"Bleeding"
 From "The Ballad of Todd Rundgren"
 Tabbed by Brian Canfield


 Ugh, my guitar skills really aren't good enough for this one. But I want to try to tab out this whole album. So here's my attempt at a sort of solo arrangement. The original has probably 2 or 3 guitars in it, so it's quite impossible (at least for me) to figure out everything that's going on.

At the very least, this is better than nothing.

Intro:

E---------0--------0------------2-----------------------------------
B---------0--------2------------0-----------------------------------
G---------1--------2------------4-----------------------------------
D---------2--------2------------4-----------------------------------
A----2h4------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
   ^you can add that little riff before each chord..it's in the song, but it sounds choppy and sloppy when I try to incorporate it.

But those chords are basically  E    A    B
But if you listen closely, the B in particular has kind of an open, ringy sound..they're definetly not straight barre chords.

Then, there's an ascending series of chords which are roughly:

E   A/F#  G  E/G#   D/A    A

I just do this:

E---0------0-----0-----0--------0---------0----------------------------
B---0------2-----3-----5--------7---------5----------------------------
G---1------2-----4-----4--------7---------6----------------------------
D---2------2-----5-----6--------7---------7----------------------------
A-------------------------------0---------0----------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
   E      A      G      E      D/A        A

It doesn't incorporate those bass notes, but it sounds okay.


Then, the verse:

E-------------------------0-------0--------------------------------
B---------------2---------3-------2---------------------------------
G---------------2---------0-------2---------------------------------
D----5-4-5------2---------4-------2------------------------------------
A----5-4-5------0---------x-------0------------------------------------
E----3s2s3----------------3--------------------------------------------
     ^quickly   A         G?      A

 "Don't be sad now     get up and start again..

 The chords here are basically  G and A..although the G sounds funky, so I tried to get as close as possible to what I hear.

And that riff in between is something like this:

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------2----5---4---2--------------------------------------------
A---0---4-------------------0---------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

Solo:

NO WAY.

But I can tell you, I believe it uses the A-minor pentatonic scale, primarily..and he's playing it around the 12 fret. But there's no way I could tab that, as my lead skills are pretty bad.


Sorry, I know this tab is a bit sub-standard, but that's as good as I can do for now. Like I said, it's better than nothing.

Don't expect "Parole" to be much better. ;)

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