Open G Tuning

D G D G B D



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| Tab Definitions:										  |

|  G: x0000x											  |

|  C: x5555x (with slide)									  |

|  B: x3333x (with slide)									  |

|  D: x7777x (with slide)									  |

|  p: Pull off of note										  |

|  b: Bend note less than a half step								  |

|  /: Slide to note										  |

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INTRO and RIFF 1: Played 4x

   G

D|--------------------------

B|--------------------------

G|---------3-0--3--3-3-3-3--

D|---------0----------------

G|-0----0-------------------

D|---3b---------------------



VERSE 1:

RIFF 1

I got a letter this mornin'

RIFF 1                     RIFF 1

What do ya reckon it read?

         RIFF 1

It said, "The gal you love is dead"

       /C                  C/B /C

I got a letter this mornin'

                 C/G

What do you reckon it read?



RIFF 2: Played 2x

D|------5-(p0)--------- the (p0) is only sometimes played 

B|---------------------

G|-3-0--------0-0---0--

D|------------0-0---0--

G|------------0-0---0--

D|----------------3---- 

     D              C                            G

Said, "Hurry, hurry, because the gal you love is dead"



RIFF 2: Played 2x



VERSE 2:

Well, I packed up my suitcase

I took off down the road

When I got there she was

Layin' on the coolin' board

I packed up my suitcase

And I took off down the road

When I got there she was

A-layin' on the coolin' board



TURNAROUND 1:

D|-----------------------------------------------

B|--------------------------------------/7--7/0--

G|------------------------------------0-/7--7/0--

D|----5-5-----3-3------2-2------------0-/7--7/0--

G|-----------------------------1-1------/7--7/0--

D|-5-------3-------2--------1-------0------------

                                             Well,



BREAK 1: (There is so much improvisation is this break that I won't bother tabbing all the chord timings. Each chord is

played longer than I have it shown)



RIFF 2: Played 2x

	                          C                                    D    C    B G

D|------5----------------------------------------5-------------5----------------------

B|---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--

G|-3-0-----0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0--3-0-----3-3-0--3-0-----0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--

D|---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--

G|---------0-0-3/0--3-0-3--0-3-0-/5--5--0-------------------------0-0--7--7/5--5/3-0--

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



RIFF 2: Played 2x

Hey!

RIFF 1: Played 4x



VERSE 3:

It looked like ten thousand people

Standin' 'round the buryin' ground

I didn't know I loved her

'Til they began to let her down

Looked like ten thousand

People standin' 'round the buryin' ground

I didn't know that I loved her

'Til they began to let her down



VERSE 4:

You know, it's so hard to love

Someone that don't love you

Ain't no satisfaction

Don't care what you do

So hard to love

Yeah, someone that don't love you

Don't look like satisfaction, and I don't care what you do



TURNAROUND 2:



D|------------------------------------------------

B|---------------------------------------/7--7/0--

G|---------------------------------------/7--7/0--

D|----5-5-----3-3-----2-----1--1---------/7--7/0--

G|-----------------------------------0---/7--7/0--

D|-5-------3-------2-----1--------0---------------

                                           Yeah!

BREAK 2: Same rules apply to this break

									C

D|------3-3---------------3-3------------------------------------------------------------3-

B|-----------------------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------

G|-3-0------0-3/2-0--3-0-------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0--3-0----

D|----------0-3/2-0------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------

G|----------0-3/2-0------------3-5-3-0--3-0--3-0-3-3/2-0--3-0-3-0-3-0--/5-5--5-3-0---------

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  

            			            Repeated 8x: |------|

D|---------------3-------------------------------------------------------5/0-

B|-0-3/5-0--3-0--3---------/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0-

G|-0-3/5-0--3-0-----0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0-

D|------------------0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0-

G|------------------0-3-0--/7-7--7/10-10--0-3/2-0--3/2-0--3--3-0---/5-5--5/0-

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                 Hush!  Thought I heard her call my name



D|------3-----------------3---------------------

B|--------------------------------/7-7--/10-10--

G|-3-0---------------3-0----------/7-7--/10-10--

D|----------------------------0---/7-7--/10-10--

G|--------0-0-0---0---------0---0-/7-7--/10-10--

D|--------------3-------------------------------



TURNAROUND 1



RIFF 1: Played 4x



VERSE 5:

Well, I got up this mornin', the break of day

Just huggin' the pillows where she used to lay

Got up this mornin', leave the break of day

Just huggin' the pillows where my baby used to lay



TURNAROUND 3:

D|-----------------------------------

B|-----------------------------------

G|-----------------------0--/7--/12--

D|-----3-----2-----1--------/7--/12--

G|-----------------------------------

D|--3-----2-----1-----0--------------