Rod Stewart – Farewell (Guitar)

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Song: Farewell Artist: Rod Stewart Album: Smiler The song sounds closer to the record if you play it with a capo on the fifth fret, as a commenter notes. I've tabbed the song without a capo, so that people who do not have one can play it. Main riff:

   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-3-----3-3-3----|--3---3---0-0--|---------------|----------------|
B|-3-----3-3-3----|--2---2---2-2--|--------------2|--2-------------|
G|-0-----0-0-0----|--3---3---2-2--|--------------2|--2-------------|
D|-0-----0-0-0----|--0---0---2-2--|4-2-4-2-------2|--2-4-2-4-2-----|
A|-2-----2-2-2----|----------0-0--|0-0-0-0-------0|--0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-3-----3-3-3----|---------------|---------------|----------------|

G D A Note: The riff above is a suggestion. The way the guitarist plays it changes a lot during the song, so I suggest playing variations on the underlying chords. Riff 1:

e|----------------------0---|
B|----------------------2---|
G|-0--------------------2---|
D|-----4---2---0--------2---|
A|-----------------0----0---|
E|--------------------------|

Note: Try playing either Riff 1 or the underlying chords and see which you prefer. GENERAL NOTES: All verses have the same chords. Try throwing in the occasional A7 in place of an A to see if it sounds better. The chords that are in parentheses are like that because I can't quite tell what's being played. -------------------- Intro: Main riff x5 Verse 1: D Riff 1 (G) Fare thee well my brother (D) A Please don't stand in my way

     D                 A
I'm going down to that dirty town

    G       D      A
no matter what you say

D (G) You fooled me and you ruled me (A) D and you played in every part

         G          A                D         
I gotta go, it's no use me stayin' home

Verse 2 Verse 3 Chorus 1:

        G    D
Well I love you

          G        D         G        D
Shall I write or phone from Paris or Rome

          G       D                 
and I'll miss you all

       G        D       A
even tho' you tried to hold me back

G D A G D A7 Verse 4 Chorus 2:

                    G    D            
All I can say is I love you

          G       D           G       D
Shall I write or phone from Paris or Rome

        G                     D
And I think I'm always gonna miss you

Main riff x1

       G    D
And I love you always

Main riff x1

             G            D
I think I'm always gonna miss ya

       G        D       A                
even tho' you tried to hold me back

G D A G D A (whistling over chords) Bridge/break: Variation on main riff x3 (the A comes earlier than in the main riff; play the A very slowly last time through):

   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 
e|-3---3-3-3-3---3|----0----------|
B|-3---3-3-3-3---2|----2----------|
G|-0---0-0-0-0---3|----2----------|
D|-0---0-0-0-0---0|----2----------|
A|-2---2-2-2-2----|----0----------|
E|-3---3-3-3-3----|---------------|

G D A Then play A for two measures G D A until fade (similar to the main riff, but the A doesn't come 'til the 3rd measure)