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July Morning

Uriah Heep
Tab
4.7(22)

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

Intro

Keyboards arranged for guitar (I use very slightly distorted sound

with high settings of compressor and chorus and fast phasing to acheive some

similarity with Hammomd sound):

Guitar I - the following is played 6 times (this is notated below as one

round). For the first two rounds only Guitar I plays the following pattern:

F C F

e|-13 -----13-----------13-|-12-------12----------12-|-8-------8----------8--|
B|---13--------13----13----|----13-------13----13----|---10------10----10----|
G|------14--------14-------|-------12-------12-------|------10------10-------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|

C

e|-12-------12----------12-------|
B|----13-------13----13----------|
G|-------12-------12-------I x 6-|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

Guitar II (Mick Box part - overdrive & chorus)

Starts when the keyboards (Guitar I) pattern goes for the

third and the fourth rounds:

e|-13-13-13-13-|-13-11 -----------|-13-13-13-13-|-13-11----------15--|
B|-------------|--------13-11-13~~I-------------|-------13-11-13-----|
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
E|-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|

I- bend this note one tone up

I and graduly return to its normal

I pitch (A-->G) - fast downstrokes

V

e|----11---11----11---11-|---13-12------|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--|
B|-13---13----13----13---|-13-------13~-|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------------------------|
e|-15-13-----------|
B|------13-15-13---|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

The fifth and the sixth rounds of intro:

Guitar II plays power chords:

F5 C5 F5 C5

e|----------------|-------------|---------|-------------------|
B|----------------|-------------|---------|-------------------|
G|----------------|-------------|---------|-------------I x 2-|
D|-8--8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--|-3-3-3-3-|-8--8--8--8--------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-|-8--8--8--8--|-3-3-3-3-|-8--8--8--8--------|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-|-1-1-1-1-|-10-10-10-10-------|

Verse

Clean sound with slight reverberation:

Cm - VIII Fm - VIII A# - VI - arpegios

There I was on a July morning looking for love.

With the strength of a new day dawning and the beautiful sun.

At the sound of the first bird singing I was leaving for home.

With the storm and the night behind me and a road of my own.

Refrain

Overdrive, chorus

D#5 G5 G#5 A#5

e|-------|-------|--------|--------------|
B|-------|-------|--------|--------------|
G|-------|-------|--------|--------------|
D|---8---|---5---|--6--8--|--------------|
A|---6---|---5---|--6--8--|--------------|
E|---6---|---3---|--4--6--|-8-7-6-5-4-3--|

With the day

came the resolution

I'll be looking for you.

D#5 G5 G#5 A#5 C5

e|-------|-------|--------|--------|
B|-------|-------|--------|--------|
G|-------|-------|--------|--------|
D|---8---|---5---|--6--8--|---10---|
A|---6---|---5---|--6--8--|---10---|
E|---6---|---3---|--4--6--|---8----|

La la la laaaa

Verse/Refrain

I was looking for love in the strangest places.

There wasn't a stone that I left unturned.

I must have tried more than a thousand faces,

but not one was aware of the fire that burned

In my heart,

in my mind,

in my soul.

In my heart,

in my mind,

in my soul.

Keyboards solo

I did not tab this for guitar...I do not tab solos at all :)

Guitar part is based on strumming of Cm - VIII, Fm - VIII and A# - VI

Refrain

e|-------|-------|--------|--------------|
B|-------|-------|--------|--------------|
G|-------|-------|--------|--------------|
D|---8---|---5---|--6--8--|--------------|
A|---6---|---5---|--6--8--|--------------|
E|---6---|---3---|--4--6--|-8-7-6-5-4-3--|

D#5 G5 G#5 A#5 C5

e|-------|-------|--------|--------|
B|-------|-------|--------|--------|
G|-------|-------|--------|--------|
D|---8---|---5---|--6--8--|---10---|
A|---6---|---5---|--6--8--|---10---|
E|---6---|---3---|--4--6--|---8----|

Rising voice line/Break

While David sings his brillant falceto "La la laaaaaaaa's":

Clean sound strumming Cm - VIII, C - VIII, Fm - VIII, G - X

And then overdriven guitar line twice:

e|-----------|-------|-------------------------------|---------|
B|-----------|-------|-------------------------3-4-3-|---------|
G|-----------|-------|--------------------5-4--------|---5~----|
D|-5-------5-|-4---4-|--------------5-4-5------------|---------|
A|---6---6---|---5---|--8-6-8-6-5-6------------------|---------|
E|-----8-----|-------|-------------------------------|---------|

Refrain and verse one more time:

There I was on a July morning - I was looking for love.

With the strength of a new day dawning and the beautiful sun.

At the sound of the first bird singing I was leaving for home.

With the storm and the night behind me and a road of my own.

With the day

came the resolution

I'll be looking for you.

Solos and outro

Mad Manfred Mann's solo and Mick wah-wah guitar frenziness are accompanied

with this guitar line.

Drive, chorus.

e|-----------|-------|-------------------------------|---------|
B|-----------|-------|-------------------------3-4-3-|---------|
G|-----------|-------|--------------------5-4--------|---5~----|
D|-5-------5-|-4---4-|--------------5-4-5------------|---------|
A|---6---6---|---5---|--8-6-8-6-5-6------------------|---------|
E|-----8-----|-------|-------------------------------|---------|

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| ~ Vibrato

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