Don`t Believe A Word, Gary Moore version (Back On The Streets album, 1978)
Guitar & Bass transcription
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Don`t Believe A Word -- Gary Moore
transcription by Stefano Serafin
Lyrics & Chords
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Am (4 bars)
Am
Don`t believe me if I tell you
Dm C G
Not a word of this is true
Am G F
Don`t believe me if I tell you
Dm C G
Especially if I tell you that I`m in love with you
Am
Don`t believe me if I tell you
Dm C G
That I wrote this song for you
Am G F
There just might be some other silly pretty girl
Dm C G
I`m singing it to
Em
Don`t believe a word
Dm
For words are only spoken
And our heart is like a promise
Am
Made to be broken
| Am | Am | Dm C | G | Am G | F | Dm C | G | [solo]
| Am | Am | Dm C | G | Am G | F | Dm C | G |
Em
Don`t believe a word
Dm
Words can tell lies
And lies are no comfort
Am
When there`s tears in your eyes
Am
Don`t believe me if I tell you
Dm C G
Not a word of this is true
Am G
Don`t believe me if I tell you
F Dm C G
Especially if I tell you that I`m in love with you
Am G F
Don`t believe a word
Am G F
No, don`t believe a word, don`t believe me
Am G F
Don`t believe me
Am G/B Am shuffle Am ad libitum
Oh, not a single word, ooh.
Note: Both in the lead guitar and in the bass part, chords only indicate the
overall harmony. There`s no rhythm guitar strumming the chords.
As to the lead guitar part... there`s neither bar division nor rhythm notation.
I hope you understand, it seemed impossible to me... anyhow I wrote indicative
chord names above the tab and tried to divide the solo in phrases. Maybe
this is not what Gary Moore actually plays, but I think it`s a very good
approximation.
Here it is:
Lead guitar
^^^^^^^^^^^
solo Am Am Dm C G
e-|--------------------------------------------------------------5-8-/10-(/12)--|
B-|------------------------------------------------------------6----------------|
G-|-(9)r7-5-----------7b(9)-7-5-7-9-----5------------------5-7------------------|
D-|---------7-5-7----7-------------7-----7----------3-5-5/7---------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------0-3-5----------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am G F Am Dm C G
e-|-5-7-/8-7-5--------------5-7-/8-75-7p5--5-------------5---------------------|
B-|-----------5-8b(10)---------------------8--8-5--------5--8-5-----------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------7-7b(9)-------7p6p5--7-5------|
D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------7---7-5h7-|
A-|------------------------------------------------------------------------7----|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am Dm
e-|-12b(15)-12-10--10-12-13-12-10h12p10--10----------------------10-12-10h12p10-|
B-|--------------13--------------------13--10-13-13b(15)----10-13---------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C G
e-|----10-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-13----13-10-----------------------10----------------------------------------|
G-|-------------12h14p1210----12b(14)---12h14p12-10----------------------------|
D-|-------------------------12-----------------------12-10----------------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------12-10----------------|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------13-10-13-10-13-|
Am G F
e-|---------------------------12-13-15-15b(17)-----(17)r15-12-------12----------|
B-|-------------------12-13-15-------------------------------15b(17)----15------|
G-|-----------10-12-14------------------------------------------------14--------|
D-|------10-12------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-10/12-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Dm C G
e-|-----17-20-22-----22b(24)-22b(24)r22-20-22-----------------------------------|
B-|---18------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-19--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
some licks from the 2nd chorus:
e-|--15b(17)r-13-15--|--8b(10)-(10)r8-5------------|-------|--------------------|
B-|------------------|-----------------8-----------|-------|--------------------|
G-|------------------|------------------7b(9)r7-5--|--7-5--|--7b(9)r7-5---------|
D-|------------------|-----------------------------|-------|------------7-5-7---|
A-|------------------|-----------------------------|-------|--------------------|
E-|------------------|-----------------------------|-------|--------------------|
licks from the 3rd verse:
e-|-------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B-|----------8--|--10--10-8--|--------------------------------------------------|
G-|----------7--|------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D-|-3-5/7-5--5--|------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------|
licks from the outro:
e-|-12-13-15-12-12h13p12-10-12-10--|------------12--|------------17------------|
B-|--------------------------------|----13-15-13----|-----13/15--13------------|
G-|--------------------------------|--14------------|--12--------14------------|
D-|--------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
Now and then there`s a second guitar playing chords on the high positions,
e.g. (from low E to high E):
Dm: x-x-12-10-10-10, or Em7: x-x-9-9-8-10, or Am: x-x-x-14-13-12.
In the final (shuffle) part, just play chords and notes around the 5th and 7th
fret with a little bit of improvisation.
As to the bass part... there are some variations to the progression here and
there, so I tabbed the song in full though it basically consists of verse and
chorus repeated over & over. You will find the song is quite syncopated, and
maybe not all the notes are in the right place. It`s not 100% correct but it`s
the best I could do.
(Next 2 pages)
That`s it; any comments, improvements... barleycorn@infinito.it
Check out my Thin Lizzy`s Whiskey in the jar transcription! Don`t know where
you may find it... I posted it a few weeks ago at Freshtabs but I ain`t seen it
yet on any tabs site.
Bass guitar
^^^^^^^^^^^
Am
intro + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-----3-|-0-----0-------3-|-0-----0-------3-|-0---0---------3-|-0---0---------3-|
E-0-3---|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|
Am Dm C G
verse 1 + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-0-----0-------3-|-0-----0-------3-|-5-----3---3-----|-----------------|
E-|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|---------------3-|-3-----3---3---5-|
Am G F Dm C G
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|---------------5-|-5-----3-3-3-----|-----------------|
E-|-5-----3-3-3---1-|-1-1---1---1-----|---------------3-|-3---------------|
Am Dm C G
verse 2 + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-0-----0-------3-|-0-----0-------3-|-5-----3---3-----|-----------------|
E-|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|---------------3-|-3-----3---3---3-|
Am G F Dm C G
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|---7---------5---|-----------------|-5-----3-3-------|-----------------|
E-|-5---5-3-------3-|-1-----1-1-1-----|---------------3-|-3---------------|
Em Dm
chorus + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------------5-|-----------------|---------------3-|---------------3-|
A-|-7-----7-----5---|-7-----7-----5-7-|-5-----5-----3---|-5-----5-----3---|
E-|-----------7-----|-----------7-----|-----------5-----|-----------5-----|
Am
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------------3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-5-----5-----3---|-5-----5-------3-|-0---0---------0-|-0---------------|
E-|-----------5-----|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|-----------------|
Am Dm C G
solo + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-0-----0-------3-|-0-----0-------3-|-5-----3---3-----|-----------------|
E-|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|---------------3-|-3-----3---3---3-|
Am G F Dm C G
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|---7---------5---|---------------5-|-5-----3---3-----|-----------------|
E-|-5---5-3-------3-|-1-----1-1-1-----|---------------3-|-3---------------|
Am Dm C G
more solo + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-0-----0-------3-|-0-----0---0---0-|-5-----3---3-----|-----------------|
E-|-----------0-3---|-----------------|---------------3-|-3-----3---3---5-|
Am G F Dm C G
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|---------------5-|-5-----3-3-3-----|-----------------|
E-|-5-----3-3-3---1-|-1-1---1-1-------|---------------3-|-3---------------|
Em Dm
chorus + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------4-5-7-|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------------5-|-------4-5-------|---------------3-|---------------3-|
A-|-7-----7-----5---|-7---------------|-5-----5-----3---|-5-----5-----3---|
E-|-----------7-----|-----------------|-----------5-----|-----------5-----|
Am
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------------3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-5-----5-----3---|-5-----5-------3-|-0---0---------0-|-0---------------|
E-|-----------5-----|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|-----------------|
Am Dm C G
verse 3 + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-0-----0-------3-|-0-----0-------3-|-5-----3-3-3-----|-----------------|
E-|-----------0-3---|-----------0-3---|---------------3-|-3-----3---3---3-|
Am G F Dm C G
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|---------------5-|-5-----3---3-----|-----------------|
E-|-5-----3-3-3---1-|-1-----1---1-----|---------------3-|-3---------------|
Am G F Am G F
outro + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-5-----3-3-3---1-|-1-1---1-1-----5-|-5-----3-3-3---1-|-1-1---1-1-----5-|
Am G F Am G Am
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-5-----3-3-3---1-|-1-1---1-1-----5-|-5-5---7-7-----8-|-8---------------|
Am
+ . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . . + . . .
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0-----0-|-0-----0-0-----0-|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
<----------------------shuffle - repeat ad libitum---------------------->
