Transcription in this file by Chris Pellegrino [email protected] [email protected] Song: "Carmella" Artist: Beth Orton Album: Daybreaker Words and music written by Beth Orton Acoustic guitar is listed as Beth Orton and Ryan Adams (also slide guitar). Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. This is a really fun song to play. This basically is the entire foundation of the song. It's easier than initially sounds because it's all 8th notes - plucking on and off the beat. The important thing to to get the right feel is to emphasize the notes on the G string (except for the first time plucking through the D-chord - the G and B strings - notes A and D - are pretty quiet). There is another acoustic 6 string accompanies this finger picking and an electric slide that accompanies the chorus. If I never get around to transcribing those, please add to it. Timing is 4/4 Standard tuning Sounds like a steel bodied 6 string acoustic or a hollow bodied electric - finger picking. I am using each dash (-) in the "staff" as a 16th note (4 dashes per beat). If you tap your finger to the each down stroke of your finger would be a pluck and each time your finger hit the top would be a pluck of course for the hammer-ons in the first four bars and the pull-offs in the second four which are 16th notes and fit inbetween). That's what the _ | | is supposed to help denote. The first | is the pluck on the beat (finger hitting table when tapping beat) and the second | is the pluck on the off beat (finger hitting top). D EADGBE G/D EADGBE xx0232 320033 D G/D D G/D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | hp e ------232---2---|------3-----3-0-|------232---2---|------3-----3-0| B ----3-----------|--3-----3-----3-|----3--hp-----3-|--3-----3-----3| G --2-------2---0-|----0-----0-----|--2-------2-----|----0-----0----| D 0---------------|----------------|0---------------|---------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| E ----------------|3---------------|----------------|3--------------| D G/D D G/D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | p p e ------32----2---|------3-----3-0-|------32----2---|------3-----3-0| B ----3---3-------|--3-----3-----3-|----3---3-------|--3-----3-----3| G --2-------2---0-|----0-----0-----|--2-------2---0-|----0-----0----| D 0---------------|----------------|0---------------|---------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| E ----------------|3---------------|----------------|3--------------| ... keep playing whatever variations you feel like of these bars throughout the whole song, or strum the while accentuating the notes on the G string to keep the right feel.
