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Come Rest Your Head  Tonic

Tonic - 'Come Rest Your Head'
From the Album 'Head on Straight'
Standard tuning
tabbed by jjhand
Intro
 
 e|----------------------|
 B|----------------------|
 G|----------------------|
 D|-5-7-----7~-----------|
 A|-----0-0------0-3qb-0-|
 E|----------------------|

Verse - play 4x
 
 e|----------------------|---------------------|--play bar 2x---------|
 B|----------------------|-3----3---x-x--3--3--|----------------------|
 G|----------------------|-2----2---x-x--2--2--|----------------------|
 D|-5-7------7~----------|-2h4--4---x-x--4--4--|-5-7------7~----------|
 A|-----0--0-----0-3qb-0-|---------------------|-----0--0-----0-3qb-0-|
 E|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

on 3rd/4th time through a second guitar can be heard playing:
 
 |-5-----5-------5---|-5-----5-------5---|-5-----5-------5---|
 |---5-5-----5-5-----|---3-3-----3-3-----|---5-5-----5-5-----|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|-------------------|-play this bar 2x--|

Prechorus - with wah
 
 e|-1------------|-1----------|-1------------|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 B|-3------------|-1----------|-3------------|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 G|-2------------|-2----------|-2------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
 D|-0------------|-3----------|-0------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 A|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|
 E|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------------|

Chorus (rhythm plays chords noted) - play 2x
[A] [F] [G]  
 
 e|-----0---------0-----0---------0-|-------0----------0---------|
 B|-2/3---3-----0---2/3---3-----0---|-----1----------3/5--3-0----|
 G|-----------2---------------2-----|---0h2---2-0--0----------0--|
 D|---------------------------------|-3--------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|

"Come rest your head, come stay with me a while"
(1:33) Before Verse 2 - Lead Gutar
 
 e|-----------5-5------------------------------|
 B|---------------8-5-7-7~---------------------|
 G|---5-7-7b9---------7-7~--5-7-5--------------|
 D|-7-----------------------------7-7-5---5h7~-|
 A|-------------------------------------7------|
 E|--------------------------------------------|

During Verse 2, Lead adds short licks-
(1:42) (1:53)
 
 e|-----7--5-----|-(5)-------------| |----0-0-----0--------|---0---------------|
 B|--------------|----------x-x-5--| |-3b5___r3-2___-2h3p2-|-0-0---------------|
 G|-5/7----5-----|-(5)------x-x-5--| |---------------------|------2-0---0----2-|
 D|--------------|-----------------| |---------------------|----------4----4---|
 A|--------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-------------------|
 E|--------------|-----------------| |---------------------|-------------------|

Play PreChorus 2, but Lead plays this:
 
 e|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|
 B|--------------|------------1-|-1/3-----------|------------------|----------|
 G|-(2)----------|----------2---|---------------|---------7b8r7~-5-|-2--------|
 D|--------------|--------3-----|---------------|------------------|----------|
 A|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|
 E|--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|----------|

Play Chorus Again
Break - Uneven Rhythm (5th fret is longer note, play as shown), played 2x
 
 e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 E|-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-|-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-|
 e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------|--------------------------x-x-x-x-|
 E|---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5---|-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5----x-x-x-x-|

Play Prechorus again
Play Chorus again
For Outro, Bass plays Main Riff melody and Rhythm Gtr plays some occasional
A Pentatonic scale fills that are hard to hear, so I tabbed the lead part:
Lead (3:27) -
 
 e|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
 B|-3b5r_b5----------|-(b5)------/5-----|---5-----------------------|
 G|------------------|--------------5~~-|-----------------------5b6-|
 D|------------------|------------------|-----5~~-----5---7p5-------|
 A|------------------|------------------|---------7-7---7-----7-----|
 E|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
 e|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
 B|--------------|-------------7b8r7-5---|-5---------------x-x-|
 G|-(5b)---------|---------7b8-7b8r7-5---|-5---------------x-x-|
 D|--------------|---------------------7-|---------------------|
 A|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
 E|--------------|-----------------------|---------------------|

"come rest your head"
 
 e|---5----------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
 B|-8-----5------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
 G|-----7----7-5-7-7b8r7-5-7p5-----|---------------------|-----------|
 D|----------------------------5h7-|-5h7-----------------|-(7)-------|
 A|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|
 E|--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|

"come rest your head"
(3:51)
 
 e|------5--------5---------5---|-------------------------------------------|
 B|------5--------5---------5---|-------8h10p8--8h10p8----------------------|
 G|-/7b9-----5------------------|-0-0-0-------9-------9\7-7---5-------5-7-5-|
 D|------------7-5-----7-5-7----|---------------------------7---7-7-7-------|
 A|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
 e|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
 B|-------------------|-------pb10_b10_b10r8---|-8b10------------|
 G|-/9----------------|----------------------9-|-----------------|
 D|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
 A|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
 E|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------|

"come rest your head"
 
 e|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|
 B|-(b10)--------pb10r8-|------------|-------------------------------|
 G|---------------------|-5----------|-------------------------------|
 D|---------------------|------------|-music fades, playing similarly|
 A|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|
 E|---------------------|------------|-------------------------------|

"come rest your head"
KEY
************************************
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| qb quarter bend (bluesy note, slight bend)
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| r Bend release
| () holding previous note
************************************

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