Is Anybody There? Tabs & Lyrics by John Hiatt
Is Anybody There?
guitar tabs lyrics
om: Paul Hutchinson
IS ANYBODY THERE? - John Hiatt
------------------------------
F Fsus4 Fsus2 F x2
Bb/C F Bb/C F C Bb Am Bb
Well I'm out here on my own following the stars
C A/C# Dm C Bb
Asking on my knees for some direction, please,
Bb/C F Bb C F
And, God, you know it's hard
Cause I'm such a stubborn man, Lord, I'm stubborn as a mule
But even though I struggle some, I belive a change will come
Now, here, you love a fool
Am7 Bb
I see a road and a flash of lightning
Gm7 Bb/C
Let me tell you it's frightning
Dm C Bb F
Is anybody there? Oh, I need somebody tonight
Dm C Gm F/A Bb C
To care- I'm feeling alone and it just don't seem right
Dm C Bb F
Is anybody there? Oh, I need somebody to be
Eb/Bb Dm/A
To know that I'm good enough for love
Bb/C F
To walk beside me
And as a woman in this world, well you must have felt like this
That a man might come along with another hard luck song
And betray you with a kiss
But would you reconsider me - though I know I've caused you pain
I've taken vows with you, and I believe them to be true
Now can we take a little rain?
We could hit that road in a flash of lightning
Maybe it won't be so frightning
x2
x7
I'm gonna keep on walking, baby ...
-------------
On the album, the song is carried by electric piano, with electric
guitar and Hammond organ being decorative. If you want to play it by
yourself, and you're not totally confident in the key of F (rolls eyes
condescendingly), you may find it easier to play in D with a capo on
the 3rd fret. In this case, F becomes D, Bb/C becomes G/A (x00033), C
becomes A, Bb becomes G, Am becomes F#m, A/C# becomes F# (244322),
Dm becomes Bm, Gm7 becomes Em7, F/A becomes D/F# (200232), and Eb/Bb
becomes C/G.
Anyway, back to what IS on the album. The guitar, piano and organ are
pretty well mixed together, and so it's quite hard to pick out what
the guitar is doing. Hence the following transcription is approximate,
and any repeating sections will probably be played with different
variations each time - but what's here should give you a fair idea.
Please don't try to play it note-for-note.
Comments and corrections welcome....
Intro riff:
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-10--------------10--|-11--------------11--|
|---------------10----|--12-----------12--12|
|-------------10----10|-------------10------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|----10---13--13------|
|------------------10--|---10----10--10------|
|-10----------10-12--10|-10------12--12------|
|-10-------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
Verse: (Play twice, omitting last 2 chords 2nd time)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------------------|---------8-|-6---6-5-|-6---------|
|-10------10---10h11--|-10----8---|-6---6-5-|-6---------|
|-10-----------10h12--|-10--------|---------|-----------|
|-10----10------------|-----10----|---------|-----10-11-|
|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----10-11-|
|---------------------|-----------|---------|-----8--9--|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------11-11-|-10----6--8--|-10----11-11-|
|--------10-9--|-7-----12-12-|-10----7--9--|-10----12-12-|
|-12---12---10-|-8-----------|-10----8--10-|-10----------|
|-12-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-10-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Bridge:
+ + + + + + + + + + . +. + + + + +
|-.-.-0---|---------|----------13-13----------|---------|
|-8-8-----|-6----6--|-11----------13-13-10~~~~|-11------|
|-5-5--5--|-7-------|-10----------------------|-12------|
|-7-7---7-|-8-------|-12----------------------|-12------|
|---------|---------|-------------------------|---------|
|---------|---------|-------------------------|---------|
Chorus:
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------------------|---------|---------------------|--/6-5-6---|
|-6---------6---5---|-----6---|-6-----------6-------|--/8-6-6-5-|
|-7------7p5----5---|-----5---|-7-------7p5-7-------|-------7-5-|
|-7------7p5--------|-8---7---|-7-------7p5-7-------|---------5-|
|-------------------|-8-------|---------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-6-------|---------------------|-----------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|-------------------|---------|---------|-----|
|-6---------6---5---|-----10--|-11--10--|-11--|
|-7------7p5----5---|-----10--|-12--10--|-12--|
|-7------7p5--------|-8---10--|-13--12--|-----|
|-------------------|-8-------|---------|-----|
|-------------------|-6-------|---------|-----|
Format:
4 bar electric piano introduction
Intro riff
Verse
Bridge
Chorus
Intro riff
Verse
Bridge
Chorus x2
Intro riff x7
Notation used:
+ = Marks the beat
p = Pull-off
h = Hammer-on
/ = Slide
~ = Vibrato
. = Staccato
