DC TALK - "jesus freak" Tablature

From: "Douglas Heffernan" <lifecork@indigo.ie>
Subject: d/dc_talk/jesus_freak.tab
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 16:56:55 -0000

Jesus Freak by D.C. Talk
from the album Jesus Freak
Transcribed by: Bobby Heffernan
Based on tabs by: Gert Hansen and aXman

This is Jesus Freak as I hear it. I haved based my transcription on the
work of Gert Hansen (gerth@usa.net)
who in turn based his work on that of aXman (kyleb@juno.com). These two
people deserve most of the credit for
this work and what I have done is merely an improvement. I have done my
best to make sure this sounds right and
have put a lot of effort into it but this is my first tab and I'm pretty
inexperienced.
I have included parts for both Accoustic and Electric. Each section (e.g. -
intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus etc.)
consists of two parts: accoustic and electric. Mostly the accoustic is
chords and the electric is tabbed. I have
labeled all of them anyway though. I have also included the bass parts that
Gert did, I have not checked these and
they could be wrong. Also, I have tried to indent it to make it easier to
read, does this help?
If you have any comments, suggestions, or if you find any errors mail me at
bob@heffernan.org

Here we go....


Tuning of Guitars:
Just like Gert I have written the tab in standard tuning. There are two
main reasons for this: firstly Gert
originally wrote his tab in standard tuning and two, because it's much
easier that way. This song is actually
played with a tuning of F (that's a half-note up).


Intro:

Acoustic Guitar:
E G C G A (Note: play these as bar chords, it sounds much better.)

Next the electric guitar comes in with the main riff (below).

Main riff: Electric Guitar (used in Second half of intro and the chorus)

F G# D# A#7 C
e: ------------------|----------------------
B: ------------------|-8-8------------------
G: ------------------|-8-8-7-7--------------
D: --3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-6-6-10-10-10-10--
A: --3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-8-8-10-10-10-10--
E: --1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-----6-6-8--8--8--8---


Verse:

Accoustic: F C# A# A# (once again barch chords sound good here)

Electric: (play this with a nice clear sound, no distortion)

e: ------------------|
B: ------------------|

]
D: --3-/---5--4------|<--| REPEAT THIS FOR THE VERSES: LISTEN TO THE CD TO
GET IT RIGHT |

]
E: --1-/-------------|



Pre-chorus (rap):

Accoustic Guitar: I don't think it plays here

Electric Guitar: (back in with lots of distortion)
(These are just Power Chords)
(listen to the CD to get the timing right)

e: -------------------------------
B: -6-6-6--9--9-9--8-8-8--7--7-7-7
G: -5-5-5--8--8-8--7-7-7--6--6-6-6
D: -3-3-3--6--6-6--5-5-5--4--4-4-4
A: -------------------------------
E: -------------------------------

Bass:
F C# A# D#
A: --8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-|-------------6-6--
E: ------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6------


Bridge:

Guitar plays some harmonics (forget it if you're in standard tuning)

Bass :
A: ----------6-|---------
E: --6---4-----|-1-------

Bridge 2:

Acoustic Guitar:
F A# (sing 'stranger')


Solo:

Accoustic Guitar: I don't think it pays here

Electric Guitar
D G# G# G#
e: ----------------|-----/10--------/16--------------
B: ----------------|---------9-9-9------15-15-15-----
G: --7-7-7-x-1-1-1-|-------------------------------5-
]
D: --7-7-7-x-0-0-0-|-------------------------------5- <--| REPEAT 4 TIMES
|
A: ----------------|---------------------------------
]
E: ----------------|---------------------------------


INTRO

Verse 1:
Separated and I cut myself ....

Pre Chorus 1:
I saw a man with a tattoo on ...

Chorus:
What will people think when they ....

Verse 2:
Kamikaze my death is ...

Pre Chorus 2:
There was a man from the desert ....

Repeat Chorus: (twice)

Bridge:
People say I'm strange does ...

SOLO

Repeat Chorus: (twice)

What will people think (What will ....