Charlatans - North Country Boy guitar tab
North Country Boy
============-The Charlatans
This is possibly the most famous Charlatans single ever and I can't
beleive no-one else has tabbed it. It's on the Tellin' Stories album.
I'll start off will the chords:
E A D G B E
A x O 2 2 2 O
Dsus2/A x O 4 2 3 O
F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2
E O 2 2 1 O O
D x x O 2 3 2
C5 x 3 5 x x x
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
G 3 2 O O O 3
Intro
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Chords: A . Dsus2/A .
E|-----------------------------------|
B|--------5-5-5-------5-5-5-----5-5--|
G|--4h6-6-------4h6-6-------4h6------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------| x4
Verse 1
It's just the rhythm guitar in the verse except for a few lead fills
which I'll tab when we get to them:
A Dsus2/A A Dsus2/A
Hey, Country boy,
A Dsus2/A A Dsus2/A
Hey, Country boy,
A Dsus2/A A
What are you sad about, every day you make the sun come out,
F#m E
Even in the pouring rain,
D C5
I'll come to see you, And I'll save you, I'll save you.
Fill 1
A . Dsus2/A . . . A .
E|-----------------------|---------O----|
B|-/10-10-10-10---10-10--|------3--2----|
G|-/11-11-11-11---11-11--|------2--2----|
D|-----------------------|--2h4----2----|
A|-----------------------|---------O----|
E|-----------------------|--------------|
A Dsus2/A A Dsus2/A
What do you care about? She says, 'this and that,'
A Dsus2/A A
What do I mean to you? I'll show you if you want me to.
F#m E D
I can't remember, I don't know how to tell you,
D C5
But I love you just the same.
Fill 2
A . Dsus2/A . A . . .
E|-----------------------|--------12-12---------12-12---|
B|-/10-10-10-10---10-10--|--12h14--------12h14----------|
G|-/11-11-11-11---11-11--|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------------|
Bridge
Bm
How many eyes must a young girl have?
E
I know she makes you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
F#
I'd be good to you, if I could I'd make you happy,
G
If I had a son I'd be good to my Daddy,
Bm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
E G
as your, North Country Boy.
Fill 3
A . Dsus2/A . A . Dsus2/A .
E|--------------------------------|---------------------12------|
B|-9h10--9h10--------10p9---------|--/15-/15--14--12h14-----14--|
G|-9-----9-----9h11-------9-------|--/16-/16--------------------|
D|-9h11--9h11---------------11p9--|-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Verse 2
A Dsus2/A A Dsus2/A
Hey, Country Boy,
A Dsus2/A A
What're you sad about, I think we'll work it out,
F#m E D
Even in the morning rain, I'll come to see you,
D C5
Hope your feelings're the same. (Repeat Fill 2)
Bridge
Bm
How many ears must a young girl have?
E
I know she hears you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
F#
Itchy and Scratchy come runnin' up the alley,
G
If you'd be good, I'd be good to your Daddy,
Bm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
E G
as your, North Country Boy.
Instrumental
Play the intro riff again. There's a harmonic pumping out behind it
this time. This can be found by lightly touching the 3rd (G) string
directly above the 5th fret - don't press down, but play the string
and it should ring. It may need a bit of distortion to bring it out.
Then the guitar solo starts. I think it's played with a slide, but
if you don't have one or an empty pint-glass to hand, it sounds
alright by just fretting the notes with your fingers and add plenty
of vibrato.
A . Dsus2/A . A . Dsus2/A . A . Dsus2/A .
E|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|--/2------------------|-/7--7\\--------------|-/7--7\\--------------|
G|--/2------------------|-/7--7\\--------------|-/7--7\\--------------|
D|--/2------------------|-/7--7\\--------------|-/7--7\\--------------|
A|-----O/3-/5-5-5-/7/10-|---------3\\O-O-----O-|---------3\\O-O-----O-|
E|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A . Dsus2/A . A . . . A . Dsus2/A .
E|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
B|-/7--7\\-----------------|--/2------------------|-/7--7\\--------------|
G|-/7--7\\------O----O-----|--/2------------------|-/7--7\\--------------|
D|-/7--7\\--------/2---/2--|--/2------------------|-/7--7\\--------------|
A|---------3\\O------------|-----O/3-/5-5-5-/7/10-|---------3\\O-O-----O-|
E|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
A . Dsus2/A . A . . C5
E|------------------------|----------------------|
B|-/7--7\\-----------------|--/2------------------|
G|-/7--7\\------O----O-----|--/2------------/5----|
D|-/7--7\\--------/2---/2--|--/2----------5-------|
A|---------3\\O------------|-----O/3-/5-5---------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|
Over the last 3 bars of the solo a louder, more prominent overdub
is played. It goes a little something like this:
E|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|------7-7-9p7---7----|
A|--7h9p7------------|--7h9p7------------|--7h9---------9------|
E|--------7h9-7-5-5--|--------7h9-7-5-5--|-------------------8-|
Verse 3
A Dsus2/A A Dsus2/A
What do you care about? She says, 'this and that,'
A Dsus2/A A
What do I mean to you? I'll show you if you want the truth.
F#m E D
I threw it all away, I don't know where I put it,
D C5
But I miss it just the same. (Repeat Fill Ad Lib)
Bridge
Bm
How many eyes must a young girl have?
E
I know she makes you cry, I know she makes you laugh,
F#
I'd be good to you, if I could I'd make you happy,
G
If I had a son I'd be good to my Daddy,
Bm
Who loves you but I bet it's not the same
E G
as your, North Country Boy.
Outro
A weird chord starts playing, I think it's C#7b5 but you play it
like this:
E|--7--| This is played a few times with that
B|--8--| Fret five harmonic repeating.
G|--6--| Finally the original intro riff comes
D|-----| back in, plus ad lib vocals and
A|-----| the song fades out.
E|-----|
The End
If you enjoyed my tab then e-mail me with requests, corrections etc.
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