Tonic – Believe Me tab

Tonic - Believe Me
From "Head On Straight" album
Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand



Main Riff (Intro/Chorus)   Dist Gtre|-3----3-------3-----3--|-3----3-------3-----3--|---------------|-----------------|B|-1----1-------1-----1--|-0----0-------0-----0--|------0--0--1--|------0--0--1----|G|-0----0----0-----0-----|-0----0----0-----0-----|------0--0--2--|------0--0--2----|D|-2----2----2-----2-----|-0----0----0-----0-----|-3-------------|-3---------------|A|-3----3----3-----3-----|-2----2----2-----2-----|-3-------------|-3-------------0-|E|-----------------------|-3----3----3-----3-----|-1-------------|-1---------------|
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 | Clean Gtre|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------|B|-----------------------|-----------------------|------0--0--1--|------0--0--1----|G|-----------------------|-----------------------|------0--0--2--|------0--0--2----|D|-----------2h3-2-0-----|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------|A|-3------------------3--|-2---------2--3--2--0--|---------------|-----------------|E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-1-------------|-1---------------|



Verse (Dist Gtr holds F chord and fades out)

  Clean Riff 1e|-------0---------|--------0---------|B|---------1-------|----------3-------|G|-----------0--0--|------------0--0--| play 2xD|-----------------|------------------|A|-----------------|------------------|E|-1---------------|-3----------------| Hold the last note of each bar.   


Continue with Verse Riff 2 (0:39): 
  
 Dist Gtr.e|------3-----------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|B|------------6-----|-5-------5b6r5--3--1-|-/3------------|-------------|G|------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|D|-3--------3-----3-|---------------------|---------------|-rest--------|A|------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|...E|------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|
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 | Clean Gtr.e|------------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------|B|------------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------|G|------0---------0-|-(0)-------0------0--|-------0-----0-|-------0-0------0-|D|-3----------------|---------0-----------|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0------|A|--------------3---|-------3-------------|---------------|------------------|...E|------------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------|


   Dist Gtre|------3------------|---------------------|B|------------6------|-5-------5-5/6-5-3-0-|G|-------------------|---------------------|D|-3--------3-----3--|---------------------|A|-------------------|---------------------|E|-------------------|---------------------|
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 | Cleane|-------------------|--------------------|B|-------------------|--------------------|G|--------0--------0-|-(0)----0-0-0---0---|D|-3-----------3-----|--------------------|A|------3--------3---|------3-------3-----|E|-------------------|--------------------|


Play Main Riff



Dist Part in Verse 2 (1:13) e|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|B|----------0--0--0--|-(0)-------0--0--0--|---------0--0--0--|-(0)--------0--0--0--|G|----------0--0--0--|-(0)-------0--0--0--|---------0--0--0--|-(0)--------0--0--0--|D|-3-----------------|--------------------|-/5---------------|---------------------|A|-3-----------------|--------------------|-/5---------------|---------------------|E|-1-----------------|--------------------|-/3---------------|---------------------|

at 1:33, play Verse Riff 2 again on both guitars



Play Main Riff again


Bridge (2:06)e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-1-----0---------|B|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|-1--1--1---------|G|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|-2--0--0---------|D|-3---------5---------|-3---------5---------|-4---------2---------|-3--2--2---------|A|-3---------5---------|-3---------5---------|-2---------0---------|-3--3--3---------|E|-1---------3---------|-1---------3---------|---------------------|-1---------------|



Solo (Rhythm chords written below)e|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|B|---8b10r8-6-5-8-6-5---|-5b6r5~~------------|---------------------|-----------------|G|-5------------------7-|------------7-5-4-5-|-7-------------------|-----------------|D|----------------------|--------------------|-------------7b9r7-5-|-(5)-----NH12----|A|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|E|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|   Fmaj7                                       G


e|-------15--------------------|-------12-13-15---------------------|B|-15b17----15b17r15-13--15-13-|-15b17----------15b17r15-13-15__b17-| delay the last bendG|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|   Fmaj7



Play Main Riff again



At 3:00, play Bridge again with Lead playing:e|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------|B|-8b10r8-6--5--8--6--5----|-5b6r5----------------|----------------|---------------|G|-----------------------7-|--------7--5--4--5--7-|-(7)------------|---------------|D|-------------------------|----------------------|------------7-5-|-7h9--7--5-----|A|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------|E|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------|---------------|


Outro - Main Riff played on acoustic


Key:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note