"Payphone" by M2M. From the album "The Big Room" (2002).
Tabbed by Medalion (medalionemissary@hotmail.com).
This is a piano song, you can barely hear the guitar in this song.
So I apologise if the guitar "riffs" don't sound
exactly like the song, because they are piano parts actually.
Intro/verse
(First is acapella singing the nah nah nah parts in Am7, Am7, A, A manner...)
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Piano riff for guitar 1: @
Am7 @
B--1- @
G-0-- (let them ring) @
@
Piano riff for guitar 1b: @
Am7 @
B-1- @
G--0 (let them ring) @
@
Piano riff for guitar 2: @
A @
B--2 @
G-2- (let them ring) @
@
Piano riff for guitar 2b: @
B-2- @
G--2 (let them ring) @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
(Then the piano and acoustic, and bass kicks in...)
Am7 *Piano riff for guitar 1*
Nah nah nah nah nah
Am7 *Piano riff for guitar 1b*
Nah nah nah nah nah
A *Piano riff for guitar 2*
Nah nah nah nah nah
A *Piano riff for guitar 2b*
Nah nah nah nah nah
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/m2m/payphone_tab.html ]
Am7 *riff 1* *riff 1b* A A Am7...
Just cry, you don't have to hide it from me, rely on me (rely on me)
Am7 Am7 *riff 2* *riff 2b* A
Just cry, (just cry) even if you don't know why, rely on me
Chorus:
G D A G D A
That's what you said but I don't know, I'm walking here so all alone
G D A G D
I wanna hear your voice right now, I'm looking for it all around
A G D A (then quickly back to Am7 A progression with the nah nah nah's)
I really need to find a paaaaay-phooooooooone...
Piano Solo tabbed for guitar (may not be 100% correct but is very close):
Am7 A Am7 A
e----|-5-5-5------------|----------|----|-5-5-5------------ (play notes softly, and let them ring!)
B--1-|-------5-3-5-3-2--|----------|-1--|-------5--3-5-3-2-
G-0--|----------------2-|--2-0-----|--0-|-----------------2
D----|------------------|--------2-|----|------------------
That's pretty much it.
Enjoy!
