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From: alan_fark@i-netaccess.com (Fark, Alan)
Subject: t/taylor_james/secret_o_life.tab
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:51:55 -0500

Secret O' Life

by James Taylor
tab by Alan Fark (farkmd@pol.net)

see also: http://james-taylor.com/guitar/secret.txt
tab by Noel Kerns, similar to this version with only small variations


Standard tuning
capo at 3rd fret
(s) = sustain
/   = pull off or hammer on
v   = upstroke
PM  = palm mute

chord shapes:

A11         = x02420
Em7sus4     = 020200
Em (v.1)    = 0x040x
D6 (sus4?)  = x0x002 
Dmaj7       = xx0222
C#m7        = 446454
F#          = 244322
C#m7sus4    = 242442
F#7+5       = 2x2332
Bm7         = 224232
D/E         = 0x023x
E/F#        = 2x2100
E9+5        = x20112
Em (v.2)    = 0xx003
Dmaj7/A     = x00222




Intro

 A11                            Em7sus4                  

|--------0-----------0--------|-------------0---|
|------2-----2-------------2--|-----------------|
|----4-----4---4--------------|-----2----2------|       (repeat)
|-----------------2-----------|-----------------|   
|-0---------------------0-----|--2--------------|
|-----------------------------|-------0---------|


The first four measures of each verse are similar to the intro pattern:


A11                                 Em7sus4                  

   |--------0-----------0---------|-------------0---|
   |------2-----2-------------2---|-----------------|
   |----4-----4---4---------------|-----2----2------|      
   |-----------------2------------|-----------------|   
   |-0---------------------0------|--2--------------|
   |------------------------------|-------0---------|    A11    Em7sus4

The secret of ........


  A11                    Em7sus4               A11

|---------0----------0--|----------0---------|--------0--------0----|
|------2----------2-----|------------0-------|------2--------2------|
|----4---------4--------|-------2------2-----|----4--------4--------|
|-----------2-----------|-----0--------------|-----------2----------|
|--0--------------------|---2----------------|--0-------------------|
|-----------------------|-0--------------0/2-|----------------------|



   Em (v.1)      D6          Dmaj7                  C#m7

|------------|---2---------|-2----------2---------|-----------4------|
|--0(s)------|---0------5--|------2----------2----|-5----------------|
|--4------2--|---0(s)------|----2----------2------|------4---------4-|
|--0(s)------|-------------|-0-------0----------0-|----6---------6---|
|------------|---0(s)------|----------------------|-4-------4--------|
|--0(s)------|-------------|----------------------|------------------|



   F#                  C#m7sus4  F#7+5     Bm7

|-------------------2-|-----2--|------2---|----------------------2----|
|----------2----------|--4-----|---3------|-------------3--------3----|
|-------3--------3----|--4-----|---3------|-------------2-------------|
|-----4---------------|--2-----|---2------|-------4-------------------|
|--------------4------|--4-----|----------|---2-------------2---------|
|--2------------------|--------|---2------|---------------------------|




 D/E          E/F#          Bm7                           E9+5(strum)

|-----------|--------0---|-----------------------2------|--2(s)------|
|--------3--|--------0---|-----------3-----------3------|--1(s)------|
|--------2--|-----1------|-----------2------------------|--1(s)------|
|-----0-----|-----2------|-------4----------------------|--0(s)------|
|-----------|------------|---2-----------2--------------|--2(s)------|
|--0--------|--2---------|------------------------------|------------|


    
      A11                        Em7sus4  A11   Em7sus4
The secret of love .......

      A11          Em7sus4

     A11                            Em(v.1) D6

       Dmaj7            C#m7             F#   C#m7sus4  F#7+5

    Bm7                         D/E   E/F#

 Bm7                    E9+5



   A11                      Em(v.2)

|---------0--------------|--3---2/0---------------|
|------2---------2-------|--0--------3--2/0-------|
|----4--------4-----4----|--0(s)--------------2/0-|
|----------------------2-|------------------------|
|--0---------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--0(s)------------------|

            give us a     .......


(for the following, I think that chords are plucked/strummed with 
 downstrokes on the first beat and off-beat of 2, upstrokes on 
 the off-beat of 1 and 3, and palm mute on 2 and 4, although 
 later verses seem to be just plucked or strummed on each 
 off-beat)


   Dmaj7/A                     C#m7  
      v PM      v PM               v PM       V PM      v PM
|--2--2-----2---2------------|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|
|--2--2-----2---2------------|--5--5-----5----5------5--5-------|
|--2--2-----2---2----(repeat)|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|
|--0--0-----0---0------------|--6--6-----6----6------6--6-------|
|--0--0-----0---0------------|--4--4-----4----4------4--4-------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|



  F#         Bm7                    D/E
      v PM        v  PM      v PM
|--2--2----|--2---2------2---2----|--2(s)--------------------|
|--2--2----|--3---3------3---3----|--3(s)--------------------|
|--3--3----|--2---2------2---2----|--2(s)--------------------| (back to 
|--4--4----|--4---4------4---4----|--0(s)--------------------|  intro
|--4--4----|--2---2------2---2----|--------------------------|  riff)
|--2--2----|----------------------|--0(s)--------------------|




        A11                                Em7sus4 A11  Em7sus4
Now the thing about ......

A11                     Em7sus4   A11                     Em(v.1) D6

Dmaj7                       C#m7                F#  C#m7sus4 F#7+5

Bm7                      D/E   E/F#      Bm7             E9+5

A11                  Em(v.2)               Dmaj7/A

        C#m7                          F#

Bm7                D/E                      A11

           Dmaj7/A              C#m7                  F#

Bm7                D/E                           A11

    A11                           Em7sus4    A11

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