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Crazy Baby

Joan Osborne
Tab

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

lead, with vibrato

E C D

G -----7--7-7---7-7---7-7---7h9---9-9--------------------

E C D

G -----7--7-7---7-7---7h9---9---------\------------------

E C D

G -----7--7-7---7-7---7-7---7h9---9-9--------------------

A

G --------------------------------------

D ---9------7\5/7----------------------

A ------------------7/9\7------/(19)---

and your

E C D

hands are really shaking...

Dsus D o E C D

            e ----------------------(3/)5-\3-p-0---

B ----------3/5\3----------------------

A G----2/4\2-------------------------------

you forget

Dsus D o E C D

oh you know...

B -3/5\3-

G -2/4\2-

          A        B -3--0----------------3-0------------
off the ground...  G ------3--1---------------3~~--------
                   D ------------2----------------2~~----

[chorus]:

E * D5 A

e --------------------------5--5--3--2--0--3-3--2---0----
B --------------------------3--3--------2---------3-------
G----1----1---1-----1-------2--2--------2-----------------
D ---2----2---2-----2-------0--0-------(2)----------------
A ---2----2---2-----2------------------(0)----------------
E ---0----0---0--------------------------------------------

oh my crazy...

E * D5 A

e --------------------------5--5--3--2--0---3--3--2-------
B --------------------------3--3--------2------------3----
G----1----1---1-----1-------2--2--------2-----------------
D ---2----2---2-----2-------0--0-------(2)----------------
A ---2----2---2-----2------------------(0)----------------
E ---0----0---0--------------------------------------------

try to hold on...

E D5 A

oh my crazy...

G

D

E

Dsus D o E C D

and they look at...

G --(2)--(2)--2--2--2h3p0h2---

A

that you can take...

G --4(4h)7--4--------0(0h)2--0---

Dsus D o E C D

oh you know you ought...

A

e ----------------------5-------------3p2p0---0----
B --2-h-3-h-5-----2-h-3---------------------2------

chorus

[break]: (start at 7th position)

D A

e ----------------------------------------------------

B ----------------------------------------------7-----
G -9-----9-------99-9/11\9-9--9---9p7h9/11\9p7----9-7-

D ----------------------------------------------------

A ----------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E

e --------------------------------------------------

B --------------------------------------------------

G -7-----7---6/7---7-7----6/7--7-7----6/7-7--7h9--9-

D --------------------------------------------------

A --------------------------------------------------

E --------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

D A

e -------------------------------5h7p5---5--5--5---
B -5--5--5--55----5--8p5---------------8-----------
G -------------7----------7b9----------------------

D -------------------------------------------------

A -------------------------------------------------

E -------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E

e -5-\3--------------------------------------------
B ------------------------5-\3---------------------

G -------------------------------------------------

D -------------------------------------------------

A -------------------------------------------------

E -------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

and your

E C D

hands are really shaking...

Dsus D o E C D

A

chorus

G

the light...

D

E

G

D

E

chords :

EADGBe

022100 - E

xx0232 - D

xx0233 - Dsus

xx0235 - D5

x32010 - C

xx0000 - o ?Gadd2

355433 - G

x02220 - A

/ is slide up

\ is slide down

h is hammer-on

p is pull-off

b is pick then bend up

* in the chorus might be an A, but I don't think so

Any improvements, etc welcome

Nic

Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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