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Secret O Life by James Taylor guitar tab (text):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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| Band name | James Taylor » |
| Song name | Secret O Life » |
| Tab type | Guitar tab » |
| Added | 05/20/2008 |
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