Billy Joel - Tell her about it
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TELL HER ABOUT IT
As recorded by Billy Joel
(From the 1983 Album AN INNOCENT MAN)
Words and Music by Billy Joel
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Russell Javors - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=106(16=s16)
Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|
|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|
|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|
|-----------------|-----------6---6-|-----------------|-----------6---6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1st - 4th Verses
$
$$
Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|
||o---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|
||----7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|
||----8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|
||o-----------------|-----------6---6-|-----------------|-----------6---6-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---------|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4----------|
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8--|
|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8--|
|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8--|
|-----------------|-----------6---6-|-----------------|-----------6---6--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.
Dm7 Db7 Cm7 Dbm7Dm7 Ebm7 Dm7 Cm7 Eb/FF
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---5---5---4---4-|---3---3---4---5-|---6---6---5---5-|---3---3------------||
|---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---5---6-|---7---7---6---6-|---4---4---8---10--o||
|---5---5---4---4-|---3---3---4---5-|---6---6---5---5-|---3---3---8---10---||
|---7---7---6---6-|---5---5---6---7-|---8---8---7---7-|---5---5---8---10---||
|---5---5---4---4-|---3---3---4---5-|---6---6---5---5-|---3---3---8----8--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
Chorus
2.,D.S.,D.S.S.
Cm7 Bb C F Am7 Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---3---3---------||---1---1---1---1-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---4---4---3---5-||---1---1---1---1-|---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6---6--|
|---3---3---3---5-||---2---2---2---2-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7--|
|---5---5---3---5-||---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|---7---7---7---7--|
|---3---3---1---3-||-----------------|-----------------|---5---5---5---5--|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
To Coda
To Coda
Gm7 C F Am7 Dm Dm7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---3---3---------|---1---1---1---1-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---3---3---5---5-|---1---1---1---1-|---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6---6--|
|---3---3---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---5---5--|
|-----------5---5-|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|---7---7---7---7--|
|-----------3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|---5---5---5---5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Interlude
Gm7 Bb/CC Bb Ab Eb Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|---3---3---3---5-||---6---6---6---6-|---4---4---8---8-|---6---6---6---6--|
|---3---3---3---5-||---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---8---8-|---7---7---7---7--|
|---------------5-||---8---8---8---8-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---8---8--|
|-----------3---3-||-----------------|-----------6---6-|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Bridge
D.S. al Coda &
Gm7 Bb Ab Fm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---4---4----------||---3---3---6---6-||---4---4---1---1-|
|---4---4---8---8--||---3---3---6---6-||---4---4---1---1-|
|---5---5---8---8--||---3---3---7---7-||---5---5---1---1-|
|---6---6---8---8--||-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------6---6--||-----------------||-----------------|
|------------------||-----------------||-----------------|
Gb Ab Bbm Eb Eb Ab Fm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---2---2---2---4-|---6---6---6---6-|---1---1---1---3-|---4---4---1---1--|
|---2---2---2---4-|---6---6---8---8-|---1---1---1---4-|---4---4---1---1--|
|---3---3---3---5-|---6---6---8---8-|---1---1---1---3-|---5---5---1---1--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
Gb Ab Bbm Eb C/E F Gm7 Bb C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---2---2---2---4-|---6---6---6---6-|---8---8------------||---3---3---6---8--||
|---2---2---2---4-|---6---6---8---8-|---8---8---10---10--||---3---3---6---8--||
|---3---3---3---5-|---6---6---8---8-|---9---9---10---10--||---3---3---7---9--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------10---10--||------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------8----8--||------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||------------------||
Outro
E BbE S S E S S E E E S AbS E Q S EbS E E E
||----6---6-----6---6-6-|---4---4------------|
||o---6---6-----6---6-6-|---4---4----8---8-8-|
||----7---7-----7---7-7-|---5---5----8---8-8-|
||----8---8-----8---8-8-|---6---6----8---8-8-|
||o---------------------|------------6---6-6-|
||----------------------|--------------------|
E BbE S S E S S E E E S AbS E Q S EbS E E E 3x
|---6---6-----6---6-6-|---4---4---------------||
|---6---6-----6---6-6-|---4---4----8---8-8---o||
|---7---7-----7---7-7-|---5---5----8---8-8----||
|---8---8-----8---8-8-|---6---6----8---8-8----||
|---------------------|------------6---6-6---o||
|---------------------|-----------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths