Tom Jones – Motherless Child (Guitar Intro Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Guitar Intro
Guitar Intro Tab
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This Tom Jones / Portishead track is probably a cover of the Kathleen Emery version of this traditional
blues standard.
Starts in Am, but then modulates up a semitone to Bbm, and then again to Bm.
Chords for the introduction are: Am, Dm, F, Em.
The introduction guitar part is a clean guitar with reverb. It only lasts through the 1st verse.
Through the intro and most of 1st verse the notes are semi-quavers (i.e. with rests between the notes),
but this changes in bar 15
[Intro]
5 bars of brass, strings, percussion and theremin before the guitar starts.
Am
PM=================>| PM=========>|
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|------------------2--------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|-------0-------------------3-2-0-------|
D|---------------------------2-3-5---6---|-----------------------------------5---|
PM=====================================>| PM=========>|
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|------------------2--------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|-------0-------------------3-2-0-------|
D|-------4-----------3-------2-3-5---6---|-----------------------------------5---|
PM=============================>|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
D|-------4-----------3-------2-3-5---6---|[Verse 1]
Am
PM PM=================================================>|
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|------------------2--------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|-------0-------------------3-2-0-------|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------5---|-------4-----------3-------2-3-5---6---|
PM PM==========================================>|
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|------------------2--------------------|-----------------------------------2---|
A|-------0-------------------3-2-0-------|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------5---|-------4-----------3-------2-3-5-------|Dm
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------0---2---|-------------------------------0---2---| D|-------0----------3--------2-3---------|-------0-----------3-------2-3---------| A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| Am | Drums enter | Distorted Wah guitar enters PM PM=================================================>| e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|------------------2--------------------|---------------------------------------| A|-------0-------------------3-2-0-------|---------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------5---|-------4-----------3-------2-3-5---6---| PM PM==================>| PM PM e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|------------------2------------2-------|-------------------2-----------2-------| A|-------0-------------------0-------0---|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------|-------6-------------------6-------6---| PM PM PM==========>| PM PM e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|------------------2------------2-------|-------------------2-----------2-------| A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|-------5-------------------5-------5---|-------4-------------------4-------4---| F Em PM PM PM PM PM PM e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|-------3----------6/7------3---7---3---|-------2-----------5/6-----2---6---2---| F Em PM PM PM PM PM PM e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| A|------------------2------------2-------|---------------------------------------| D|-------3-------------------3-------3---|-------2-----------5/6-----2---6---2---| F Em PM=========>| PM=============================>| e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|-------3----------3--------0---3---0---|-------2-----------2-----------5---6---|
Am
e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| D|-------6/7--------6/7----------6/7-----|-------6/7-----------------------------|
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| / Slide up
| PM Palm mute
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[Verse 2]