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Half the Man by Jamiroquai Superb mellow song. I'm surprised it wasn't tabbed before, despite a brilliant tab solo done by Maitinin and included in this version. [Intro] This is played virtually throughout. This is a keyboard originally, but if you use an effect like a defretter or organ (EHX B9, C9 or KEY9 anyone?), with some type of stereo rotary effect or tremolo you can get close to the sound on the record. Another way I do it is just turn on my wah, heel it to make it mellow, then add some phase 90 around 10o'clock. "Keyboard 1" D7 G6 G7 Bb6(b5) A7 e|---5-----------5---3----------------------------------------------------| B|-------7-----------3-------6-------------5------------------------------| G|---5---5-------4---------------7-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------------------5---5---------5---5--------------------------|x3 A|---5--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------3-----------6-------------5------------------------------| Ha a a ah - ha Every bird will sing the melody of our lo-ho ve tune. "Keyboard 1" Tiny variation on 3rd one on the D7 D6 D7 G6 G7 Bb6(b5) A7 e|---7---5-------5---3----------------------------------------------------| B|---5---7-----------3-------6-------------5------------------------------| G|-------5-------4---------------7-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------------------5---5---------5---5--------------------------|x1 A|---5--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------3-----------6-------------5------------------------------| "Keyboard 2" Same keyboard sound by played with more auto-wah or phaser effect over the chords above for the last 2 repeats e|-----------------7------------------------------------------------------| B|---10---7-----10--10p8-------7-8-10-8p7------7-8-7----------------------| G|---------------------------9-------------7-9-------7---9----------------|x2 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse] "Keyboard 1" Part 1 D7 G6 G7 Bb6(b5) A7 e|---5-----------5---3-----------------------------------------------------| B|-------7-----------3-------6--------------5------------------------------| G|---5---5-------4---------------7--------------6--------------------------| D|---------------------------5---5----------5---5--------------------------|x4 A|---5---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------3-----------6--------------5------------------------------| " Yesterday I was Half the man I used to be Oh, maybe that's because You're the other half of me Like the spring in bloom The summer of our love is soon Every bird will sing The melody of our love tune" Part 2 Whereas the Bass in Part 1 is D G Bb A; in part 2 it's A D (low) G A, however the singing melody is the same which is a little confusing. I guess you can play the previous chords or you can play the below "Keyboard 1" Am7 G7(Dbass) Gm7 A7 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7---5-------5--3------------3---------5------------------------------| G|---5---5-------4--4--------3---3-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------3--3--------3-------------5---5--------------------------|x4 A|---------------5--------------------------------------------------------| E|---5-----------------------3-------------5------------------------------| "Wah Guitar" with a "D5" chord with wah pedal over it (with some rythm variations) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---x-15-15-----x-15-15-----x-15-15-------15-x-15---------------------------| G|---x-14-14-----x-14-14-----x-14-14-------14-x-14---------------------------| D|---x-12-12-----x-12-12-----x-12-12-------12-x-12---------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Sent down from above Unconditionally love Likened to a flower Stronger love grows by the hour Stormy weather days Make us go our separate ways Where our love was so Now you got me on my knees " at ease down Part 3 D7 G6 G7 Bb6(b5) A7 e|---5-----------5---3----------------------------------------------------| B|-------7-----------3-------6-------------5------------------------------| G|---5---5-------4---------------7-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------------------5---5---------5---5--------------------------|x4 A|---5--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------3-----------6-------------5------------------------------| with "Keyboard 2" e|-----------------7------------------------------------------------------| B|---10---7-----10--10p8-------7-8-10-8p7------7-8-7----------------------| G|---------------------------9-------------7-9-------7---9----------------|x4 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Yesterday I was Brighter than the morning sun Now my love is lost And lonely days have just begun A solitary chair For a silent love affair A king lost his throne And now he sits alone. " [Solo] This is nicked from Maitinin's tab. It's absolutely on the button. I've added it here for completion, but check his website and his tab for the original. Brilliant transposition. HOWEVER, that's the solo in the official video. The solo in the actual song on the record is 2 bars longer! "Accoustic guitar" G/A Dmaj7 G7(13) A7(13) e|-9/10-||-----7 --7 --7 --|-4/5 --5-----------|-----------------|-----------------10-| B|------||---8-8 --8 --8 --|-6/7 --7-7---6---5-|---5---5-3 --3 --|-6/7---7-5---5----8-| G|------||---7-7 --7 --7 --|-5/6 --6-6---5---4-|---4---4-4 --4 --|-5/6---6-6---6----7-| D|------||---------7 ------|---------7---4---3-|---3---3-3 --3 --|-4/5---5-5---5----7-| A|------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| E|------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| G/A Dmaj7 G7(13) A11 e|---10--10-10 7-7-4/5-|-5 -5 -----------|------------------|-------------------| B|----8--8- 8 -8-8-6/7-|-7 -7 -6---6---5-|(5)---3-----5-----|-3---3-3-----------| G|----7--7- 7 7-7-5/6-|-6 -6 -5---5---4-|(4)---4-----4-----|-4---4-4-----------| D|----7--7- -------6/7-|-7 -7 -4---4---3-|(3)---3-----3-----|-5---5-5-----------| A|---------------------|-----------------|----------------0-|(0)----------------| E|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------| **end solo here for music video version** G/A Dmaj7 G7(13) A11 e|---10p7 --10-7 --8/9-|-9--9--9 -9---|-10p7-7-7---10-7-10|---10-7-10-----13/14---| B|----8-8 --8 -8 --6/7-|-7 -7 -7--7---|-8----8-8---8--8-8-|---8--8-8------11/12---| G|----7-- --7 -7 --6/7-|-7 -7 -7--7---|-7----7-7---7------|---7-----------11/12---| D|----7-- ---------6/7-|-7 -7 -7--7---|-7-----------------|-----------------------| A|---------------------|--------------|-------------------|-----------------------| E|---------------------|--------------|-------------------|-----------------------| e|-13/14--13/14--12--12-|-11/12-12--10--10-|--12-12-12--10--10---|--10-7-10--12\-| B|-11/12--11/12--12--12-|-11/12-12--12--12-|--10-10-10--10--10---|--8--8-8---12\-| G|-11/12--11/12--12--12-|-9-/10-10--10--10-|--10-10-10--10--10---|--7--7-7---12\-| D|----------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------| A|----------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------| E|----------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------------| [Bridge] "Keyboard 1" D7 G6 G7 Bb6(b5) A7 e|---5-----------5---3----------------------------------------------------| B|-------7-----------3-------6-------------5------------------------------| G|---5---5-------4---------------7-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------------------5---5---------5---5--------------------------|x2 A|---5--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------3-----------6-------------5------------------------------| "Keyboard 2" e|-----------------7------------------------------------------------------| B|---10---7-----10--10p8-------7-8-10-8p7------7-8-7----------------------| G|---------------------------9-------------7-9-------7---9----------------|x2 D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Key change up to E (move everything up 2 frets) E6 E7 A6 A7 C6(b5) B7 e|---7---5-------5---3----------------------------------------------------| B|---5---7-----------3-------6-------------5------------------------------| G|-------5-------4---------------7-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------------------5---5---------5---5--------------------------|x4 A|---5--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------3-----------6-------------5------------------------------| "oh now every bird will sing... "Every bird will sing sing the melody of our love tune Oh Every bird, every bird, every bird will sing the melody of our Love tune hey I'm going to tell you about" Over the last chord there's an organ playing a constant E5 over the riff below: E6 E7 A6 A7 C6(b5) B7 e|---7---5-------5---3----------------------------------------------------| B|---5---7-----------3-------6-------------5------------------------------| G|-------5-------4---------------7-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------------------5---5---------5---5--------------------------|x4 A|---5--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------3-----------6-------------5------------------------------| " Yesterday I was Half the man I used to be Oh, maybe that's because You're the other half of me Like the spring in bloom The summer of our love is soon Every bird will sing The melody of our love tune" It's hard to play the organ part unless you have a polyphonic organ simulator here but it goes something like this: e|--12--------12----------12------16--14----------------------------| B|--12--------12----------12------16--14----------------------------| G|--9---------9-----------9-----------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------|x4 A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| or an octave below e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------9---7------------------------------| G|---9---------9-----------9-----8---6------------------------------| D|---9---------9-----------9----------------------------------------|x4 A|---7---------7-----------7----------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| [Outro] Mellows back to D D7 G6 G7 Bb6(b5) A7 e|---5-----------5---3----------------------------------------------------| B|-------7-----------3-------6-------------5------------------------------| G|---5---5-------4---------------7-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------------------5---5---------5---5--------------------------|x2 A|---5--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------3-----------6-------------5------------------------------| "Keyboard 1" Am7 G7(Dbass) Gm7 A7 e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---7---5-------5--3------------3---------5------------------------------| G|---5---5-------4--4--------3---3-------------6--------------------------| D|---------------3--3--------3-------------5---5--------------------------|x4 A|---------------5--------------------------------------------------------| E|---5-----------------------3-------------5------------------------------| "Wah Guitar" with a "D5" chord this time with a slide lower (no wah?) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----15\-------15\---------15\-----------15\-------------------------------| G|-----14\-------14\---------14\-----------14\-------------------------------| D|-----12\-------12\---------12\-----------12\-------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| " Yesterday I was Half the man I used to be Oh, maybe that's because You're the other half of me Like the spring in bloom The summer of our love is soon Every bird will sing The melody of our love tune" Every biiiiii hard ooo hoo Willsingdamelody of our lo-hove tune. Fade out. ************************************ | p Pull-off | x Dead note | / Slide up | (n) Ghost note | \ Slide down ************************************