This is a song from Albert's album, Yours To Keep. It's really easy, I tabbed it in
5 minutes (while listening to it), so you shouldn't have trouble playing it. It's a great
for beginners.
(Back to the) 101 - Albert Hammond Jr.
Main lick (played throughout the whole song, listen to it for a couple of times so you
the timing and stuff):
Part 1:
| e | |
| b | 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 10 9 10 9 7 |
| g | 9 |
| d | |
| a | |
| E | |
Chords in the background (E/C#/B/A):
| e | |
| b | |
| g | 9 6 4 2 |
| d | 9 X8 6 X8 4 X8 2 |
| a | 7 4 2 0 |
| E | |
Part 2:
| e | 7 7 7 4 4h5p4 2h4p2 |
| b | 5 5 5 |
| g | |
| d | |
| a | |
| E | |
Chords in the background (E/A/B):
| e | |
| b | |
| g | 9 2 4 |
| d | 9 X8 2 X4 4 X4 |
| a | 7 0 2 |
| E | |
Then it's just A (8 down-strokes) B (8 down-strokes) and by the end of the first verse,
this:
A B
| e | |
| b | 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| g | 2 2 |
| d | |
| a | |
| E | |
Back to the main lick, during the chorus, just play every part twice. Then play the
During the second verse:
A B A B
| e | |
| b | 2 2 4 4 X3 then 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| g | 2 2 4 4 2 2 |
| d | |
| a | |
| E | |
After that there's a little break, it goes like this:
| e | |
| b | 9 9 |
| g | 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 |
| d | 9 let ring 9 8 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 let ring 9 8 7 7 7 9 |
| a | 7 7 6 7 7 7 let ring 7 9 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 let ring 7 9 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 7 5 5 5 7 |
Back to verse:
A B A B
| e | |
| b | 2 2 4 4 X3 then 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| g | 2 2 4 4 2 2 |
| d | |
| a | |
| E | |
Solo (backing chords: E/G#/A/B):
E G# A B
| e | |
| b | 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 |
| g | 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| d | 2 2 2 |
| a | |
| E | |
Play it twice, but change the last section of the solo for this:
| e | |
| b | 7 7 5 5 4 |
| g | 4 4 |
| d | |
| a | |
| E | |
Then there's the chorus with a slight variation in the end:
| e | 7 7 7 4 4h5p4 2h4p2 0h2p0 |
| b | 5 5 5 4h5p4 |
| g | |
| d | |
| a | |
| E | |
Right after that, whoa KEY CHANGE (don't be alarmed, it's the same formula):
| e | |
| b | 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 9 8 9 8 6 |
| g | 8 |
| d | |
| a | |
| E | |
Play this lick until the song ends then this:
g|-8-|