-7-7b-----7--5----5--7-7b--|
A|*------5------------------7----------*|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------5---|
B|------------------------------5---|
G|-----------------5b-----------5---|
D|--7--5---5--7-7b-----7brp5--------|
A|-------5--------------------7-----|
E|----------------------------------|

Riff 1 over slide solo

Chorus

Riff 2 w/ outro slide solo

*tabbed by seth risner a.k.a. stratpicker1

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| b Bend

| ~ Vibrato

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| p Pull-off

| brp Bend, release & pull off

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