From: Glen Norman Pavan
Artist: Cheap Trick
Title: Everything Works If You Let It
Album: single, also on Roadie soundtrack
Key: A/f#
Tuning: standard E A D G
This tune, put simply, is a bitch at first, but then quite fun
All of the active parts are tabbed.
Intro
(B) (C) (D)
Riff 1
G——————————-
D——————————2
A———————-2-2-3-4—
E—0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-5-5———-
Play riff 1 twice
Riff 2
G————————————————————
D——————————————0—0—2—2——
A——————————-2-2-3-4———————0
E—0—0—2—2—-3-3-4-4-5-5——————————
Everything works if you let it, if you let it in your heart
Play riff 2 twice
Verse
She is the (D)girl of his dreams
He wants (F#)her, he thinks forget it
He’s got a (E)pain in his heart he feel like cryin
So (Eb)lonesome for love* he feels like dyin
But (D)don’t stop the dream
He can (F#)fix it, I know he can
He’s the (E)world’s world’s greatest at the work that he does
When he (Eb)moves on down the line
Chorus
(with riff 1) Everything works if you let it
(with riff 1) Everything works if you let it
(with riff 2) Everything works if you let it, if you let it in your heart
Second verse
She is the girl of his dreams, he wants he, he thinks forget it
He’d love to look inside her heart and see if she agrees
But don’t stop the dream, he can fix it, I know he can
He’s good, he’s great at the work that he does
And there’s magic in the air
Repeat chorus
Bridge (from hell)
—G—— —-G/F— —Em—- —Eb+—-
G——————————————————-
D———9————-9————-9————-9—
A—10___—10——8-10—10——7-10—10——6-10—10 (___=hold)
E——————————————————-
Good times bad times don’t know what to do
—C7—- —G/D—- —Eb+— —G/F—-
G———————————————————
D——-9——————9————-9—————-9——
A—-10—10————10—10——6-10—10———8-10—10—
E—8—————-10——————————————
Half the time and all the time don’t know if it’s true
Repeat bridge
Someday somewhere he’ll know if it’s true
She’ll look inside her heart and then decide it’s really you
The «you» is drawn out, and the last part of the bridge, in F is repeated
4 times
Outro
Repeat riff 2 four times
On the last time:
If you (D)let it (E)in your (A)heart (G) (F#m7) (F#Maj7+5) (A)
* in the recorded version of the song, he’s «lonesome for love», but in an
Acoustic demo I’ve heard he’s «lonesome for home». I much prefer the
«lonesome for home» bit but, hey, Cheap Trick always had the corniest
Lyrics. Still do. I wouldn’t like them so much if they didn’t. 🙂
Bitch to learn, bitch to tab, but well worth it.
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-I’m here I’m queer, I play 5-string bass
