Achin' to Be

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Achin’ to Be

Paul plays this in standard tuning in recent live footage, but the record has at least one guitar that has a low D, and I hear a high D ringing out, too, so I figured I’d do a tab for that.

Double Drop D tuning

D A D G B D


D
x.0.0.2.3.0

F#mb6
x.4.4.2.3.0

G/D
x.5.5.0.3.0

G
5.x.0.0.3.0

Bm
x.2.4.4.3.0

A
x.0.2.2.2.2

F6
x.3.3.2.1.0

Em7
x.2.2.0.0.0


Opening and turn-around licks

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D lick

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G (w/ opening lick) — D — F#mb6 — G/D


[Well, she’s kinda like an artist . . .]
D — F#mb6 — G/D — D (w/ lick)

[Never finishes . . .]
G — D (w/ lick) — G — D

[And she’s kinda like a movie . . .]
D — F#mb6 — G/D — D (w/ lick)

[And no one understands . . .]
G — D (w/ lick) — G — D

[She opens her mouth . . .]
F#mb6 — G/D — F#mb6 — Bm

[Thought about, not . . .]
G/D — F#mb6

[Achin’ . . .]
G (w/ turnaround lick) — D

Bridge

[I’ve been achin’ . . .]
A — G — A — G

D — F6 — Em7

Solo over half a verse

Outro

D — F#mb6 — G/D (w/ turnaround lick)



With the G/D chord, you could also play

x.5.5.4.3.0

or

x.5.5.4.0.0

and the G could be

5.5.0.0.0.0