Newton Faulkner – Teardrop (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

Tabbed by Jebus Percussion notation: # = strike body with heel of the palm, slightly above strings and between sound hole and bridge * = slap body with thumb, above strings, by end of fretboard Right hand should remain roughly in natural picking position throughout Rhythm:

Db|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
    #  #     #  *      #  #     #  *

During verse, the first # is replaced by plucking of bass notes. [Intro] (Strings picked, not strummed)

    Db       B2       Gb       Db
Db|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|--------|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0------|    X2
Gb|-7------|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|-0------|--------|-5------|-0------|

    B2       Gb       Db
Db|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|    
Gb|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|--------|-5------|-0------|

| Percussion | x 8 bars [Verse] Bass notes picked with right hand Meoldy played by fretting hand See notes above on percussion

    Db                        B2
Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-0----------------------|
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-5----------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------| |

   Gb                        Db                        |  x2
Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-| |
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Db|-5-----------------------|-0----------------------|

    B9        Gb       Db
Db|---------|--------|---------|
Bb|---------|--------|---------|
Gb|-<12>----|-<12>---|-7-------|
Db|-<12>----|-<12>---|--0------|
Gb|---------|-<12>---|---7-----|
Db|--10-----|--------|----0----|
     nh        nh

    B2    B2    n.c
Db|-----|-----|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-5---|-5---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|

[Outro] Full percussion and bass/melody notes as per the start of the verse, except bars with *, do not play the bass notes in these bars. Chord structure: | Db | B2 | Gb | Db | | B2 | Gb | Db | Db*| | B2 | B2*| B2 | B2*| | Db | B2 | Gb | Db | | Db*| B2 | Gb | Db | | Db | B2 | Gb | Db | fade out ************************************ | b Bend | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off ************************************