Life Without You Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 strings were at D♯, G♯, F♯, F♯, C♯, and D♯, respectively.

The chords listed here take this into account... that is,

you must lower them all by one half-step or tune your guitar

down by a half-step in order to duplicate the pitches on his

recording.

STYLISTIC NOTES: This song, more than any other (I think),

shows the influence that Jimi Hendrix had on SRV. So,

before you play this song, I recommend that you do a little

outside listening, specifically a lot of Hendrix, preferably

"Little Wing" and "Bold as Love" in order to get the feel of

this tune. You might also try listening to SRV's cut of

"Little Wing." It would be possible for me to tab out all

of the little intricacies of the tune, but there's nothing

*special* in it... that is, these little licks are all over

Stevie Ray's and Jimi's tunes. [Note: For a more

contemporary example of these licks in action, listen to

Pearl Jam's "Yellow Leadbetter" (sp?)].

Anyway, here's my transcription of the tune (Please forgive

any lyric mistakes I have made). Enjoy! (April '95)

TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:

Since there are three distinctive voicings of the E chord

used in this song, I've listed all three of them and

identified them separately as E1, E2 and E3. These names

have no meaning outside of this transcription: these chords

are all E major chords, but for this, they should be played

in the voicings I indicate.

(Chords are listed in order of appearance):

String

Chord\ 6 5 4 3 2 1

|

E7+9: 0 7 6 7 8 (0)

Intro

long and drawn out, with only two chords):

A F♯m

BODY:

E1Oh, E1hello Ababy, tell me, Ahow G♯mhigh have youF♯m been

 We aE1ll haveA missed you, and the.G♯m.. F♯m way you grin

E1Day E1is neceAssary, every Ano-Bow Cand C♯then.

 The sun could move Don, Dgivin' C♯life Cback aBgain... aaah

BFly Bon, Bfly Bon,A Afly Bon, Cmy C♯friend.

  D Eadd9 [organ: E, then E7]

Go on... live again, love again.

E1Day E1after Aday, ni-iAghtG♯m after nF♯might

E1SuddenE1ly singAin', every minute

 As the AyeG♯mars goF♯m passin' by.... by, by, by...

F♯mLong Flook E3in D♯the Dmirror, we've Dcome C♯face Cto Bface.

BWishA♯in' Aall G♯the Glove... we took for granted

GLord, F♯we'd Fhave todE7#9ay.... aaahhh aaahhh

E1Life E1withoutA you, all the loveA..G♯m. F♯m we passed our way

 The E1angE1els have Awaited for so long...

 Now G♯mthey F♯mhave their way... take your place

Coda

Repeat and fade out while soloing long and slow):

A F♯m