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From: [email protected] (Juergen Helmers)
BE MY NUMBER TWO Joe Jackson
This is just a simple try to adapt this lovley piano-based
ballad to the guitar. If you need it, I maybe could write
down and mail you the tabs as I play it, but firstgive it a go
and work out your own..
INTRO
F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C
F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C
Verses:
F Bb C
Won’t you be my number two
F Bb C
Being number one or trough (?)
am7 gm7 C
There won’t be too much to do
dm7 C
just smile when I feel blue
F Bb C
And there’s not much left of me
F Bb C
What you get is what you see
am7 gm7 C
Is it worth the energy
dm7 C
I leave it up to you
Break:
Bb F C F
And if you got something to say to me
Bb F C F
Don’t try to lay off only weights on me
Bb F C F
I know that it’s really not fair of me
Bb9 C9
But my heart seemed too much action
F Bb C
And every time I look at you
F Bb C
you’ll be who I want you to
am7 gm7 C
And I’ll do what I can do
dm7 C Bb^6
To make a dream or two come true
Bb^6 gm7 F
if you be my, if you be my number two.
F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C
End:
Bb^6 gm7 gm7/c F^79
Chords:
F: Bb: C:
e|–1——–x———–x—|
b|–1——–3———–5—|
g|–2——–3———–5—|
d|–3——–3———–5—|
a|–3——–1———–3—|
e|–1——–x———–x—|
Use these chords for the first two lines of each verse and
the break.
The am7, gm7 and dm7 in the rest of each verse are:
am7: gm7: dm7:
e|–x——x——-x——-|
b|–5——3——-10——|
g|–5——3——-10——|
d|–5——3——-10——|
a|–x——x——-x——-|
e|–5——3——-10——|
For last C in each verse I take an upper position:
C:
e|—–x——————-|
b|—–8——————-|
g|—–9——————-|
d|—–10——————|
a|—–x——————-|
e|—–8——————-|
The Bb9 and the C9 in the end of the break are:
Bb9: C9:
e|–x———–x—|
b|–1———–3—|
g|–3———–5—|
d|–3———–5—|
a|–1———–3—|
e|–x———–x—|
So you finally need the chords I play in the end of the Song.
I end up in the 10th position (dm7) and progress in a downward
movement in an ending-sequence to a finally F^7/9:
Play the dm7 at the 10th and the C at the 8th position. Go
down two frets to the 6th position and try a Bbmajor6 like
this:
Bb^6:
e|———x——–|
b|———6——–|
g|———7——–|
d|———5——–|
a|———x——–|
e|———6——–|
In the ending sequence I use the already mentioned gm7 after which I go over a gm7
add C on b-string at first position,
gm7/C:
e|———x———|
b|———1———|
g|———3———|
d|———3———|
a|———x———|
e|———3———|
to the last chord, a F major7/9:
F^7/9:
e|———0———|
b|———1———|
g|———0———|
d|———3———|
a|———x———|
e|———1———|
I hope you like it and enjoy… Juergen
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Juergen Helmers Freie Universitaet Berlin
Tel.: + 49 30 6269734 Institut fuer Biochemie
Fax :(+ 49 30 6269734) [email protected]
WWW-Page-URL: http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/user/helmers
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