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If You See Her, Say Hello - Jeff Buckley
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Transcribed by: Amilien
This is Jeff's cover of Bob Dylan's 'If You See Her, Say hello' as performed live at Sin-é (from the
album, 'Jeff Buckley Live at Sin-é')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZRkFucfZH4
Its played with a slide so you will need one if you don't have one. I play this with the slide on my index
finger.
This is my first tab so hopefully its legible. I've played it to the song and it sounds pretty much
100% accurate to me.
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Tuning: Open D
e - D
B - A
G - F#
D - D
A - A
E - D
CAPO: 2nd Fret
Tab notation relative to capo
Notation Legend:
~~ or ~ : Use slide and move your finger back and forth (or up and down) to rapidly vibrate to create sound
+~ : Smack your slide down on the fret and vibrate
~| : Use your slide but don't vibrate, just rest it on the fret
h : Hammer on
p : Pull off
B : bend
R : release
s : slide (between frets, using your finger slide)
* : strum for as long as necessary (listen to song to know how long)
You use the slide for most parts, the parts without a ~ above mean you play them with your fingers
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Main Riff:
In the tab I have simplified the main riff so that that tab isn't too confusing or messy. It looks like this:
D |-0s12s5s0---|
A |-0s12s5s0---|
F# |-0s12s5s0---|
D |-0s12s5s0---|
A |-0s12s5s0---|
D |-0s12s5s0---|
If you cant work out how to play it exactly, here it is note for note, however its quite hard to portray
accurately. A / means you strum.
/ / / / / /
D |--12--12s0--0s5--5--5--5s0------------------------|
A |--12--12s0--0s5--5--5--5s0------------------------|
F# |--12--12s0--0s5--5--5--5s0------------------------|
D |--12--12s0--0s5--5--5--5s0------------------------|
A |--12--12s0--0s5--5--5--5s0------------------------|
D |--12--12s0--0s5--5--5--5s0------------------------|
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The tab starts after he says 'This would be much better if we weren't recording, is everyone alright?' -
I haven't worked out the first intro yet.
use finger
to hammer on
+~ use slide ~ ~~ ~ ~
D |---12----------------------------5---------5---12--12-------------12--12--12--12---7-------------------5---|
A |---12----------------------------5-------5-----12-----12-------12-----12--12--12---7---------7h9-------5---|
F# |---12------12--12--12s13s12s13---5-----5-------12--------12------------------------7----7--------------5---|
D |---12--12------------------------5---5---------12-----------12---------------------7--7---7------------5---|
A |---12----------------------------5-------------12----------------------------------7-------------------5---|
D |---12----------------------------5-------------12----------------------------------7-------------------5---|
Slide fast between Upstrum
4th fret Use slide but Same as aim for the
and 5th fret don't vibrate previous top 3 strings
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~| ~| +~ +~ +~ +~ +~ ~
D |-------------------14B16----12 ^ -----14B16R15B16---12 ^-----12----12----12----12---12---12----5----------|
A |----------------------------12 | -------------------12 |-----12----12----12----12---12---12----5----------|
F# |----------------------------12 | -------------------12 |-----12----12----12----12--------12----5------5---|
D |--4s5s4s5s4s7s0-------------12 | -------------------12 |-----12----12----12----12--------12----5---5------|
A |--4s5s4s5s4s7s0-------------12 | -------------------12 |-----12----12----12----12--------12----5----------|
D |--4s5s4s5s4s7s0-------------12 | -------------------12 |-----12----12----12----12--------12----5----------|
Singing starts: Oooo....
Main Riff Main Riff
~~ ~~~~~~~~ * ~ ~ ~| ~~~~~~~~ * ~~
D |--12----0s12s5s0------0--------7-----5------3p0-----0s12s5s0----0------------12--|
A |--12----0s12s5s0------0--------7-----5--------------0s12s5s0----0------------12--|
F# |--12----0s12s5s0------0--------7-----5--------------0s12s5s0----0------------12--|
D |--12----0s12s5s0------0--------7-----5--------------0s12s5s0----0------------12--|
A |--12----0s12s5s0------0--------7-----5--------------0s12s5s0----0---0h1h2p0--12--|
D |--12----0s12s5s0------0--------7-----5--------------0s12s5s0----0------------12--|
Ohhh... If........
Whilst vibrating on 12 pick any strings you like randomly to fill in the time
~ ~~
D |----5-----------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5-----------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F# |----5-----------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----5-----------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----5-----------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----5-----------12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
you see her say hello...
