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Jeroen
Feb-21-2009, 20:40 GMT
Netherlands

Does anyone know if there´s a tab for this song floating around somewhere on the internet. I´ve got most of the chords worked out, but I´m missing three or so.

 
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Ian
Feb-21-2009, 21:40 GMT
Unknown

Wow Jeroen,I´ve been meaning to begin working that piece out,but have not started yet. I´ve also beef looking for tabs but have not found anything. I might work on it today. Is it,from what you have worked out so far,in standard tuning or is it tuned down?

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Joey
Feb-21-2009, 22:02 GMT
Canada

I bet if you posted what you had others could help fill in the blanks. The B&N video might also be very useful. I´d Love to be able to play this!

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Jeroen
Feb-21-2009, 23:36 GMT
Netherlands

It´s in standard tuning. You can base your playing on the clip on Barnes and Nobles quite easily, but you cannot play along because he tuned down his guitar half a step, meaning all the strings. I believe he even names the chords explaining how he used one note as a tonal axis. Fun song to play so far. I appreciate your help.

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fubel
Feb-22-2009, 10:28 GMT
Germany

I can play some parts of this song. But there are some parts not working yet.

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Madi  
Feb-22-2009, 15:32 GMT
Germany

If one of you does get the whole song tabbed out i hope you´l post it here.

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Jeroen
Feb-22-2009, 22:16 GMT
Netherlands

I´ve worked it out. I´ll try to post it on youtube. Can I post a link, Bodo?

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Madi  
Feb-23-2009, 17:02 GMT
Germany

Hey Jeroen

Do you have the Tab ready too? If yes maybe you could post it in the chords/tabs section on this site.

Thanks

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Jeroen
Feb-23-2009, 17:50 GMT
Netherlands

Madi,

I don´t know how to do that because I don´t read music and tabs etc. I can put in on youtube and explain the chords. I´ve just bought a digital camera.

It´s not that hard to play but very difficult to compose (it moves though more than 4 keys). Thumbs up to Paul!

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Madi
Feb-23-2009, 19:04 GMT
Germany


Allright no proplem.

Waiting for your video ^_^

Greetings

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Ian
Feb-24-2009, 14:10 GMT
Unknown

Hi Jeroen,well hats off to you successfully working out the guitar part. I spent almost 4 solid hours today on that song alone and have only succeeded in a very sketchy interpretation of the piece. One thing that is inhibiting me,working from the Barnes and Noble recording,is I believe Paul´s guitar is tuned down a complete tone,and not the half we originally thought. In standard tuning,the intro for example,sounds to start in a variation of B flat,but taking into consideration the detuned strings,one would have to start at C on the eighth fret. It then,after a few more chords,moves with little effort from the key of C,to chords in A flat-A flat,C minor,D flat and then later to the Key of A for the bluesy ´...Wouldn´t have it any other way...´ bit. Is this similar to what you have worked out? Now it´s time to work out the correct inversions and picking Patterns. HELP!

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Madi
Feb-24-2009, 16:27 GMT
Germany


To bad that the only thing i can help with is to say that his guitar IS tuned down a whole tone.

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Ian
Feb-24-2009, 17:52 GMT
Unknown

Yeah,thanks Madi,I thought so. I have actually just spent another hour on the song,and things are coming together finally. As Jeroen said,it´s not that the individual chords are complex,or even the progsessions,but it´s the way Paul smoothly runs through different keys that gives the song it´s complexity. That´s obviously the reason some fans have taken an instant dislike to the song-it is not an easily digestable piece. Speaking for myself,I Love it,and in the process of working out the songs structure,my fondness for it has grown even more. Once I´m positive I´ve got the chords correctly identified,I´ll post them here. I won´t do a tab though,as it just takes me too long.

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Madi  
Feb-25-2009, 00:51 GMT
Germany

Thats also why im so interested in that song(different keys).Im not playing guitar for that long and mostly doing songs like slip slidin away.But Love in hard times is such a great piece that i simply have to learn it.

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Jeroen
Mar-03-2009, 18:00 GMT
Netherlands

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDvii9ewnw>

I hope I did it some justice. I pointed a lamp at my left hand. Please don´t judge the singing. It´s for didactic purposes only.

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