Here's another one I've been meaning to figure out for awhile. Like most of this album, it's a piano-based song, but there are guitar parts throughout, so I've transcribed those as best I can. "Hope I'm Around" Todd Rundgren Transcribed by Brian Canfield on 1/9/2006 First, I'll lay out the chords for the whole song. Then, I'll attempt to tab out some of Todd's guitar parts, which are mostly chords/arpeggios played on the top three/four strings. Verse: C G/B Am Some happy day Bb/C F Bb/C F After I'm long.. gone away Em7 (B-G C-A D-B) Some one will Dm7 Em7 F Make you see Em7 (B-G C-A D-B) You were in Dm7 Em7 F Love with me Em7 (B-G C-A D-B) know what it's Dm7 Em7 F like to be A7 Where I'm C/D C(b5)/D C?/D (C-E-G) (C-E-F#) (C-E-F) standing now.. ..then you'll F/G find me somehow Chorus: Bbmaj7 F C You better hope I'm around when you need me Bbmaj7 F C You know I won't be around when you need me Bbmaj7 F C You better know what to do when you need me Am7 C/D Cdim/D No one told me what to do F/G When I needed you Verse 2: (same chords as Verse 1) (Repeat Chorus) Bridge: Bbmaj9 Maybe now you cannot see.. C ..looking for someone like me (Then, Verse 3, which also has the same chords as Verse 1 and 2, only it starts at that rising Em7 part) Final Chorus: Repeat, then modulate to the key of D as follows: Am7 No one told me what to do C/D Cdim/D Bm7 D/E ..You better Gmaj7 Dmaj7 A Hope I'm around when you need me etc. Guitar Parts: This is my shot at the "rising/falling" guitar riff that starts the song. E----3----5----7----8----7----5----5----------------------------- B------------------------8----6----5----------------------------- G----4----5----7----9----7----5----5----------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- E-----3----3----5-----------------10------8------10------8------- B-----5----3----5-----------11------------10-----11------10------ G-----5----4----5--------10----10---------10-----10------10------ D-----5----5----7-----12------------------10-----12------10------ A---------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------- Some happy day ..after I'm long gone away.. E----3----5----7----8----7----5--------------------------------- B------------------------8----5--------------------------------- G----4----5----7----9----7----5--------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------- (x3): E---------------------------------------------------------------- Some one will make you see You were in love with me And know what it's like to be E-------5-------------------------------------------- B-------5--------8-------7------6-------------------- G-------6--------9-------9------9-------------------- <---Use your ring and pinky fingers D-------7--------10------10-----10------------------- on frets 9 and 10 for that A---------------------------------------------------- descending C chord. E---------------------------------------------------- Where I'm standing now.. Then you'll find me somehow Chorus: I can't hear the guitar as clearly here, if there is any. It sounds more piano and organ heavy. But these basic chords sound fine: Bbmaj7 - x13231 F - 133211 C - x32010 Bridge: Again, no discernable guitar here. And the rest of the song is repeats of previous parts. Then, try these for the modulated Chorus at the end: Gmaj7 - xx5777 Dmaj7 - x57675 A - 577655 Questions/Comments - dontpoll@aol.com