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The strings are represented by staves like in normal music notation
and the notes are represented by numbers denoting which fret to hold
the string down on. There may be some extra notation above telling
you how to play each note or how to move from one to the next.
h
- hammer on (Use the left hand
to percussively tap up to the next note without plucking it)
p - pull off (use the
left hand to drag off the string to play the next note without
plucking it)
b - bend string up (use
the left hand to push the string up (or down) to stretch the
string and raise the note)
r - release bend (After
bending the note up - release the stretch back down to the original
note)
/ - slide up (Slide your
left hand finger along the fret board up to a note)
\ - slide down (Slide
your left hand finger along the fret board down to a note)
v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~) |
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Method
1 - wobble your left hand finger on a note to alter the pitch slightly
up and down
Method 2 - stretch the string up and down to raise the pitch up and
down
Method 3 - use your tremolo arm to lower and raise the pitch of a
note
t - right hand tap (Use
a finger ,usually you index but your second finger if you are holding
a plectrum, to percussively tap the string against a fret to produce
a note)
x - play 'note' with heavy damping (As
previously described using the fleshly part of your palm to dampen
a note a clip its sustain)
At Seventeen
Janis Ian
Janis Ian - At seventeen
C Dm
I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens
G7 C
and high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and then retired
C Dm
The valentines I never knew, the friday nights, charades of youth
G7 C
were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth
Eb Dm G7
And those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces
Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7
Desp'ratly remained at home inventing lovers on the phone
Ab G7 Cm7 Fm7
Who called and say "come dance with me" and murmured vague obscenities
Dm7 G7
It isn't all it seems at seventeen
C Dm
A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs, whose name I never could pronounce said
G7 C
Pity, please, the ones who serve, they only get what they deserve.
C Dm
The rich relationed home-town queen marries into what she needs
G7 C
A guarantee of company and haven for the elderly"
Eb Dm7 G7
Remember those who win the game, lose the love they sought to gain
Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7
In debentures of quality and dubious in tegrity
Ab G7 Cm7 Cm7
Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due
Dm7 G7
exceeds accounts received at seventeen
C Dm
To those of us who know the pain of valentines that never came,
G7 C
and those whose name were never called when choosing side at basketball
C Dm
It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today
G7 C
and dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me
Eb Dm7 G7
We all play the game and when we dare to cheat ourselves at solitaire
Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7
Inventing lovers on the phone, repenting other lives unknown
Ab G7 Cm7 Fm7
that call and say "Come dance with me", and murmur vague obscenities
Dm7 G7 C Cmaj7
at ugly girls like me, at seventeen
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