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(@jonnyt)
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You won't find this on any other tab site... at least not any where near correct any way. Fresh from my basement studio computer at three twenty five a.m. on a Sunday morning. Hey you gotta do it when inspiration strikes and you got the time... and you've been out drinking but you're not ready to go to bed just yet.


SLOW TURNING – JOHN HIATT (TUNE DOWN ONE WHOLE STEP = D G C F A D - Key of C/132 BPM)

INTRO: (D = X X 0 2 3 2, G = 3 2 0 0 3 3 & C+9 = X 3 2 0 3 3)

| D''G ''|C+9 ''G '' | D''G ''|C+9 ''G '' |
strum > dudd du d dud du dudd du d dud du

| D''G ''|C+9 ''G '' | D''G ''|C+9 ''G '' |
“WHEN I…

VERSE 1:

D G C+9 G D G C+9
WAS A BOY, I THOUGHT IT JUST CAME TO YA
G D G C+9 G D G C+9
BUT I NEVER COULD TELL WHAT'S MINE, SO IT DIDN'T MATTER ANYWAY
G D G C+9 G D G C+9
MY ONLY PRIDE AND JOY, WAS THIS RACKET DOWN HERE
G D G C+9 G D G C+9 G
BANGING ON AN OLD GUI-TAR, AND SINGIN' WHAT I HAD TO SAY

PRE-CHORUS 1: (A = X 0 2 2 2 0, Em = 0 2 2 0 0 0, G2 = 3 X 0 0 0 X,
Gs4 = 3 X 0 0 1 X & G5 = 3 X 0 0 3 3)

A D
I ALWAYS THOUGHT OUR HOUSE WAS HAUNTED
Em G D
BUT NOBODY SAID BOO TO ME
A D
I NEVER DID GET WHAT I WANTED
Em G2* Gs4* G2* Gs4* G2* Gs4* G2* G5* mute
BUT NOW I GET WHAT I NEED

CHORUS:

NC D G C+9 G D G C+9
IT'S BEEN A SLOW TURNING, FROM THE INSIDE OUT
G D G C+9 G D G C+9
A SLOW TURNING BABY, BUT YOU COME A-BOUT
G D G C+9 G D G C+9
A SLOW LEARNING, BUT YOU LEARN TO SWAY, HEY, HEY, HEY
G D G C+9 G D G C+9
A SLOW TURNING BABY, NOT FADE A-WAY, NOT FADE A-WAY,

G | D G | C+9 G | D G | C+9 G |
NOT FADE A-WAY dd dud dud dud (~STRUM PATTERN~)

| D G | C+9 G | D G | C+9 G |
“NOW I'M…

VERSE 2:

D G C+9 G D G C+9 G
IN MY CAR, OOH I'VE GOT THE RADIO DOWN
D G C+9
NOW I'M YELLIN' AT THE KIDS IN THE BACK
G D G C+9 G
CAUSE THEY'RE BANGING LIKE CHARLIE WATTS
D G C+9 G D G C+9 G
YOU THINK YOU'VE COME SO FAR, IN THIS ONE HORSE TOWN
D G C+9
THEN SHE'S LAUGHING THAT CRAZY LAUGH
G D G C+9 G
CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T LEFT THE PARKING LOT

PRE-CHORUS 2:

A D
TIME IS SHORT AND HERE'S THE DAMNED THING A-BOUT IT
Em G D
YOU'RE GONNA DIE, GONNA DIE FOR SURE
A D
YOU CAN LEARN TO LIVE WITH LOVE OR WITH-OUT IT
Em G2* Gs4* G2* Gs4* G2* Gs4* G2* G5* mute
BUT THERE AIN'T NO CURE

CHORUS:

NC D G C+9 G D G C+9
THERE'S JUST A SLOW TURNING, FROM THE INSIDE OUT
G D G C+9 G D G C+9
A SLOW TURNING, BUT YOU COME A-BOUT, YA
G D G C+9 G D G C+9
A SLOW TURNING BABY, BUT YOU LEARN TO SWAY, HEY, HEY, HEY
G D G C+9 G D G C+9
A SLOW TURNING, NOT FADE A-WAY, NOT FADE A-WAY,
G D G C+9
NOT FADE A-WAY, NOT FADE A-WAY,
G | D G | C+9 G | D G | C+9 G |
NOT FADE A-WAY dd dud dud dud (~STRUM PATTERN~)

| D G | C+9 G | D G | C+9 G |
SLOW
| D G | C+9 G | D G | C+9 G |
TURNING A SLOW TURNING A SLOW
| D G | C+9 G | D G | C+9 G |
TURNING JUST A SLOW TURNING

E doesn't = MC2, E = Fb

Music "Theory"? "It's not just a theory, it's the way it is!"

Jonny T.


   
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(@dallasdig)
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Thanks you, thank you. What a great fun song to play. I'll have a lot of fun with this one for a while.


   
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(@twistedlefty)
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cool i'll check it out tonite

#4491....


   
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