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Love is Hell

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

Song

Author/Artist: Ryan Adams

Title: Love is Hell

Transcribed by: Andrew Biles

I've combined some of the second guitar's parts onto the tab just to get more of the

feel.

The outro I haven't really managed overly well, I can't work out that rhythm part, so if

know it, feel free to put it in the corrections box.

In the verses, there is a bit of flange and delay added to the sound (that's what it

like to me anyway).

Standard tuning

Intro (last notes are played on a second guitar)

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4-----------2-----------------|
|-4--4-6-6-4--2--2-2--2-1---2---|
|-2--4-6-6-4--0--2-2------4---2-|
|----2-4-4-2-----0-0------------|

Verse

|--------------------------------|-5--4-4--2-2--0-0--------------------------|
|---------4---------4---------4--|-5--4-4--2-2--0-0--4---4-5-4---4-5-4---4-5-|
|-4-------4---------4---------4--|-6--4-4--2-2--1-1--4-4-------4-------4-----|
|-4-------4---------4---------4--|-7--6-6--4-4--2-2--4-----------------------|
|-2---4-0-2---4-0-2-2---4-0-2-2--|-7--6-6--4-4--2-2--2-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5--4-4--2-2--0-0--------------------------|
------------|
-5/7-5-4----|
---------4--|
------------|
------------|
------------|

Chorus

|----------0--|
|----------0--|
|----------2--|
|----------2--|
|-------0--0--|
|-0-2-4-------|

End of Chorus

E5 F#5 A5 E5 F#5 A5

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------4---------------------------------|
|---6-7-6------6-7-6----6-7-6------6-7-6-------6-7-6------6-7-6-----6-7-6----|
|------------4-------------------4-------7--------------4---------4----------|
|-0--------0----------0--------0-------------0--------0---------0----------0-|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
---6-7-6---|
-4-------7-|
-----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4-----------2-----------------|
|-4--4-6-6-4--2--2-2--2-1---2---|
|-2--4-6-6-4--0--2-2------4---2-|
|----2-4-4-2-----0-0------------|

Verse 2

|-----------------------------|-5--4-4--2-2--0-0--------------------------|
|---------4---------4---------|-5--4-4--2-2--0-0--4---4-5-4---4-5-4---4-5-|
|-4-------4---------4-------2-|-6--4-4--2-2--1-1--4-4-------4-------4-----|
|-4-------4---------4-------2-|-7--6-6--4-4--2-2--4-----------------------|
|-2---4-0-2---4-0-2-2-------0-|-7--6-6--4-4--2-2--2-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-5--4-4--2-2--0-0--------------------------|
------------|
-5/7-5-4----|
---------4--|
------------|
------------|
------------|

Chorus

|----------0--|
|----------0--|
|----------2--|
|----------2--|
|-------0--0--|
|-0-2-4-------|

End of Chorus 2

E5 F#5 A5 E5 F#5 A5

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------4---------------------------------|
|-----6-7-6---6-7-6-----6-7-6-----6-7-6-------6-7-6-----6-7-6-----6-7-6---6-|
|---4-----------------4---------4-------7-------------4---------4-----------|
|-0---------0-------0---------0-------------0-------0---------0---------0---|

Outro (I can't tell exactly what the chords are so here's the lead/piano)

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9-11-9-7-6---|
|--------------------------------7-|
|----------------------------------|

any questions? andrewbiles@hotmail.com

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Lyrics (www.lyricsdomain.com):

There's strange weather in the back of the room

And she's pretty, Jesse's spinning the tunes

Eyelashes, and some white leather boots

God, what have I been drinking?

I could be serious but I'm just kiddin' around

I could be anything, anything but sticking around

Love is hell

Love is hell

Love is . . . hell

Is . . .hell

It's raining, I can see it outside

Funny I'm still in it

Just sitting here with Johnny and Raph'

Untll the room starts spinning

I could be serious but I'm just kiddin' around

I could be anything, nothing, whatever, oh well

Love is hell

Love is hell

Love is . . . hell

Love is . . . hell

Love is . . . hell

Love is . . . hell

Love is . . . hell

Love is . . . hell

Love is . . . hell

Is . . . hell

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