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If Only You Were Lonely

Here's the intro, tabbed out for your pleasure:

vocal------------------------------------------------>well i     walked

---------0-0-0-0-0-0---2-3-3-2----3-3--0-0-3-3-----2-2-2---------3--|
---------1-1-1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3-3--0-0--1-1-0-0-----1-1-1---------0--|
---------0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0-0-----2-2-2---------0--|
---------2-2-0-0-2-2--0-----------0-0--2-2-0-0-----0-0-0---------0--|
---0--3--3(ring)------------------2-2--3-3-2-2-------------------2--|
-3--------------------------------3-3------3-3-------------------3--|

LEAD GUITAR --------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------3-2--0---0-------|
-----------------------------------------------2-0--------2---0-----|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------3--|

My rhythm tabbing is that of a child. But you all know the rhythm, you just need to know where to put yr fingers!


Now let's get together all the chords we're gonna use on this mother:

 G  G7 C   D  D7 A7 Amin Bmin  C2*  E
-3--1--0---2--2--0--0-----2----3----0----------------------------------------|
-0--0--1---3--1--2--1-----3----5----0----------------------------------------|
-0--0--0---2--2--0--2-----4----5----1----------------------------------------|
-0--0--2---0--0--2--2-----4----5----2----------------------------------------|
-2--2--3---------0--0-----2----3----2----------------------------------------|
-3--3--x----------------------------0----------------------------------------|

There's no real musical difference between C and C2, they're both a C chord. I denotated that second C
(played as a bar chord: bar your first finger across the third fret, yr second takes the D-B strings at the
5th) as such so you'd know when to play it - it's only played during the chorus.

A word on the rhythms: very country and western stylin', where you're hitting the chords, but it's "chunky", or
sloppy. An illuminating (and transcribable, by me anyway) example of this is how Paul plays the chorus:

----0-0---x----2--2--x------3--3-x----2--2---x--------------------------------------|
----1-1---x----3--3--x------5--5-x----3--3---x--------------------------------------|
----2-2---x----4--4--x------5--5-x----4--4---x--------------------------------------|
----2-2---x----4--4--x------5--5-x----4--4---x--------------------------------------|
-0--------x--2-------x---3-------x--2--------x--------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The column of x's represent a muted chord; you basically lay your fingers across the strings and hit 'em
for rhythm. This is a somewhat hyperbolic example of me playing the chorus, but this will give you an idea.
http://www.benalto.com/lonelyexam1.mp3

He has some other county-ish lead ins and turnarounds, but we'll get to those when we come to them. Just remember
to keep your playing loose; this isn't a strummer per se.  It's really a sloppy picking job!

With that in mind, let's see if we can get through the song!


(intro) G                     G7
Well, I ordered a Scotch as I bust through them doors
        C
Spilled half on my jeans
          A7
The other half on the floor
       G                D7            G
When I saw you standing by that video game


Lead guitar break here:

------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
-2s4--2s4--2s4--2s4-2-2-4-2------0--|
------------------------------2-----|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|

Rhythm: (G)         D7                   G
Vocal:                          Well I

        G
Well, I ain't very good
          G7
But I get practice by myself
   C
Forgot my one line
          A7
So I just said what I felt

   Am            Bm       C2    Bm
If only you were lonely,  (no vox)
   Am           Bm     C2    Bm
If only you was lonely too,
   Am           Bm     C2
If only you was lonely
                 G
I'd go home with you

>From here to the next verse is a weird break. The rhythm guitar basically goes:

G    D    G    D

But the D's are done like the beginning of the song, with the Dsus4 added in...like thus:

-------2-2-3-3-2-2--------------------------|
-------3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
-------2-2-2-2-2-3--------------------------|
-------0------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|

(the wiggling D isn't weird, just that it's done twice).

The lead guitar during this section, starting right after Paul sings "go home with you":

G                     D                       G                  D
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----3-----------------3----------------------------3-------------3-0---------------------|
2s4-4-4-2-0-2s4--2s4----4--2-0-------2s4-------2s4----------2s4-------2-0----------------|
--------------------------------2-0-------------------2-1s2-----------------2-0----------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-0------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--|

Lots of the lead guitar bits are here just for reference, for those who want to get deeper into what's
going on guitar-wise. THis lead is actually really crappy and not one I would recommend learning.

       G                               G7
Twenty push-ups this morning, that was half my goal
C
Tonight I'll be doin' pull-ups
       A7
On the toilet bowl
    G         D7                 G  D
And somewhere somebody's throwin up
        G
Well, I broke the seal on my door
      G7
And I poured myself to bed
    C                  A7
The whirlpool spinning around in my head
          G            D7
There was liquor on my breath
                   G      G7
And you were on my mind
            C
And I'll be dreamin of that smile
          G           E
Without a care in the world
   Am            Bm      C2 Bm
If only you were lonely,
   Am           Bm     C2   Bm
If only you was lonely too,
   Am           Bm       C Bm
If only you was lonely

Slight instumental section, continuing the chords in the chorus: (Am-Bm-C-Bm-D7)
----------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------3---------3--|
------------0-2s4--2s4----------0-2s4--------2s4----|
-----0-0h1h2--------------0-1-2---------------------|
0h1s2-----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|

G
I walked out of the kitchen
      G7
I was tired as hell
 C                     A7
Another day's here and oh well
G                   D7                    C
Somewhere there's a smile with my name on it.

C           G                G7
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
------0-2-----------2s4--2-0-0---------------------------------------|
-1-2------0------0-----------0---------------------------------------|
-----------0-1s2-----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------3----------------------------------------------|


And that's it!

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