xYou Had to Be There
Stillwater
Tabbed by Chris Schulz
Standard Tuning
E A D G B e
E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
C: x 3 5 5 5 3
G: 3 5 5 4 3 3
D: x 5 7 7 7 5
A: 5 7 7 6 5 5
Intro Riff:
e|-----------------|-------|
B|-----------------|-------|
G|-----------------|-9-9-9-|
D|-----------------|-9-9-9-|
A|------0-1p0------|-7-7-7-|
E|-/0-3--------3-0-|-------|
Play this a couple times.
Verse 1:
E
One voice tryin’ to be heard (Intro Riff)
E
Round peg livin’ in a square world (Intro Riff)
C G D
Bridge:
(D) C G D
We were strangers in a strange land
(D) C G D
We were reaching for the upper hand
(D)
We were hard to understand
Chorus:
E
It was juvenile,
G
It was something wild,
A
Part of every child,
E
Yeah, you had to be there.
E
It was rough and tough,
G
It was peace and love,
A
All of the above,
E
Yeah, you had to be there.
Post-chorus riff (after first chorus only):
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------| Then Intro Riff
D|-----------------|---------------| again.
A|-----------------|---------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Verse 2:
E
Outcast, this, there, that, so full of it (Intro Riff)
E
Don’t tell me it’s somethin’ that you never did (IntroRiff)
C G D
Then the Bridge again, chorus again. Then straight into:
Pre-solo Riff:
e|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7--5----|---------7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------7-3|-(3)-5s7-------------|
e-----------|
B-----------|
G-----------|
D-----------|
A-7-7-5-----|
E-------7-3-|
Play this four times. Each time you hit the low G note, do the 5s7 to get back to E on
7th fret. I don’t have the solo tabbed. After the solo, hit an E, let it ring, while
“You had to be there” a few times. Then go into the chorus again, bumping the chords up
the 7th, 10th, and 12th frets. End by playing chorus normally again. Let the last E ring.
is correct. I know I've written the timing wrong, but the notes are right.
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