'July Morning' by Uriah Heep - Guitar Tutorial
Gtp chords: July Morning
Song lyrics:
Intro:
Keyboards arranged for guitar (I use very slightly distorted sound
with high settings of compressor and chorus and fast phasing to acheive some similarity with Hammomd sound):
Guitar I - the following is played 6 times (this is notated below as one round). For the first two rounds only Guitar I plays the following pattern:
F C F
E-13 -----13-----------13-I-12-------12----------12-I-8-------8----------8-I
B---13--------13----13----I----13-------13----13----I---10------10----10---I
G------14--------14-------I-------12-------12-------I------10------10------I
D-------------------------I-------------------------I----------------------I
A-------------------------I-------------------------I----------------------I
E-------------------------I-------------------------I----------------------I
C
E-12-------12----------12-I
B----13-------13----13----I
G-------12-------12-------I } x6
D-------------------------I
A-------------------------I
E-------------------------I]
Guitar II (Mick Box part - overdrive & chorus)
Starts when the keyboards (Guitar I) pattern goes for the
third and the fourth rounds:
[E-13-13-13-13-I-13-11 -----------I-13-13-13-13-I-13-11----------15-I
B-------------I--------13-11-13~~I-------------I-------13-11-13----I
G-------------I------------------I-------------I-------------------I
D-------------I------------------I-------------I-------------------I
A-------------I------------------I-------------I-------------------I
E-------------I------------------I-------------I-------------------I]
I- bend this note one tone up
I and graduly return to its normal
I pitch (A-->G) - fast downstrokes
V
E----11---11----11---11-I---13-12------I-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-I
B-13---13----13----13---I-13-------13~-I----------------------------------I
G-----------------------I--------------I----------------------------------I
D-----------------------I--------------I----------------------------------I
A-----------------------I--------------I----------------------------------I
E-----------------------I--------------I----------------------------------I
E-15-13----------I
B------13-15-13~-I
G----------------I
D----------------I
A----------------I
E----------------I]
The fifth and the sixth rounds of Intro:
Guitar II plays power chords:
F5 C5 F5 C5
[E----------------I-------------I---------I-------------I
B----------------I-------------I---------I-------------I
G----------------I-------------I---------I-------------I } x2
D-8--8--8--8--8--I-8--8--8--8--I-3-3-3-3-I-8--8--8--8--I
A-10-10-10-10-10-I-8--8--8--8--I-3-3-3-3-I-8--8--8--8--I
E-10-10-10-10-10-I-10-10-10-10-I-1-1-1-1-I-10-10-10-10-I]
VERSE:
Clean sound with slight reverberation:
Cm Fm A#
There I was on a July morning looking for love.
With the strength of a new day dawning and the beautiful sun.
At the sound of the first bird singing I was leaving for home.
With the storm and the night behind me and a road of my own.
REFRAIN:
Overdrive, chorus
D#5 G5 G#5 A#5
[E-------I-------I--------I-------------I
B-------I-------I--------I-------------I
G-------I-------I--------I-------------I
D---8---I---5---I--6--8--I-------------I
A---6---I---5---I--6--8--I-------------I
E---6---I---3---I--4--6--I-8-7-6-5-4-3-I]
With the day
came the resolution
I'll be looking for you.
D#5 G5 G#5 A#5 C5
[E-------I-------I--------I-------I
B-------I-------I--------I-------I
G-------I-------I--------I-------I
D---8---I---5---I--6--8--I---10--I
A---6---I---5---I--6--8--I---10--I
E---6---I---3---I--4--6--I---8---I]
La la la laaaa
Repeat verse and refrain:
I was looking for love in the strangest places.
There wasn't a stone that I left unturned.
I must have tried more than a thousand faces,
but not one was aware of the fire that burned
In my heart,
in my mind,
in my soul.
In my heart,
in my mind,
in my soul.
KEYBOARDS SOLO:
I did not tab this for guitar...I do not tab solos at all :)
Guitar part is based on strumming of Cm , Fm and A#
Refrain one more time:
[E-------I-------I--------I-------------I
B-------I-------I--------I-------------I
G-------I-------I--------I-------------I
D---8---I---5---I--6--8--I-------------I
A---6---I---5---I--6--8--I-------------I
E---6---I---3---I--4--6--I-8-7-6-5-4-3-I
D#5 G5 G#5 A#5 C5
E-------I-------I--------I-------I
B-------I-------I--------I-------I
G-------I-------I--------I-------I
D---8---I---5---I--6--8--I---10--I
A---6---I---5---I--6--8--I---10--I
E---6---I---3---I--4--6--I---8---I]
RISING VOICE LINE AND BREAK:
While David sings his brillant falceto "La la laaaaaaaa's":
Clean sound strumming Cm , C , Fm , G
And then overdriven guitar line twice:
[E-----------I-------I-------------------------------I--------I
B-----------I-------I-------------------------3-4-3-I--------I
G-----------I-------I--------------------5-4--------I---5~---I
D-5-------5-I-4---4-I--------------5-4-5------------I--------I
A---6---6---I---5---I--8-6-8-6-5-6------------------I--------I
E-----8-----I-------I-------------------------------I--------I]
Refrain and verse one more time:
There I was on a July morning - I was looking for love.
With the strength of a new day dawning and the beautiful sun.
At the sound of the first bird singing I was leaving for home.
With the storm and the night behind me and a road of my own.
With the day
came the resolution
I'll be looking for you.
SOLOS and OUTRO:
Mad Manfred Mann's solo and Mick wah-wah guitar frenziness are accompanied
with this guitar line.
Drive, chorus.
[E-----------I-------I-------------------------------I--------I
B-----------I-------I-------------------------3-4-3-I--------I
G-----------I-------I--------------------5-4--------I---5~---I
D-5-------5-I-4---4-I--------------5-4-5------------I--------I
A---6---6---I---5---I--8-6-8-6-5-6------------------I--------I
E-----8-----I-------I-------------------------------I--------I]
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Organ Intro:
chords -> F/C C
tones -> F C A F C A C F E C G E C G C E
chords -> F/C C
tones -> C A F C A F A C E C G E C G C E
chords -> F/C C
tones -> F C A F C A C F E C G E C G C E
chords -> F/C C
tones -> C A F C A F A C E C G E C G C E
Guitar solo opening:
F/C C
[E----------------------------------------------
B-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18r16-13----13----
G-------------------------------------15-------
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------
F/C C
E-------------------------------------------15--
B-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18r16-13----13-----
G-------------------------------------15--------
D-----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
F/C C
E-------------------------------------------12-------
B-------16-------16-------16-------16----------13----
G-15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17----------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
F/C
E-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------
C
E-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17-15b17----------
B-------------------------------------16-15-13-
G----------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------]
chords (played twice)-> F/C C F/C C
verse:
Cm Fm
There I was on a July morning
Bb Cm
Looking for love
With the strength
Fm
Of a new day dawning
Bb Cm
And the beautiful sun
verse:
At the sound
Of the first bird singing
I was leaving for home
With the storm
And the night behind me
And a road of my own
Chorus:
Eb Gm Ab Bb
With the day came the resolution
Cm
I'll be looking for you
Eb
La la la la
Gm Ab Bb
La la la la
Cm - Fm - Bb
La la laaaaaaa
verse:
I was looking for love
In the strangest places
Wasn't a stone
That I left unturned
Must have tried more
Than a thousand faces
But not one was aware
Of the fire that burned
Chorus:
In my heart, in my mind, in my soul
La la la la etc..
Organ solo:
Cm Fm Bb Cm Cm C Fm G
La-a-a La-a-a La-a-a Laaaaaa
Guitar bridge:
Cm D Fm Eb G Cm
[E------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------4-3---
G------------------------------------5-4-5-----5-
D-5-------5-4---4--3p1-3-1p0-1-5p4-5------------- A---6-3-6-----5----------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------]
verse:
There I was on a July morning
I was looking for love
With the strength
Of a new day dawning
And the beautiful sun
verse:
And at the sound
Of the first bird singing
I was leaving for home
With the storm
And the night behind me
Yeah, and a road of my own
Chorus:
With the day came the resolution
I'll be looking for you
La la la la etc..
Guitar bridge:
Cm D Fm Eb G Cm
[E------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------4-3---
G------------------------------------5-4-5-----5-
D-5-------5-4---4--3p1-3-1p0-1-5p4-5------------- Repeat to fade
A---6-3-6-----5----------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------]