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Topic: Bad Weather - Tab |
Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2018 11:08 am |
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I tabbed out Bad Weather.
If you hit the Quote button, you can copy and paste it to your editor.
YouTube of Studio Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soWQ6huD8oc
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POCO Bad Weather written by Paul Cotton
Intro:
G# Bbm Cm Eb
Fm C#
F# > Eb
G# Cm C#
In every day that passes us by
G# Cm C#
I can't help the feeling that you and I
C# F# Ebm
We won't get to see another day together
C#maj 7 F# F# > Eb
Looks like bad weather
G# Cm C#
I can see it all there in your eyes
G# Cm C#
And it comes to me as no surprise
C# F# Ebm
That you don't need me here no more
C#maj 7 F# Ebm
Your feelings tell the score
C# C#maj 7 F# Ebm
Words they are getting hard for me to find
C# C#maj 7 F# Ebm
You take me by the hand and you're leading
C#maj 7
me blind
Eb
SOLO
G# Cm C#
G# Cm C#
C# F# Ebm
C#maj7 F#
B Ebm E
In every day that passes us by
B Ebm E
I can't help the feeling that you and I
E A F#m
We won't get to see another day together
Emaj7 F#m
Looks like bad weather
SOLO
C# C#Maj7 F# Ebm (repeat 5x)
C# C#maj 7 F# Ebm
Words they are getting hard for me to find
C# C#maj 7 F# Ebm
You take me by the hand and you're leading
C#maj 7 Eb
me blind
SOLO
G# Cm C#
F#
B Ebm E
In every day that passes us by
B Ebm E
I can't help the feeling that you and I
E A F#m
We won't get to see another day together
Emaj7 F#m
Looks like bad weather
SOLO
C# C#Maj7 F# Ebm (repeat 5x) - Tag
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2018 11:46 am
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Thanks, Pete!
So I have a question which I've wondered about for a long time. In the solo, at 1:47-1:48 in this YouTube, there is a pedals-down lick that very obviously has the bar covering the lower strings, but leaves the 4th string to ring open. He adds in that 4th string three times: on beats 3 and 4, then beat 2 of the next measure.
There are only two easy ways to do that in G#. Either Rusty had the steel tuned down a half-step, or more likely, the engineer slowed down the tape a half-step (they recorded in A, Rusty did the lick at 12th fret with AB down, but the tape was slowed to G#). Producers used to do that kind of thing quite a bit. Do you know about this? I guess he could have done it in G# with the open 4th along with E-lower lever... but that's a little awkward thing to come up with. But then, we're talking Rusty Young, so that might be how he did it.
Last edited by Tucker Jackson on 17 Mar 2018 12:34 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2018 12:05 pm
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Hey Tucker, check out this discussion I had with Frank Freniere awhile ago. I don't think we ever got a definite answer on why but I know I was a bit baffled tabbing things out in Ab(G#) and Frank is right about that cool unison sound in A.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=306648&highlight= |
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2018 12:13 pm
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Thanks, Jeff.
Revisiting this lick a bit on my steel, I retract my earlier comments that he could have done the lick in G# with the E-lower; it woudn't work because he bounces between the 8th and 4th string... the 8th would have to un-lowered, while the 4th was lowered. He didn't wire his lever that way.
So, I'm back to the "engineer slowed the tape" theory. It's far-fetched that he would tune his entire steel down a half-step just to make one lick work out. Also, if you're familiar with what their vocals normally sound like, this sounds slowed; compare the harmony parts on say, Pickin' Up the Pieces to those same voices on this recording.
Does anybody know Rusty? Can they ask him? |
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Douglas Schuch
From:
Valencia, Philippines
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Posted 17 Mar 2018 3:48 pm
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This is some of the music I grew up on, and while, at the time, I had no idea what a pedal steel guitar was, the sound always stuck with me and no doubt was a big influence in my deciding to learn to play pedal steel in my 50's. Thanks!
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2018 6:39 pm
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I added some basic pedal/lever combo's to make it very easy to play along 
I basically pick string groups 8,6,5, or, 6,5,4, or 5,4,3 when playing along.
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POCO Bad Weather written by Paul Cotton
E = E to Eb Lever
F = E to F Lever
A = A Pedal
B = B Pedal
Intro:
4 2E 4E 2AF
G# Bbm Cm Eb
4A 4AB
Fm C#
2 2AF
F# > Eb
4 4E 4AB
G# Cm C#
In every day that passes us by
4 4E 4AB
G# Cm C#
I can't help the feeling that you and I
4AB 2 2A
C# F# Ebm
We won't get to see another day together
4A 2 2 2AF
C#maj 7 F# F# > Eb
Looks like bad weather
4 4E 4AB
G# Cm C#
I can see it all there in your eyes
4 4E 4AB
G# Cm C#
And it comes to me as no surprise
4AB 2 2A
C# F# Ebm
That you don't need me here no more
4A 2 2A
C#maj 7 F# Ebm
Your feelings tell the score
4AB 4A 2 2A
C# C#maj 7 F# Ebm
Words they are getting hard for me to find
4AB 4A 2 2A
C# C#maj 7 F# Ebm
You take me by the hand and you're leading
4A
C#maj 7
me blind
2AF
Eb
SOLO
4 4E 4AB
G# Cm C#
4 4E 4AB
G# Cm C#
4AB 2 2A
C# F# Ebm
4A 2
C#maj7 F#
7 7E 7AB
B Ebm E
In every day that passes us by
7 7E 7AB
B Ebm E
I can't help the feeling that you and I
7AB 5 5A
E A F#m
We won't get to see another day together
7A 5A
Emaj7 F#m
Looks like bad weather
SOLO
4 4E 2 2A
C# C#Maj7 F# Ebm (repeat 5x)
4AB 4A 2 2A
C# C#maj 7 F# Ebm
Words they are getting hard for me to find
4AB 4A 2 2A
C# C#maj 7 F# Ebm
You take me by the hand and you're leading
4A 2AF
C#maj 7 Eb
me blind
SOLO
4 4E 4AB
G# Cm C#
2
F#
7 7E 7AB
B Ebm E
In every day that passes us by
7 7E 7AB
B Ebm E
I can't help the feeling that you and I
7AB 5 5A
E A F#m
We won't get to see another day together
7A 5A
Emaj7 F#m
Looks like bad weather
SOLO
4AB 4A 2 2A
C# C#Maj7 F# Ebm (repeat 5x) - Tag
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Craig Schwartz
From:
McHenry IL
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Posted 21 Mar 2018 1:16 pm
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Pete this great work on this chart, I can actually understand it, Thank You
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Nicholas Scott
From:
Norfolk, VA USA
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