The Black Keys – Im Glad (Guitar Tab)

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rare Ones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tabbed by: Connor O. Another rare one by the Black Keys, this song is a rendition of the Captain Beefheart song by the same name from the album Safe as Milk. This tab is a transcription of a live version of the song performed on the Colin Murray Program on December 8, 2008. The Colin Murray Program was a BBC radio program, and this performance was done for a segment of the program called "In The Company of" where Colin would host various musicians and record live performances. Comment or message any ideas or corrections. Please rate my tab. Key: where # represents a fret number #h# - hammer #p# - pull / \ - slides, up and down respectively. #b# - bend from normal note up to achieve bended note. #r# - release bend from bended note to normal note. #b - a slight bend a.k.a. a curl. Intro: 0:00

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Verse 1: 0:12

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  0:24
                                                   When       you
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  0:36
  first      came 'round   I was sad
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  0:47
  my head    hung down I felt really bad                  Now I'm
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Chorus A:

  0:58
   glad, glad about the good times, ohohoh     that we had
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Verse 2:

  1:09
                     Oh oh oh ohoh oh
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  1:16
                   my   my   my
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  1:31
         we walked in the park         we kissed in the dark
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  1:42
       and the leaves they burned just like, just like the stars   Now I'm
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Chorus A:

  1:51
   glad, glad about the good times, ohohoh     that we had
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A|-2------2------4------4------5----------6-7--------------------|
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Bridge: 2:03

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Chorus B:

  2:13
           you ran away        and I cried night and day over what you done
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B|-5-4-3-2---2---2-3---------2---2---2-3---5/7-7---2---2---2-3-3-3-----------|
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D|-7-6-5-4---4---4-4---------4---4---4-4-----------4---4---4-4-4-4-----------|
A|-7-6-5-4---4---4-2---------4---4---4-2-----------4---4---4-2-2-2-----------|
E|-5-4-3-2---2---2-2---------2---2---2-2-----------2---2---2-2-2-2-----------|

  2:28
   and I had to pay          left me so blue         not knowing where to go
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  2:43  
     what to do          please come back and let the sun shine through
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E|-2---2---2-2---------2---2---2-2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|

3:00

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Verse 3: 3:02

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3:13

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  3:24
       Sun passed behind the clouds and I felt so proud   
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  3:34 
       We walk down the         we smile at people we meet, we meet
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Chorus A:

  3:45
   glad, glad about the good times, ohohoh     that we had
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A|-2------2------4------4------5------5---5/7--------------------|
E|-2------2------4------4------5------5---5/7--------------------|

Bridge: 3:55

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Chorus B:

  4:04
           you went away        and I cried night and day over what you done
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G|-6-5-4-2---2---2-4---4b6---2---2---2-4---4b6---2---2---2-4---4/6---------|
D|-7-6-5-4---4---4-4---------4---4---4-4---------4---4---4-4---------------|
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E|-5-4-3-2---2---2-2---------2---2---2-2---------2---2---2-2---------------|

  4:20
   and I had to pay          left me so blue         not knowing where to go
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G|-2---2---2-4------2---2---2---2-4-4-4-----2---2---2---2-4-4-4-2h4-2-2----|
D|-4---4---4-4---4b-----4---4---4-4-4-4-2h4-----4---4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4----|
A|-4---4---4-2----------4---4---4-2-2-2---------4---4---4-2-2-2-2---2-2----|
E|-2---2---2-2----------2---2---2-2-2-2---------2---2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2----|

  4:33
     what to do          please come back and let the sun shine through
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  4:47
   oh please shine through
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Outro: 5:09

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