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| Next, fingerpicking. If you're new to this, you might want to |
| practice by playing various patterns while going through a few |
| chord changes. If you haven't yet learned to fingerpick, it's |
| well worth the effort. A nice thing about fingerpicking is that |
| you can fret strings that aren't really part of a chord if you |
| find that convenient. Just avoid sounding those strings when |
| you're fingerpicking. A good example is the alternate A and D/A |
| fingering above. I fret the high-E at the third fret (as part of |
| the index finger barre), but don't pick that string. |
| The tab will pretty much show you the notes, but there are a |
| number of places where you'll need to rely on your ears for |
| timing. There are several parts, such as the hammer-on chord |
| transition, that have kind of a roll feel to them. I think |
| all the notes are there, but you'll need your ears for the |
| phrasing. In this song, I pick all of the notes on the low-E, A, |
| and D strings with my thumb. My index finger picks the notes on |
| the G string, my middle finger picks B string notes and my ring |
| finger gets the notes on the high-E. That's just a suggestion, |
| and you may find it easier to do it differently. |
| This song is really not all that hard once you learn it. It's |
| one of the few I can usually play all the way through without |
| messing up. Standard tuning, capo on the third fret to match the |
| album (second fret for the Larry King performance), and the tab |
| is relative to the capo. I put the chords at the top of the tab |
| to help with the left hand fingering. Also, I marked a note (in |
| a couple of places) with an asterisk. While learning the song, |
| it might help you to think of that note as starting a 5-note |
| phrase. It definitely helped me when I was first trying to |
| That's about it. If some parts don't sound right to your ears, |
| you may want to leave out or add a note or two. Also, the A to |
| D/A hammer-on part might make your left hand cramp at first. It |
| takes some time, but if you stick with it, it'll eventually stop. |
| Intro (very similar to verse): |
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|------------2--------------2-----|-----------3-----2-------------
|-----2--2------------2-----------|-----2--------------------2----
|--------2------2--------2--------|--2*----------4-----2----------
|-----0------0-----0-----------0--|--------0--------0-----0-------
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------
---------|-----------------------------------|-----------0----------
---2-----|-----------3-----2--------------2--|----------------------
---------|-----2--------------------2--------|-----1-----------1----
2--------|--2-----------4-----2--------2-----|--------2-------------
------0--|--------0--------0-----0-----------|----------------------
---------|-----------------------------------|--0-----------0-------
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---0--------3--3--2--|
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2--------2-----4-----|
------0-----0-----0--|
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| wish you love and happiness |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-------
|--------------------|-----------3-----2--------------2-----|-------
|--------------------|-----2--------------------2-----------|-------
|--------------------|--2*----------4-----2--------2--------|--2----
|--------------0-----|--------0--------0-----0-----------0--|-------
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-------
------------------------------|--------------------|-----------0----
------3-----2--------------2--|-----------------2--|----------------
2--------------------2--------|-----2-----2--------|-----1----------
---------4-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|--------2-------
---0--------0-----0-----------|--0-----0-----------|----------------
------------------------------|--------------------|--0-------------
| the best And I wish that you |
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------------------3--3--2--------------2-----|-----------3-----2----
---1-----------------------------2-----------|-----2----------------
------2--------2-----4-----0--------2--------|--2-----------4-------
------------0-----0-----0-----0-----------0--|--------0--------0----
0--------------------------------------------|----------------------
| don't do like I do and ever fall in |
------------------|--------------------------------------|----------
------------2-----|-----------3-----2--------------2-----|----------
------2-----------|-----2--------------------2-----------|-----2----
2--------2--------|--2-----------4-----2--------2--------|-----2----
---0-----------0--|--------0--------0-----0--------------|--0-------
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| love with someone like you |
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---------2--------|-----1-----------1--------|-----------------|
------------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|-----2-----4-----|
------0-----------|--------------------------|--0-----0-----0--|
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------------3-----------------------3-----2-----|-------------------
------------2-----2-----------2-----------------|-----2-----2-------
---------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--|-----2--------2----
0--2--4--------0-----------0-----------0--------|--0-----0----------
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| you'd prob'ly walk around the block like a little |
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---------2-----------2--|-----2--------2-----------2-----------2----
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| kid Ah, but kids don't know |
|-----------0-----------------------0-----------|-------------------
|-----------------------0-----------------------|--------3--3--2----
|-----1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----|-------------------
|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--|-----2-----4-------
|--------------0--------------------------------|--0-----0-----0----
|--0-----------------------0-----------0--------|-------------------
| they can only guess how hard it is |
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------2-----------|-----2--------------------2--------|-----2-------
0--------2--------|--2-----------4-----2--------2-----|--------2----
---0-----------0--|--------0--------0-----0-----------|--0----------
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2--------------------------------|--------3--3--2----|--------2-------|
------2-----2-----1--------1-----|-------------------|----2-----------|
---------2--------2-----------2--|-----2-----4-----2-|------2---------|
---0-----------------------------|--0-----0-----0----|--0--------0----|
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| I wish you love and happiness |
| I guess I wish you all the best |
| I wish you don't do like I do |
| And ever fall in love with someone like you |
| Cause if you fell just like I did |
| You'd probably walk around the block like a little kid |
| But kids don't know they can only guess |
| How hard it is to wish you happiness |
| I guess that love is like a Christmas card |
| You decorate a tree you throw it in the yard |
| It decays and dies and the snowmen melt |
| Well I once knew love I knew how love felt |
| Yeah I knew love love knew me |
| When I walked love walked with me |
| And I got no hate and I got no pride |
| Well I got some much love that I cannot hide |
| Say you drive a Chevy say you drive a Ford |
| You say you drive around the town till you just get bored |
| Then you change your mind for something else to do |
| And your heart gets bored with your mind and it changes you |
| Well it's a doggone shame and it's an awful mess |
| I wish you love I wish you happiness |
| I wish you love I wish you happiness |
| I guess I wish you all the best |
| Thanks to Peggy for the request and to OLGA for the inspiration. |
| If you have any comments, improvements, suggestions, etc., please |
| e-mail me at DaveG70140@aol.com. |
