Melissa Etheridge – Feel A Lot Like You tab

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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:59:29 +0000 (Z)
From: "Boulton, Nic" 
Subject: TAB:/e/etheridge_melissa/feel_a_lot_like_you.tab

>From the "16 Unreleased & Unrecorded", "Melissa Madness" and "Being
Sensitive" demos/bootlegs.

in brief, its like this :


[verse]
|Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab |
|Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab |
|Gb |Gb |
|Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab |

[chorus]
|Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab |
|Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab |
|Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab |
|Gb |Gb |
|Ab |Ab |Ab |Ab |
|Db |Bbm|Gb |Ab |


in not-so-brief, its like this.......


This song isn't on a studio album, so I'm gonna assume you've never heard
it and try to get across how to play it just using this tab......

The song's quite bright in terms of tempo and mood. It's 4/4 timing at
124 beats per minute. There's a bit of a Joan Armatrading 1975/6
influence here...(try the 'Back to the Night' album).

Overall, its an upbeat strummed guitar played over a bongo rhythm track.
The actual rhythm of the drum part isn't a million miles from
"Occasionally", but slightly faster (Occasionally is 119 bpm) and played
on a drum :>)


There are three sections to the guitar part- this first one makes up most
of the song....

First, get something that clicks 124 times a minute (or at least at a
steady rhythm)...this tab won't make much sense without following the
timing pretty close...

then, get the feel for the basic rhythm by playing this over and over
(using barred E shapes).....


    Db               Bbm              Gb               Abe-||----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------4--4-4||B-||----------------|--------6-------|----------2---2-|----------4--4-4||G-||--------10------|----------6---6-|------------3---|----------5--5-5||D-||----------11--11|------------8---|----------------|----------------||A-||------------11--|----------------|----------------|----------------||E-||9--.------------|6--.------------|2--.------------|4--.------------||bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4


Cut the bass notes short (at the ".") to give a funky(?) feel

In the last bar, delay the strums at the end to create an expectation for
the Db in the next bar


Once you've gotten that into your head...fill it out a bit by playing the
same thing but *also* hitting the string each side of the one you were
picking before......like this....

    Db                 Bbm             Gb              Abe-||------------------|-------6-------|-------2-----2-|---------4--4-4||B-||-------9----------|-------6-6---6-|-------2-2---2-|---------4--4-4||G-||-------10-10----10|-------6-6-6-6-|---------3-3-3-|---------5--5-5||D-||11-----11-11-11-11|8--------8-8-8-|4--------4-4---|6--------------||A-||11--------11-11-11|8----------8---|4----------4---|6--------------||E-||9--.---------11---|6--.-----------|2--.-----------|4--.-----------||bts 1   2   3   4      1   2  3   4    1   2  3   4    1   2   3   4

then, spice that up by sliding between the bass notes, synchopating a
bit, chucking in some extra strumming and generally putting some
expression into it...then call this [part 1].


Right, now you've got the intro, most of the chorus and half the verse
sorted out.... here's the vocal....

just play [part1] over and over and sing this.....

chord   Db                              Bbmbeats   1    2     3     4              1      2     3     4e---------------------------------------4--1--------------------------|B-------2---------------------2------4-------------------2-----2---2--|G-1-------------------------------------------------------------------|  my friends                they're so worried         (ooh) they say


chord   Gb                          Abbeats   1    2         3     4      1        2   3         4e------------------------------------------------1------4--4---------|B-------2-----4--------4--2---------4----4--2------------------------|       girl there's something      defn--it-ly wrong   (no no)

chord     Db                       Bbmbeats     1     2   3      4       1     2  3      4e----4----4-4-1----------------------------1-----------------------|B----------------------2--2---2---4--4--2----2---------------------|it aint natural       to go from one to a-nother

chord     Gb                       Abbeats     1      2   3    4        1    2   3          4e-------------------1----------------------1-------1------------------|B---------4-4---2-----2-----------4-4---2--------------4--------------|         lover to  lover         moving a-long   they dont.....

on to [part 2], which is just two bars of Gb, followed by a walk up the
bass........

chord     Gbbeats     1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4e------------------------------------------------------------------|B-[vocal]-4---2--------------------------------------------2-------|G-----------------------3--------------------------3---------------|        kno...ho.......who..................oa     it     takes

                                                   /f    /gbe----------------------------------------------------------------|B-[guitar]-------2------4--2----------4--2-----------------------|G--------------3---------------3-------------3-------------------|D----------------------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------|E---------2-----------------------------------------1*-----2*----|beats     1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4                                                  * pick these by                                                  hooking the string                                                  away from the                                                  guitar


[then part 3, four bars of Ab]

chord     Ab                          Abbeats     1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4e--------------------------------------------------2---------------|B-[vocal]-4--4----4----4-2--------2---4-----4---2------------------|G------------------------------------------------------------------|         ten of their kisses      to make  one of yours

e-----------------------4---------------------------4------------|B-[guitar]--------------4---------------------------4------------|G-----------------------5---------------------------5------------|D----------6--------------------------6--------------------------|A----------6--------------------------6--------------------------|E----------4--------------------------4--------------------------|beats     1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4


chord     Ab                          Abbeats     1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4e------------------------1-4----------6--4---4----4--1------------|B-[vocal]--4-----4-----------------------------------------4------|G-----------------------------------------------------------------|          ten   times   baby          oh to feel  a lot   like

e----------------------------------------------------------------|B-[guitar]-------------------------------------------------------|G---------5------5------5------5------5--------------------------|D---------6------6------6------6------6--------------------------|A---------6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6---6---[let ring]-------------|E---------4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4--------------------------|beats     1      2      3      4      1      2      3      4


then back to [guitar part 1] for the chorus


chord     Dbbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|      ....you  and they      kiss    m-ee

chord     Bbmbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|               and they      touch   m-ee

chord     Gbbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|               say they      want    m-ee

chord     Abbeats     1         2         3         4e-----------------------------1----------------|B-[vocal]-4-----4---4-----2-------------4------|G----------------------------------------------|         yea  they feel   a  lot       like...

chord     Dbbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|      ....you  and they      hold    m-ee

chord     Bbmbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|               and they       tell   m-ee

chord     Gbbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|              that they      love    m-ee

chord     Abbeats     1         2         3         4e-----------------------------1----------------|B-[vocal]-4-----4---4-----2-------------4------|G----------------------------------------------|        baby  they feel   a  lot       like...

chord     Dbbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|      ....you  and they      kiss    m-ee

chord     Bbmbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|               and they      touch   m-ee

chord     Gbbeats     1         2         3         4e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|G----------------------------------------------|               say they      want    m-ee

chord     Abbeats     1         2         3         4e-------------------------------------1--------|B-[vocal]-4-------------------------------4----|G-------------------1--------------------------|         yea       yea              they dont....


[part 2 again]
   Gb     Gb    /f /gb [walk up bass]
...kno--whoa


[part 3]
         Ab                      Ab
it takes ten of their kisses, to make one of yours
         Ab                      Ab
         ten   times   baby      ohhhh they feel a lot like


[part 1]
   Db  |  Bbm  |  Gb   |  Ab  |
 ..you  .....[no vocal].......

the rest of the song pretty much just repeats various parts of that.

There's a few extra syllables in verse 2, so here's the melody to the
vocal [play guitar part1]

chord   Db                         Bbmbeats   1       2    3   4         1        2         3        4e-----------------------------------------------------1--------------|B---2---2---2---2----2---4--2--------4---4-------2-------------2-----|G------------------------------------------------------------------3-|    I guess I could say  I don't   know right  from wrong    when the

chord   Gb                              Abbeats   1       2      3    4           1      2     3       4e-------------------------------------------------------4----4-------|B-------2---2----2-----2----4-----------4----------------------------|G-------------------3------------------------------------------------|      truth is that I just don't       care            since you


chord   Db                       Bbmbeats   1      2   3  4          1      2    3   4e-------4----1-------------------------------------------------------|B-----------------------------2--4---4--4----4---4----2--------------|G--------------------------------------------------------------------|       left me                I got to get  back to that

chord   Gb                        Abbeats   1      2    3    4        1      2    3    4e---------1-----------------------------------1----------------------|B-------4---------------------2---4------2---------------------------|G--------------------------------------------------------------------|      feeling                somehow    somewhere

chord   Dbbeats   1          2           3          4e----1--4-4----4---1----1--1--------------1----------------|B-----------------------------4-4----4-------------4-------|G----------------------------------------------------------|     a little bit here and a little bit there     well

chord   Bbm                         Gbbeats   1        2     3   4        1    2       3    4e----------------------1---------------------------------------|B---2---4-----2--4---2-----------2--2---2-2----------------2---|G--------------------------------------------------------------|    it helps to take away      this emptiness            that

chord   Abbeats   1          2  3    4e--------------------1-----4--------|B-------4-----4----2----------------|G-----------------------------------|       burns deep inside  oooh..

chord   Db                        Bbmbeats   1      2     3      4     1      2    3    4e---4---6---4--4----1-------------1----------------------------------|B----------------------4--2-4-------2-----------------2--2-----------|G--------------------------------------------------------------------|  ..I think if I   gather enough pieces               I can

chord   Gb                    Abbeats   1     2    3    4     1        2    3    4e-------------------------------------------1------------------------|B-------2---2-2--2------------4----4---2-----------------------------|G--------------------------------------------------------------------|       put together          some kind of pride


[play guitar part 2]             Gbe---1------------------|B------4------4---2----|G----------------------|    I don't kno---ow...


it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]

chorus  .....[play part 1]

it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]

[saxaphone solo] over part 1

they dont know.....[play part 2]

it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]

chorus.....[play part 1]

adlib (chorusy) vocals over 3 lines of part 1

....[outro]: [still playing guitar part 1]

chord...Ab                          Db           Bbmbeats   1        2      3      4    1  2  3  4   1  2  3  4e--------------------------------------1-----------------------------|B-------4---4----4--4---4-----2-----4--------------------------------|       sometimes if I close   my    ey-es


chord     Gb              Abbeats     1     2  3  4   1 [just one strum of Ab]e----------1------------------| then stop dead]B-4----2--------2-2-----------|close my eyes  ba-by

[acapella]beats    2      3          4e---------------1---------------------------|B-----2--4---2------4-2------4-2------------|   ...I feel a lot li-ike   yo-ou

Sing that last line with a lot of irony, kinda like the whole song has
been building to that twist at the end.




Here's the whole thing, set out for timing & structure.........


[intro]
    |Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab
            |

[verse 1]
    |Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab
            |
myfriends, they're so  worried .... say  girl..something definitely wrong
notnatural to go from   one to another   lover to lover moving along
 they

     |Gb               |Gb          f  gb|      [only 2 bars in this
line]
dont know                           it takes

|Ab                    |Ab               |Ab             |Ab
            |
ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby  o they
feel..like

|Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab
                |
you they kiss me....touch me......say.want me......yea they feel alot
like
you they hold me....tell me...........love me......baby they feelalot
like
you they kiss me....touch me......say.want me......yeah yeah   they dont


|Gb               |Gb          f  gb|   [only 2 bars]
know                           it takes

|Ab                    |Ab               |Ab             |Ab
            |
ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby  o they
feel..like

|Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab
                |
 you        [---------------no vocals here--------------------------]

  |Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab
              |
I guess say   I don't know right wrong.truth is  don't care         since

  left me           I got to get back  feeling       somehow
    somewhere
little bit here there.helps take away emptiness  that  burns deep inside
o
I think.gather enough pieces     I can put together   some kind of pride
I

|Gb               |Gb          f  gb|   [only 2 bars in this line]
dont know                      it takes

|Ab                    |Ab               |Ab             |Ab
            |
ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby  o they
feel..like


|Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab
                |
you they kiss me....touch me......say.want.....yea they feel alot like
you they hold me....tell me...........love me......yeah they feelalot
like
you they kiss me....touch me......say.want me......yeah yeah   they dont


     |Gb               |Gb          f  gb|   [only 2 bars]
dont know                          it takes

|Ab                    |Ab               |Ab             |Ab
            |
ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby  o they
feel..like

|Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab             |you  [ - - - - - - - - - - saxaphone solo - - - - - - - - - - - - - -][ - - - - - - - - - - - - -saxaphone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -][ - - - - - - - - - - - - -saxaphone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -they]


     |Gb               |Gb          f  gb|   [only 2 bars]
dont know                           it takes

|Ab                    |Ab               |Ab             |Ab
            |
ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby  o they
feel..like


|Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab                |
you they kiss me....touch me......say.want.....yea they feel alot like
you they hold me....tell me...........love me........oh they feelalot
like
you             like you            like you          oh    oh   no

|Db                |Bbm              |Gb             |Ab                |
         kiss me    touch me......say.want me     want me  ooh just like
you                like yo-oo       like you-hoo [outro]sometimes if I
cls
eyes                        close my eyes baby........[stop][acapella]
                                                     I feel a lot like
you


If you already know the song, here's the standard, .crd version

     Db                   Bbm
my friends    they're so worried (ooh) they say
 Gb                       Ab
girl there's something    definately wrong   (no no)

         Db                   Bbm
it aint natural    to go from one to a-nother
 Gb                 Ab
lover to lover     moving a-long

           Gb
they dont know

Ab                                   Ab
 it takes ten of their kisses    to make  one of yours
 ten times baby                     oh to feel a lot like

Db                   Bbm
you and they kiss me   and they touch me
Gb                 Ab
  say they want me, yeah they feel a lot like

Db                   Bbm
you and they hold me   and they tell me
Gb                 Ab
  say they love me, baby they feel a lot like

Db                   Bbm
you and they kiss me   and they touch me
Gb                 Ab
  say they want me, ooohh

           Gb
they dont know

Ab                                 Ab
  it takes ten of their kisses to make one of yours
Ab                Ab
  ten times baby ooh they feel a lot like

Db      Bbm    Gb   Ab
you

[chorus]

[verse 2]:
   Db                        Bbm
I guess I could say I don't know right from wrong
          Gb                         Ab
when the truth is that I just don't care

           Db        Bbm
since you left me I got to get  back
         Gb             Ab
to that feeling    somehow somewhere

   Db                                             Bbm
a little bit here and a little bit there well it helps to take away
         Gb             Ab
this emptiness    that burns deep inside

          Db                      Bbm
ooo   I think if I gather enough pieces
       Gb               Ab
I can put together     some kind of pride

         Gb
I dont know

[chorus]

[3 lines of [part1] with ad-lib chorus vocals]

[outro]:

Ab                       Db     Bbm          Gb        Ab
Sometimes if I close my eyes       close my eyes, baby

I feel a lot like you


E  A  G  D  B  e

9 11 11 10  9  9 - Db
7  9  9  7  7  7 - Bbm
2  4  4  3  2  2 - Gb
4  6  6  5  4  4 - Ab


small case letters are individual notes (not chords), except b which is a
flat symbol, ;>)


I'd appreciate any comments on this presentation.....I'll probably do a
few more of the unreleased songs, but (for example), if everyone's
already got the tapes, I could save on a load of keying in time.....
whaddayathink?.....

Nic
Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com