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TURN IT ON, TURN ME UP, TURN ME LOOSE (Kostas / Wayland Patton)
performed by Dwight Yoakam on IF THERE WAS A WAY (1990)
transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipeline.com


CHORD CHART (M.M. = 181)
|INTRO |VERSE 1 |CHORUS |TAG |SOLO |VERSE 2 |CHORUS |CHORUS |CODA |

INTRO:
|E |E |E |E |

VERSE:
|E |E |E |E |B |B |B |B |B |B |B |B |E |E |E |E |
|E |E |E |E |B |B |B |B |B |B |B |E |E |

CHORUS:
|A |A |A |A |E |E |E |E |A |A |A |A |E |E |B |E |E |

TAG:
|E |E |E |E |

SOLO:
|B |B |B |B |B |B |B |B |E |E |
|E |E |E |E |B |B |B |B |B |B |B |E |E |E |E |

CODA:
|E |E |B |E |E |



INTRO (see TAB below)


VERSE 1 (see riffs 1 & 2 TAB below)
         E          (riff 1)
Well I'm back again
    B            (riff 2)
For another night
                                                             E
Of trying to break free from the sadness that I can't lay to rest
         E         (riff 1)
This old honky-tonk
           B             (riff 2)
Sure does feel like home
                                                    E
And the music with the laughter seems to soothe my loneliness


CHORUS (see TAB below)
           A
So turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose
                        E
From her memory that's drivin' me lonely, crazy, and blue
   A
It helps me forget her so the louder the better
     E                          B          E
Hey mister turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose


GUITAR AND MANDOLIN SOLO (see guitar TAB below)


VERSE 2
                  E      (riff 1)
If a tear should fall
             B               (riff 2)
If I should whisper her name
        B
To some stranger I'm holdin' while we're
                              E
dancin' to an old Buck Owens song
       E             (riff 1)
I know she won't mind
          B        (riff 2)
She won't even know
           B                                             E
She'll be dancin' with a memory cryin' teardrops of her own


(CHORUS, see TAB below)


(repeat CHORUS, see TAB below)


CODA (see TAB below)

                   * * * * *

INTRO TAB
   ________
  |__|__|__|       |         |       |  |    |  |    |  |    |  |
  |  |  |  |    |\ |      |\ |       |  |    |  |    |  |    |  |  
|-------------|--------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------------|--------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------------|--------------------|----2--|----2--|----2--|----2--|
|-x--x--x--x--|-2-(3)----2-(3)-----|-0-----|-0-----|-0-----|-0-----|
                 \/       \/
                  B        B


RIFF 1
   ___________
  |___|___|___|            |               |
  |   |   |   |      |\    |          |\   |            
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|-x---x---x---x----|--2---(3)---------2---(3)---------|-0----------|
                       \/              \/
                        B               B

RIFF 2
   ___________
  |___|___|___|            |               |
  |   |   |   |      |\    |          |\   |            
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|-x---x---x---x----|--4---(6)---------4---(6)---------|-2----------|
|------------------|---\/--------------\/-------------|------------|
                        B               B


CHORUS TAB

           ___                       ____    _____              
      |\  |   |     |      |        |   _|  |_|_|_|   |      |
   /| |   |   |     |      |        |.   |  | | | |   |      |
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------2-----|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-2----2--4---4-2-|--------------|
|-----------------|-0------4------|-------\/--------|-0------4-----|
|-----0---2---4---|-------/-------|--------H--------|-------/------|

   ____   _____                     ____   _____
  |   -| |_|_|_|   |      |        |   _| |_|_|_|   |       |
  |.   | | | | |   |      |        |.   | | | | |   |       |
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------2-----|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-2----2-4---4-2-|---------------|----------2-----|----------------|
|-------\/-------|---------------|-2----2-4---4-2-|----------------|
|--------H-------|-0------4------|-------\/-------|-0-------2------|
                                          H
                                   _____   _____
  |      |        |      |        |    _| |_|_|_|   |      |
  |      |        |      |        |.    | | | | |   |      |
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------2-----|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-2-----2-4---4-2-|----------------|
|---------------|-0------4------|--------\/-------|-0------4-------|
|-3------4------|---------------|---------H-------|----------------|

   ____   _____                     ____   ___      ___   _____
  |   _| |_|_|_|   |      |        |   _| |_| |    |  _| |_|_|_|
  |.   | | | | |   |      |        |.   | | | |    |.  | | | | |
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------2-----|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-2----2-4---4-2-|---------------|----------2-----|----------4-----|
|-------\/-------|---------------|-2----2-4---4---|2---2-4-6---6---|
|--------H-------|-0------4------|-------\/-------|-------\/-------|
                                          H                H

                         ___     ___
                _       |   |   |   |     |     |
               |_|      |   |   |   |     |     |
|----------|---------|------------------|---------------|-<12>-----|
|----------|---------|------------------|---------------|----------|
|----------|---------|------------------|---------------|----------|
|----------|---------|------------------|---------------|----------|
|----------|---------|------------------|---------------|----------|
|-0--------|---------|-(3)--2--(3)--2---|-0-----<7>-----|----------|
                          \/     \/ 
                           R      R

 
SOLO TAB (CD = 1:12)
   ___ _     _____   _____
  |   |_|   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|                            _
  |   | |   | | | | | | | |                           |_|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----4---|-4-6-7-6-4---6---|-4---------------|--------------------|
|-6-----6-|--\/\/\/\/-6---6-|-----------------|--------------------|
|/--------|---H-H-P-P-------|-----------------|--------------------|


        ___       __ _     ___     ___              _____   _____
     |\|_| |     |  |_|   |_|_|   |   |       |\   |_|_|_| |_|_|_|
  /| | | | |     |  | |<| | | |   |   |  /|   |    | | | | | | | |
|--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------4---4---|-7--6-4-----6---|-4---6----------|-4-----4-2-0---0-|
|----6---6-----|/----\/---6---6-|------------6---|---5-6--\/\/-4---|
|---/----------|------P---------|-----------/----|----\/---S-P-----|
                                                       H

   ________    _____                    ______ 
  |__|__|__|  |__|__|        |         |      |
  |  |  |  |  |  |  |        |         |      |
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------|
|-4--2--0-----0-----------|--------------------------|-------------|
|--\/-\/---4-----4--2-----|-0----------<5>----<7>----|-<12>--------|
    P  P          \/
                   P

CODA TAB

   ___________
  |___|___|___|            |               |
  |   |   |   |      |\    |          |\   |            
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|------------------|----------------------------------|------------|
|-x---x---x---x----|--2---(3)---------2---(3)---------|-0----------|
                       \/              \/
                        B               B

Comments about this tab

- 2005-04-20

Comment and Question:
What are the symbols above the tab line ie:
INTRO TAB
___ __ _ ___ ___ _____ _____
|\|_| | | |_| |_|_| | | |\ |_|_|_| |_|_|_|
/| | | | | | | |<| | | | | | /| | | | | | | | | |
|--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------4---4---|-7--6-4-----6---|-4---6----------|-4-----4-2-0---0-|
|----6---6-----|/----\/---6---6-|------------6---|---5-6--\/\/-4---|
|---/----------|------P---------|-----------/----|----\/---S-P-----|
H
Are they some kind of timing? If, so a notation on how to read them would be of great help to all of us amatures.

Also some explaination of the other notations would be of great help to everyone, ie: 6 \/ \/ \/
/ H S P

as in the tab below, I'm thinking that is slide from somewhere to the 6th
fret and then hammer, slide and pull
_____ _____
|\ |_|_|_| |_|_|_|
/| | | | | | | | | |
----------|-----------------|
----------|-----------------|
----------|-----------------|
----------|-4-----4-2-0---0-|
------6---|---5-6--\/\/-4---|
-----/----|----\/---S-P-----|
H

Mainly the little boxes on top are what I can't figure out????

I am very interested in knowing. If you could email me at rrrnsa@sbcglobal.net with an explanation I would really appreciate it. Maybe I will send you some of my tabs of some of the other Dwight Yaokam songs not to be found anywhere I've seen and they are right on with what Pete Anderson does.
Thanks,
Robert RR

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