Tom: G#m
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If Not For You - Shakey Graves
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This tab is in no way perfect or complete, but I couldn't find anything when I
wanted to learn how to play this song so I decided I should share what I've got
so far. I figured out the tuning and the chords by watching a live version. I
tabbed the riffs based on what I heard in the recording and it sounds good when
I play along, but I'm not 100% sure that they're right.
Tuning: Open C# (Open D + half step down)
The chords used are C# F and F# with some occasional variations
E|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------0--4(5)--5------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
E|--------------------4--4-3---------------------4p3----4-3------------------|
B|--------------4--5-----------------------4--5------5-----------------------|
G|---------------------------0-------------0----------------0----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------|
A|---0---0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---4---0--------------------0-3-4-0------------------------0-3-4-0-------|
C#|-------4--4-3---------------------4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
G#|-4--5-----------------------4--5------5-----5-----5-----5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
F |-0------------0-------------0----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
C#|-0--------------------------0--------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
G#|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-0----2----4----|
C#|-----------------0-3-4-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
Strum/Pick through the chords C#(16x) F(12x) F#(4x)
(you can play almost any notes as long as you hold the chords and it'll sound good)
The following notes are played while strumming C# (listen to the recording to know when):
E|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--2--4--5---0--2--4--5-| |--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------| |-0--2--4--5---0--2--4--5--------------------------|
E|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
On the last time through, play only the bass notes of the F and F# chords:
C#|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------|
G#|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------|
F |E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------|
C#|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----x-x-x-x--|
G#|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----x-x-x-x--|
C#|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--x-x-x-x--|
[Chorus]
Strum the C# chord with energy (not actually sure what chord is used here but C# works well enough for me.
If anybody knows what chord it actually is please correct me)
Same as in the verse, the following notes are played while strumming
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-3-2-0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------3--2------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------3--0-3--0-3--0--------0-0-3-0-3-3-0-----------------|
