From: [email protected] (Juergen Helmers)
BE MY NUMBER TWO Joe Jackson
This is just a simple try to adapt this lovley piano-based
ballad to the guitar. If you need it, I maybe could write
down and mail you the tabs as I play it, but firstgive it a go
and work out your own..
INTRO
F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C
F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C
Verses:
F Bb C
Won’t you be my number two
F Bb C
Being number one or trough (?)
am7 gm7 C
There won’t be too much to do
dm7 C
just smile when I feel blue
F Bb C
And there’s not much left of me
F Bb C
What you get is what you see
am7 gm7 C
Is it worth the energy
dm7 C
I leave it up to you
Break:
Bb F C F
And if you got something to say to me
Bb F C F
Don’t try to lay off only weights on me
Bb F C F
I know that it’s really not fair of me
Bb9 C9
But my heart seemed too much action
F Bb C
And every time I look at you
F Bb C
you’ll be who I want you to
am7 gm7 C
And I’ll do what I can do
dm7 C Bb^6
To make a dream or two come true
Bb^6 gm7 F
if you be my, if you be my number two.
F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C
End:
Bb^6 gm7 gm7/c F^79
Chords:
F: Bb: C:
e|—1———x————x—
b|—1———3————5—
g|—2———3————5—
d|—3———3————5—
a|—3———1————3—
e|—1———x————x—
Use these chords for the first two lines of each verse and
the break.
The am7, gm7 and dm7 in the rest of each verse are:
am7: gm7: dm7:
e|—x——x——-x——-
b|—5——3——-10——
g|—5——3——-10——
d|—5——3——-10——
a|—x——x——-x——-
e|—5——3——-10——
For last C in each verse I take an upper position:
C:
e|——x——————-
b|——8——————-
g|——9——————-
d|——10——————
a|——x——————-
e|——8——————-
The Bb9 and the C9 in the end of the break are:
Bb9: C9:
e|—x————x—
b|—1————3—
g|—3————5—
d|—3————5—
a|—1————3—
e|—x————x—
So you finally need the chords I play in the end of the Song.
I end up in the 10th position (dm7) and progress in a downward
movement in an ending-sequence to a finally F^7/9:
Play the dm7 at the 10th and the C at the 8th position. Go
down two frets to the 6th position and try a Bbmajor6 like
this:
Bb^6:
e|———x———
b|———6———
g|———7———
d|———5———
a|———x———
e|———6———
In the ending sequence I use the already mentioned gm7 after which I go over a gm7
add C on b-string at first position,
gm7/C:
e|———x———
b|———1———
g|———3———
d|———3———
a|———x———
e|———3———
to the last chord, a F major7/9:
F^7/9:
e|———0———
b|———1———
g|———0———
d|———3———
a|———x———
e|———1———
I hope you like it and enjoy… Juergen
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Juergen Helmers Freie Universitaet Berlin
Tel.: + 49 30 6269734 Institut fuer Biochemie
Fax :(+ 49 30 6269734) [email protected]
WWW-Page-URL: http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/user/helmers
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