JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO
As recorded by Crosby, Stills & Nash
(From the 1977 Album CSN)
Words and Music by Graham Nash
Transcribed by Slowhand
F#m7 C#m7 D Bm7
x x 4 6 5 5 x 4 6 4 5 x x 5 7 7 7 x x 2 x 2 3 2
Am7
x 0 2 0 1 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Graham Nash - Electric Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Stephen Stills - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'David Crosby - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Stephen Stills - Electric Guitar'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'David Crosby - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'David Crosby - Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=110
F#m7 C#m7
4/4
Gtr I
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~
E S S E E E E a Q +E E S S E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-------2---2-4-4s6--|-(6)-6s4-2---2-4-2---|
|---2h4---4----------|-----------4-------4-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
D Bm7
W Q. E +E Q.
| | | | |
/ / o o o
~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~
Q S E. +Q E S S S E. +Q E S S Q
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-2--------------4h6p4----|
|-2--2-4--(4)----2-4-|----4--(4)---------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
F#m7 C#m7
W W
| |
/ /
E E E E a E a Q E E S S E e E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---5-7-5-5h7-5h7--7-|-7-5---5-----------|
|-6------------------|-----6---6-4-2-4-2-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
D Bm7
W Q. E +E Q.
| | | | |
/ / o o o
~ ~~
E e Q E E E E E S S H.
|----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|----------------------||
|----------2---2-|-4--2-----------------||
|-4-2-2--4---4---|------4-4-------------||
|----------------|----------------------||
|----------------|----------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
F#m7 C#m7 D Bm7
W W W Q. E +E Q.
| | | | | | |
/ / / / o o o
Gtr III
E E E E E E Q Q H Q Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q
||------------0-------|------2-------|-0-----------0--|-0-------------------|
||o---------3---3-----|--3-----------|-1--1-1-(1)-----|-1--0----------------|
||--------0-----------|--2-----------|-0--------------|-0----0--------------|
||------4-------------|--4-----------|-2--------------|-2---------------0---|
||o---2---------------|--2-----------|-3--------------|-0------0-(0)--------|
||--0-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~ ~~~~~~~~
| H E E E a E +W W W
||--------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
||--4---------2-4-4s6-|-(6)----------|----------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------|
F#m7 C#m7 D Bm7
W W W Q. E +E Q.
| | | | | | |
/ / / / o o o
Q E E E E Q Q H Q Q E E E E E E +Q E E +E E Q
|----------0----|----2-------|-0--0---------0-|-(0)----------0------|
|------------3--|-3----------|-1------1---1-1-|-(1)--1--------------|
|--------0------|-2----------|-0--------0---0-|-(0)----0-(0)--------|
|------4--------|-4----------|-2------------2-|-(2)-----------------|
|----2----------|-2----------|-3----3-------0-|-(0)-----------------|
|-0-------------|------------|----------------|---------------------|
A G
Gtr IV
E Q E +E Q E +E E E E E Q.
|-------0-(0)------|--------------0----|
|---0------------0-|-(0)---0----0------|
|-2-----------2----|-----2----0--------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E +H E E H.
|-------3-(3)------|-------1-----------|
|-------0-(0)------|-------1-----------|
|-------0-(0)------|-------2-----------|
|-----0------------|-------3-----------|
|------------------|-----3-------------|
|-3----------------|--1----------------|
Bm7 C#madd4
+Q. E +H +E Q E Q E E
|-(0)---------------|---------0-----------|
|-------------------|-----0------0--------|
|-------2-(2)-------|-(2)-------------2-2-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| H +Q. S S Q Q +E E Q
|--0------(0)-------|-------0---(0)-------|
|--1------(1)-------|--3------------3-----|
|--0------(0)-------|-----------------4---|
|--2------(2)---2s4-|---------------------|
|--0------(0)-------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
1.
A
E E E E Q Q E Q E Q Q
|-0--------0-----0--|-------3--3---------|
|-0---0----0-----0--|---3---0--0---------|
|-2-2---2-----------|---0----------------|
|-2-----------------|--------------------|
|-0-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-3------------------|
|
| Q E E +E Q. E E E E +Q E S S
|-------------3-----|-------1-(1)--------|
|-------0-(0)-------|-------1-(1)--------|
|-------0-(0)-------|-------2-(2)--------|
|-----0-------------|-----3----------0h2-|
|-------------------|---3----------------|
|-3-----------------|-1------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| W W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
Am7
Gtr II
W H E S S S S S S
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|------------------2h4--||
|--------------------|--------------2h4------||
|--------------------|----------2h4---------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Q E E +E S S E E W
|----0-------------0-|-----------------------||
|-1----1-(1)-----3---|--3-------------------o||
|-0------------------|-----------------------||
|------------2s4-----|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|
| W +W
|-0------------------|-(0)-------------------||
|-1------------------|-(1)------------------o||
|-0------------------|-(0)-------------------||
|-2------------------|-(2)-------------------||
|-0------------------|-(0)------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
2.
Gtr IV Gtr II
E Q E Q Q E Q. +H H E S S S S S S
|-------3--3------|--------------------|---------------------------||
|-------0--0------|--------------------|---------------------------||
|---0-------------|---2------(2)-------|-----------------------2---||
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------2h4---4-||
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------2h4---------||
|-3---------------|--------------------|---------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E +Q Q E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E Q.
|-------1-(1)-----|--------------------|-----0---------0-----------||
|-------1-(1)-----|--------0-(0)---0-1-|-(1)-----3-(3)-------------||
|-------2-(2)-----|---0--2-------2-----|---------------------------||
|-----3-----------|--------0-(0)---0-2-|-(2)-----4-(4)-------------||
|---3-------------|---0--3-------3-----|-------0-------------------||
|-1---------------|--------------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Solo
F#m7 C#m7
Gtr I
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~~ PM
H +E S S S S S S a E Q. +E S S +E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------5-|
|-4------(4)-----2---2h4-|-4s6-6------(6)-4h6-(6)---|
|------------2h4---4-----|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E +E E Q E E E E +H
|------------------------|--------2-----------------|
|----------------3-------|----------3-(3)-----------|
|------------0-----------|-----2--------------------|
|------4-(4)-------------|---4----------------------|
|----2-------------------|---2----------------------|
|-0----------------------|--------------------------|
D Bm7
W Q. E +E Q.
| | | | |
/ / o o o
~~ ~~~~~~~~~
E Q. E S S E E S E. +E E E E S E S
|-----------7--6-5-------|----------------------------|
|-5-7--------------7-5---|-5h7----(7)-5---------------|
|------------------------|---------------6-4----6-----|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Q E E +Q. S S E E E E E E Q
|--------0-(0)-----------|----------------------------|
|------1-----------------|-1-------0------------------|
|-0----------------------|---------------2----0-------|
|-2------------------0h2-|------0---------------------|
|-3----------------------|------------3----2----------|
|-3----------------------|----------------------------|
F#m7 C#m7
W W
| |
/ /
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
|--3--| |-3-|
S E. +Q E E E E E E E S S S E S +Q E S S
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-4h6--(6)---6-5---4-6-5-4-|---2-4-2----------------|
|--------------------------|---------4-4-(4)----2h4-|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E Q Q H Q
|----------------0---------|-------2----------------|
|--------------------3-----|-3----------------------|
|------------0-------------|-2----------------------|
|----------4---------------|-4----------------------|
|-------2------------------|-2----------------------|
|-0------------------------|------------------------|
D Bm7
W Q. E +E Q.
| | | | |
/ / o o o
~~~~~~~
S S E E a E +E E E E S E. +H.
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-2---2-4-4s5-(5)-4-2---|------------------------||
|---4-----------------4-|--2--4--(4)-------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|
| Q E E E E E E +Q E E +E E Q
|-0-----0-------------0-|-(0)--------------0-----||
|-1------------1----1-1-|-(1)-----1--------------||
|-0---------------0---0-|-(0)--------0-(0)-------||
|-2-------------------2-|-(2)--------------------||
|-3---------3---------0-|-(0)--------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
Outro-Verse
Em9 Bm7 C Am7
Gtrs III, V
W W W W
|-^0--------|-^2--------|-^0--------|-^0----|
|-^3--------|-^3--------|-^1--------|-^1----|
|-^0--------|-^2--------|-^0--------|-^0----|
|-^4--------|-^4--------|-^2--------|-^2----|
|-^2--------|-^2--------|-^3--------|-^0----|
|-^0--------|-----------|-----------|-------|
H.=H
Em9 Bm7 C Esus2
W W W E E E E H +W
|-^0--------|-^2--------|-^0--------|---------0----|-(0)----*|
|-^3--------|-^3--------|-^1--------|---------0----|-(0)----*|
|-^0--------|-^2--------|-^0--------|-------2------|--------*|
|-^4--------|-^4--------|-^2--------|-----2--------|--------*|
|-^2--------|-^2--------|-^3--------|---2----------|--------*|
|-^0--------|-----------|-----------|-0------------|--------*|
|
| Gtr VI
| W W W E E E E H +W
|-----------|-----------|-^0--------|---------0----|-(0)----*|
|-----------|-----------|-^1--------|---------0----|-(0)----*|
|-----------|-----------|-^0--------|-------2------|--------*|
|-----------|-----------|-^2--------|-----4--------|--------*|
|-----------|-----------|-^3--------|---2----------|--------*|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-0------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
