Closer to the Heart: Tablature

By Jimmy Pena (jimmy@walrus.com)

Excerpted from Fretplay.

This song has been tabbed by so many people that it would be a
waste to name them all. It has also appeared (in whole and in part) in
several guitar magazines. The key is A, but it switches to D for the
solo. Standard tuning [EADGBe] (low to high). The guitars during the
verses are doubled, electric and acoustic.

| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
b = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret
r = release bend to indicated string/fret
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
o \_
o / repeat sign (always look for these!)

Chord legend:

A : [xx7765]
G : [xx5543]
D : [xx0232]
A5 : [x022xx]

[Intro] – played on an acoustic 12-string

A(add9)
e:-5——7——-4——-5–5—–4——————————|
B:—0——0——-0—————-7–5————————-|
G:—–6——6——-6——–6———-6———————–|
D:—————————————————————-|
A:—————————————————————-|
E:—————————————————————-|

Repeat 3 times:

e:—5——7——4——5——4———————————–|
B:—–0——0——0——0——7–5——————————|
G:o————-6——6——6———6—————————o|
D:o——7———————————————————-o|
A:——————————————————————-|
E:——————————————————————-|

[Riff 1]
G D(add9) Fmaj7
e:——-0————0————0——————————|
B:—–3—3——–3—3——–1—1—————————-|
G:—4————2————2———2————————|
D:-5——–5s4-4——–4s3-3———–3————————|
A:—————————————————————-|
E:—————————————————————-|
Asus2 Asus4 A
e:———————0——————————————|
B:–0–3–2—2—-0h2——-0–3–2——————————|
G:–2–2–2——————2–2–2——————————|
D:–2–2–2—–2————2–2–2——————————|
A:–0–0–0——————0–0–0——————————|
E:—————————————————————-|

[Riff 2] – bells arr. for guitar (don’t play if your drummer has these
bells!)

e:–10~————————10~——————————–|
B:——-10—8~–7—8—10——–10—8~———————–|
G:–11~————————11~——————————–|
D:——-11—9~–7—9—11——–11—9~———————–|
A:—————————————————————-|
E:—————————————————————-|

For complete tab, go to Fretplay.

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