Bruce Springsteen – Seven Tears (Guitar Tab)
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The Lost Masters Essential Collection II Disc 2
Guitar Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Capo: 5th fret
Guitar Chord shapes used:
D, G, A, A7sus2
Mandolin Tuning: Standard (GDAE)
Mandolin Chord shapes used:
G, C, A(var), D
Difficulty: Novice
There are 4 main sections to the song:
Intro, Verses, Chorus and Chorus/Break section
The bridge uses the A7sus2 or variant of it on guitar. The song is strummed throughout
and in the recording there's a mandolin part that sounds like it's mirroring the guitar
part and sometimes being picked. I've added the mandolin chords to this song as well.
There may be a banjo part in there somewhere as well but it's hard to tell. It's possible
to use a Drop D tuning on this song easily which would change only the G chord to be
5 x 0 0 0 3 instead of 3 2 0 0 0 3. Listen to the recording to figure out the strumming
pattern. On the mandolin part there is some double picking going on but listen for those
sections in the Chorus and Chorus/Break sections.
KEY
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
Intro
Guitar Verse 1
I had a wife I, had a child I had a home up on a hill
e|--2------------------------2-----3--------------------2-----| B|--3---------------3--------3--------------------3-----3-----| G|--2---------------3--------2--------------------3-----2-----| D|------------------3-----------------------------3-----------| A|---------------------------------2--------------------------| E|---------------------------------3--------------------------|
Had a good life for seven years Now all I've got is seven tears
e|--2------------------------2-----3--------------------------2| B|--3------------------3-----3-------------------------3------3| G|--2------------------3-----2-------------------------3------2| D|---------------------3-------------------------------3-------| A|---------------------------------2---------------------------| E|---------------------------------3---------------------------|
Guitar Verse 2
Went down to see my gypsy man He said, "Now son, I understand."
e|--2---------------------2----3-------------------------2-----| B|--3---------------3-----3-------------------------3----3-----| G|--2---------------3-----2-------------------------3----2-----| D|------------------3-------------------------------3----------| A|-----------------------------2-------------------------------| E|-----------------------------3-------------------------------|
When I said, "I want one for every year."
e|-------2----------------------------2-------------------| B|-------3----------------------3-----3-------------------| G|-------2----------------------3-----2-------------------| D|------------------------------3-------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| He tattooed on my face, these seven tears e|--3--------------------------------2--------------------| B|----------------------------3------2--------------------| G|----------------------------3------2--------------------| D|----------------------------3---------------------------| A|--2-----------------------------------------------------| E|--3-----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Chorus
Oh, seven tears, oh, seven tears
e|-------2----------------------------2-------------------| B|-------3----------------------3-----3-------------------| G|-------2----------------------3-----2-------------------| D|------------------------------3-------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------|
I want one for every happy year
e|--3--------------------------------2--------------------| B|----------------------------3------2--------------------| G|----------------------------3------2--------------------| D|----------------------------3---------------------------| A|--2-----------------------------------------------------| E|--3-----------------------------------------------------|
My baby's gone, she's gone, gone, gone
e|--------2--------------------------------2--------------| B|--------3---------------------3----------3--------------| G|--------2---------------------3----------2--------------| D|------------------------------3-------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------|
And I'll cry forever, ever on
e|-------3-------------------------------2----------------| B|----------------------------3----------3----------------| G|----------------------------3----------2----------------| D|----------------------------3---------------------------| A|-------2------------------------------------------------| E|-------3------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Chorus Break Section
e|--2-------------3---------2-----3--------------------2-----| B|--3-------------3---------3--------------------3-----3-----| G|--2-------------2---------2--------------------3-----2-----| D|-----------------------------------------------3-----------| A|--------------------------------2--------------------------| E|--------------------------------3--------------------------| e|--2-------------3---------2-----3--------------------2-----| B|--3-------------3---------3--------------------3-----3-----| G|--2-------------2---------2--------------------3-----2-----| D|-----------------------------------------------3-----------| A|--------------------------------2--------------------------| E|--------------------------------3--------------------------|
Mandolin part
Tuning: Standard (GDAE)
The strumming follows the guitar part.
Mandolin Verse
G A G C D G
E|--3---x---3---0---2---3--------------------------------------| A|--2---3---2---3---0---2--------------------------------------| D|--0---0---0---2---0---0--------------------------------------| G|--0---2---0---0---2---0--------------------------------------|
Mandolin Chorus and Chorus / Break
G C G C D G
E|--3---0---3---0---2---3--------------------------------------| A|--2---3---2---3---0---2--------------------------------------| D|--0---2---0---2---0---0--------------------------------------| G|--0---0---0---0---2---0--------------------------------------|
Verse 2
When I walk out into the lights of town
People see me comin' and they gather round
They wanna know how I ended up here
With this tattoo on my face of seven tears
Chorus 2
Oh, seven tears, oh, seven tears
I want one for every happy year
My baby's gone, she's gone, gone, gone
And I'll cry forever, ever on