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Tuning: D A D F# A D
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If Not For You - Shakey Graves ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This tab is in no way perfect or complete, but I couldn't find anything when I wanted to learn how to play this song so I decided I should share what I've got so far. I figured out the tuning and the chords by watching a live version. I tabbed the riffs based on what I heard in the recording and it sounds good when I play along, but I'm not 100% sure that they're right. Tuning: Open C# (Open D + half step down) The chords used are C# F and F# with some occasional variations C#|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------| G#|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------| F |-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------| C#|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------| G#|-----------------0--4(5)--5------------------------------------------------| C#|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------| [Intro] C#|--------------------4--4-3---------------------4p3----4-3------------------| G#|--------------4--5-----------------------4--5------5-----------------------| F |---------------------------0-------------0----------------0----------------| C#|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------| G#|---0---0-------------------------------------------------------------------| C#|-3---4---0--------------------0-3-4-0------------------------0-3-4-0-------| C#|-------4--4-3---------------------4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------| G#|-4--5-----------------------4--5------5-----5-----5-----5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------| F |-0------------0-------------0----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------| C#|-0--------------------------0--------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-------------------| G#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----2----4----| C#|-----------------0-3-4-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse] Strum/Pick through the chords C#(16x) F(12x) F#(4x) (you can play almost any notes as long as you hold the chords and it'll sound good) The following notes are played while strumming C# (listen to the recording to know when): C#|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| G#|-0--2--4--5---0--2--4--5-| |--------------------------------------------------| F |-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| C#|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| G#|-------------------------| |-0--2--4--5---0--2--4--5--------------------------| C#|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| On the last time through, play only the bass notes of the F and F# chords: C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C#|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----x-x-x-x--| G#|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----x-x-x-x--| C#|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--x-x-x-x--| [Chorus] Strum the C# chord with energy (not actually sure what chord is used here but C# works well enough for me. If anybody knows what chord it actually is please correct me) Same as in the verse, the following notes are played while strumming C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| F |-2-3-2-0-------------------------------------------------------------------| C#|---------0-----------------------------------------------------------------| G#|-----------------3--2------------------------------------------------------| C#|-----------------------3--0-3--0-3--0--------0-0-3-0-3-3-0-----------------| Using these notes, just play around with strumming, picking, and rhythm and it sounds decent. (Although nowhere near as good as Shakey) ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | x Mute note ************************************