LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH
As recorded by Stephen Stills
(From the 1970 Album STEPHEN STILLS)
Words and Music by Stephen Stills
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (C G C G C E) - 'Stephen Stills - Acoustic Guitar / Open C: CGCGCE'
Intro
Q=98
N.C. Fadd9/C C Dmadd4/C C
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr. w/ Open C Tuning: CGCGCE)
H Q E S S E S S +S E S E S S E S S E S S +S S S S E S S E S S
|---------------||----5-5-(5)-5-3-3-----------|---1-1-(1)-1---0-0------------||
|---------------||o---5-5-(5)-5-4-4-----------|---2-2-(2)-2---0-0-----------o||
|---------------||----0-0-(0)-0-0-0-----------|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0------------||
|---------------||----0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-0-0---0-0--||
|---------------||o-----------------0-0---0-0-|-----------------0-0-0---0-0-o||
|-------------0-||--0---------------0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0--||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Fadd9/C C Dmadd4/C C
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------5-5---5---3-3---------------|-----1-1---1---0-0----------------|
||o-----5-5---5---4-4---------------|-----2-2---2---0-0----------------|
||----0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-----|---0-0-0---0---0-0-0h2p0----------|
||----0-0-0---0---0-0-----0---0-x-x-|---0-0-0---0---0-0---------0-x-x--|
||o-----------------0-----0-----x-x-|-----------------------------x-x--|
||--0---------------0---0---0---x-x-|-0-----------------------0---x-x--|
Fadd9/C C Dmadd4/C C
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----5-5---5---3-3---------------|-----1-1---1---0-0---------------|
|-----5-5---5---4-4---------------|-----2-2---2---0-0---------------|
|---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-----|---0-0-0---0---0-0-0h2p0---------|
|---0-0-0---0---0-0-----0---0-x-x-|---0-0-0---0---0-0---------0-x-x-|
|-----------------0-----0-----x-x-|-----------------------------x-x-|
|-0---------------0---0---0---x-x-|-0-----------------------0---x-x-|
Fadd9/C C Dmadd4/C C
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----5-5---5---3-3---------------|-----1-1---1---0-0---------------|
|-----5-5---5---4-4---------------|-----2-2---2---0-0---------------|
|---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-----|---0-0-0---0---0-0-0h2p0---------|
|---0-0-0---0---0-0-----0---0-x-x-|---0-0-0---0---0-0---------0-x-x-|
|-----------------0-----0-----x-x-|-----------------------------x-x-|
|-0---------------0---0---0---x-x-|-0-----------------------0---x-x-|
Fadd9/C C Dmadd4/C C
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----5-5---5---3-3---------------|-----1-1---1---0-0---------------||
|-----5-5---5---4-4---------------|-----2-2---2---0-0---------------||
|---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-----|---0-0-0---0---0-0-0h2p0---------||
|---0-0-0---0---0-0-----0---0-x-x-|---0-0-0---0---0-0---------0-x-x-||
|-----------------0-----0-----x-x-|-----------------------------x-x-||
|-0---------------0---0---0---x-x-|-0-----------------------0---x-x-||
Chorus
A5 G5 F5 G5
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0-----|
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------x-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5---7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5---7-7-|
A5 G5 F5 G5
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0-----|
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------x-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5---7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5---7-7-|
A5 G5 F5 C
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-----0-------0-0-0-|
|---------0-------------0-----|---------0-----0-------0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9---9-9-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-|
To Coda
Fadd9/C C Dmadd4/C C
E S S +S E S E S S E S S E S S +S S S S E S S E S S
|---5-5-(5)-5-3-3-----------|---1-1-(1)-1---0-0-------------|
|---5-5-(5)-5-4-4-----------|---2-2-(2)-2---0-0-------------|
|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-----------|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-------------|
|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---|
|-----------------0-0---0-0-|-----------------0-0-0---0-0---|
|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0---|
1.
Fadd9/C C Dmadd4/C C
E S S +S E S E S S E S S E S S +S S S S E S S E S S
|---5-5-(5)-5-3-3-----------|---1-1-(1)-1---0-0------------||
|---5-5-(5)-5-4-4-----------|---2-2-(2)-2---0-0-----------o||
|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-----------|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0------------||
|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-0-0---0-0--||
|-----------------0-0---0-0-|-----------------0-0-0---0-0-o||
|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Interlude
2.
BbAm Bb Am Bb Am C BbAm Bb Am Bb Am C
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|-1-0---1---0---1---0---3-3-----|-1-0---1---0---1---0---3-3------|
|-2-0---2---0---2---0---4-4-----|-2-0---2---0---2---0---4-4------|
|-3-2---3---2---3---2---5-5-----|-3-2---3---2---3---2---5-5------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------0-0-|---------------------------0-0--|
|---------------------------0-0-|---------------------------0-0--|
BbAm Bb Am Bb Am C
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S e E Q
|-1-0---1---0---1---0---3-3-----|-3-3-3-------3-3-3------||
|-2-0---2---0---2---0---4-4-----|-4-4-4-------4-4-4------||
|-3-2---3---2---3---2---5-5-----|-5-5-5-x-x---5-5-5------||
|-------------------------------|-0-0-0-x-x-0-0-0-0------||
|---------------------------0-0-|-0-0-0-x-x---0-0-0------||
|---------------------------0-0-|-0-0-0-------0-0-0------||
Organ Solo
1.,2.
A5 G5 F5 G5
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S 3x
||----------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------0------||
||o---------0-------------0-----|---------0-------------x-----o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-7-7--||
||o-9-9-9-9---9-9-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5---7-7-o||
||--9-9-9-9---9-9-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5---7-7--||
3.
F5 C Fadd9/C C
E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S +S E S E S S E S S
|-------0-----0-------0-0-0-|---5-5-(5)-5-3-3-----------|
|-------0-----0-------0-0-0-|---5-5-(5)-5-4-4-----------|
|---------------------0-0-0-|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-----------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-|-----------------0-0---0-0-|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-|
Dmadd4/C C Fadd9/C C
E S S +S S S S E S S E S S E S S +S E S E S S E S S
|---1-1-(1)-1---0-0-----------|---5-5-(5)-5-3-3-----------|
|---2-2-(2)-2---0-0-----------|---5-5-(5)-5-4-4-----------|
|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-----------|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-----------|
|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
|-----------------0-0-0---0-0-|-----------------0-0---0-0-|
|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-|
D.S. al Coda
Dmadd4/C C
E S S +S S S S E S S E S S
|---1-1-(1)-1---0-0------------||
|---2-2-(2)-2---0-0------------||
|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0------------||
|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-0-0---0-0--||
|-----------------0-0-0---0-0--||
|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0--||
&
Fadd9/C C Dmadd4/C C
E S S +S E S E S S E S S E S S +S S S S E S S E S S
|---5-5-(5)-5-3-3-----------|---1-1-(1)-1---0-0-----------||
|---5-5-(5)-5-4-4-----------|---2-2-(2)-2---0-0-----------||
|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-----------|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-----------||
|---0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0-(0)-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-||
|-----------------0-0---0-0-|-----------------0-0-0---0-0-||
|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-0-||
Outro
BbAm Bb Am Bb Am C BbAm Bb Am Bb Am C
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|-1-0---1---0---1---0---3-3-----|-1-0---1---0---1---0---3-3------|
|-2-0---2---0---2---0---4-4-----|-2-0---2---0---2---0---4-4------|
|-3-2---3---2---3---2---5-5-----|-3-2---3---2---3---2---5-5------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------0-0-|---------------------------0-0--|
|---------------------------0-0-|---------------------------0-0--|
BbAm Bb Am Bb Am C
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S q Q
|-1-0---1---0---1---0---3-3-----|-3-3-3-------3-3-3-----*|
|-2-0---2---0---2---0---4-4-----|-4-4-4-------4-4-4-----*|
|-3-2---3---2---3---2---5-5-----|-5-5-5-x-x---5-5-5-----*|
|-------------------------------|-0-0-0-x-x-0-0-0-0-----*|
|---------------------------0-0-|-0-0-0-x-x---0-0-0-----*|
|---------------------------0-0-|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-----*|
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
