Chord/Tab song: Teardrop

Newton Faulkner - Teardrop
Tuning - Db Gb Db Gb Bb Db (often DGDGBD live)

Percussion notation:

# strike body with heel of the palm, slightly above strings and
between sound hole and bridge
slap body with thumb, above strings, by end of fretboard

Right hand should remain roughly in natural picking position throughout

Rhythm:

Db|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------|

# # # # # #

During verse, the first # is replaced by plucking of bass notes.

Intro:

(Strings picked, not strummed)

[Db] [B2] [Gb] [Db]

Db|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|--------|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|-0------| X2
Gb|-7------|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|-0------|--------|-5------|-0------|

[B2] [Gb] [Db]

Db|--------|--------|--------|
Bb|--------|--------|--------|
Gb|-0------|-0------|--------|
Db|-0------|-0------|-0------|
Gb|-5------|--------|-7------|
Db|--------|-5------|-0------|

| Percussion | x 8 bars

Verse:

Bass notes picked with right hand
Meoldy played by fretting hand
See notes above on percussion

[Db] [B2]

Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-0----------------------|
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|-5----------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|------------------------| |

|
Gb Db | x2

Db|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7--|---p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-| |
Bb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------| |
Db|-0-----------------------|-0----------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Db|-5-----------------------|-0----------------------|

[B9] [Gb] [Db]

Db|---------|--------|---------|
Bb|---------|--------|---------|
Gb|-----|----|-7-------|
Db|-----|----|--0------|
Gb|---------|----|---7-----|
Db|--10-----|--------|----0----|

nh nh

B2 B2 n.c

Db|-----|-----|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|--p0-h7-p0-h5-p0-h5-h7-|
Bb|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-0---|-0---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|-5---|-5---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Db|-----|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Outro:

Full percussion and bass/melody notes as per the start
of the verse, except bars with , do not play the bass
notes in these bars. Chord structure:

| Db | B2 | Gb | Db |
| B2 | Gb | Db | Db|
| B2 | B2| B2 | B2|

| Db | B2 | Gb | Db |
| Db| B2 | Gb | Db |
| Db | B2 | Gb | Db | fade out