Sometimes Always Chords & Tabs
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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:05:54 EST
From: Brian F Mojica
Sometimes Always
from the album "Stoned and Dethroned"
tabbed by Brian Mojica
lyrics courtesy of Brian Mojica
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = vibrato
^ = bend (half-, full-, two-steps etc. specified)
rb=release bend
capo IV
A D
A D
I gave you all I had
A D
I gave you good and bad
A D
I gave but you just threw it back
A D
I won^?t get on my knees
A D
Don^?t make me do that please
A D A D
I^?ve been away but now I^?m back
A D
Don^?t be too sure of that
A D
What makes you sure of that?
A D A D
You went away and can^?t come back
A D
I walked away from you
A D
I hurt you through and through
A D A D
Oh, honey, give me one more chance
solo 1
A D A
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-(2)h4---2---2-------------|-------------------|-------2---2-------------|
|-----------------2^f-2rb---|-------2^f-2rb-----|-2h4-----------2^f-2rb---|
|-------------------------5-|-2---2---------5-2-|-----------------------5-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jesus_and_mary_chain/sometimes_always_tab_ver_2.html ]
D A D A
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---2-----2---2-|
|-------2^h-2rb-----|-2^f-2rb-------2---2-|-2^f-2rb-------2---2-|-4-----4-------|
|-2---2---------5-2-|---------5-2-5---5---|---------5-2-5---5---|---------------|
D A (oh, you^?re a lucky son...)
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---2---4-4^f-4rb-2---|-2-------------|
|-4-----------------4-|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
A D
Oh, you^?re a lucky son
A D
Lucky son of a gun
A D
You went away
A D
You went away
A D D G
You went away but now you^?re back
solo 2
A D A
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)h4---2---2-------------|-------------------|-----2---2-----------|
|-----------------2^f-2rb---|-------2^f-2rb---2-|-4---------2^f-2rb---|
|-------------------------5-|-2---2---------5---|-------------------5-|
D A D A
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------4-|-4^f-4rb-2---2-4-2-4-|-4^f-4rb-2---2-4-2---|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------4---------|-----------4---------|---2-----2---2-4-|
|-------2^f-2rb-----|---------------------|-------------------2-|-4-----4---------|
|-2---2---------5---|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D A (I got down...)
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2---4^f-4rb-2---|-2-----------------|
|---------------4-|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
A D
I got down on my knees
A D
And then I begged you please
A D A
I always knew you^?d take me back