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Teardrop
Newton Faulkner
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Newton Faulkner - Teardrop
Tuning - Db Gb Db Gb Bb Db (often DGDGBD live)
Tabbed by Jebus
Percussion notation:
# = strike body with heel of the palm, slightly above strings and
between sound hole and bridge
* = slap body with thumb, above strings, by end of fretboard
Right hand should remain roughly in natural picking position throughout
Rhythm:
Db|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
# # # * # # # *
During verse, the first # is replaced by plucking of bass notes.
Intro:
(Strings picked, not strummed)
Db B2 Gb Db
Db|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|--------|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0------| X2
Gb|-7------|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|-0------|--------|-5------|-0------|
B2 Gb Db
Db|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|
Gb|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|--------|-5------|-0------|
| Percussion | x 8 bars
Verse:
Bass notes picked with right hand
Meoldy played by fretting hand
See notes above on percussion
Db B2
Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-0----------------------|
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-5----------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------| |
|
Gb Db | x2
Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-| |
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Db|-5-----------------------|-0----------------------|
B9 Gb Db
Db|---------|--------|---------|
Bb|---------|--------|---------|
Gb|-----|----|-7-------|
Db|-----|----|--0------|
Gb|---------|----|---7-----|
Db|--10-----|--------|----0----|
nh nh
B2 B2 n.c
Db|-----|-----|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-5---|-5---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Outro:
Full percussion and bass/melody notes as per the start
of the verse, except bars with *, do not play the bass
notes in these bars. Chord structure:
| Db | B2 | Gb | Db |
| B2 | Gb | Db | Db*|
| B2 | B2*| B2 | B2*|
| Db | B2 | Gb | Db |
| Db*| B2 | Gb | Db |
| Db | B2 | Gb | Db | fade out