Song: The guitar man
Artist: Bread
Composer: David Gates
Album: The guitar man

Tabbed by DJ   22nd Nov 2022

I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.

G     = 320003   A    = x02220   D7      = xx0212
C     = 332010   A4   = x02230   D7sus4  = xx0213
D     = xx0232   Bm7  = x24232   G/F#    = 2x0003
D4    = xx0233   Am   = x02210   E       = 022100
Dsus2 = xx0230   AmM7 = x02110   E7      = 020100
Cmaj7 = 332000   Am7  = x02010   E4      = 022200
Em    = x02200                   Cmaj7 * = x32400

N.C. = No chords

David Gates definitely plays an Am7,
but a smooth alternative to that is to substitute
it with an Am9 = x05500
I feel the additional open B string blends better
with the vocal but it's your choice 

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[Intro]
             
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[Verse 1]
             
Who draws the 

          
crowd and play

s so loud?
              
Baby, it's the

                
 guitar man!
             
Who's gonna st

        
eal the show?
              
You know, baby

           
, it's the gui

tar man!
     
     He    can

            
 make you love

         
, he can make 

you cry,
            
He will bring 

              
you down then 

             
he'll get you 

      
high,
         
Something keep

             
s him going, m


iles and miles

 a day,
           
To find anothe

             
r place to pla

   
y

[Verse 2]
    
             N

              
ight after nig

        
ht, who treats

 you right?
              
Baby, it's the

 
 guitar man!
     
              

             
Who's on the r

      
adi - o?
              
You go to list

          
en to the guit

ar man,
     
       Then  h

            
e comes to tow

          
n and you see 

his face,
            
And you think 

              
you might like

             
 to take his p

      
lace,
         
Something keep

              
s him drifting

 
 miles and mil

es away,
           
Searching for 

             
the songs to p

     
lay

[Bridge 1]
           
Then you liste

         
n to the music

,
           
And you like t

            
o sing a - lon

       
g,
             
You want to ge

      
t the meaning.

..
             
Out of each an

        
d every song,
            
Then you find 

           
yourself a mes


sage,
           
And some words

              
 to call your 


own...
        
And take  them

             
 home
 
[Guitar break & Verse 3]
             
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He    can make

 you love,
             
He can get you

              
 high, he will

 
 bring you dow

n,
             
Then he'll mak

              
e ...make you 

       
cry,
         
Something keep

              
s him moving, 

    
but no one see

ms to know
           
What it is tha

                
t makes him go

[Bridge 2]
           
Then the light

           
s begin to fli


cker,
           
And the sound 

             
is getting dim

   
,
             
The voice begi

      
ns to falter,
             
And the crowds

              
 are getting t

      
hin,
            
But he never s

          
eems to notice

           
 he's just got

 to find...
             
A - nother pla

                  
ce to play...

[Coda - Repeats, end on Cmaj7]
    *   
             A

                
ny - way...
    *   
         ...Go

                
t to play!
    *   
             A

                
ny - way...
    *   
         ...Go

                    
t to play!

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   [Coda Riff]
    E   E4 E E
e|--0---0-----
B|--0---0-----
G|--1---2--1-h
D|--2---2-----
A|--2---2-----
E|--0---0-----
              

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4 E E4 E      
------------|-
------------|-
2-1-h2-1----|-
---------2--|-
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h = Hammer-on 

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  Cmaj7 *
------0----------------|
------0----------------|
------4----------------|
------2-----------0----|
--3------------3-------|
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notes

For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my
suggested choices you need to manually select the
following choice of options by clicking on the
forward/backward arrows below four of the diagrams.
All the other chord boxes should be the default
first option and don't need any reselecting
     A4          Bm7         G/F#         E4
  <2 of 21>   <2 of 31>   <12 of 16>   <3 of 25>

There are two inversions of Cmaj7 I use,
(differentiated by an asterisk in my chord legend).
Currently there is no facility to save both
variations as chord boxes, so you will have to
choose which one of them to display
  Cmaj7    or    Cmaj7 *
<1 of 26>      <3 of 26>