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From: yorkie@praxis.co.uk (John Howell)
 Subject: TAB: The Grip Of Love by Tom Verlaine
 More Tom Verlaine. Hope ya'll like it now. A small request - anyone got
 the solo to Breakin' In My Heart, or the tab to Cry Mercy Judge? Both
 really tricky I know, but I'd love to be able to do them.
 'The Grip of Love' by Tom Verlaine, from his eponymous first solo 
 album.
 Virtually the whole song is based around the main riff (the intro 
 differs slightly in the rhythm guitar bit), which is backed by the 
 rhythm guitar & bass clonking once a bar with a big A chord.
 The chorus is based around a G D G E progression; I just use the open 
 chords for rhythm or a power chord for lead.
 There are several mistakes in the solo - I just can't get the wailing 
 two-note chords Tom uses, but I've done my best. Any corrections etc 
 gratefully received.
 
 (Intro):                vvvvvvvv-Rhythm guitar
 e-|---------------------8b(9)b(8)----------|
 B-|-7b(8)----------------------------------|
 G-|--------7--7--------------------------5-|
 D-|--------------5b(6)==========------7----|
 A-|--------------------------------5-------|
 E-|----------------------------------------|
 
                     vvvv-Rhythm guitar
 e-|-----------------3/10-----------|
 B-|-7b(8)-----------3/10-----------|
 G-|--------7--5------------------5-|
 D-|-------------7=======-----7-----|
 A-|-----------------------5--------|
 E-|--------------------------------|
 
 (Main riff):    A
 e-|-------------------------|
 B-|-7b(8)-------------------|
 G-|--------7--7-----------5-|
 D-|--------------5-----7----|
 A-|-----------------5-------|
 E-|-------------------------|
 
                A
 e-|-------------------------|
 B-|-7b(8)-------------------|
 G-|--------7--5-----------5-|
 D-|-------------7-----7-----|
 A-|----------------5--------|
 E-|-------------------------|
 
 (Solo):
 e-|-3/--------------3/5-|--------------------------|
 B-|-3/-----1--------3/5-|----1--3--3/4--3--1--3--1-|
 G-|-----2-----0--2------|-2------------------------|
 D-|---------------------|--------------------------|
 A-|---------------------|--------------------------|
 E-|---------------------|--------------------------|
 
 (Play next bar twice):
 e-|-11b(12)--11b(12)--11b(12)b(11)--14b(15)b(14)-| (Ouch!)
 B-|-11b(12)--11b(12)--11b(12)b(11)--14b(15)b(14)-|
 G-|----------------------------------------------|
 D-|----------------------------------------------|
 A-|----------------------------------------------|
 E-|----------------------------------------------|
 
 (Play next bar twice):
 e-|-3--3--3--3--5--5--3-|----------------------------0--3--0-|
 B-|-3--3--3--3--5--5--3-|----------1--3--1-----1--3----------|
 G-|---------------------|-2--0--2-----------2----------------|
 D-|---------------------|------------------------------------|
 A-|---------------------|------------------------------------|
 E-|---------------------|------------------------------------|
 
 e-|--------------------------12-----------12--|
 B-|-12b(13)-12b(13)-12b(13)b(12)-12b(13)b(12)-|
 G-|-------------------------------------------|
 D-|-------------------------------------------|
 A-|-------------------------------------------|
 E-|-------------------------------------------|
 
 e-|---------------------------------------|
 B-|-13b(15)--15--15--13b(15)--13b(15)--15-|
 G-|---------------------------------------|
 D-|---------------------------------------|
 A-|---------------------------------------|
 E-|---------------------------------------|
 
 e-|---------------------------------------|
 B-|-14b(15)--15--15--14b(15)--14b(15)--15-|
 G-|---------------------------------------|
 D-|---------------------------------------|
 A-|---------------------------------------|
 E-|---------------------------------------|
 
 e-|---------------------------------------|
 B-|-13b(15)--15--15--13b(15)--13b(15)--15-|
 G-|---------------------------------------|
 D-|---------------------------------------|
 A-|---------------------------------------|
 E-|---------------------------------------|
 
 (Play next bar twice):
 e-|---------------------------------------|
 B-|-15b(17)--17--17--15b(17)--15b(17)--17-|
 G-|---------------------------------------|
 D-|---------------------------------------|
 A-|---------------------------------------|
 E-|---------------------------------------|
 
 (Play this next bar 4 times):
 e-|----------------------8--8--8-|
 B-|----------------------8--8--8-|
 G-|------------------------------|
 D-|------------------------------|
 A-|-7--7--7--5--7--5--7----------|
 E-|-5--5--5--3--5--3--5----------|
 
 (Fade out bit right at the end):
 e-|-14b(15)-------------|
 B-|----------15--15--13-|
 G-|---------------------|
 D-|---------------------|
 A-|---------------------|
 E-|---------------------|
 
 (And repeat these last 2 bars ad infinitum or until your hand hurts):
 e-|-------------14b(15)b(14)-------------|
 B-|-13------13----------------15--13-----|
 G-|-----14----------------------------14-|
 D-|--------------------------------------|
 A-|--------------------------------------|
 E-|--------------------------------------|
 
 e-|-------------14b(15)-------------|
 B-|-13------13-----------15--15--13-|
 G-|-----14--------------------------|
 D-|---------------------------------|
 A-|---------------------------------|
 E-|---------------------------------|
 
 I've copied the lyrics verbatim from the sleeve notes of my Japanese 
 import cd; this is mainly for amusement rather than correctness. They 
 appear to have been translated into Japanese (yes, you get a Japanese 
 lyric sheet too) and then back into English. A few things seem to have 
 been lost in the translation (like some rather odd phrases, and any 
 sort of 'repeat to fade' type instructions). My favorite is that the 
 last song on the album is called "Breakin' my heart"...
 
 Do the 2 intro bars
 Do the 2 main riff bars
 
 (Verse 1)      Do the 1 main riff bar for each line:
 You do the moon
 You do the snake
 Everywhere you go
 You make the prime mistake
 You take a picture
 And lay it in my toll
 Some time I'll win babe
 Just like the Milky Way
 
 (Chorus 1)
 G         G
 I don't understand
 D         D
 Must be the grip of love
 G         G
 Sure had it in your hand
 E         E
 Must be the grip of love
 
 (Verse 2)      Do the 1 main riff bar for each line:
 We did so many things
 To find out how we felt
 Now you say I'm yours
 Well don't that buckle my belt    (Yes! But what does it mean?)
 
 (Chorus 2)
 G         G
 I don't understand
 D         D
 Must be the grip of love
 G         G
 Sure had it in your hand
 E         E
 Must be the grip of love
 E         E
 Must be the grip of love
 
 
 Solo Yeaah!
 Go Tom Go (ahem)
 
 
 (Chorus 3)      Comes in towards the end of the solo.
 Don't you know sometimes
 I don't understand
 Must be the grip of love
 You got me in your hands
 Must be the grip of love
 You got the grip of love
 
 (Fade out bit)
 Must be the grip of love  (Time for a 'repeat ad infinitum' I think)
 Must be the grip of love
 Must be the grip of love
 Sure got it in your hand
 Must be the grip of love
 Sure got it in your hand
 Must be the grip of love
 Sure got it in your hand
 Must be the grip of love
 Sure got it in your hand
 Must be the grip of love
 Sure got it in your hand
 Must be the grip of love
 Sure got it in your hand
 Must be the grip of love
 
 Tell me now
 Where you got
 Such a thing
 Tell me now
 Where you got
 Such a thing
 Tell me now
 Where you got
 Such a thing
 Must be the grip
 Must be the grip of love
 Must be the grip
 Must be the grip of love
 Must be the grip
 Must be the grip of love
 Must be the grip
 Must be the grip of love
 Must be the grip
 Must be the grip of love
 
 Love & kisses to y'all,
 John Howell   yorkie@praxis.co.uk
 
 
 
 
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