Am
Don’t believe me if I tell you
Dm C G
Not a word of this is true
Am G F
Don’t believe me if I tell you
Dm C G
Especially if I tell you that I’m in love with you
Am
Don’t believe me if I tell you
Dm C G
That I wrote this song for you
Am G F
There just might be some other silly pretty girl
Dm C G
I’m singing it to
Em
Don’t believe a word
Dm
For words are only spoken
And our heart is like a promise
Am
Made to be broken
Solo: Am | Am | Dm C | G | Am | G F | Dm C | G }x2
Em
Don’t believe a word
Dm
Words can tell lies
And lies are no comfort
Am
When there’s tears in your eyes
Am
Don’t believe me if I tell you
Dm C G
Not a word of this is true
Am G
Don’t believe me if I tell you
F Dm C G
Especially if I tell you that I’m in love with you
Am G F
Don’t believe a word
Am G F
No, don’t believe a word, don’t believe me
Am F G
Don’t believe me
Am G/B Am shuffle Am ad libitum
Oh, not a single word, ooh.
Note: Both in the lead guitar and in the bass part,
chords only indicate the overall harmony.
There’s no rhythm guitar strumming the chords.
As to the lead guitar part…
there’s neither bar division nor rhythm notation.
I hope you understand, it seemed impossible to me…
anyhow I wrote indicative chord names above the tab
and tried to divide the solo in “phrases”.
Maybe this is not what Gary Moore actually plays,
but I think it’s a very good approximation.
Here it is:
Lead guitar
^^^^^^^^^^^
solo Am Am Dm C G
E|————————————————————–5-8-/10-(/12)-|
B|————————————————————6—————|
G|-(9)r7-5———–7b(9)-7-5-7-9—–5——————5-7—————–|
D|———7-5-7—-7————-7—–7———-3-5-5/7——————–|
A|——————————————–0-3-5—————————|
E|—————————————————————————-|
Am G F Am Dm C G
E|-5-7-/8-7-5————–5-7-/8-75-7p5–5————-5———————|
B|———–5-8b(10)———————8–8-5——–5–8-5—————–|
G|———————————————–7-7b(9)——-7p6p5–7-5——|
D|——————————————————————-7—7-5h7-|
A|————————————————————————7—-|
E|—————————————————————————–|
Am Dm
E|-12b(15)-12-10–10-12-13-12-10h12p10–10———————-10-12-10h12p10-|
B|————–13——————–13–10-13-13b(15)—-10-13—————|
G|—————————————————————————–|
D|—————————————————————————–|
A|—————————————————————————–|
E|—————————————————————————–|
C G
E|—-10———————————————————————–|
B|-13—-13-10———————–10—————————————-|
G|————-12h14p1210—-12b(14)—12h14p12-10—————————-|
D|————————-12———————–12-10———————-|
A|——————————————————–12-10—————-|
E|————————————————————–13-10-13-10-13-|
Am G F
E|—————————12-13-15-15b(17)—–(17)r15-12——-12—–|
B|——————-12-13-15——————————-15b(17)—-15-|
G|———–10-12-14————————————————14—|
D|——10-12————————————————————-|
A|-10/12——————————————————————|
E|————————————————————————|
Dm C G
E|—–17-20-22—–22b(24)-22b(24)r22-20-22-|
B|—18————————————–|
G|-19—————————————-|
D|——————————————-|
A|——————————————-|
E|——————————————-|
some licks from the 2nd chorus:
E|–15b(17)r-13-15-|–8b(10)-(10)r8-5———–|——|——————|
B|—————–|—————–8———-|——|——————|
G|—————–|——————7b(9)r7-5-|–7-5-|–7b(9)r7-5——-|
D|—————–|—————————-|——|————7-5-7-|
A|—————–|—————————-|——|——————|
E|—————–|—————————-|——|——————|
licks from the 3rd verse:
E|————|———–|
B|———-8-|–10–10-8-|
G|———-7-|———–|
D|-3-5/7-5–5-|———–|
A|————|———–|
E|————|———–|
licks from the outro:
E|-12-13-15-12-12h13p12-10-12-10-|————12-|————17-|
B|——————————-|—-13-15-13—|—–13/15–13-|
G|——————————-|–14———–|–12——–14-|
D|——————————-|—————|—————-|
A|——————————-|—————|—————-|
E|——————————-|—————|—————-|
Now and then there’s a second guitar playing chords
on the high positions, e.g. (from low E to high E):
Dm: x-x-12-10-10-10,
or Em7: x-x-9-9-8-10,
or Am: x-x-x-14-13-12.
In the final (shuffle) part, just play chords
and notes around the 5th and 7th
fret with a little bit of improvisation.
As to the bass part… there are some variations
to the progression here and there, so I tabbed the song in full
though it basically consists of verse and chorus repeated over & over.
You will find the song is quite syncopated, and
maybe not all the notes are in the right place. I
t’s not 100% correct but it’s the best I could do.
