Dont Know Why Chords & Tabs
This is a song by the Prodigal Sons a Dutch rock group
Lead Vocals,Guitar: Erwin Nyhoff (www.erwinnyhoff.nl , www.myspace.com/erwinnyhoff)
Lead Guitar: Marco Hovius
Bass Guitar: Arjan Pronk
Drums: Jeroen Hoberts
Album: In The Eye Of A Stranger (1995)
Intro
Gtr 1 (Erwin Nyhoff)
E-3--x-3--x-3--x--3----|
B-6--x-5--x-4--x--3----|
G-3--x-3--x-3--x--3----| This repeats itself through the whole verse
D-5--x-5--x-5--x--5----|
A-3--x-3--x-3--x--5----|
E-----------------3----|
Verse
Gtr 1 plays intro
Gtr 2 (Marco Hovius)
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3-3----------3-3------------3-3------------3-3-------| Repeat
G----------3-3-5~~------3-3-5~~--------3-3-5~~--------3-3-------| this
D-x/-5-3h5--------5-3h5----------5-3h5----------5-3h5-----5~~---| through
A-x/-0-0----------0-0------------0-0------------0-0-------------| verse
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
E-0-0--------------------------------|
B-1-1------------------------6-------| Play this part two times
G-2-2--0-2~---5~---7-7--5-7--5-7--7--|
D-2-2--0-2~---5~---7-7--5-7--5-7--7--|
A-0-0--------------5-5--5-5--5-5--5--|
E------------------------------------|
Chorus
Gtr 1 (Nyhoff)
E--------3------1--|
B-5------3------1--| Strum each chord the song is in 4/4 so 1 bar per chord.
G-5------0------2--|
D-5------0------3--|
A-3------2------3--|
E--------3------1--|
Gtr 2 (Hovius) as soon as you hit the F chord 2 times Hovius plays this
E-------------|
B-------------|
G--3-2--------| Play both the parts 4 Times (Hovius is with Nyhoff till
D------3------| the F chord then he plays the lick)
A--------3----|
E----------1--|
Guitar Solo (Hovius) Most of the parts may be wrong but you'll get the idea.
|-------------------| Not sure bout that part
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------3---5---3--------6-6-6b8~~-|
G-5b7r5p3-------5b7-rp5----------3---5---3---5b7~-----------|
D---------5-5~~---------5-5~~--5---5---5---5----------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/prodigal_sons/dont_know_why_tab.html ]
E-------------------------------------------|
B-6b8----------------------------3-3---6b8--|
G-----5b7-3~--5b7-3--------------3-3--------|
D-------------------5~~--------------5~-----|
A-----------------------3-------------------|
E--------------------------6--3-------------|
E-15-----15------15-------15--------15-----15---15---15-----15---15--|
B-13b15----13b15----13b15----13b15--13b15-(15)-(15)--13b15-(15)-(15)-|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-15-----15---15---13b15~~---------------------------------------------|
B-13b15-(15)-(15)------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------5b7~~-7b9~~-9b11~~-10b12~~-12b14~~-14b16~~-|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-15------15------15--------15-----------------------------------------|
G-17b19~~-17b19~~-17b19~~---17b19~~~~----------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge
Nyhoff plays the intro in clean tone while Hovius plays this one time(clean)
E------------------------s6-5~~-------------------------------|
B-4--3-4-4-3-3h4-3~~-------------6-6s8~~---3------------------|
G--------------------------------------------5b7rb7r5p3-------|
D--------------------------------------------------------5~~--|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
Then Hovius joins with Nyhoff
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Ending
E-1-1-1----------|
B-1-1-1----------| Played a few times with downstrokes and seperately
G-2-2-2----------| (let each chord ring). Then they both play the intro
D-3-3-3----------| real slow and the final chord is the Gm
A-3-3-3----------|
E-1-1-1----------|
Good Luck with it
(if you want any tips how to play the song mail me or add me on msn at randy_rhoads_30@hotmail.com)
www.erwinnyhoff.nl (Founder Prodigal Sons look for the In The Eye Of A Stranger album at Discography)