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Just a Man

Faith No More
Tab
★3.7(3)

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

Song

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Band: FAITH NO MORE

Album: King for a day, fool for a lifetime..

Song: Just a Man

Transcribed by: Justin Greenwood

Notes:

This is a pretty cool song, I don't have it perfect or anything, I just got the basic chords pretty much .:)

*BASS LINE(basic)**********************************************************

"Sky is clear...."

I--------------------------------------I--------------------5-------------I
I--------------------------------------I--------------2--5----------------I
I--3-----3p-0-----3--3--3--------------I--3--3--3--3----------------------I
I-----3--------3-----------3--3--3--3--I----------------------------------I

Repeat a couple Times..

Chorus: "Each star is out..."

I--------7-------7----------7-------7----------2----2----------2--4--5----I
I-----7-----7--7---7-----7-----7--7---7-----2-----2---2-----2-------------I
I--5------------------5------------------3---------------3----------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I--------7-------7----------7-------7----------5----5----------------5----I
I-----7-----7--7---7-----7-----7--7---7-----2-----2---2----------2-5------I
I--5------------------5------------------3---------------3-3-3-3----------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

*Figure 1:*****************************************************************

Notes: I'm not sure exactly how this part goes, but this is close, and the right chord..

E A D G B E

Some combination of notes with the chord(C): 8 10 10 9 8 8

I----------------------------------8--------------------------------------I
I-------------------------------8--8--------------------------------------I
I------------9---------------9--------------------------------------------I
I--10--X--X-----X--X--10--X-----------------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

Slight palm mute=================>

*Figure 2:*****************************************************************

Notes: Easy as hell..

"Each star is out, I reach for one to sparkle in my hand.."

I-------------------1----------------------------------0------------------I
I-------------------3----------------------------------1------------------I
I-------------------2----------------------------------0------------------I
I-------------------0----------------------------------2------------------I
I------------------------------------------------------3------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

==>Slow downward strums.

*Figure 3:*****************************************************************

Notes: Here's the chorus of the song.. The rhythm is wrong of course, but it's pretty close.

"And every night, I shut my eyes..."

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I--------------------------------------------------6-----6-----------6----I
I--------10----------10----------7-----7-----7-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-I
I--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------------------------I

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I--------8-----8-----8-----------10----------10----------7-----------7----I
I--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-I

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

I--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--6--6--6--6-------------------------------------I
I--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--6--6--6--6-------------------------------------I
I--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--4--4--4--4-------------------------------------I

I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I

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FAITH NO MORE: Just a Man

Figure 1:(repeat a bunch of times..)

Sky is clear tonight. Sky is clear tomorrow.

Figure 2:

A star is out. I reach for one to sparkle in my hand.

Figure 2:

A star is out. I will not touch you, I am just a man.

Figure 1:(repeat a bunch of times..)

Sky is clear tonight. Sky is clear tomorrow.

Figure 3:

And every night, I shut my eyes, so I don't have to see the light.

Figure 3:(continued)

Shining so bright, I'll dream about a cloudy sky, a cloudy sky.

Figure 1:(repeat a bunch of times..)

Sky is clear tonight. Sky is clear tomorrow.

Figure 2:

A star is out. I reach for one to sparkle in my hand.

Figure 2:

A star is out. I will not touch you, I am just a man.

(INTERLUDE: Bunch of lyrics I don't feel like typing.)

Figure 3:

And every night, I shut my eyes, so I don't have to see the light.

Figure 3:(continued)

Shining so bright, I'll dream about a cloudy sky, a cloudy sky.

Figure 3:

And every night, I shut my eyes, but now I got them open wide.

Figure 3:(continued)

You've fallen into my hands, and now you're burning me, burning me.

(Repeat a bunch of times)

Transcribed by Justin Greenwood.

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* jegreenw@indyunix.iupui.edu *

* HOMEPAGE: http://www.iupui.edu/~jegreenw *

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