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Somthings Gotta Give

John Butler Trio
Tab

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

Song

Hey everyone, just muckin around the other day and this is what i came up with.

I have seen John play this twice live and he uses a capo and im sure different

tunings, but this sounds pretty good when u play to the song. You'l have to listen

to the song for the strumming pattern cause i really can't be bothered.

Great song and band.

Enjoy.

Standard Tuning - E A D G B e

Intro-

e--0--0--0-----|-0--0--0--0--|
B--0--7--0-----|-0--7--0--7--|
G--9--7--0-----|-9--7--0--7--|        x2
D--9--7--7-----|-9--7--7--7--|
A--7--5--7-----|-7--5--7--5--|
E--0--0--5-----|-0--0--5--0--|

Verse-

e--0--0--0-|
B--0--0--0-|

G--9--0--0-| keep repeating untill chorus

D--9--5--7-|
A--7--5--7-|
E--0--3--5-|

Chorus-

e--0--0--0-|
B--5--0--0-|
G--0--0--0-|
D--6--5--7-|
A--7--5--7-|
E--0--3--5-|

Interlude-

e------------------------------|  |--------------------------------------|
B------------------------------|  |--------------------------------------|
G--/7-76-----------------------|  |-/7--76--------------7----------------|
D-------5------5h7-7^p5--5h7p5-|  |-------5-------5h7/9---9--5h7p5-------|
A---------7-5h7---------7-----7|  |---------7-5h7------------------7-----|
E------------------------------|  |--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--/7-76------------------------------------------|
|--------5----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------8(x8)--9(x8)--8(x8)--9(x4)--10(x4)--|

Outro-

e--0--0--0 -0-|

B--0--0--0 -0-|

G--9--0--0 x8 then to finish just hit -9-|

D--9--5--7 -9-|

A--7--5--7 -7-|

E--0--3--5 -0-|

Comments

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