James Taylor

James Taylor - Secret O' Life guitar tab

From: alan_fark@i-netaccess.com (Fark, Alan)

Subject: t/taylor_james/secret_o_life.tab

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:51:55 -0500

Secret O' Life

by James Taylor

tab by Alan Fark (farkmd@pol.net)

see also: http://james-taylor.com/guitar/secret.txt

tab by Noel Kerns, similar to this version with only small variations

Standard tuning

capo at 3rd fret

(s) = sustain

/ = pull off or hammer on

v = upstroke

PM = palm mute

chord shapes:

A11 = x02420

Em7sus4 = 020200

Em (v.1) = 0x040x

D6 (sus4?) = x0x002

Dmaj7 = xx0222

C#m7 = 446454

F# = 244322

C#m7sus4 = 242442

F#7+5 = 2x2332

Bm7 = 224232

D/E = 0x023x

E/F# = 2x2100

E9+5 = x20112

Em (v.2) = 0xx003

Dmaj7/A = x00222

Intro

A11 Em7sus4

|--------0-----------0--------|-------------0---|

|------2-----2-------------2--|-----------------|

|----4-----4---4--------------|-----2----2------| (repeat)

|-----------------2-----------|-----------------|

|-0---------------------0-----|--2--------------|

|-----------------------------|-------0---------|

The first four measures of each verse are similar to the intro pattern:

A11 Em7sus4

|--------0-----------0---------|-------------0---|

|------2-----2-------------2---|-----------------|

|----4-----4---4---------------|-----2----2------|

|-----------------2------------|-----------------|

|-0---------------------0------|--2--------------|

|------------------------------|-------0---------| A11 Em7sus4

The secret of ........

A11 Em7sus4 A11

|---------0----------0--|----------0---------|--------0--------0----|

|------2----------2-----|------------0-------|------2--------2------|

|----4---------4--------|-------2------2-----|----4--------4--------|

|-----------2-----------|-----0--------------|-----------2----------|

|--0--------------------|---2----------------|--0-------------------|

|-----------------------|-0--------------0/2-|----------------------|

Em (v.1) D6 Dmaj7 C#m7

|------------|---2---------|-2----------2---------|-----------4------|

|--0(s)------|---0------5--|------2----------2----|-5----------------|

|--4------2--|---0(s)------|----2----------2------|------4---------4-|

|--0(s)------|-------------|-0-------0----------0-|----6---------6---|

|------------|---0(s)------|----------------------|-4-------4--------|

|--0(s)------|-------------|----------------------|------------------|

F# C#m7sus4 F#7+5 Bm7

|-------------------2-|-----2--|------2---|----------------------2----|

|----------2----------|--4-----|---3------|-------------3--------3----|

|-------3--------3----|--4-----|---3------|-------------2-------------|

|-----4---------------|--2-----|---2------|-------4-------------------|

|--------------4------|--4-----|----------|---2-------------2---------|

|--2------------------|--------|---2------|---------------------------|

D/E E/F# Bm7 E9+5(strum)

|-----------|--------0---|-----------------------2------|--2(s)------|

|--------3--|--------0---|-----------3-----------3------|--1(s)------|

|--------2--|-----1------|-----------2------------------|--1(s)------|

|-----0-----|-----2------|-------4----------------------|--0(s)------|

|-----------|------------|---2-----------2--------------|--2(s)------|

|--0--------|--2---------|------------------------------|------------|

A11 Em7sus4 A11 Em7sus4

The secret of love .......

A11 Em7sus4

A11 Em(v.1) D6

Dmaj7 C#m7 F# C#m7sus4 F#7+5

Bm7 D/E E/F#

Bm7 E9+5

A11 Em(v.2)

|---------0--------------|--3---2/0---------------|

|------2---------2-------|--0--------3--2/0-------|

|----4--------4-----4----|--0(s)--------------2/0-|

|----------------------2-|------------------------|

|--0---------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|--0(s)------------------|

give us a .......

(for the following, I think that chords are plucked/strummed with

downstrokes on the first beat and off-beat of 2, upstrokes on

the off-beat of 1 and 3, and palm mute on 2 and 4, although

later verses seem to be just plucked or strummed on each

off-beat)

Dmaj7/A C#m7

v PM v PM v PM V PM v PM

|--2--2-----2---2------------|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|

|--2--2-----2---2------------|--5--5-----5----5------5--5-------|

|--2--2-----2---2----(repeat)|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|

|--0--0-----0---0------------|--6--6-----6----6------6--6-------|

|--0--0-----0---0------------|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|

|----------------------------|----------------------------------|

F# Bm7 D/E

v PM v PM v PM

|--2--2----|--2---2------2---2----|--2(s)--------------------|

|--2--2----|--3---3------3---3----|--3(s)--------------------|

|--3--3----|--2---2------2---2----|--2(s)--------------------| (back to

|--4--4----|--4---4------4---4----|--0(s)--------------------| intro

|--4--4----|--2---2------2---2----|--------------------------| riff)

|--2--2----|----------------------|--0(s)--------------------|

A11 Em7sus4 A11 Em7sus4

Now the thing about ......

A11 Em7sus4 A11 Em(v.1) D6

Dmaj7 C#m7 F# C#m7sus4 F#7+5

Bm7 D/E E/F# Bm7 E9+5

A11 Em(v.2) Dmaj7/A

C#m7 F#

Bm7 D/E A11

Dmaj7/A C#m7 F#

Bm7 D/E A11

A11 Em7sus4 A11

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