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From: jck7u@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (J. Charles T. Kelly) Subject: CRD: SRV's "Life Without You" "Life Without You" by Stevie Ray Vaughan from his album "Soul to Soul" by J.C.T. Kelly jck7u@virginia.edu PRELIMINARY NOTES: SRV tuned down one half-step, so his E, A, D, G, B and E strings were at Eb, Ab, Gb, Gb, Db, and Eb, respectively. The chords listed here take this into account... that is, you must lower them all by one half-step or tune your guitar down by a half-step in order to duplicate the pitches on his recording. STYLISTIC NOTES: This song, more than any other (I think), shows the influence that Jimi Hendrix had on SRV. So, before you play this song, I recommend that you do a little outside listening, specifically a lot of Hendrix, preferably "Little Wing" and "Bold as Love" in order to get the feel of this tune. You might also try listening to SRV's cut of "Little Wing." It would be possible for me to tab out all of the little intricacies of the tune, but there's nothing *special* in it... that is, these little licks are all over Stevie Ray's and Jimi's tunes. [Note: For a more contemporary example of these licks in action, listen to Pearl Jam's "Yellow Leadbetter" (sp')]. Anyway, here's my transcription of the tune (Please forgive any lyric mistakes I have made). Enjoy! (April '95) TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: Since there are three distinctive voicings of the E chord used in this song, I've listed all three of them and identified them separately as E1, E2 and E3. These names have no meaning outside of this transcription: these chords are all E major chords, but for this, they should be played in the voicings I indicate. (Chords are listed in order of appearance): String _____ Chord\ 6 5 4 3 2 1 | E1: x x x 4 5 4 A: 5 7 7 6 5 5 G#m: 4 6 6 4 4 4 F#m: 2 4 4 2 2 2 B: 7 9 9 8 7 7 C: 8 10 10 9 8 8 C#: 9 11 11 10 9 9 D: 10 12 12 11 10 10 E2: x 7 9 9 9 7 F: 1 3 3 2 1 1 E3: 0 2 2 1 0 0 D#: 11 13 13 12 11 11 A#: 6 8 8 7 6 6 G# 4 6 6 5 4 4 G: 3 5 5 4 3 3 E7+9: 0 7 6 7 8 (0) INTRO (long and drawn out, with only two chords): A F#m BODY:
E1Oh, E1hello Ababy, tell me, Ahow G#mhigh have youF#m been We aE1ll haveA missed you, and the.G#m.. F#m way you grin
E1Day E1is neceAssary, every Ano-Bow Cand C#then. The sun could move Don, Dgivin' C#life Cback aBgain... aaah
BFly Bon, Bfly Bon,A Afly Bon, Cmy C#friend. D E2 [organ: E, then E7] Go on... live again, love again.
E1Day E1after Aday, ni-iAghtG#m after nF#might E1SuddenE1ly singAin', every minute
As the AyeG#mars goF#m passin' by.... by, by, by... F#mLong Flook E3in D#the Dmirror, we've Dcome C#face Cto Bface.
BWishA#in' Aall G#the Glove... we took for granted GLord, F#we'd Fhave todE7+9ay.... aaahhh aaahhh
E1Life E1withoutA you, all the loveA..G#m. F#m we passed our way The E1angE1els have Awaited for so long...
Now G#mthey F#mhave their way... take your place
CODA (Repeat and fade out while soloing long and slow):
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