I Can't Stop
Date: 03/06/02
From: Jaan Wessman
I've never tabbed a damn thing in Usenet so
forgive me if all the
following turns out like shit (even if it doesn't *visually* turn out
like
turd it could very well turn out like a major dung when you try it out
on
your guitar...).
So, anyway, I remember watching Mike play this song on an acoustic just
a few feet away from me and I was really, REALLY trying to pay attention
to
what was happening. Haven't got the video for that one available for
viewing but here's what *I* hear on the record and what I remember visually
seeing MK do... If only my memory would serve me right FOR 1CE!!! Here
we
go:
INTRO:
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-9---9-----10----10-----12--9--9--------------||
|-9---9------9----------11-------------11--------||
|-9---11---12------------------------------12----||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
repeat x3 and then...:
|----------- 12---------||
|-9---9-----10--------||
|-9---9-----11--------||
|-9---11---12--------||
|------------------------||
|------------(0)*-------||
*The note in paranthesis indicates the root.
VERSE:
|-3---3--3------3---3--3-------||
|-3---3--3------3---3--3-------||
|-0---4--6------6---4--0-------||
|-7---7--7------7---7--7-------||
|-0---0--0------0---0--0-------||
|----------------------------------||
+
|-3---3--3-----3----3------3---3--3----||
|-3---3--3-----3----3------3---3--3----||
|-0---4--6-----4----6------6/--6--0----||
|-7---7--7-----7----7------7---7--7----||
|-0---0--0-----0----0------0---0--0----||
|--------------------------------------------||
Repeat as necessary. The slash on the G-string indicates a bend. Yeah,
I
know, this is a bitch to play if you're not used to big stretches with
your
fretboard fingers... Anyway, that's how I recall Mike doing the verse.
If
the bend seems too awkward you can easily just mute the note. It'll be
ok,
I promise. Actually, I think some versions of "I Can't Stop"
definitely
DON'T utilize that bend... Mike?
THAT RINGY BIT IN BETWEEN:
|----------0---------------0------------------||
|-0----3----3----0----3----3----0---------||
|----5----------5----6---------6----0------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
Let notes ring as long as possible. Repeat verse.
I borrowed my copy of "hat" to a friend and I can't hear those
six
chords which lead to the chorus well enough (I'm using "Half Alive"
for my
transcription purposes). When I get my copy back I'm going to try and
transcribe that too. Chorus = Intro (some rhythmic variation but the basic
idea is the same).
THE LICK LEADING OUT OF THE CHORUS:
|-9--10>-14------12----------10p--0----------------||
|----------------12------10--9------------7p--0-------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------||
">" indicates a slide, "p" indicates a pull-off.
The last four notes of
this lick could also be played like this...:
|-10p--0h--2---------||
|-----------------0------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
...where "h" indicates a hammer-on but I prefer the first version
with
the pull-offs myself. When you play it that way you're fretting hand is
already positioned more comfortably for the wide stretches in the verse
that'll follow (if you're not going into the solo).
Damn, now I want to get my "hat" back to work on that one part!
In the
meantime, please feel free to suggest corrections and alternatives and,
above all, have fun! :-) Mike, if you happen to read this, it'd sure be
supadupamegafunkycool if you could comment on this transcription.
Jaan
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