Hard Act To Follow Chords & Tabs
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Hard Act To Follow
**Tune Down Half Step**
A lot of power chords used so shouldn't be too hard to learn.
~ = vibrato (shake note as if with whammy bar)
+ = bend for appropiate pitchshifts
h = hammer on following note then release back to original
x = muffling (mute strings with pick hand when striking)
/ = slide fret fingers to next note
Intro(Once with acoustic then distortion after "yeah")
A F#m G A B G A F#m G D A
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-------------2-2--4---------2-2--------------7-6------|
|-2-2----4-5--5---2-2--4---5-5---2-2----4-5-5-----7-6---7--|
|-0-0----4-5--5---0-0--2---5-5---0-0----4-5-5-----5-4---7--|
|------0-2-3--3----------0-3-3--------0-2-3-3-0-0-----0-5--|
Verse 1(One accoustic keeping rhythm while another clean guitar
plays the last note of each line)
A F#m G A B G A F#m G D A
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-------------2-2--4---------2-2--------------7-7------|
|-2-2----4-5--5---2-2--4---5-5---2-2----4-5-5-----7-7---7--|
|-0-0----4-5--5---0-0--2---5-5---0-0----4-5-5-----5-5---7--|
|------0-2-3--3----------0-3-3--------0-2-3-3-0-0-----0-5--|
Pickin' up. . Sweepin'. . I thought. .
A F#m G A B G A F#m G D
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-------------2-2--4---------2-2--------------7-7-7-7--|
|-2-2----4-5--5---2-2--4---5-5---2-2----4-5-5-----7-7-7-7--|
|-0-0----4-5--5---0-0--2---5-5---0-0----4-5-5-----5-5-5-5--|
|------0-2-3--3----------0-3-3--------0-2-3-3-0-0----------|
Flippin'. . Dependin'. . It helps. . .
Pre Chorus (2nd guitar plays each note somewhat forcibly)
G D G D
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------7--7-7--7---------------7--7-7--7--7----|
|-5--5-5--5---5--7--7-7--7--5--5-5--5-5--7--7-7--7--7----|
|-5--5-5--5---5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5----|
|-3--3-3--3---3-------------3--3-3--3-3------------------|
Then it comes. . Like a stone. .
Chorus
A B G D G D A
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4----------7-7---7-2-|
|-2--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--7-7-5-7-2-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--5--5-5--5-5-5-5-0-|
|----------------------3--3-3------3-----|
You're. . I can't. . .
A B D G A
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--7---2-|
|-2--2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--7-5-2-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--5-5-0-|
|------------------------3---|
You're. . . Yeah yeah. .
2nd Guitar after 1st Chorus
~ ~
|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------10-------------------|
|-------------------------9----11h9--------------|
|-5-5/7-----7---10-7--/11-----------12h11-11/12--|
|-------7h9---9----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
~
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----9h12-14-12-------------------------------10/14--|
|-/11------------14-12-10-12-12h14h12-10/12/10--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Play Verse 2 the same as the first including Pre Chorus
and Chorus with only a little variation near the end of it.
A B C A B C Em
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-4-5-----5-----5-2----------2-4-5-----5---------------|
|-2-4-5-----5-----5-2----------2-4-5-----5-----2-2-2-2---|
|-0-2-3-----3-----3-0----------0-2-3-----3-----2-2-2-2---|
|----------------------------------------------0-0-0-0---|
Everything. . I can't. . One. . Who's. . .
2nd Guitar after "I can't. . ."
~ ~
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-------------9-9--------|
|-----7---9h7-----10h9h7-|
|-7h9--------------------|
|------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/brother_cane/hard_act_to_follow_tab.html ]
Solo (Begins during "Who's to blame")
+ + + ~
|-----------------------9h12-12------------|
|-----------10----10------------13/12-10---|
|------9h11----11----11--------------------|
|-9h11-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
~
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---7------------------|
|-7/9-9--7/9-9--7/9-9--7/9-9--7/9-9--7/9-9--9-7-7h9h7-5-7-5-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
~ + + ~
|---------------------------------------5-5---|
|----------------5-----5h7h5-5-7-----/5-5-5---|
|----------5---7---5-------------4------------|
|---5h7-7----7-------7-------------7----------|
|-7-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
~
|--------------------------------10-10----10----10-9-----|
|----8---8-8---8-10-10/14/10-10--------10----10------10--|
|-/9-9-9-9---9-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
~
|-/15-12h10h9-10h12-9--------------------|
|---------------------10-8---------------|
|--------------------------9h8h7-5h7h5---|
|--------------------------------------7-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Play Pre Chorus
Play through the chorus two times with slight variations
and end the chorus with this
Em F#m G D G D A
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------------7-------7------|
|-2---4---5---7---5---7-7----|
|-2---4---5---5---5---5-7----|
|-0---2---3-------3-----5----|
There ain't nobody quite like you. . .
2nd guitar throughout parts of the Chorus
~ ~
|---------------------------| |----------------------|
|---------------------------| |--7-------------------|
|---------------------------| |----9--------------7--|
|---------------------------| |------10h9-7---7-----7|
|-----0h2-0h2h3h2-0---0h2h0-| |-------------9--------|
|-0h2---------------2-------| |----------------------|
Outro (Played with accoustic Intro part)
~ + + ~ +
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2/5/2----------5-5-5-5------5-----------|
|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2/5/2------0h2---7---7-5--8-7-5h7h5-----|
|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-2/5/2--0h2--------------------------7---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
+ ~
|----------------------------------3---------3-3-----------|
|----7--------5----------------------5h3---------4h3-------|
|--8-7--5h7h5-5--------------------------5h2---------5h2---|
|---------------7-5----------------------------------------|
|-------------------h6-5h3---3-----------------------------|
|--------------------------5---5---------------------------|
~ ~
|-3-3---------------------3h5h3-----5---8h7h5---5--11h10h8----8-|
|-----4h3---3h4h3-----3h5--------/5---5-------5------------10---|
|---------5-------5-2-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
~ ~ +. . . + +
|-10-10h11h10----/17-17----17--12-12-12----12----12--|
|-------------10--------17-----15-15-15-15-15-15-15--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
+ ~
|----12-12-12-12-----------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15h16h15-13-15--------------------|
|-------------------------------14-----12----14-14-|
|-----------------------------------14----14-------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
~ ~ ~
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----12--------------------------------------------------------6---|
|----14----12-10-12h13h12h10----10h12----10---------7-----7-7---------|
|----------------------------12-------12----12--7h9---9h7-----9h7---7-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fade Out
Tabbed by Shawn Tritz
If you have questions, comments, tips, please E-mail me at
sptritz@knology.net
