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T H E P E R S O N Y O U A R E
by John Wesley Harding
from the album «The Name Above The Title»
Key: G major
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INTRO: G D C D
(D) Em
I put my forehead to the door
G D
I heard the famous sound of infidelity
Em
Looks like I’ve loved and lost once more
G D
Oh, but all’s fair in love and war, supposedly
C
I couldn’t even burst in on you
G D
See scrabbling sheets or your excuse
C G D
Give you the evil eye or verbal abuse
G C G
Why do you do what you do
C G |
When the things that you do |- PLAY & SING TWICE
C D |
Hurt the person you are? /
RIFF A: G D C D G D C D
(D) Em
I slammed my glass down on the bar
G D
My problems, they hit the floor so gracefully
Em
I don’t know where I parked the car
G D
That’s okay; tonight I’m on the town without me
C
Tonight it’s just me and my evil twin
G D
The one who slips one more drink in
C G D
The one who slips away when I start sinking
G C G
Why do you do what you do
C G |
When the things that you do |- PLAY & SING TWICE
C D |
Hurt the person you are? /
G D
They hurt the person you are
C D
The person you are
G D
The person you are
C D
The person you are
RIFF B: G D C D G D C D
(D) Em
Got a job to pay the rent
G D
Put people out of work by repositioning
Em
Now no-one’s sitting on the fence
G D
Whose garden will we end up sitting in?
C
It’s getting much to hard to heal the sky
G D
It stings too much to open up our eyes
C G D
To fundamental truths that we hold as lies
G C G
Why do you do what you do
C G |
When the things that you do |- PLAY & SING FOUR TIMES
C D |
Hurt the person you are? /
G D
They hurt the person you are
C D
The person you are
G D
The person you are
C D
The person you are
G D C D G D C D G
The person…………… person…………… person…… yeay.
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OUTRO ON LEAD GUITAR
— T H E E N D —
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L E A D G U I T A R T A B S
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I N T R O
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G D C
||— —7——————-|——————7—8-10-|————-10——8—|
||—R—-10—8-10—8—7—8-|———7—8-10———-|———8—————|
||—E———————-|—7—9——————-|—9———————|
||—S———————-|————————-|————————|
||—T———————-|————————-|————————|
||— ———————-|————————-|————————|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
D
|————————-|
|————————-|
|—7———————-|
|————————-|
|————————-|
|————————-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
R I F F B
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G D C
|— —7——————-|——————7—8-10-|————-10——8—-|
|—R—-10—8-10—8—7—8-|———7—8-10———-|———8—————-|
|—E———————-|—7—9——————-|—9———————-|
|—S———————-|————————-|————————-|
|—T———————-|————————-|————————-|
|— ———————-|————————-|————————-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
D G D
|—————7———-|— —7——————-|——————7—8-10-|
|———8———-10—-|—R—-10—8-10—8—7—8-|———7—8-10———-|
|—7———————-|—E———————-|—7—9——————-|
|————————-|—S———————-|————————-|
|————————-|—T———————-|————————-|
|————————-|— ———————-|————————-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C D
|————-10——8—-|——— —————-|
|———8—————-|—7—7—R—————-|
|—9———————-|—7—7—E—————-|
|————————-|———S—————-|
|————————-|———T—————-|
|————————-|——— —————-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
O U T R O
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G D C
|— —7——————-|——————7—8-10-|————-10——8—-|
|—R—-10—8-10—8—7—8-|———7—8-10———-|———8—————-|
|—E———————-|—7—9——————-|—9———————-|
|—S———————-|————————-|————————-|
|—T———————-|————————-|————————-|
|— ———————-|————————-|————————-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
D G D
|—————7———-|— —7——————-|——————7—8-10-|
|———8———-10—-|—R—-10—8-10—8—7—8-|———7—8-10———-|
|—7———————-|—E———————-|—7—9——————-|
|————————-|—S———————-|————————-|
|————————-|—T———————-|————————-|
|————————-|— ———————-|————————-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C D G
|————-10——8—-|—————7———-|—7———————||
|———8—————-|———8———-10—-|—8———————||
|—9———————-|—7———————-|—7———————||
|————————-|————————-|————————||
|————————-|————————-|————————||
|————————-|————————-|————————||
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
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O P T I O N A L R H Y T H M G U I T A R P A R T F O R R I F F A
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Normally played on piano)
^
G ^ D ^ C
|———3—————-|———2—————-|————————-|
|———0—————-|———3—————-|—1———————-|
|———0—————-|———2—————-|—0———————-|
|———0—————0-|————————-|—2———————-|
|———2—————-|——————0—0—2-|—3——2——0———-|
|—3————3—2—3—-|————————-|———————3—-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
D ^ ^ h G ^ D ^
|———2——0—2——-|———3—————-|———2—————-|
|———3——3———-|———0—————-|———3—————-|
|———2——2———-|———0—————-|———2—————-|
|—0———————-|———0—————0-|————————-|
|————————-|———2—————-|——————0—0—2-|
|————————-|—3————3—2—3—-|————————-|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
^ ^
C D
|————————-|—2———————-| This section was
|—1———————-|—3———————-| invented by me
|—0———————-|—2———————-| around the part
|—2———————-|—0———————-| played with the
|—3——2——0———-|————————-| piano at this
|———————3—-|————————-| point in Wes’s
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . recording.
Notes:
* `^’ means downstroke, `h’ means hammer-on.
* In the 4th bar of this section, the 3rd beat and it’s half-beat can
either be played using the hammer-on to the treble note as shown above
(in which case the chord on the 3rd beat becomes Dsus2), which is one
of my personal favourite colourings, or the normal D fingering can be
retained, with a downstroke on the 3rd beat and an upstroke on the
following half-beat.
* Don’t worry unduly about playing only those strings shown in the tabs
when doing downstrokes with your plectrum or thumb. In particular the
C chord strums are shown with the treble-E string not played, but this
isn’t always easy to get right, so don’t worry, be happy 🙂
* A reasonably flexible but reasonably firm pick/plectrum is best if you
want to do this riff (IMHO).
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G E N E R A L N O T E S
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1. If you are playing solo, then the most important thing is to keep up
the rhythm and chords, so you can forget the lead guitar solo parts.
I like to use the last 4 bars of the OPTIONAL RHYTHM PART FOR RIFF A
as my intro, and obviously stick to the RIFF A after the first verse,
using it again after the second verse, where the recording has RIFF B.
In place of the OUTRO, I just strum the chords of the rhythm guitar
part, allowing the words (person… person… person… yeay) to hold
the flow of the ending, and then finish with a flourish.
2. As always, learn the rhythm of the song from the recording.
3. Enjoy!
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C H O R D S
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G chord D chord
e||—|—|-o-| G e||—|-o-|—| F#
B||—|—|—| B B||—|—|-o-| D
G||—|—|—| G G||—|-o-|—| A
D||—|—|—| D D||—|—|—| D
A||—|-o-|—| B A||—|—|—| A
E||—|—|-o-| G E||—|-x-|—| either use thumb on 2nd fret
or don’t play bass-E string
C chord Em chord
e||—|—|—| E e||—|—|—| E
B||-o-|—|—| C B||—|—|—| B
G||—|—|—| G G||—|—|—| G
D||—|-o-|—| E D||—|-o-|—| E
A||—|—|-o-| C A||—|-o-|—| B
E||—|—|—| E E||—|—|—| E
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