"Open My Eyes"
 The Nazz
 From the album "Nazz" (1968)
 Transcribed by Brian Canfield (and corrected by Tom Eisenmenger)

 Keyboard Intro:

  E         Gmaj7        Dmaj7         E
(B-E-G#)    (G-B-D-F#)  (D-F#-A-C#)   (E-G#-B)

 *Those voicings aren't necessary, but it sounds best that way.
 Here's my attempt at arranging it for guitar:

E---4--------2---------------9-----------7-----------------------
B---5--------3---------------10----------9-----------------------
G---4--------4---------------11----------9-----------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E---0--------3---------------10----------0-----------------------
  E       Gmaj7         Dmaj7          E

 To get that staccato feel, try using the pick to strike the low E
 string on all of these, while using your index, middle, and ring
 fingers to strike the high 3 strings.

 Also, as you can hear on the recording, the Dmaj7 chord is actually hit twice in succession,
 whereas the others just once.

Edit: (6/8/06)

Special thanks to Tom Eisenmenger for correcting this. The original riff
I had here was a tad bit off, and he fixed it. This one is definetly right.


Main Riff:
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------5--6--7--------------------------------
E----5--2--3--4--5--6--7-----------------------------------------

Or:

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

^Those are both identical in terms of notes..play whichever one is easier.



Chorus:

E----------10--11--12--------------------------------------------
B---10s12--------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
 ^That's an approximation of the lead riff Todd plays
  throughout the chorus.

  If you've read some of my other tabs, you'll know that my lead
  guitar ability is quite poor, thus, my ability to accurately
  figure out lead guitar parts is also poor.

 During the chorus, the bass is doing a riff in E, something like this:

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D---2--2---------2--2--------------------------------------------
A---------4--2---------4--2--------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
                 etc..and then one of these:

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----0--1--2------------------------------------------------------
E--------------0--------------------------------------------------
                   then back to the previous riff in "E"

The Really Cool Bridge:

The chords are roughly:
                                   C
"Can't see a thing 'til you open my eyyyyyyyyyyyyyes"

      Bm7             D/E     Amaj7
Can't believe that it's on your mind

           Gmaj7     F/G
To leave me behiiiiiiiind...

Then, back into "heavy" mode, as the bass repeats this riff..:

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------2-------------------------------------------------
A---2--2---5-----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

..While Todd solos over it.

Okay, again, my lead ability isn't great. So take all this with a large
grain of salt.

It seems to be mostly in A Major, played around 7th position.

This isn't supposed to be a note-for-note transcription..I've just
filled in some parts I *think* I'm hearing:

E----8s7---------------------------------------------------------
B----------9--9b10-----------------------------------------------
G-------------------9-----9---7---9---7---9v---------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B---9b10---9b10--9b10--9b10r9------------------------------------
G------------------------------9---------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

 And the very last part of the solo is something like this

E-----------17-------15-----15-----15-----15-----15-----15-------
B----15b17--------15b17--15b17--15b17--15b17--15b17--15b17-------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------


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