Townes Van Zandt....Need Tab

[gracecovenant]

Has anyone tabbed out "If I Needed You" by TVZ? Tabs on the net are incomplete and/or inaccurate.

I would greatly appreciate someone sharing. I'm just beginning to learn some fingerstyle stuff, and this is a classic/standard that I am anxious to learn. I am also hoping it will provide a good foundation in travis picking.

'ppreciate your help!

[djl]

This any good?

[gracecovenant]

I've seen this tab, and I think it's on the right track, but I wish they had given more of the bass line....it gets tricky, and I never feel like I've got it quite right. Thanks for the help though.

This is such a classic song that i can't believe the complete tab isn't out there on the net.

[JonPR]

The main bass part is on a bass guitar, and it's hard to hear how much is on the guitar. IMO, a suitable alternating bass part (for solo guitar) ought to be pretty intuitive; it wouldn't need anything special for it to work, just a standard root-5th movement. It's the melody on the top strings that's more distinctive - and even that is often buried under the other instruments.
IMO, the tab linked to is enough to build on to create a good enough part. I think it would be a mistake to get too anal about a note-for-note reproduction of the original (other than as a learning exercise that is).
But I like the song (haven't heard it before), so I'm going to have a crack at tabbing it myself. (Don't hold your breath, but I'll either post it here or PM you when ready. If I get anything better than that online tab, that is... )

[JonPR]

Ok, here you go. This is the intro, but it's the same thing (more or less) behind the vocal too.
An audaciously simple song...

         G
-------||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----0--||0h1-------0-----|--0-----0h1---3-|----------1---0-|--------0h1-----|
-0-----||--------------0-|------0---------|----------------|------0---------|
-------||----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
-------||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
-------||3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
_
 G                C                D                G
|----------0-----|--0-------------|----------0-----|----------------|----------------|
|3-------3-----1-|----------------|------3-------0-|---------0------|--0-------0-----|
|------0---------|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|------0-------0-|------0---------|
|----0-------0---|--------0h2-----|0---------------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|----------------|3---------------|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|

Capo on 4 for the original key, btw.

[pgilmor]

I love this place. I was just going to try hunting this one down, and PRESTO... it appears.

[CaliforniaJed]

Great song! I got down on one knee and played that to my wife before I proposed to her!

[gracecovenant]

[QUOTE=JonPR;3043963]Ok, here you go. This is the intro, but it's the same thing (more or less) behind the vocal too.
An audaciously simple song...


Big thanks for the tab!!!

[Wolf]

I play it in the key of D. Mostly because of my voice, but it is also even easier to play "the riff" i D.

------------2-h3---2-----
---------3------------3---
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---------------------------Three times and then G9 and A7.
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