Rihanna - Unfaithful
Arranged for guitar by Matthew Nace
I have yet to find a satisfactory version of this song (most are highly inaccurate,
kudos to Garymow1, whose tab is the most accurate I have found, it saved me a good
deal of time in lifting the song from the recording).
Key: Cm
Tempo: ---- = 144
Capol 3 (all notes and chords relative to capol)
Into (x1), Verses (x2), and Outro (play through, then end on Am)
Am(add9) Bø7/A Am(add9) Bø7/A
e=g -------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B=D -T-------0---1---3-|(3)--1-0---1---0-|-------0---1---3-|(3)--1-0---1-----|
4 G=Bb-A-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----2-----------|
4 D=F -B---2---------2---|---3---------3---|---2---------2---|---3---------3---|
A=C ---0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
E=G -------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F F6 Fmaj7 E7sus
piv.CI____
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-------0---1---3-|(3)--1-0---1-----|-------0---1---1-|(1)--0-----------|
-----2-----------|-----2---------2-|(2)--2-----------|---------2---1---|
-----------------|---0---------0---|---2---------2---|-2---0-----------|
---3---------3---|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---3---2---|
-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------|
Pre-chorus and Bridge
F G Am G Csus
CIII____________
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3-1p0-----|
-------0-----1---|-0-----1-----3---|-------3-----5---|-3-----------3-1-|
-2---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3---|-----2---3-------|
-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-5-------5-------|-3-----------0---|
F G Fadd9 N.C.
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-------0-----1---|-0-----1-----3-1-|(1)--------------|---------1p0-----|
-2---------------|-----------------|-----0h2---------|-------------2-0-|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2---------|
-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|---3-------------|-----------------|
-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-1---------------|-----------------|
Chorus (and Interlude: first six measures then hold first beat of seventh measure
for two measures)
Am F Dm G
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-0-------1p0-----|
-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-------0-----2-0-|
-----------------|-----------------|-----3-------3---|-----------------|
-----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|-5-------5-------|-----2-----------|
-5-------5-------|-1-------1-------|-----------------|-3---------------|
Am F G Dm
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|r1.------1p0-----|
-------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-0-----1-----3---|-------------3-1-|
-2---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|r2.----2---------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|r0.--------------|
-----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|
-5-------5-------|-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|
Am F Dm G
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-------0-----1---|-0-------1p0-----|
-2---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-------0-----2-0-|
-----------------|-----------------|-----3-------3---|-----------------|
-----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|-5-------5-------|-----2-----------|
-5-------5-------|-1-------1-------|-----------------|-3---------------|
F G
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|---------1p0-----|-----------------|---------1p0-----|
-2---------------|(2)----2-----2-0-|-----------------|-------0-----2-0-|
-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|(0)--------------|
-3---------------|(3)--------------|-2---------------|(2)--------------|
-1---------------|(1)--------------|-3---------------|(3)--------------|
The Song:
Intro
Cm Dø7/C Cm Dø7/C Ab Ab6 Abmaj7 G7sus
Verse 1
Cm Dø7/C Cm Dø7/C
Story of my life, searching for the right, but it keeps avoiding me.
Ab Ab6 Abmaj7 G7sus
Sorrow in my soul because it seems like one really loves my company.
Cm Dø7/C Cm Dø7/C
He's more than a man and this is more than love, the reason that the sky is blue.
Ab Ab6 Abmaj7 G7sus
The clouds are rolling in because I'm gone again, and to him I just can't be true.
Pre-Chorus
Ab Bb Cm Bb
And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful, and it kills him inside
Ebsus Ab Bb Ab(add9) N.C.
To know that I am happy with some other guy; I can see him dying.
Chorus
Cm Ab Fm Bb Cm
I don't wanna do this anymore, I don't wanna be the reason why;
Ab Bb Fm Cm
Everytime I walk out the door I see him die a little more inside.
Ab Fm Bb Ab
I don't wanna hurt him anymore, I don't wanna take away his life:
Bb
I don't wanna be a murderer.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rihanna/unfaithful_tab_ver_5.html ]
Verse 2
Cm Dø7/C Cm Dø7/C
I feel it in the air as I'm doing my hair, preparing for another date.
Ab Ab6 Abmaj7 G7sus
A kiss upon my cheek as he reluctantly asks if I'm gonna be out late.
Cm Dø7/C Cm Dø7/C
I say I won't be long, just hanging with the girls; a lie I didn't have to tell.
Ab Ab6 Abmaj7 G7sus
Because we both know where I'm about to go, and we know it very well.
Pre-Chorus
Ab Bb Cm Bb
'Cause I know that he knows I'm unfaithful, and it kills him inside
Ebsus Ab Bb Ab(add9) N.C.
To know that I am happy with some other guy; I can see him dying.
Chorus
Cm Ab Fm Bb Cm
I don't wanna do this anymore, I don't wanna be the reason why;
Ab Bb Fm Cm
Everytime I walk out the door I see him die a little more inside.
Ab Fm Bb Ab
I don't wanna hurt him anymore, I don't wanna take away his life:
Bb
I don't wanna be a murderer.
Bridge
Ab Bb Cm Bb Eb
Our love, his trust, I might as well just take a gun and
Ab Bb Ab
Put it too his head; get it over with. I don't wanna do this
Interlude
Cm Dø7/C Cm Dø7/C Ab Ab6 Abmaj7 G7sus
Anymore, oh, anymore.
Chorus
Cm Ab Fm Bb Cm
I don't wanna do this anymore, I don't wanna be the reason why;
Ab Bb Fm Cm
Everytime I walk out the door I see him die a little more inside.
Ab Fm Bb Ab
I don't wanna hurt him anymore, I don't wanna take away his life:
Bb
I don't wanna be a murderer.
Outro
Cm Dø7/C Cm Dø7/C Ab Ab6 Abmaj7 G7sus Cm
A murderer.
The following chord shapes are standard shapes that can be used to play these chords
without the tab (chords makred * are barre chords or partial barre chords):
Capol 3 Open
G C F Bb D G E A D G B E
Am: - 0 2 2 1 0 *Cm: - 3 5 5 4 3
Am(add9): - 0 2 2 0 0 *Cm(add9): - 3 5 5 3 3
Bø7/A: - 0 0 2 0 1 *Dø7/C: - 3 X 1 3 1
C: - 3 2 0 1 0 *Eb: - 6 5 3 4 3
Csus: - 3 2 0 3 1 Ebsus: - - 1 3 4 4
Dm: - - 0 2 3 1 *Fm: 1 3 3 1 1 1
E7: 0 2 2 1 3 0 G7: 3 2 0 0 0 1
E7sus: 0 2 2 2 1 0 *G7sus: 3 X 0 2 1 1
*F: 1 3 3 2 1 1 *Ab: 4 6 6 5 4 4
*F6: 1 3 X 2 3 1 *Ab6: 4 6 X 5 6 4
Fmaj7: - - 3 2 1 0 Abmaj7: - - 6 5 4 3
F(add9): - - 3 2 1 3 Ab(add9): - - 6 5 4 6
G: 3 2 0 0 0 3 *Bb: 6 8 8 7 6 6
A NOTE ABOUT SUSPENDED CHORDS: First, the theory (skip this if you wish):
Suspended chords are perhaps the most poorly understood chords in the modern repertoire.
This is because a suspension is not technically a chord, but rather a melodic ornament;
we, as guitarists, only refer to them as chords for the sake of simplicity. Technically,
a suspension is a note found in a previous chord that is "suspended" or "sustained" (the
other name for these types of chords), that is, held over onto the next chord, even though
these notes are not part of the following chord, and eventually moving that note to the
nearest note in the chord.
For example, a D note found in a G chord held over into a C chord, even though the D note
is not normally found in the C chord, is called a 2-1 suspension (or a 9-8 suspension),
and so the C chord becomes a Csus2 (or Csus9). Typically, the note carried into a new
chord is the fourth note above the name of the chord (top and bottom inclusive), which
is called a 4-3 suspension, or a "sus4" chord. Because this is the most common type of
suspension, chords listed just as "sus" are often interpreted to mean "sus4". However,
there are many types of suspensions, because many notes can be carried over to the
following chords. A better definition of a suspended chord is to play all or part of the
seventh chord one whole step (two frets) below the root (i.e. the name) of the chord, while
also playing the root of the chord and any other notes in the chord that do not clash.
It is often said that in a "sus4" chord, the 4 note replaces the 3 note found in the
typical chord (for example, in a Csus4, the F note would replace the E note normally
found in a C chord). In fact, this is only partly true: the 4 note should replace the
closest 3 note to it, but not neccesarily all 3 notes (i.e., there are two E notes
normally found in the typical C major shape, the F should replace the nearest E, but
may or may not replace the other E, at the musician's discretion). Eventually, the 4 note
will descend to become the 3 note (the F will drop to become the E that it has replaced).
This is called resolution, and traditionally almost always goes down, though in some
cases (paticularly "sus2" chords), it is becoming more common to resolve upwards.
The Csus (Ebsus) used here is actually a "sus4/2", and the E7sus (G7sus) is actually
a "sus4/b6" (though in the root position chords, the Ebsus provided is only a "sus4",
since Ebsus4/2 is a very difficult chord).
THE POINT: Suspensions are melodic figures, and they need to resolve. That means that
when a "sus" chord is indicated for a given duration, the "sus" chord should be played only
for part of that duration (typically half), then the regular chord with the same root
should be played to finish the measure, before moving on. This chord change may not be
indicated (as in the case here), but is almost always preferable to staying on the "sus".
