From: lynnette@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Lynnette Noblitt (MC 1995))
TAB: Stone Cold Yesterday - The Connells
Words & Music by Mike Connell
Transcribed by Tom Parker
This version is meant for one guitar. On the album, Mike Connell (Gtr. 1)
plays straight chords, while George Huntley (Gtr. 2 & 3) provides some
tasty fills and a nice simple solo. I`ll tab fills for Gtr. 2 later....
This song is most easily played w/ a capo on 2nd fret for Gtr. 1. All
tabs (except for solo) are for fingerings w/ capo. So what`s written
as A sounds as a B chord, and so forth.
OPENING (RIFF 1)
A5 A Asus2 A D5 DMaj7
e------|----------------|-----|----------------|
B------|--2-------------|-3---|--2-------------|
G---2--|--2---4---4---2-|-2---|--2---4--4---2--| repeat 4 times
D---2--|--2---2---2---2-|-0---|--0---0--0---0--|
A---0--|--0---0---------|-----|----------------|
E------|----------------|-----|----------------|
(Straight chords through the verse)
A
I want a word with you
Fm D
`Bout your average Jimmy
A
He told me things that I
D A Asus2
Guess I never knew
A
He was a bad dancer
Fm D
Till he learned to shimmy
A
He was adrift till the
D A
World came into view
(RIFF 1 2 times)
A
He had an old standby
Fm D
Not your average Betty
A
She showed me things that I
D A Asus2
Guess I always knew
A
She was a slow burner
Fm D
`Till the work got steady
A
She wasn`t found `till the
D A
Early afternoon
(PRE-CHORUS) ------> (Note: Bass plays G-A)
D Fm A | |
Hey, get me out of this some way | |
D Fm A E Fm D A
I wouldn`t feel so inhibited
D Fm A
Gotta get me out of this some way
B5
I want to see
D D Dmaj7 D6 D5 (like end of Riff 1)
What it is they see
(CHORUS)
A Fm
Stone cold yesterday
D A
Changed her, it didn`t change me
A Fm D A
Don`t it make you wonder, man
A Fm
Stone cold yesterday
D A
Changed her, it didn`t change me
A Fm D A
Don`t it make you wonder, man
(SOLO OVER PRE-CHORUS CHORDS) (Gtr. 3)
(D) (Fm) (A)
(unison bends)
e---12-----12-----12-----12-----------|--------12----/B--------|
B-15(17)-15(17)-15(17)-15(17)---------|-12----------15(16)---12-|
G-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
(D) (A) (D) (A)
e-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
B---H--3-3-3-3----------------|----H---3-3-3-3------------------|
G--2-4------------4-------4---|---2-4------------4--------------|
D-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
(D) (Fm) (A)
e--12------12-----12-----12-----12----|--------12----/B--------|
B-15(17)-15(17)-15(17)-15(17)-15(17)--|-12----------15(16)---12-|
G-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
(B5) (D5) (Dmaj7) (D6) (D5)
(gtr. 2)
e----------------------------|-----------------11---------------|
B----------------------------|---------------------14-14--12----|
G------4---------------------|-------7--------------------------|
D--4---4---------------------|---7---7--------------------------|
A--2---2---------------------|---5---5--------------------------|
E----------------------------|----------------------------------|
RIFF 1 4 times
(PRECHORUS)
Hey, get me out of this some way
I wouldn`t feel so inhibited
Gotta get me out of this some way
I want to see
What it is they see
(CHORUS)
Stone cold yesterday
Changed her, it didn`t change me
Don`t it make you wonder, man
Stone cold yesterday
Changed her, it didn`t change me
Don`t it make you wonder, man
(CHORUS-OUTRO)
And I walk
And I breathe
And I try, no, it didn`t change me
Don`t it make you wonder, man
Stone cold yesterday
Changed her, it didn`t change me
Don`t it make you wonder, man
RIFF 1 2 times - end on A5 chord
-----There it is, folks! Pretty simple. If you`re a stickler for detail,
-----you`ll find that some parts are a little different from the recording,
-----but this version is close AND playable on just one guitar. Enjoy!
- Tom
