Candlebox
"You"
From the album "Candlebox"
Tab by Joe Costello (jcostello86@gmail.com)
Since this song was released as a single about 15 years ago, and there's been no complete
version of the song for about that long, I'm finally getting unlazy and tabbing it.
Complete, with the solo. Yay. Now that I'm done ranting, here's the tab of one of the
greatest songs ever.
Standard tuning: (E A D G B E)
Symbols used:
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h = hammer-on
p = pull off
17b(19) = bend 17th fret to the pitch of the 19th
v = vibrato
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
2* = let note ring
Intro:
(Clean tone, fade in)
*Lightly palm-mute the notes on the G string
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------2--3--|
G|--2h4--4--4--2--4--|--2h4--4--4--2--4--|--2h4--4--4--2--4--|--2h4--4--4--------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Riff 1:
(Band enters here)
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------2--3--|
G|--2h4--4--4--2--4--|--2h4--4--4--2--4--|--2h4--4--4--2--4--|--2h4--4--4--------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------2--3--|-------------2--3--|-2-3-5-7-5-3-2-3-2---2-3--|
G|--2h4--4--4--------|--2h4--4--4--------|-------------------4------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
Verse:
(7x) (4x) (3x)
e|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
B|--------------------||-------------2--3--|------------5-3-2--|-------------2--3--|-2-----|
G|--2h4--4--4--2--4--*||--2h4--4--4-------*|--2h4--4--4--------|--2h4--4--4-------*|---4v--|
D|-------------------*||------------------*|-------------------|------------------*|-------|
A|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
E|--------------------||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------|
Chorus:
(with distortion)
(4x)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------*|
D|---5-5--5---7-7--7---7/9-9--9--7/9--9--*|
A|---5-5--5---7-7--7---7/9-9--9--7/9--9---|
E|---3-3--3---5-5--5---5/7-7--7--5/7--7---|
Then repeat Riff 1, and the verse
Play the chorus 8x
3rd Verse:
(clean tone, with delay or chorus)
e|--2------|--2------|--2------|--2*------|
B|--3------|--3------|--3------|----3*----|
G|--4------|--4------|--4------|------4*--|
D|---------|---------|---------|----------|
A|---------|---------|---------|----------|
E|---------|---------|---------|----------|
-This repeats a lot of times, listen to the song to get the pattern.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/candlebox/you_tab_ver_3.html ]
Bridge:
(with distortion) (2x)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------7---------------*|
D|---9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7-7--9--9--9--9-*|
A|---9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--5-7--9--9--9--9--|
E|---7--7--7--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5----5--7--7--7--7--|
Solo:
(with wah)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------12b(14)--------12b(14)-12b(14)-12b(14)-12v--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9b(11)---9b(11)---9b(11)----9b(11)-9v-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------7h10p7--------7h10p7------------------------------------------------|
G|---9b(11)-----------9b(11)--------9b(11)-9-7--------7---7-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------9v-------9---9--7--------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------9-8-7\5--7p5-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------7v----|
(with distortion)
e|--------------16-------16-17-19b(21)------19b(21)----19b(21)--19b(21)--19b(21)v---|
B|---17b(19)-------17-19------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---19b(21)h---19b(21)---19b(21)-----19v\--------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Rythym Guitar: (During solo)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---------------7---------------------|
D|---7/9--9--9---7-7--7--7/9--9--9--9--|
A|---7/9--9--9---5-7--7--7/9--9--9--9--|
E|---5/7--7--7-----5--5--5/7--7--7--7--|
Final chorus:
Rythym Guitar: Play chorus riff
Lead Guitar:
(7x)
e|-------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------|---------------------|
G|---7-9--6-7-------*|---7-9--6-7--6-7-6v--|
D|-------------7-9--*|---------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
Then play the bridge
Rythym: Resume chorus riff
Lead:
(11x)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|---7-9--6-7-------*|
D|-------------7-9--*|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
-There are some variations here, I'm not sure about them. Improvise.
Ending:
e|--------------------------------10-------------------------|
B|------------------7----10----------10-10--10/12v--12\------|
G|---6----7----9---------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
"And I'll tell you now..."
And that's it. If there's any comments, questions, or corrections e-mail me.
Otherwise, thanks for reading the tab, and please rate it.
-Joe.
