The Person You Are

From: *

                   T H E   P E R S O N   Y O U   A R E


                from the album "The Name Above The Title"

Key: G major
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INTRO:  G   D   C   D

    (D)                          Em
        I put my forehead to the door
           G                             D
        I heard the famous sound of infidelity
                                            Em
        Looks like I've loved and lost once more
                       G                        D
        Oh, but all's fair in love and war, supposedly
                              C
        I couldn't even burst in on you
             G                           D
        See scrabbling sheets or your excuse
             C                    G     D
        Give you the evil eye or verbal abuse


        G          C             G
        Why do you do what you do       \
                  C                G     |
        When the things that you do      |- PLAY & SING TWICE
                  C         D            |
        Hurt the person you are?        /

RIFF A:   G   D   C   D     G   D   C   D

    (D)                                Em
        I slammed my glass down on the bar
            G                                D
        My problems, they hit the floor so gracefully
                                        Em
        I don't know where I parked the car
                        G                        D
        That's okay; tonight I'm on the town without me
                                    C
        Tonight it's just me and my evil twin
            G                            D
        The one who slips one more drink in
            C                       G        D
        The one who slips away when I start sinking


        G          C             G
        Why do you do what you do       \
                  C                G     |
        When the things that you do      |- PLAY & SING TWICE
                  C         D            |
        Hurt the person you are?        /
                                 G    D
        They hurt the person you are
                       C    D
        The person you are
                       G    D
        The person you are
                       C    D
        The person you are

RIFF B:   G   D   C   D     G   D   C   D

    (D)                      Em
        Got a job to pay the rent
            G                          D
        Put people out of work by repositioning
                                     Em
        Now no-one's sitting on the fence
                      G              D
        Whose garden will we end up sitting in?
                                     C
        It's getting much to hard to heal the sky
            G                             D
        It stings too much to open up our eyes
            C                      G       D
        To fundamental truths that we hold as lies


        G          C             G
        Why do you do what you do       \
                  C                G     |
        When the things that you do      |- PLAY & SING FOUR TIMES
                  C         D            |
        Hurt the person you are?        /
                                 G    D
        They hurt the person you are
                       C    D
        The person you are
                       G    D
        The person you are
                       C    D
        The person you are
                     G        D            C        D          G D C      D G
        The person............... person............... person...... yeay.
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                OUTRO ON LEAD GUITAR


                        -- T H E   E N D --

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L E A D   G U I T A R   T A B S
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I N T R O
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    G                         D                         C
||-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8---|
||--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8---------------|
||--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9---------------------|
||--S----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
||--T----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
||-- ----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4 .

   D
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--7----------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .

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R I F F   B
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   G                          D                         C
|-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8----|
|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8----------------|
|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9----------------------|
|--S----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--T----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-- ----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .


   D                         G                         D
|--------------7----------|-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|
|--------8----------10----|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|
|--7----------------------|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|
|-------------------------|--S----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--T----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-- ----------------------|-------------------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .


   C                         D
|-------------10-----8----|-------- ----------------|
|--------8----------------|--7--7--R----------------|
|--9----------------------|--7--7--E----------------|
|-------------------------|--------S----------------|
|-------------------------|--------T----------------|
|-------------------------|-------- ----------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .

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O U T R O
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   G                          D                         C
|-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|-------------10-----8----|
|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|--------8----------------|
|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|--9----------------------|
|--S----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--T----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-- ----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .


   D                         G                         D
|--------------7----------|-- --7-------------------|-----------------7--8-10-|
|--------8----------10----|--R----10--8-10--8--7--8-|--------7--8-10----------|
|--7----------------------|--E----------------------|--7--9-------------------|
|-------------------------|--S----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--T----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-- ----------------------|-------------------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .


   C                         D                         G
|-------------10-----8----|--------------7----------|--7---------------------||
|--------8----------------|--------8----------10----|--8---------------------||
|--9----------------------|--7----------------------|--7---------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------||
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .


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O P T I O N A L   R H Y T H M   G U I T A R   P A R T   F O R   R I F F   A
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(Normally played on piano)
                                                       ^
   G     ^                   D     ^                   C
|--------3----------------|--------2----------------|-------------------------|
|--------0----------------|--------3----------------|--1----------------------|
|--------0----------------|--------2----------------|--0----------------------|
|--------0--------------0-|-------------------------|--2----------------------|
|--------2----------------|-----------------0--0--2-|--3-----2-----0----------|
|--3-----------3--2--3----|-------------------------|--------------------3----|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .


   D     ^     ^  h          G     ^                   D     ^
|--------2-----0--2-------|--------3----------------|--------2----------------|
|--------3-----3----------|--------0----------------|--------3----------------|
|--------2-----2----------|--------0----------------|--------2----------------|
|--0----------------------|--------0--------------0-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------2----------------|-----------------0--0--2-|
|-------------------------|--3-----------3--2--3----|-------------------------|
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .

   ^                         ^
   C                         D
|-------------------------|--2------------------------|    This section was
|--1----------------------|--3------------------------|    invented  by  me
|--0----------------------|--2------------------------|    around the  part
|--2----------------------|--0------------------------|    played with  the
|--3-----2-----0----------|---------------------------|    piano  at   this
|--------------------3----|---------------------------|    point  in  Wes's
   1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .     recording.

Notes:
      * `^' means downstroke, `h' means hammer-on.

      * In the 4th bar of this section, the 3rd beat and  it's  half-beat  can
        either be played using the hammer-on to the treble note as shown above
        (in which case the chord on the 3rd beat becomes Dsus2),  which is one
        of my personal favourite colourings,  or the normal D fingering can be
        retained, with a downstroke on the 3rd beat and  an  upstroke  on  the
        following half-beat.

      * Don't worry unduly about playing only those strings shown in the  tabs
        when doing downstrokes with your plectrum or thumb.  In particular the
        C chord strums are shown with the treble-E string not played, but this
        isn't always easy to get right, so don't worry, be happy :-)

      * A reasonably flexible but reasonably firm pick/plectrum is best if you
        want to do this riff (IMHO).

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G E N E R A L   N O T E S
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     1. If you are playing solo, then the most important thing is to  keep  up
        the rhythm and chords, so you can forget the lead guitar  solo  parts.
        I like to use the last 4 bars  of  the OPTIONAL RHYTHM PART FOR RIFF A
        as my intro, and obviously stick to the RIFF A after the first  verse,
        using it again after the second verse, where the recording has RIFF B.
        In place of the OUTRO, I just strum the chords of  the  rhythm  guitar
        part,  allowing the words (person... person... person... yeay) to hold
        the flow of the ending, and then finish with a flourish.

     2. As always, learn the rhythm of the song from the recording.

     3. Enjoy!

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C H O R D S
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      G chord                        D chord

 e||---|---|-o-|  G        e||---|-o-|-----|  F#
 B||---|---|---|  B        B||---|---|-o---|  D
 G||---|---|---|  G        G||---|-o-|-----|  A
 D||---|---|---|  D        D||---|---|-----|  D
 A||---|-o-|---|  B        A||---|---|-----|  A
 E||---|---|-o-|  G        E||---|-x-|-----|  either use thumb on 2nd fret
                                                 or don't play bass-E string


      C chord                       Em chord

 e||---|---|---|  E        e||---|---|-----|  E
 B||-o-|---|---|  C        B||---|---|-----|  B
 G||---|---|---|  G        G||---|---|-----|  G
 D||---|-o-|---|  E        D||---|-o-|-----|  E
 A||---|---|-o-|  C        A||---|-o-|-----|  B
 E||---|---|---|  E        E||---|---|-----|  E


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