Teardrop Tab

Newton Faulkner - Teardrop
Tuning - Db Gb Db Gb Bb Db (often DGDGBD live)
Tabbed by Jebus
 
Percussion notation:
 
# = strike body with heel of the palm, slightly above strings and
    between sound hole and bridge
* = slap body with thumb, above strings, by end of fretboard
 
Right hand should remain roughly in natural picking position throughout
 
Rhythm:
 
Db|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
    #  #     #  *      #  #     #  *
 
During verse, the first # is replaced by plucking of bass notes.
 
 
[Intro]
 
(Strings picked, not strummed)
 
    Db       B2       Gb       Db
Db|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|--------|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0------|    X2
Gb|-7------|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|-0------|--------|-5------|-0------|
 
 
    B2       Gb       Db
Db|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|
Gb|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|--------|-5------|-0------|
 
 
 | Percussion |     x 8 bars
 
 
[Verse]
 
Bass notes picked with right hand
Meoldy played by fretting hand
See notes above on percussion
 
 
    Db                        B2
Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-0----------------------|
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-5----------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------| |
                                                       |
   Gb                        Db                        |  x2
Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-| |
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Db|-5-----------------------|-0----------------------|
 
    B9        Gb       Db
Db|---------|--------|---------|
Bb|---------|--------|---------|
Gb|-<12>----|-<12>---|-7-------|
Db|-<12>----|-<12>---|--0------|
Gb|---------|-<12>---|---7-----|
Db|--10-----|--------|----0----|
     nh        nh
 
    B2    B2    n.c
Db|-----|-----|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-5---|-5---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
[Outro]
 
Full percussion and bass/melody notes as per the start
of the verse, except bars with *, do not play the bass
notes in these bars. Chord structure:
 
 | Db | B2 | Gb | Db |
 | B2 | Gb | Db | Db*|
 | B2 | B2*| B2 | B2*|
 
 | Db | B2 | Gb | Db |
 | Db*| B2 | Gb | Db |
 | Db | B2 | Gb | Db | fade out
 
 
 
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| b  Bend
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
 
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