Paul Weller - The Changingman Chords & Tabs

Artist: Paul Weller
Song: The Changingman
Tunning: standard
Tabbed By: INDIE NATION


main riff

  C                 /Bb               /A               /Ab
------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
------1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|------1----1----|
----0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|----0----0-----0|
------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
--3-----3-----3---|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|----------------|
------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--4----4-----4--|

      C               Bb
Is happiness real

Bb           Am7       Ab
Or am I so jaded          I can't

C              Bb              Am7          Ab
see or feel    like a man been tainted

C                      Eb
Numbed by the effect  aware of the muse  too in-

F                   Ab             Bb      (Riff A)
touch with myself I light the fuse I'm the changing man
/B                 /A             /Ab      Bb
    oh I'm built on shifting sand      yeah  I'm the
C           /Bb               /A                  Ab
changing man  ooh  I'm waiting for the bang  as I light a bitter fuse

main riff

Verse 2

(Rhythm over guitar solo)
C   |   Bb  |   Am7  |  Ab  Bb |


            PM.........................etc...
Ab    Bb    C                Am    Bb
       Its a bigger part           when our in stincts act

C          Am  Ab  Bb C
                 oh a shot in the dark

Am    Bb          C          Am Ab
    a movement in black


Use above rhythms for rest of song.

End riff -  Note 4/\ = bend up then release
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/paul_weller/the_changingman_tab.html ]
C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  Am Am Am Ab
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----------------------------------------|
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------------------------7--7--7--6------|
------------------------7--7--7--6------|
------------------------5--5--5--4/\----|

Guitar Solo

Whether you can understand this solo or not, you
should be able to get an idea of how the solo goes,
and half way play it yerself.

/ or \ = Slide
B = Bend
R = Release
H = Hamer On

 C5                               C5/Bb
e---h11--8---------------------------------------------|
B-8-h11-----11-b13-13r-11---8--8-----------------------|
G---------------------------8--8--10-b12r--10-8--------|
D---------------------------------------------10--8--8-|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|


             C5/A                            C5/Ab
e------------------------------8-------8--------------|
B------------------------------8---8---8--8--8--------|
G-----------------------8----------x------10-10--b12--|
D-10--10-\1-------------8--10------10-----------------|
A------------/10--10-10-------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|


                     C5
e-8---------------------------11----------------12----|
B-x-----------------------11--11--11-13-11-0-11-11-11-|
G-8--8--8-\2-/12--0--/12------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

            C5/Bb                               C5/A
e---------------12------------------------------------|
B-11-13-11--11--11--11--11----------------------------|
G-----------12--------------12-\10-8-----8--10-b12----|
D------------------------------------10---------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|

                 C5/Ab
e-8---------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G----8--8---------------------------------------------|
D----------10-----8----8--8---------------------------|
A--------------0--8-10-------10--\8-6-----------------|