'Sunshine Of Your Love' by Clapton Eric - Guitar Tutorial

            Sunshine of Your Love
Eric Clapton/Cream
Written 1967

Tabbed By: Matt Lenda
Username: redwing_suck

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|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12---12---10---12-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------12-----11---|-10----------8---------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------10---------10---10---|

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|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12---12---10---12-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------12-----11---|-10---------8---------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------10---------10--------|

Rhythm Figure 1

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|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-11---11---9----11-----------------|--------12---10--------------|
|-x----x----x----x------------------|--------12----------12-------|
|-12---12---10---12-----12-----11---|-10--------------------------|
|-10---10---8----10-----------------|-------------------------10--|

Lyrics: With Rhythm Figure 1, 2 times

It’s getting near dawn
When lights close their tired eyes
I’ll soon be with you, my love
To give you my dawn surprise

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-12---12---10---12-----------------|---------------------------|
|-12---12---10---12-----------------|---------------------------|
|-12---12---10---12-----12-----11---|-10----------8-------------|
|-10---10---8----12-----------------|--------10---------10-10---|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12---12---10---12-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-12---12---10---12-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-12---12---10---12-----12-----11---|-10----------8-8---8---------|
|-10---10---8----12-----------------|--------10-----------10------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------10-|

Lyrics: With above rhythm figure

I’ll be with you darlin’ soon
I’ll be with you when the stars start falling

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-11---11---9----11-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-x----x----x----x------------------|-----------------x-x-----------|
|-12---12---10---12-----12-----11---|-10----------8---x-x-----------|
|-10---10---8----10-----------------|--------10-----------10---10---|

|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-11---11---9----11-----------------|-------------10~~~~-----------|
|-x----x----x----x------------------|--------------------12-------|
|-12---12---10---12-----12-----11---|-10-----------------------0---|
|-10---10---8----10-----------------|--------10--------------------|

Chorus Rhythm Figure

|-0---0-0---------------------------|-------------3-----x-----|
|-2---2-2---------------------------|-5-----x-----3-----x-----|
|-2---2-2---------------------------|-5-----x-----4-----x-----|
|-2---2-2---------------------------|-5-----x-----5-----x-----|
|-0---0-0---------------------------|-3-----x-----5-----x-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------3-----x-----|

Lyrics: With above chorus rhythm figure, 3 times

I’ve been waiting so long
To be where I’m goin’
In the sunshine of your love

On the word “love,” play below:

|-0---0-0-----0-0-----0-0---0|-0-----0-0-0---0-0---0---0---------|
|-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2---2|-2-----2-2-2---2-2---2---2---------|
|-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2---2|-2-----2-2-2---2-2---2---2---------|
|-2---2-2-----2-2-----2-2---2|-2-----2-2-2---2-2---2---2---------|
|-0---0-0-----0-0-----0-0---0|-0-----0-0-0---0-0---0---0---------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------/10---|

Then the second verse kicks in.  Repeat the rhythm figure indicated over the
verse, then the chorus rhythm figure as indicated.  Very self-explanatory.

After the second verse and chorus, this solo comes in.

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|-----------|-----------------------------------|
|-12b(14)---|-12b(14)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|-----------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------12-----------------------------------|
|----12---12b(14)--------12b(14)-----12pb(14)-----12-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------9---b(11)---|
|-12b(14)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-x-----|----9b(10)>>>>>r9p7-9---7---9---b(10)---|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------9-b11>>>r9b(11)-----9b(11)>>>|
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------7h9-9-b10>>>r9b(10)-----9b(10)>>>|
|-----------------------------------|----7h9----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-r9--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-r9---7h9p7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----10---b(12)>>>b(14)-10b(14)-----10b(14)-----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-10b(12)-----10b(12)---------10---7|-9b(11)---------7~~~~~~~9b(11)-----|
|-----------------------------------|------------9----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------7h9-----9b(10)-----9---|-7---h9---b(11)-----9b(12)-----9b(11)-----7---9|
|------7h9--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------/13-----12---10---11-----|
|--7h9---7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|------/14----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|------------10-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-10~~~~~------------------9h11~~~~~|-~~~~~x------------10b(11)--------10---|
|--------12---p10---12--------------|-----------------------------12--------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------13-----------------------|------------------13---------------|
|-12---b(14)~~~~~-----12b(14)---12---10~~~|-~~~~~12-----/14--------12---10---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------10---------------------------------------------|
|-----------10-10------------------------------------------------|
|-12b(14)--------------(12)pb(13)r12p10------10b(11)-------------|
|---------------------------------------12-------------12--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------12---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------10---12---|
|-------------------------------10--------10---10---12---|
|-----------10--------10---(10)h12---(10)h12-------------|
|------(10)h12---(10)h12---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------13----13-13h15-13----------------------|
|-12/14~~~~~---14-------------12---10b(11)---12p10-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------13--------15b(17)---13---15---|
|-12/14~~~~~~~-----14-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|----13-----------------------------------------|
|----13---15p13---------------------------------|
|---------------1412-10b(11)---------12---10---|
|-------------------------------12-12-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------13-13---13--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-14------14---1412---10b(11)-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12p10------10h12|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------12--------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-10--------------------------------|

Play the rest of the song accordingly (with correct rhythm figures and such;
once again, it is pretty self-explanatory... listen to the song).

Peace.