Artist: Rayland Baxter
Song: Olivia
Key: G
Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 82
Tuning: Standard
!! PLEASE READ FIRST !!
Rayland plays the song in fingerstyle, and the picking pattern isn't complex, but don't
have the time to tab it out at the moment.
"Dcombo"
There is a chord pattern he plays which I will refer to as Dcombo rather than taking up
space below to help you play along to the song using the lyrics as guidance.
"Dcombo" consists of three D chords - D7sus, D7sus4 and D7. The D7sus is played for 2
beats (strummed on each beat), D7sus4 for two beats (strummed once) to the D7 which is
played for another 4 beats (strummed twice).
Also, between the last part of each verse into the chorus, Rayland "walks up" to the C
chord from by playing the fifth (A) string open followed by a B note (2nd fret) before
playing the C chord.
This is my first attempt to transpose a song from ear, so constructive criticism is welcome.
CHORDS:
G Gsus D7sus2 D7sus4 D7 C B7 [ch]B7/F#[/ch]
e|--3--|--3---|---O----|---3----|--2--|--O--|--2--|---2---|
B|--O--|--1---|---1----|---1----|--1--|--1--|--O--|---O---|
G|--O--|--O---|---2----|---2----|--2--|--O--|--2--|---2---|
D|--O--|--2---|---O----|---O----|--O--|--2--|--1--|---1---|
A|--2--|--O---|---O----|---O----|--O--|--3--|--2--|---O---|
E|--3--|--3---|---X----|---X----|--X--|--X--|--X--|---1---|
Intro:G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G
Verse 1:
G Gsus G
Sweet love is such a pretty thing
Dcombo G
But lately it’s been hard to find
Gsus G Gsus G
For I can taste it when the wind blows in
Dcombo G
And I can see it hiding on the mountain side
Chorus:
C D7 G
But I never thought it could be this bad
C D7 G
Yeah and I lost all the love I had
Gsus G Gsus G
So Oli- vi-a, won’t you let me in
Gsus G D7 G
Yeea-aah, I’m in love again
Pre-Verse:
Gsus G Gsus G D7sus2 D7 G
Verse 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rayland_baxter/olivia_crd.html ]
And if I, if I was a wealthy man
Don’t you know I would spend all of my dimes on you
And if I held you, Lover in my giving hands
Don’t you know I would make it so all your dreams come true
Chorus:
C D7 G
But I never thought it could be this bad
C D7 G
Yeah and I lost all the love I had
Gsus G Gsus G
So Oli- vi-a, won’t you let me in
Gsus G D7 G
Yeea-aah, I’m in love again
Bridge:
B7 [ch]B7/F#[/ch] B7 [ch]B7/F#[/ch] C G
But how could you be so far away from me?
B7 [ch]B7/F#[/ch] B7 [ch]B7/F#[/ch] C C
And why did you leave me all alone?
B7 [ch]B7/F#[/ch] B7 [ch]B7/F#[/ch] C G
And what can I do to make you love me too?
C G D7sus2
So I wrote a song for you but I’m still alone
D7sus4 → D7
I’m all a - l - o - n - e
Verse: Instrumental (Whistle)
G Gsus G
Whistle - Whistle - Whistle
Dcombo G
Whistle - Whistle - Whistle
Gsus G Gsus G
Whistle - Whistle - Whistle
Dcombo G
Whistle - Whistle - Whistle
Verse 3:
But yeah I remember, when everything was Gold
Yeah I remember, cause’ Doll I was sleeping with you
But if I could do it all again
Don’t you know I would never, never ever run around on you
Final Chorus:
C D7 G
But I never thought it could be this bad
C D7 G
Yeah and I lost all the love I had
Gsus G Gsus G
So Oli- vi-a, won’t you let me in
Gsus G D7 G
Yeea-aah, I’m in love again
Gsus G Gsus G D7 G
Ohh Oli- vi-a, Lover won’t you be my friend
Gsus G D7 G
Yee - ahh, I’m in love again.
Outro:
Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G
