'I Wanna Love Somebody Like You' by Keith Urban - Guitar Tutorial

Song lyrics:

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            Tabbed by: Ballaman82

Intro (banjo transcribed for guitar 1)
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|------------7--7--7/9--9h10-10-------------|
G|---8h9-9-9-9--9-9----9-----9--9------------| 2x
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

then guitar 2 slides in (0:11)

E|------0-----------------|
B|------0-----------------|
G|------1-----------------|
D|------2-----------------|
A|------2-----------------|
E|---12-----------------|


Verse 1 (rhythm)

Play each chord in a triplet pattern, palm muted, the number of times indicated, if you dont understand this, listen to the song for the pattern

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------2-------------4---------2--------------------------------------|
D|--2------2-x8--2-------4--4x-----2--4x---2------------------------------|
A|--2-x16--0-----2-x4----2---------0-------2------------------------------|
E|--0------------0-------------------------0------------------------------|


Fill 1 (0:34)
E|-----------|  --------|
B|-----------|  --------|
G|-----------|  ------------|
D|-----------|  ------------| either one of these works, i like the                                      sound
A|--------|  ------------| of the twelfth fret better
E|--------|  ------------|



Verse 1 part 2

Guitar 2 continues with pattern from first half of verse

Guitar 1
E|---0-----0-0---0----------------------0-----0-------0-----0------------|
B|---0-----0-0---0---------------/9~~---0-----0-------0-----0------------|
G|---1-----1-1---1--------------(/9)----1-----4-------2-----1------------|
D|---2-----------2----------------------2-----4-------2-----2------------|
A|---2-----------2----------------------2-----2-------0-----2------------|
E|---0-----------0----------------------0-------------------0------------|

Let the last four chords ring until they switch

Chorus (turn on light distortion)

guitar 2

E|--0-----0-----0------0---0------4----2------------------------------|
B|--0-----0-----0------0---0------5----2------------------------------|
G|--2-----2-----1------2---2------6----2------------------------------|
D|--2-----2-----2------2---2------6----4------------------------------|
A|--0-----0-----2------0---0------4----4------------------------------|
E|--------------0----------------------2------------------------------|


Guitar 1
Chorus Fill 1 (1:18, after guitar 2 strums the first e chord in the chorus)

E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|----13-13-1311-11-11-119-9-9-9-----------|
D|----14-14-1411-11-11-119-9-9-9-----------|
A|----12-12-129--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Chorus fill 2 (1:30, after the F#m at the end of the chorus)
E|--2---------|
B|----2-------|
G|------2/4---|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|


Verse 2

Guitar 2 continues same triplet pattern and chords as verse 1, no distortion, palm muted

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------2-------------4---------2--------------------------------------|
D|--2------2-x8--2-------4--4x-----2--4x---2------------------------------|
A|--2-x16--0-----2-x4----2---------0-------2------------------------------|
E|--0------------0-------------------------0------------------------------|

Guitar 1 Keeps light distortion

Verse fill 2 (1:35)
E|---2-------|
B|-----5-----|
G|-------(4)-| let them ring
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|


Verse fill 2 (1:39)
E|----4--5--7-------|
B|----5--5--5-------|
G|---/4-------------|
D|------------------| keep the 4 on the g ringing while you play the other
A|------------------| variations of the chord
E|------------------|


Verse fill 3 (1:46)
E|--------|
B|--------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|


Solo
Guitar 2 plays the verse chords, but strums them

Solo (guitar 1 at 1:57)

E|--------7----7------------------------------|
B|--------7b9--7b9--7b9r7-5---5h7--5~~--------|
G|--------------------------6-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------| 2x
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|---12-------------------------------------|

E|-/12-12-12--12-1211-11-119-9-97-7-75-5-54-4-42-2-2-0---------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4b6-6r4-2--4-2-------4-----4-4-----------------------------1/9-x-x-----|
A|------------4-------5b6---5b6---4b6r4-2-2-----------1/7-x-x--------------|
E|---------------------------------------4----1/7-x-x----------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5----------------17-17 15b17-----------------------------------------|
G|--/6---4b6~~~r4--4/16-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Chorus 2
Same as chorus one, except guitar 1 doesn't play fill 2

bridge has no guitar at first, until it slowly comes in, first chord is at 2:57, in palm 
muted triplets

E|--0-------------------------------------------------|
B|--0-------------------------------------------------|
G|--1---4-----2-------------4-----2----------4----2-2-|
D|--2---4-x4--2-4x--2-------4-x4--2--4x--2---4----2-2-|
A|--2---2-----0-----2-8x----2-----0------2---2----0-0-|
E|--0---------------0--------------------0------------|

Solo 2 (guitar 2 just plays an E chord periodically)

E|--7/12-12--7/14-14--7/16-16--17-16p14--14----|
B|-------------------------------------17--17--|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

E|--7/12-12--7/14-14--7/16-16--17-16p14--14---17b19-|
B|-------------------------------------17--17-------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

E|--7/12-12--7/14-14--7/16-16--17-16p14--14----|
B|-------------------------------------17--17--|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

E|--7/12-12--7/14-14--7/16-16--17-16-14--14b16r----|
B|-------------------------------------17------17--|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


2nd bridge solo (3:57, quietly, increase volume slowly)

E|--12119--------(9)-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------12~~~-(12)---/9~~~5~~~-0--4b5r4--2--0-----2-4-5-7/9-7~~~-----|
G|-----------------(9)-----------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------/6---------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7b9-5-7---------5-5-7b8r7-7----7b8r7-5----------------------------------|
G|----------6~~~-/6------------------------7-4------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------7-5--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------7------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Outro verse
E|-0---0---------------0---0-----9--9-------------------------------|
B|-0---0----3-3--0-----0---0-7b9hold-----9r7-5-5h7p5----------------|
G|-1---1----2-2---2p0--1----------------------6---------------------|
D|-2--------0-0--------2--------------------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------2--------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------0--------------------------------------------|

E|--0---0------------0---0----------------0--0-------------0--0-|
B|--0---0------------0---0------2-2-2-----0--0-------------0--0-|
G|--1---1------------1---1----/4-----4-4--1--1-------------1--1-|
D|--2----------2-----2--------------------2---------2------2----|
A|--2-------2h4--42-2--------------------2------2h4--4p2--2----|
E|--0----------------0--------------------0----------------0----|

Outro solo

Guitar 2 plays the E periodically, this section is almost exactly the same as solo 2

Guitar 1 (4:54)
E|--7/12-12--7/14-14--7/16-16--17-16p14--14----|
B|-------------------------------------17--17--|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

E|--7/12-12--7/14-14--7/16-16--17-16p14--14---17b19-|
B|-------------------------------------17--17-------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

E|--7/12-12--7/14-14--7/16-16--17-16p14--14----|
B|-------------------------------------17--17--|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

E|------19---------19---------19---------19----|
B|-19b21hold--19b21hold--19b21hold--19b21hold--|
G|---------------------------------------------| continue repeating this
D|---------------------------------------------| and fade out
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
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