Guitar Tab:If I Wasn't Shy
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| If I Wasn't Shy |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Key: E Major |
| Year: 1992 |
| Tabbed By: polivier@jrv.interax.net; Fixed by Zondry |
Intro and outro riff:
B|------5---------------------------------|
G|--------1-------------------------------|
D|--2--------1----0-----------------------|
A|------------------4---------------------|
E|--------------------3----4--5--7--------|
Refrain:
E7 E7/B A7 B7 E7 E7/B A7 B7
If I, wasn't Shy
E7 E7/D A7/C# B7 E7 E7/B A7 Cdim/F#
If I, wasn't Shy
Verses (For the "I'd burn/steal..." verses, play it twice. For the "I'd ask you..." verse, play it once):
E7 Eb7 A7 B7 D7 C#7 B7
Here's the pattern: Intro/Outro Riff -> Refrain -> Verse (2x) -> Refrain -> Verse (2x) -> Refrain -> Verse (1x) - Refrain -> Intro/Outro Riff
Last chord!: E7#9
Clarinet notes during verses:
During "I'd burn...":
E Eb A B D C# B B (2x)
During "I'd steal...":
Lead: E Eb A B | D C# B B (upper register)
Harmony: D Eb G A | F# F F# F#
During "I'd ask...":
Lead: E Eb A B D C# B B (Same octave as first verse)
Harmony: D Eb G A | F# F F# F# (lower octave from the second verse)
Clarinet notes during chorus (clarinet, accordion, woodwind, or anything with reeds of the likeness preferred):
No clarinet on the first refrain
E note on the second refrain
E and D together on the upper register for the last 2 refrains
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