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As recorded by The Jam
(From the 1980 Album SOUND AFFECTS)
Words by Paul Weller
Transcribed by Travis (twistoftrav)
Bm C Dsus4 D
x 2 4 4 3 2 x 3 5 5 5 3 x x 0 2 3 3 x x 0 2 3 2
G7 DVII D7
x x x 12 12 13 x x x 7 7 10 x x x 7 7 8
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Weller (clean)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Weller (acoustic)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Weller (lead)'
Intro
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
Verse
Bm C Bm D
W W W W
|-----------|-^-8--------|-----------|-^10----|
|-^7--------|-^-8--------|-^7--------|-^10----|
|-^7--------|-^-9--------|-^7--------|-^11----|
|-^9--------|-^10--------|-^9--------|-^12----|
|-^9--------|------------|-^9--------|--------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|--------|
Bm C Bm E E
W W W Q H E E Q H E E
|-----------|-^-8--------|-----------|----12----12---|----12----12---||
|-^7--------|-^-8--------|-^7--------|-----9-----9---|-----9-----9---||
|-^7--------|-^-9--------|-^7--------|-----9-----9---|-----9-----9---||
|-^9--------|-^10--------|-^9--------|---------------|---------------||
|-^9--------|------------|-^9--------|---------------|---------------||
|-----------|------------|-----------|---------------|---------------||
Chorus
Am D Am D
H. E E H. E E H. E E H. E E
|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|
|-^5-------5---|-^3-------3---|-^5-------5---|-^3-------3---|
|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|
|-^7-------7---|-^0-------0---|-^7-------7---|-^0-------0---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G7 G7 DVII DVII
Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E
|----13----13---|----13----13---|----10----10---|----10----10---||
|----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---||
|----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Verse
Bm C Bm D
Gtrs I, II
W W W W
|-----------|-!-8--------|-----------|-!10----|
|-!7--------|-!-8--------|-!7--------|-!10----|
|-!7--------|-!-9--------|-!7--------|-!11----|
|-!9--------|-!10--------|-!9--------|-!12----|
|-!9--------|------------|-!9--------|--------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|--------|
Bm C Bm E
Gtr I
W W W Q H E E Q H E E
|-----------|-!-8--------|-----------|----12----12---|----12----12---||
|-!7--------|-!-8--------|-!7--------|-----9-----9---|-----9-----9---||
|-!7--------|-!-9--------|-!7--------|-----9-----9---|-----9-----9---||
|-!9--------|-!10--------|-!9--------|---------------|---------------||
|-!9--------|------------|-!9--------|---------------|---------------||
|-----------|------------|-----------|---------------|---------------||
Chorus
Am D Am D
H. E E H. E E H. E E H. E E
|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|
|-^5-------5---|-^3-------3---|-^5-------5---|-^3-------3---|
|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|
|-^7-------7---|-^0-------0---|-^7-------7---|-^0-------0---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G7 G7 DVII DVII
Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E
|----13----13---|----13----13---|----10----10---|----10----10---|
|----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---|
|----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Interlude
1.
Bm C Bm C
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------2-------2---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3-----||
||o-------3-------3-|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|-------5-------5--o||
||----4-------4-----|---5-------5-----|---4-------4-----|---5-------5-------||
||--4-------4-------|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------|-5-------5---------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2.
Dsus4 D
W H H
| |
/ /
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E E E E E E E E H H
|-----3-------3---|-^2------------------||
|-------3-------3-|-^3------------------||
|---2-------2-----|-^2------------------||
|-0-------0-------|-^0------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W H E Q.
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------13pb14.5r===||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
"Guitar Solo"
G7 G7
Gtr I
Q H E E Q H E E
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtr III
~~
S S E E E Q. E E E Q H
|----------------------|------------------|
|-11h13p11-0-----------|------------------|
|----------0---------x-|-12-11-10--0------|
|--------------------x-|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
G7 G7
Q H E E Q H E E
| | | |
/ / / /
\0.75
~~
E S S S E S +E +E E. S S S S H +S Q
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------0----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------0----------|
|------------10-11b12.5r(11)b12.5r(11)-12b13---10-|-9-10-9-10---(10)-0----------|
|---12p10-12--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
DVII DVII D7DVII
Q H E E Q Q. E E E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
\0.5
~~~ ~~ ~~~~
E E Q. +E E E +H Q Q
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------15----|-----------------------||
|-13b14-10---------------14-|-(14)------12---0------||
|----------12----(12)-------|----------------0------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
Interlude
1.
Bm C Bm C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------2-------2---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3-----||
||o-------3-------3-|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|-------5-------5--o||
||----4-------4-----|---5-------5-----|---4-------4-----|---5-------5-------||
||--4-------4-------|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------|-5-------5---------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
2.
Dsus4 D
E E E E E E E E W
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E W
|-----3-------3---|-^2----||
|-------3-------3-|-^3----||
|---2-------2-----|-^2----||
|-0-------0-------|-^0----||
|-----------------|-------||
|-----------------|-------||
Out-Chorus
G7 G7 DVII D7DVII DVII
Gtr I
Q H E E Q H E E Q Q. E E E Q H E E
||-----13----13---|----13----13---|----10----8-10---|----10----10----|
||o----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7----7--7---|-----7-----7----|
||-----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7----7--7---|-----7-----7----|
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
G7 G6 G7 G7 G6 G7 DVII DVII
Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q H E E Q H E E 3x
|----13-------12--13---|----13----12-13---|----10----10---|----10----10----||
|----12-------12--12---|----12----12-12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---o||
|----12-------12--12---|----12----12-12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7----||
|----------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------o||
|----------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------||
W W
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
