Playing For Time Chords & Tabs
Artist - Acoutic Alchemy
Album - Back on the Case
Song - Playing for Time
There are 2 guitars playing in this beautiful song. As written on
the CD theres a 12 string and a sitar too being played in this one.
The Chords part has already been done by Jae K. Thanks to him.
Now cums da lead part!
/ slide up
b bend; used only once. bend only a little
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--12---14--10------------------|-12---14--10-----------------------|
|-------------------12--11-9----|------------------12--11-9---------|
|---------------12-----------12-|--------------12-----------12-11-9-|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--12---14--10-------------------|
|-------------------12--11-9-----|
|---------------12-----------12--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------12-----------------------------------|
|---------------10/12-----12-10--15-------------------------|
|----------9-11---------------------12--11-9----------------|
|--9-11-12-----------------------------------12-11-12-11-9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Then come the solo chords part as tabbed by Jae K.
Ummmmmm... i m not sure whether this is played along with the chords,
but it sounds good to me!
|------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------10-10---------------------------------------
|--11-11--11-11-----------------------11-11------------------
|-----------------------12-12--12-12---------9-9--9-9--12-12-
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|
---------------------|
---------------------|
---------------11-11-|
-12-12--12-12--------|
---------------------|
|--------------|
|----------10--|
|------11------| play the above sequence once again
|--12----------| after this
|--------------|
|--------------|
Then comes the starting Riff again with little changes as described below
|--------------------------------|
|--12---14--10-------------------|
|-------------------12--11-9-----|
|---------------12-----------12--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------12-----------------------------------|
|---------------10/12-----12-10--15-------------------------|
|----------9-11---------------------12--11-9----------------|
|--9-11-12-----------------------------------12-11-12-11-9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Again the chordz thingy
At about 2 minutes and 38 seconds comes this...
|----------|-------------|--------------------------------------|
|--12------|-------------|--------------------------------------|
|----14----|-------------|---------9----------------------------|
|------12--|--12--9--12--|--9--12-----12/14--11--11------9--11--|
|----------|-------------|---------------------------12---------|
|----------|-------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|------------9b---------------|
|--9--12--9-----11--11--7--9--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/acoustic_alchemy/playing_for_time_tab_ver_2.html ]
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--10/12--12--10----------------|
|------------9--11--14--------------------11--9----------|
|--9--11--12-------------------------------------12--9---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------12--12--12------12--10----------------10---------------|
|------------------11----------11--9--9---9------12--11--7--7-|
|--12---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------10--14--10--12------10-
|------------------------------10--12------------------12-----
|-------------9---------9--11---------------------------------
|------9--12-----9--12----------------------------------------
|--12---------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
-12--14--17--12--10------|
---------------------12--|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|
|--10--9-------------------------------|
|---------10------10/12--10------------|
|-------------11-------------9---------|
|-------------------------------12--9--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--9/11---9----------9-----------------|
|------------12--11-----12--11------9--|
|-------------------------------12-----|
|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------|
|----------------9--11--12--11--9----------9--|------9--11--|
|-----9--11--12--------------------11--12-----|--12---------|
|--9------------------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------12--12--10--12--12--------|
|------9--11----------------------9/11--|
|--12-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--12/14--14--12--10---------|
|---------------------9------|
|------------------------12--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-----------------10---------------------|
|---------10--12----------10-------------|
|--9--11--------------11------9--11------|
|------------------------------------12--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------12--10--12--10--12/14--14--12--10--12--|
|----------------10--12--15-----------------------------------------|
|---------9--11-----------------------------------------------------|
|--9--12------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
At 3 min and 22 seconds comes the starting Riff again
Very Sweet Song. Enjoy playing it. Not very difficult too.
So practice it a while and pLaY FoR tImE!!!
Corrections, Suggestions - mistrykunal@hotmail.com
This is my work and not plagiarized. And hey you ppl out there, do
contribute tabs if you can, doesn't matter if its not 100% correct
or if its very simple. This one also has errors but u can have an
idea about how it goes and i bet it will save some time compared
to tabbing it on your own. So get up and start working.
-:Kunal:-
