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
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| / 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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