The Changingman Chords & Tabs
THE CHANGINGMAN
As recorded by Paul Weller
(From the 1995 Album STANLEY ROAD)
Words and Music by Paul Weller and Brendan Lynch
C5 C5/Bb C5/A C5/Ab
x 3 5 5 x x 6 x 5 5 x x x 0 5 5 x x 4 3 5 5 x x
A5 Ab5 C Eb
x 0 2 2 x x 4 6 6 x x x x 3 2 0 1 0 x 6 8 8 8 x
F Ab Am Bb
1 3 3 2 1 1 4 6 6 5 4 4 5 7 7 5 5 5 x 1 3 3 3 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=112
C5 C5/Bb C5/A C5/Ab
4/4
Gtrs I, 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----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----|
C5 C5/Bb C5/A C5/Ab
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----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---|
Verse
C5 C5/Bb
Gtr II
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
||----0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-3-----3-----3---|-1-----1-----1---|
||------------------|-----------------|
C5/A C5/Ab
H. +E E H E Q E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E H +Q
|-------------------|---8--------------------|
|------1-----1------|-----8b8.5------(8)\----|
|----0-----0------0-|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-0------0------0---|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
C5 C5/Bb A5 Ab5
+H. +E E W W W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E Q. H
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------8------8-|----------------||
|-------1-----1------|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----8-11p8---|---11b13r=======||
|-----0-----0------0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0----------------|-----------8----||
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||
|--3------3------3---|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||
Pre-Chorus
$
C Eb F Ab
E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-6h8-6h8-6h8-6-5--||
|-8---8-x-8-8---8S=|=6---6-x-6-6---6S=|=5---5-x-5-5---5---|------------------||
Chorus
C5 C5/Bb C5/A C5/Ab
Gtrs I, 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----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---|
To Coda
C5 C5/Bb C5/A C5/Ab
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----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---|
1.
C5 C5/Bb C5/A C5/Ab
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 Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1----o||
|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0----0--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-----3-----3---|-1-----1-----1---|-0-----0-----0---|----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4-----4---------||
2.
C5 C5/Bb C5/A C5/Ab
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----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---||
Guitar Solo
C5 C5/Bb
Gtr I
E E E Q +E E E E S S E E +E Q.
|------8------------------|-------------------------------|
|-8h11---11b13r==(11)-8-8-|-------------------------------|
|---------------------8-8-|-10b12r(10)p8------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------10-8-(8)-10\-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------1-----------1------|---------------1--------1------|
|----0---------0--------0-|---------0----------0--------0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-------3-----------3---|--1--------------1---------1---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
C5/A
A E S S E E E E E E
|-----------------8-----8----|
|-----------------8-----8--8-|
|------------8----8----10-10-|
|------------8-10---10-------|
|-8s10-10-10-----------------|
|----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|
|------------1-------1-------|
|-------0---------0--------0-|
|----------------------------|
|----0----------0-------0----|
|----------------------------|
C5/Ab C5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--|
+Q E E +Q +E E A E E E S S S S E E S S S
|-----------x----------------|---------------------------------------|
|--(8)-----------------------|-------11-11-11h13-11p0-11-11-11h13p11-|
|-(10)b12-----8-(8)---(8)/-0-|-10s12---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------1-------1--------|-----------1-------------1-------------|
|---------0------0---------0-|--------0-----------0----------0-------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----3--------3-------------3----------|
|---4---------4--------4-----|---------------------------------------|
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C5/Bb
|-3--|
E E E E S S S E E E
|---------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11---------------------|
|-12----------12s10p8----8-10b12==|
|---------------------10----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|--------1-------------1----------|
|-----0--------0------------0-----|
|---------------------------------|
|--1--------1------------1--------|
|---------------------------------|
C5/A C5/Ab C
Gtr I
~~~~~~
+Q E E +Q E E S S E E S S E E E S S E E E E +Q. E
|---------8--------------|-------------------------||------------------|
|---------8--------------|-------------------------||------------------|
|-(10)r-----8-(8)--------|-------------------------||------------------|
|-------------------10-0-|-8----8-8----------------||------------------|
|----------------------0-|-8h10-----10s8-6---------||------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------8s3s8p0-||-8-8-8-8-(8)---8s=|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------|
|---------1-------1------|--------1--------1-------||------------------|
|-------0------0-------0-|------0--------0-----0---||------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------|
|---0-------0--------0---|-------------------------||------------------|
|------------------------|-4---------4-------4-----||------------------|
Am Bb C Am Ab C
E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-6-(6)---6s|=8-8-8-8-(8)---8s|=5-5-5-4-(4)---6s|=8-8-8-8-(8)---8s=|
D.S. al Coda
Am Bb C Am Ab
E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-6-(6)---6s|=8-8-8-8-(8)---8s|=5-5-5-4-(4)---6-||
&
C5 C5/Bb
Gtr I
E E E Q +E E E E S S E E +E Q.
|------8------------------|-------------------------------|
|-8h11---11b13r==(11)-8-8-|-------------------------------|
|---------------------8-8-|-10b12r(10)p8------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------10-8-(8)-10------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------1-----------1------|---------------1--------1------|
|----0---------0--------0-|---------0----------0--------0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-------3-----------3---|--1--------------1---------1---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
C5/A
A E A E E E E E E E
|------------------8----8----|
|-------------8----8----8----|
|-------------8----8----8-10-|
|-10s13\------8-10---10------|
|--------8s10----------------|
|----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|
|-------------1-------1------|
|-----------0------0-------0-|
|----------------------------|
|-----0----------0------0----|
|----------------------------|
C5/Ab C5 C5/Bb
Gtr II
W W W
| |
/ /
Gtr I
~
+Q E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------8-------------||-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
|-(10)b11---8-8-(8)-------||---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|
|---------------------3-3-||-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------1-1-||-3-----3-----3---|-1-----1-----1---|
|-------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E W W
|-------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------1-------1-----||-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0------0------0-||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|---4---------4-------4---||-----------------|-----------------|
C5/A C5/Ab C5/Bb C5
W H. Q W
| | | |
/ / / /
~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|------------------|------||
|-----1-----1-----|------1-----1-----|------||
|---0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-|------||
|-----------------|------------------|------||
|-0-----0-----0---|--------------1---|-3----||
|-----------------|-4------4---------|------||
Outro
C Am Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-3-|
E Q +E E E E E +Q. A E E E S S S E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---10pb11r==(10)-8-10-8----|----------------------------|
|------------------------10-|-(10)----------8-8----------|
|---------------------------|----------8s10-----10s8p6---|
|---------------------------|--------------------------8-|
C
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
|--3---|
E E +S S S E Q Q
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-6-8pb10==(8)r(8)-6---6---------|
|--------------------8-----8/----|
Am Ab Bb C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-3--|
E S S Q +E S S Q +E S S E E S S S E E E
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------8----8h10p8----8-10-|
|---------6---(6)------8---|-(8)-8h10---10--------10------|
|-/10-6s8---------8s10-----|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
Am Bb
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
A E E E S S +Q E S S
|----------11-----------------------|
|-------11----11h13-(13)\-----8h11--|
|-10s12-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
C Am Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~
|-3-|
S S S E +S S S E S S S S S S +E E S S S E E Q E
|-8----8-----------------------------------|--------------------------||
|---11---11b13r==(11)----------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------8h10-8----0------8-8-|-(8)-8--------------------||
|----------------------------10---8----8-8-|-(8)-8--------------------||
|---------------------------------8h10-----|-------10s8p6-8-6b7-------||
|------------------------------------------|--------------------8S==0-||
C5 C5/A C5/Bb C5
Gtrs I, 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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
||----0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3-----3-----3---|-0-----1-----1---|-3-----3-----3---|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
C5/A C5/Ab C5/A C5/Ab
~
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q +W
|------------------||-----------------|--------*|
|-----1-----1-----o||-----1-----------|--------*|
|---0-----0-----0--||---0-------------|--------*|
|------------------||-----------------|--------*|
|-0---------------o||-0---------------|--------*|
|-------4-----4----||-------4-(4)--4--|-(4)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
