Song: Farewell
Artist: Rod Stewart
Album: Smiler
The song sounds closer to the record if you play it with a capo on the fifth fret, as a commenter notes.
I've tabbed the song without a capo, so that people who do not have one can play it.
Main riff:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-3-----3-3-3----|--3---3---0-0--|---------------|----------------|
B|-3-----3-3-3----|--2---2---2-2--|--------------2|--2-------------|
G|-0-----0-0-0----|--3---3---2-2--|--------------2|--2-------------|
D|-0-----0-0-0----|--0---0---2-2--|4-2-4-2-------2|--2-4-2-4-2-----|
A|-2-----2-2-2----|----------0-0--|0-0-0-0-------0|--0-0-0-0-0-----|
E|-3-----3-3-3----|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G D A
Note: The riff above is a suggestion. The way the guitarist plays it changes a lot during the song, so I
suggest playing variations on the underlying chords.
Riff 1:
e|----------------------0---|
B|----------------------2---|
G|-0--------------------2---|
D|-----4---2---0--------2---|
A|-----------------0----0---|
E|--------------------------|
Note: Try playing either Riff 1 or the underlying chords and see which you prefer.
GENERAL NOTES:
All verses have the same chords.
Try throwing in the occasional A7 in place of an A to see if it sounds better.
The chords that are in parentheses are like that because I can't quite tell what's being played.
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Intro: Main riff x5
Verse 1:
D Riff 1 (G)
Fare thee well my brother
(D) A
Please don't stand in my way
D A
I'm going down to that dirty town
G D A
no matter what you say
D (G)
You fooled me and you ruled me
(A) D
and you played in every part
G A D
I gotta go, it's no use me stayin' home
Verse 2
Verse 3
Chorus 1:
G D
Well I love you
G D G D
Shall I write or phone from Paris or Rome
G D
and I'll miss you all
G D A
even tho' you tried to hold me back
G D A
G D A7
Verse 4
Chorus 2:
G D
All I can say is I love you
G D G D
Shall I write or phone from Paris or Rome
G D
And I think I'm always gonna miss you
Main riff x1
G D
And I love you always
Main riff x1
G D
I think I'm always gonna miss ya
G D A
even tho' you tried to hold me back
G D A
G D A (whistling over chords)
Bridge/break:
Variation on main riff x3 (the A comes earlier than in the main riff; play the A very slowly
last time through):
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-3---3-3-3-3---3|----0----------|
B|-3---3-3-3-3---2|----2----------|
G|-0---0-0-0-0---3|----2----------|
D|-0---0-0-0-0---0|----2----------|
A|-2---2-2-2-2----|----0----------|
E|-3---3-3-3-3----|---------------|
G D A
Then play A for two measures
G D A until fade (similar to the main riff, but the A doesn't come 'til the 3rd measure)
