Tell Her About It

TELL HER ABOUT IT

As recorded by Billy Joel
(From the 1983 Album AN INNOCENT MAN)

Words and Music by Billy Joel

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Russell Javors - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=106(16=s16)
    Bb                Ab      Eb        Bb                Ab      Eb
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|
|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|
|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|
|-----------------|-----------6---6-|-----------------|-----------6---6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    $$
      Bb                Ab      Eb        Bb                Ab      Eb
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||----6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|
||o---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|
||----7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|
||----8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|
||o-----------------|-----------6---6-|-----------------|-----------6---6-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    Bb                Ab      Eb        Bb                Ab      Eb
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4----------|
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8--|
|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8--|
|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8--|
|-----------------|-----------6---6-|-----------------|-----------6---6--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                                                       1.
    Dm7     Db7       Cm7     Dbm7Dm7   Ebm7    Dm7       Cm7     Eb/FF
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E  E
|---5---5---4---4-|---3---3---4---5-|---6---6---5---5-|---3---3------------||
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---5---6-|---7---7---6---6-|---4---4---8---10--o||
|---5---5---4---4-|---3---3---4---5-|---6---6---5---5-|---3---3---8---10---||
|---7---7---6---6-|---5---5---6---7-|---8---8---7---7-|---5---5---8---10---||
|---5---5---4---4-|---3---3---4---5-|---6---6---5---5-|---3---3---8----8--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||


                    Chorus
  2.,D.S.,D.S.S.
    Cm7     Bb  C      F                 Am7               Dm
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---3---3---------||---1---1---1---1-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---4---4---3---5-||---1---1---1---1-|---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6---6--|
|---3---3---3---5-||---2---2---2---2-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7--|
|---5---5---3---5-||---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|---7---7---7---7--|
|---3---3---1---3-||-----------------|-----------------|---5---5---5---5--|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                                                                 To Coda
                                                                 To Coda
    Gm7     C         F                 Am7               Dm      Dm7
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---3---3---------|---1---1---1---1-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---3---3---5---5-|---1---1---1---1-|---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6---6--|
|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---5---5--|
|-----------5---5-|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|---7---7---7---7--|
|-----------3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|---5---5---5---5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                    Interlude
    Gm7     Bb/CC      Bb                Ab      Eb        Bb
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---3---3---1-----||---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|---6---6---6---6--|
|---3---3---3---5-||---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|---6---6---6---6--|
|---3---3---3---5-||---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|---7---7---7---7--|
|---------------5-||---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---8---8--|
|-----------3---3-||-----------------|-----------6---6-|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                                        Bridge
      D.S. al Coda &
                        Gm7     Bb         Ab      Fm
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|---4---4----------||---3---3---6---6-||---4---4---1---1-|
|---4---4---8---8--||---3---3---6---6-||---4---4---1---1-|
|---5---5---8---8--||---3---3---7---7-||---5---5---1---1-|
|---6---6---8---8--||-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------6---6--||-----------------||-----------------|
|------------------||-----------------||-----------------|


    Gb          Ab    Bbm     Eb                    Eb    Ab      Fm
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---2---2---2---4-|---6---6---6---6-|---1---1---1---3-|---4---4---1---1--|
|---2---2---2---4-|---6---6---8---8-|---1---1---1---4-|---4---4---1---1--|
|---3---3---3---5-|---6---6---8---8-|---1---1---1---3-|---5---5---1---1--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                                     D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
    Gb          Ab    Bbm     Eb        C/E     F             Gm7     Bb  C
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E  E E  E     E E E E E E E E
|---2---2---2---4-|---6---6---6---6-|---8---8------------||---3---3---6---8--||
|---2---2---2---4-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---10---10--||---3---3---6---8--||
|---3---3---3---5-|---6---6---8---8-|---9---9---10---10--||---3---3---7---9--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------10---10--||------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------8----8--||------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------------------||


   Outro
      Bb                    Ab       Eb
    E E S S E S S E E E   S S E Q  S S E E E
||----6---6-----6---6-6-|---4---4------------|
||o---6---6-----6---6-6-|---4---4----8---8-8-|
||----7---7-----7---7-7-|---5---5----8---8-8-|
||----8---8-----8---8-8-|---6---6----8---8-8-|
||o---------------------|------------6---6-6-|
||----------------------|--------------------|


    Bb                    Ab       Eb
  E E S S E S S E E E   S S E Q  S S E E E    3x
|---6---6-----6---6-6-|---4---4---------------||
|---6---6-----6---6-6-|---4---4----8---8-8---o||
|---7---7-----7---7-7-|---5---5----8---8-8----||
|---8---8-----8---8-8-|---6---6----8---8-8----||
|---------------------|------------6---6-6---o||
|---------------------|-----------------------||


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