Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue - Only Tender Love guitar tab

Only Tender Love

Words And Music by Ricky Ross

C#5 9 11 11 XXX

B5 799XXX

D5 X577XX

F#5 X9 11 11 XX

E5 X799XX

F#5 244XXX Verse chord

G5 355XXX Verse chord

A5 577XXX Verse chord

u= pick up d = pick down h= hammer on p= pull off s= slide

I Listened to the cd and to some live recordings and it appears to me that Graeme basically improvised the verse riffs.So I've tabbed the first 4 riffs plus a little fill between riff 2 and 3 before the vocals begin.You can improvise or work out the rest for yourself

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TIME (0.02) Riff 1 2nd String B-3h5--3h5--3h5--5h7--7--------------12-12--

TIME (0.07 Riff 2 2nd String B-3h5--5p3--5p3--5p3--5s7-

TIME (0.14) Fill 3rd String G--2h4p2s4--

TIME (0.16) Riff 3 2nd String B-5p3---5-5-5--3--7-

TIME (0.22) Riff 4 2nd String B---12---12-12-------12-12-12-12-12------14-14-

Picking = u d u u u u u u u u

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F#5 G5

Way out there in the wilderness,Of love and pain

F#5 G5

Under the gentle arches we rode,The silver streets

A5 G5

Couldn`t see a difference between gold or,Wooden cross

A5 G5

Could never see where we`re falling,Came in to love

CHORUS

C#5 B5

Then hounded by love,Hounded by the very thing you dreamed up

D5 F#5

Chased inside the walls you tried to breach,Sent crashing to your knees

C#5 B5

Only tender love,Understood the need you need with

D5 F#5

Understood the time it took,To take you where nothing ever was

Chorus end riff = F#5 (ddd) E5 (d ) C#5 (d) C#5 (udud) F#5 (d dd) E5 (d)

Never was there once nothing

And everything once was

Not dead but still and ready to be born a new

Looking back now it all

Seems so clear

Like staring so long unseeing for someone to light inside a

Darkened room

Then try your tender love

Push you back till there`s nowhere left

Nowhere to feel nothing anymore

Nothing that will comfort you more

More than tender love

Understands the need you need with

Understand the time it takes to get home and have a love again

More than tender love

Understands the need you need with

Understand the time it takes

To get home and have a love

Then try your tender love

Push it till there`s nothing left

Nowhere to feel nothing anymore

Nothing that will comfort you more

Then hounded by love

Hounded by the very thing you dreamed up

Chased inside the walls you tried to breach

Sent crashing to your knees

Then only tender love

Understood the need you need with

Understood the time it took

To take you where nothing ever was

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