Tabbed by Carlo Coppola (cocadeal@gmx.net)
(Tear - from the album: By The Way)

Chords Verses and bridges:
C: x32010
G: 320033
a: x02210

Chords Chorus:
C: 81010988
C/B: 71010xx (I don't know if it's the right name for this chord)
A: 577xx
G: 355xx
F: 133xx
F/E: 033xx (again, probably wrong name)

Main instruments in this song are piano and bass. But sometimes during
the verses a guitar plays a nice melody I couldn't figure out, yet. It
might be a variation of Solo I. In the chorus there's also an acoustic
guitar, very silent. But I might be wrong. For corrections:
cocadeal@gmx.net. Thx.

Verse I: C - G - a (8x)

Bridge I: C - G (1x)

Chorus: C - C/B - A - G - F - F/E - F - G (2x)

Bridge II: a (1x)

Verse II: C - G - a (4x)

Solo I: (I'm not sure about it, at all. Anyway, you have to figure out
the rhythm by yourself. It's a question of feeling, I guess.)
E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G
-------9-10-12-10-9----------------------------------------------------
D
----------------------------10-----9-10-12-10-9-----9-10---------------
A
--------------------------------12-------------------12----------------
E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

G
----------9-------------------9------------------9----------------9----
D
------10---10-9--------10----10-9-------10---10-9-----10---10-9--------
A
--------------------12-----------------12----------------12------------
E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G
-------9-10-12-10-9----------------------10-9--------------------------
D
----------------------------10----9-10-12------------12-10-------------
A
--------------------------------12-------------------12----------------
E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G
----------9-------------------9------------------9---------------7---9-
D
------10---10-9--------10----10-9-------10---10-9--------9--10---------
A
--------------------12-----------------12----------------12------------
E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse III: C - G - a (1x)

Bridge I: C - G (1x)

Chorus: C - C/B - A - G - F - F/E - F - G (2x)

Bridge II: a (1x)

Solo II: (Again, I'm not sure. Of course, you have to try to get that
speed. A bass also plays a cool line. But I haven't written out that
one)

E
-----------------------------------14---------------------------13--15--
--
B
-17-15-17-15-18--17--15-----17-15-15-13--15-----------------------------
--
G
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
D
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
A
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--

Solo III: trumpet solo over the same chords as in the verses (C G a
(2x)); and at the end guitar plays:
E ---------------------------------
B -------14---12-------------------
G ------------------14--14---------
D ---------------------------------
A ---------------------------------
E ---------------------------------

Verse IV: C - G - a (3x)
Bridge I: C - G (1x)
Chorus: C - C/B - A - G - F - F/E - F - G (2x)
Bridge II + end 'A-minor'.

Much thanks to Carlo for sending me his tab!

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