J Geils Band
Love Stinks (ver 2) Tab
LOVE STINKS
As recorded by The J. Geils Band
(From the 1980 Album LOVE STINKS)
Words and Music by Peter Wolf & Seth Justman
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'J. Geils - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Seth Justman - Organ'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Seth Justman - Synthesizer'
Intro
Q=92
N.C. C G
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
Wx2 Q Q +E E Q
|------------|---------------------|
|------------|--------------12-12--|
|------------|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|
|------------|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|
|------------|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|
|------------|--8---8---(8)--------|
F G C G
Q E +Q E E S S Q Q +E E Q
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-10--10-(10)--12-x-12-12-|--------------12-12--|
|-10--10-(10)--12-x-12-12-|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|
|-10--10-(10)--12-x-12-12-|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|
|--8---8--(8)--10-x-10-10-|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|
|-------------------------|--8---8---(8)--------|
F G C G F G
Q E +Q E E S S Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|--------------12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|--8---8--(8)---10----x-10-10-|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--(8)------10-x-10-10-|
|-----------------------------|--8---8---(8)--------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
| H E S S E S S W +H a E E E E
|---------------------8-------|--8------------------|-(8)--------------------------|
|----------------8h10----8h10-|---------------------|--------------8h10--8----8----|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|----------------------9-------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|----------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------12-12--|-10---10-(10)---12----x-12-12-||
|--9----9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)---12----x-12-12-||
|-10---10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)---12----x-12-12-||
|-10---10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--(8)---10----x-10-10-||
|--8----8---(8)--------|------------------------------||
|
| +W +H E S S E S S
|----------------------|----------------------8-------||
|-(8)------------------|-(8)-------------8h10----8h10-||
|----------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------|------------------------------||
|----------------------|------------------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
C5 F5 C5 A5
PM--------------------------------------
Q Q E E E E Q E S S E E E E
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||------------10-10---|---------------------|
||--10--10----10-10---|-10---10-x-x-7-7-7---|
||o-10--10-----8--8---|-10---10-x-x-7-7-7---|
||---8---8------------|--8----8-x-x-5-5-5---|
|
| W +Q Q H
||---8----------------|-(8)-----------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
C5 F5 C5 A5
--------------------------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------10-10---|---------------------|
|-10--10----10-10---|-10--10-x-x-7-7-7----|
|-10--10-----8--8---|-10--10-x-x-7-7-7----|
|--8---8------------|--8---8-x-x-5-5-5----|
|
| W W
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
C5 F5 C5 A5
PM-------------------------------------
Q Q E E E E Q E S S E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------10-10---|--------------------|
|-10--10----10-10---|-10--10-x-x-7-7-7---|
|-10--10-----8--8---|-10--10-x-x-7-7-7---|
|--8---8------------|--8---8-x-x-5-5-5---|
C5 F5 C5 A5 G
------------------------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q E S S E E E S S
|-------------------|------------------3-3--||
|-------------------|------------------3-3--||
|-----------10-10---|------------------4-4--||
|-10--10----10-10---|-10--10-x-x-7-7-7-5-5--||
|-10--10-----8--8---|-10--10-x-x-7-7-7-5-5--||
|--8---8------------|--8---8-x-x-5-5-5-3-3--||
Pre-Chorus
G F
H. +E S S H +E E E E W H Q Q
|-3-------(3)-3-3-|-3----(3)---3---|-----------|--------------||
|-3-------(3)-3-3-|-3----(3)---3---|-10--------|--------------||
|-4-------(4)-4-4-|-4----(4)---4---|-10--------|--------------||
|-5-------(5)-5-5-|-5----(5)---5---|-10--------|--------------||
|-5-------(5)-5-5-|-5----(5)---5---|--8--------|--------------||
|-3-------(3)-3-3-|-3----(3)---3---|-----------|---------x---||
Chorus
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------12-12--|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8---8--(8)---10----x-10-10-|
|--8---8---(8)--------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E S S E S S
|---------------------|---------------------8-------|
|---------------------|----------------8h10----8h10-|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--(8)------10-x-10-10-|
|--8---8---(8)--------|------------------------------|
|
| W +H a E E E E
|--8------------------|-(8)--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------8h10--8----8----|
|---------------------|----------------------9-------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------12-12--|-10---10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|--9----9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|-10---10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|-10---10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--(8)---10----x-10-10-|
|--8----8---(8)--------|------------------------------|
|
| +W +H E S S E S S
|----------------------|----------------------8-------|
|-(8)------------------|-(8)-------------8h10----8h10-|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
1.
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|---------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-o||
|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12--||
|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12--||
|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--(8)------10-x-10-10-o||
|--8---8---(8)--------|-------------------------------||
|
| W +H a E E E E
|--8------------------|-(8)---------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------8h10--8---------o||
|---------------------|----------------------9--------||
|---------------------|------------------------10-----||
|---------------------|------------------------------o||
|---------------------|-------------------------------||
Interlude
2.
C5 F5
PM-----------------------
Q E +Q E E S S Q Q E E E E
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-10--10-(10)------12-x-12-12-||-----------------------------|
|-10--10-(10)------12-x-12-12-||---------------------10-10---|
|-10--10-(10)------12-x-12-12-||----10----10---------10-10---|
|--8---8--(8)------10-x-10-10-||----10----10----------8--8---|
|-----------------------------||-----8-----8-----------------|
|
| H a E E E E +W
|--8--------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------8h10--8---------||-----------------------------|
|---------------------9-------||-----------------------------|
|-----------------------10----||---(10)----------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Synth. arr. for Gtr.)
| ~~~~~~~
| W a E Q +E +Q E E
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------||--------8----(8)-(8)---------|
|-----------------------------||-7s==9-----------------------|
|-----------------------------||---------------------------7-|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
C5 A5 C5 F5
-------------------------------------------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q Q E E E E
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------10-10---|
|-10--10-x-x-7----7--7---|-10----10---------10-10---|
|-10--10-x-x-7----7--7---|-10----10----------8--8---|
|--8---8-x-x-5----5--5---|--8-----8-----------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~
| Q E E E +E E E +E Q +E +H
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5---5-----7b8r(7)p5---|--------------------------|
|--------7-------------7-|-(7)-5----(5)-(5)---------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
C5 A5 C5 F5
PM---------------------------------------------
Q E S S E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------10-10---|
|-10--10-x-x-7-7-7---|---10---10---------10-10---|
|-10--10-x-x-7-7-7---|---10---10----------8--8---|
|--8---8-x-x-5-5-5---|----8----8-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~
| W a E Q +E +Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|------8----(8)-(8)---------|
|--------------------|-7s=9----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------7-|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
C5 A5 C5 F5
-----------------------------------------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q Q E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------10-10----|
|-10--10-x-x-7----7--7---|-10-----10------10-10----|
|-10--10-x-x-7----7--7---|-10-----10-------8--8----|
|--8---8-x-x-5----5--5---|--8------8---------------|
|
| ~~~
| Q E E E +E E E +E Q. +H
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5---5-----7b8r(7)p5---|-------------------------|
|--------7-------------7-|-(7)-5------(5)----------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
C5 A5 G G
PM------------|
Q E S S E E E S S H. +E S S
|-------------------3-3-||-3-------(3)-3-3-|
|-------------------3-3-||-3-------(3)-3-3-|
|-------------------4-4-||-4-------(4)-4-4-|
|-10--10-x-x-7-7--7-5-5-||-5-------(5)-5-5-|
|-10--10-x-x-7-7--7-5-5-||-5-------(5)-5-5-|
|--8---8-x-x-5-5--5-3-3-||-3-------(3)-3-3-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. E E W
|-----------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------|
|--5s============17-----||-----------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------|
F
H +E E E E W H Q Q
|-3----(3)---3---|-----------|-------------||
|-3----(3)---3---|-10--------|-------------||
|-4----(4)---4---|-10--------|-------------||
|-5----(5)---5---|-10--------|-------------||
|-5----(5)---5---|--8--------|-------------||
|-3----(3)---3---|-----------|---------x--||
|
| W W W
|----------------|-----------|-------------||
|----------------|-----------|-------------||
|----------------|-----------|-------------||
|----------------|-----------|-------------||
|----------------|-----------|-------------||
|----------------|-----------|-------------||
Chorus
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------12-12--|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10--10-(10)---12----x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8---8--(8)---10----x-10-10-|
|--8---8---(8)--------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E S S E S S
|---------------------|---------------------8-------|
|---------------------|----------------8h10----8h10-|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|---------------------|------------------------------||
|--------------12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-||
|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-||
|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-||
|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--(8)------10-x-10-10-||
|--8---8---(8)--------|------------------------------||
|
| W +H a E E E E
|--8------------------|-(8)--------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------8h10--8----8----||
|---------------------|----------------------9-------||
|---------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------|------------------------------||
Interlude
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------12-12--|-10--10-(10)--12-x-12-12-|
|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10--10-(10)--12-x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10--10-(10)--12-x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8---8--(8)--10-x-10-10-|
|--8---8---(8)--------|-------------------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
C G F
Q Q +E E Q Q Q S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------12-12--|-10----10----x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x-||
|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10----10----x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x-||
|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10----10----x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x-||
|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8-----8----x--x-x--x-x-x-x--x-||
|--8---8---(8)--------|--------------------------------||
|
| W Q a E E +E S S E S S
|---------------------|----------8-(8)--------8--------||
|---------------------|-----8s10---------8h10-----8h10-||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
Out-Chorus
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
||----------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
||---9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
||--10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
||o-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--(8)------10-x-10-10-|
||---8---8---(8)--------|------------------------------|
|
| W +H a E E E E
||---8------------------|-(8)--------------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------8h10--8----8----|
||----------------------|----------------------9-------|
||----------------------|------------------------------|
||o---------------------|------------------------------|
||----------------------|------------------------------|
C G F
Q Q +E E Q Q Q S S S S S S S S 3x
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------------12-12--|-10---10--x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x---o||
|--9----9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10--x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x----||
|-10---10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10--x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x----||
|-10---10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x---o||
|--8----8---(8)--------|-------------------------------||
|
| +W +H E S S E S S 3x
|----------------------|-------------------8-----------||
|-(8)------------------|-(8)----------8h10-----8h10---o||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|------------------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
C G F G
Q Q +E E Q Q E +Q E E S S
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|--9---9---(9)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-12-12--|-10---10-(10)------12-x-12-12-|
|-10--10--(10)-10-10--|--8----8--(8)------10-x-10-10-|
|--8---8---(8)--------|------------------------------|
|
| W +H a E E E E
|--8------------------|-(8)--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------8h10--8----8----|
|---------------------|----------------------9-------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
C
Q q H W
|---------------|---------*|
|---------------|---------*|
|--9---9--------|---------*|
|-10--10--------|---------*|
|-10--10--------|---------*|
|--8---8--------|---------*|
|
| +H H W
|---------------|---------*|
|-(8)-----------|---------*|
|---------------|---------*|
|---------------|---------*|
|---------------|---------*|
|---------------|---------*|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +W
|---------------|---------*|
|---------------|---------*|
|---------------|---------*|
|--5s=====17----|-(17)----*|
|---------------|---------*|
|---------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths