Dont Believe A Word 1

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  • *Intro 8 bars:
     
    Am
  •  
    Guitar 1:
    e-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------
  • --------------------|--------------------|-----------------------
    --------------------|--------------------|-----------------------
    -------7-5-----5-4--|-------7-5-----5-4--|------Repeat 5 times---
  • ---0-0-----(7)------|--0-0------(7)------|-----------------------
    E-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------
     
  • Guitar 2:
    e-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---
    --------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---
  • --------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---
    -------10-9~---9-7--|------10-9~----9-7--|-------Repeat----|---
    ---0-0--------------|--0-0---------------|-----------------|---
  • E-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|---
     
    Guitar 1 plays 4 bars solo, then guitar 2 kicks in and they play three
  • bars
    together. The last intro bar looks like this:
     
  • Guitar 1: Guitar 2:
    --------------| |---------------
    --------------| |---------------
  • --------------| |---------------
    --5-5-4---7---| |---9-9-7-------
    --------5-----| |---------7-0---
  • --------------| |---------------
     
    Guitar tacet, drums by the one and only Brian Downey! (one bar or
  • something..)
     
    *Verse 1:
  •  
    Tacet Am
    Don't believe me if I tell you
  • Dm (C) G
    Not a word of this is true
    Am G F
  • Don't believe me if I tell you.. 'Specially if I tell you
    Dm C G
    I'm in love with you
  •  
    The guitar playing in the verses are power/barre chords (Ex: Am G F
    progression).
  • Where a chord is played for a "long" time, play this figure instead of
    the chord:
     
  • Over Dm: Over Am: Over Em
    -----------------------| |-------------------- +2 compared
    to Dm
  • -----------------------| |---------------------
    -------(8)-(7)-(8)-----| |--------(6)-(5)--(6)-
    --------10--8---10-----| |---------8---6----8--
  • -----------------------| |---------------------
    --8--8-----------------| |---5--5--------------
     
  • Both guitars play bass tones, then Git1 "parenthesised" notes, Git2 the
    others.
     
  • *Verse 2:
     
    Don't believe me if I tell you
  • That I wrote this song for you
    That's just not for some other silly pretty girl (alt: "pretty silly",live
    I'm singing to version)
  •  
    *Bridge (or is this the chorus.. never mind):
     
  • Em Dm
    Don't believe a word, the words are so easily spoken
    Am
  • And your heart is just like that promise.. made to be broken
     
    *Solo
  •  
    Same chord progression as the verses, play it twice.
    My suggestion: A pentatonic, harmonic minor or "blues scale".
  • Scott Gorham (I guess its him) plays with wah-wah and Les Paul guitar.
     
    *Bridge again
  •  
    Em Dm
    Don't believe a word, 'cause word's can tell (them) lies
  • Am
    But them lies ain't no comfort, when there's tears in your eyes.
     
  • *Verse 3:
     
    Repeat first verse..
  •  
    *Outro (slight, barely audible wah fills..)
     
  • G Am G F
    Don't believe a word
    G Am G F
  • No don't believe a word
    G Am G F
    Don't believe it, don't believe it
  • G Am G F
    Not a single word
     
  • Hey don't!!
     
    Intro riff 7 bars, 8th (last) bar:
  • e---------------------
    ----------------------
    ----------------------
  • ----7--5--------------
    -----------7---7\-----
    E--------------5\----- (Hold A5 chord and slide down)
  •  
    The "slow" version(s):
     
  • Intro:
     
    Am (Am7 sounds nice during the intro)
  • ----------------0/(3)--|--------------------------
    ----------------1------|--------------------------
    ----------------2/(0)--|--------------------------
  • ----------------2------|--Repeat..----------------
    --------3--0----0------|--------------------------
    --0--3-----------------|--------------------------
  • let ring
     
    (The bass plays the figure on the E and A strings)
  •  
    On the LiveLife, one guitar plays Am7 arpeggios (one string at a time),
    and the figure is:
  •  
    ------------------3---------
    ------------------1---------
  • ------------------0---------
    ------------------2---------
    --0---3--3---0----0---------
  • ----------------------------
    let ring
     
  • Solos sounds best in harmonic minor, to create a "mood".
    The riffs are gone, of course, just play open chords..
     
  • Chords: Cut this out if you know them..
     
    Am x02210 or Am barre 577555, Am7 x02013
  • Dm xx0231 or barre 8 10 10 8 8 8
    Em 022000
    G barre 355433 or open 320003 alt 320033
  • F barre 133211 or "open" skip the E,A strings
     
    Credit for lyrics and chords: A piano Lizzy book
  • (I hate when pianists transcribe music made for guitar,
    especially "easy play" type books!)
  • PLAY TOO ..
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