Post by Leonard on Oct 9, 2016 8:32:25 GMT -5
This song never received the love it desires especially in the riff parts which were fiddly to fully transcribe.
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Date: April 10, 2016 Transcribed by: Leonard
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This is a faithful rendition of how
Cat Stevens plays the song on guitar.
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"If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" (1972)
by Cat Stevens
Standard tuning (EADGBE)
in 4/4 time
INTRO
C G6 Fmaj7 G6 C G6 Fmaj7 G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
d d u d u d d d u d u d d u d u d d d u d u
E|--0---0--0---0--0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0--|--0---0--0---0--0--|--0--0--0-0-3-3--|
B|--8---8--8---3--3--|--1--1--1-1-3-3--|--8---8--8---3--3--|--1--1--1-1-0-0--|
G|--9---9--9---4--4--|--2--2--0-2-4-4--|--9---9--9---4--4--|--2--2--0-2-0-0--|
D|-10--10-10---5--5--|--3--3--3-3-5-5--|-10--10-10---5--5--|--3--3--3-3-0-0--|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------x-x--|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------3-3--|
Well, if you...
VERSE 1
G CaddG G Fadd9
Well, if you want to sing out, sing out.
G CaddG G Am
And if you want to be free, be free.
Asus4 Dm Am G
'Cause there's a million things to be.
C/G RIFF 1
You know that there are.
VERSE 2
G CaddG G Fadd9
And if you want to live high, live high.
G CaddG G Am
And if you want to live low, live low.
Asus4 Dm Am G
'Cause there's a million ways to go.
C/G RIFF 2 RIFF 3
You know that there are.
CHORUS
CaddG Fadd9 RIFF 4 G CaddG RIFF 3
You can do what you want, the opportunity's on.
CaddG Fadd9 RIFF 4 G CaddG RIFF 3
And if you find a new way, you can do it to-day.
CaddG Fadd9 RIFF 4 G CaddG Am Em
You can make it all true, and you can make it un-do, you see.
Am Em Am Em RIFF 1
Ah,______ it's easy. Ah,______ you only need to know.
VERSE 3
G CaddG G Fadd9
Well, if you want to say yes, say yes.
G CaddG G Am
And if you want to say no, say no.
Asus4 Dm Am G
'Cause there's a million things to go.
C/G RIFF 1
You know that there are.
VERSE 4
G CaddG G Fadd9
And if you want to be me, be me.
G CaddG G Am
And if you want to be you, be you.
Asus4 Dm Am G
'Cause there's a million things to do.
C/G RIFF 2 RIFF 3
You know that there are.
Play CHORUS.
VERSE 5
G CaddG G Fadd9
Well, if you want to sing out, sing out.
G CaddG G Am
And if you want to be free, be free.
Asus4 Dm Am G
'Cause there's a million things to be.
C/G G C/G G
You know that there are.
C/G G C/G G
You know that there are.
C/G G C/G G
You know that there are.
C/G G CaddG G FaddG
You know that there are.
G CaddG G FaddG G
You know that there are.
OUTRO
C G6 Fmaj7 G6 CaddG
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
d d u d u d d d u d u d u d u d
E|--0---0--0---0--0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--3----------------|
B|--8---8--8---3--3--|--1--1--1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|--1----------------|
G|--9---9--9---4--4--|--2--2--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|--0----------------|
D|-10--10-10---5--5--|--3--3--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|--2----------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------------|--3----------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
CHORDS
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RIFF 1
G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
/ / / / / / / /
d d d u d u d u
E |--3---3----3----3~~~---|--3-3--3-3-----------|
B |--0---0-h1-0-h1-0~~~---|--1-0--1-0-----------|
G |--0---0----0----0~~~---|--0-0--0-0-----------|
D |--0---0-h2-0-h2-0~~~---|--2-0--2-0-----------|
A |--x---x----x----x~~~---|--x-x--x-x-----------|
E |--3---3----3----3~~~---|--3-3--3-3-----------|
RIFF 2
G C/G G C/G G G!
/ / / / / / / /
d d d u u d
E |--3---3----3----3~~-3--|--3~x----------------|
B |--0---0-h1-0-h1-0~~-0--|--0~x----------------|
G |--0---0----0----0~~-0--|--0~x--(Mute with----|
D |--0---0-h2-0-h2-0~~-0--|--0~x-----palm)------|
A |--x---x----x----x~~-x--|--x------------------|
E |--3---3----3----3~~-3--|--3~x----------------|
RIFF 3
G A4* G CaddG...
E |---------------------|---3-----------------------|
B |---------------------|---1-----------------------|
G |---------------------|---0-----------------------|
D |---------------------|---2-----------------------|
A |--------------0---2--|---3-----------------------|
E |--3---3---3----------|---------------------------|
(You can do what you...)
RIFF 4
G A4* CaddG G...
E |---------------------|---3-----------------------|
B |---------------------|---0-----------------------|
G |---------------------|---0-----------------------|
D |---------------------|---0-----------------------|
A |--------------0---3--|---2-----------------------|
E |--3---3---3----------|--(3)----------------------|
(The opportunity's...)
C G6 Fmaj7
xx.10.980 xx5430 xx3210
----R-MI- --RMI- --RMI-
CaddG G Fadd9 C/G
x32013 3x0003 xx3213 3x2013
-RM-IL R----L --RMIL R-M-IL
Am Asus4 A4* Dm Em
x02210 x02230 x00xxx xx0231 022000
--MRI- --MRL- ------ ---MRI -MR---
Chord fingering: T = thumb
I = index finger
M = middle finger
R = ring finger
L = little finger
Tablature notation: h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato, or hold chord
[ ] = natural harmonic (Harm.)
/ = legato slide (gliss) up the fret
\ = legato slide (gliss) down the fret
! = accentuate part with great intensity
d = downward stroke
u = upward stroke